It’s not a “millennial thing” or even romanticizing what one didn’t have... I’m a GenXer and from a musical perspective I just really don’t like the instrumentation and arrangements of Contemporary Gospel.
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I think my cut-off is around the 70s. And I don’t like modern instruments involved either. If I see a keyboard, I’m gonna be wary. You get a piano or organ and maybe some drums. That’s it.
Don’t it? If you haven’t been changed, she for sure makes you want to.
Unpopular Opinion: Like musicals, I don’t like ‘Contemporary Gospel’ music. I just don’t. I really prefer the reaaalllll old records that my grandma and her siblings used to play on their 45s. I’m talking about Mahaila Jackson... “Jesus on the Mainline”... I even prefer to listen to the negro spirituals than to listen…
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I find myself randomly singing “I Know I’ve Been Changed” every other day. How is it not on the list?
Edit: OH SNAP. I think LaShun Pace is talking about the mortality of our own bodies and ascending to heaven for an eternal one
If you are attending Black Thanksgiving where the boat went left instead of right. Fried Chicken is replaced with curry goat and rice and peas. There is also a pre and post thanksgiving breakfast of ackee and saltfish, fried bami, roast bread fruit, fried dumplings.
Terrific article!
One of the best articles I’ve read on the Root. Non-coastal non-urban voices are rare to read here. I grew up in somewhat similar circumstances and can identify with this. I look forward to reading your take on other aspects of this regime.
I once left Arab Thanksgiving early to make it to a White Thanksgiving and it is the single biggest regret of my life. For real. At least 5 tables of spread (not counting the dessert or drinks tables) and ~100 people in attendance compared to a congealed green bean casserole as 4 people ate in silence on a couch…
Putting stuffing inside the bird is actually dangerous. By the time the temperature of the stuffing reaches a safe level, 165 F, the turkey is very dry. Or, if you pull the bird out at 165 F, the stuffing hasn’t reached that temperature and put’s you at risk for salmonella. The juices from the bird in the stuffing…
Just go for a cheap pack of wings for the broth. Chicken breasts taste like nothing, and bones are bones. But buttermilk, yes, always!
The only thing and I mean ONLY thing missing was a good ‘Nayhoo’. But it’s still 10/10. That would have been the icing on the cake I was eating to cover up my tears
Right? You can do drag and still be a transphobe or a misogynist. You can be a Lesbian and a TERF. Being any iteration of LBGT+ does not mean you can say racist shit, and it’s a witty barb, or worse exclude POC and not be a bigot.
I had written about this story about a month ago in a long Twitter thread where I named serial predators like Bryan Singer, Michael Bay, Terry Richardson, etc. Poor Gemmel, it seems like once again the onus has been put on Moore’s family to keep the investigation open and find justice for the murder of their son. It’s…
Just got all the feels from this piece. WE MADE IT YALL!!
Congrats on meeting Oprah, my Gemini-cousin! We, Geminis, tend to have the strangest luck when it comes to experiencing our ‘out-of-this-world’ dreams. Slightly off-topic, I would really like for Oprah to do an unexpected bum-rush for a VSB article’s comment thread. Like... Can you imagine just shooting the breeze in…
Somebody is cutting onions in this biatch because my eyes all watery. Anyhoo, you keep on doing it PJ. This makes my day.
That’s like saying since R Kelly is now messing with girls over 18, maybe he’s really not a pedophile anymore.