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Dallas/Ft. Worth conversations and entertainment for and from the perspective of GLBT persons of color. Primary Format : Community Radio Language : English Also Listed as: City : Dallas State/Province : TX Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Mandrake Society Radio Podcasts Methings.com listings of Mandrake Society Radio Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Mononauts on the mic with “China Blue” Listeners of Mandrake Society Radio podcast will attest to the fact that I totally groove on the music of William L. Hasan, who was once Autolect, but now goes by Velox Nur. His latest project with OnBeats (a.k.a. Fanatic) called Mononauts is another tasty treat. Take a listen to the track, “China Blue”. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Pastor Charles Curtiss of www.onechurchtx.org On Mandrake Society Radio podcast this week, Pastor Charles Curtiss of the The One Church in Garland, TX, talks about building his LGBT affirming ministry, his Apostolic / Assemblies of God preaching experience, coming out as gay, and coming out again as a gay Pentecostal. At the beginning of the talk, we’re [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #23 “Feel” – Teddy Rok Seven “Fillings Mignon”- Janne Schafer “The Cage” – NYNDK “Invisible Tattoo” – Sharon Robinson “Cross My Finger” – Dave Bianchi “The Here and After” – Jun Miyake “Fire on the Mountain” – Asa “What About Peace Of Mind” – Stan Harrison “After The Fact” – Dapp Theory “Not Like You” – Fabu “Title&# ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #22 This week’s Monday Jazzsession Mixtape is brought to you by our sponsor, Dallas Blue Network. Here’s the lineup: “Test of Time” – Repercussions “We Dream Oceans” – David Binney “Long Overdue” – Vance Taylor “Is It A Crime” – Kevin Sandbloom “Iberia” – Mongo Santamaria “Vertigo” – Rene Marie “Mizrab” – Gabor Szazo “Reprise” – Adam Niewood ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #21 “Fur Turban” – The AS-IS Ensemble “Slip-n-Stride” – Ehud Asherie, piano “Invitation” – Rochelle House, vocal “Soul Purpose” – Tom Braxton, sax “On Green Dolphin Street” – Vox One “So What?” – John La Barbara Big Band “Mini Bop” – Santiago Vasquez “The Search” – The Quiet Night Orchestra “Dawn” – Patrick Zimmerli & Octurn Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Freedom Train Productions panel at Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion I hope you’ve enjoyed the special podcasts from Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion as just a taste what was experienced there. However, you’re making plans now to attend the next one, and including in those plans are to help now to secure the financial ability to hold the writers; festival again. Please click [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #20 This hour of jazz music is brought to you by our October podcast sponsor, Dallas Blue Network. With networking opportunities, job leads, and executive consulting, Dallas Blue Network is North Texas’ premier source for moving your career and business forward. Find out more at www.dallasblue.com. “Laguna Cove” – Dave Grusin, keys “Fortuna” – Roni Ben-Hur, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Patsy Moore, PT 2 In the second part of my interview with Patsy Moore, we discuss her music and vision since leaving Nashville for LA and how her music literally saves her through broken relationship and her bout with cancer. Her music credits post-Nashville including working with contemporary jazz stars, Dianne Reeves and Billy Childs. The tracks [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Building LGBTQ Collections for Librarians panel from Fire & Ink III in Austin More goodies from the Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion! Enjoying these episodes from the conference? I knew you would, so show your love by clicking here to support Fire & Ink, Inc. today, so we can do it again soon! From the 2009 F&I website: This panel focuses on keeping black queer writing and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Patsy Moore, PT. 1 I’m speaking with songwriter and vocalist, Patsy Moore, on the podcast today. Patsy Moore was a special musical guest, along with Tim Dillinger, at the September Mandrake Arts & Media anniversary event in Dallas at Jack’s Backyard. My familiarity with Patsy’s work comes from her two CDs released in the 90’s on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Jesse Garcia Today, I’m speaking with Jesse Garcia about the beginning of LULAC 4871 (also called “The Dallas Rainbow Chapter”), building bridges between the Dallas Latino and LGBT communities, and how immigration reform affect many more LGBT people than we may realize (and not just Latino people). Find out more at http://lulac4871.org Our interview was recorded at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #19 Just in case it’s your first listen to these jazz shows, I call them “mixtapes” for a reason. If you’re a traditional jazz purist, this may not be the show for you. However, if you’re inspired by traditional and contemporary jazz and sometimes love hearing your jazz music mixed with a touch [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Heterosexism and Homo-hop panel from Fire & Ink 2009 in Austin, TX A lively discussion recorded in Austin, TX, at The Fire & ink III: The Cotillion on Saturday, October 10th on contemporary hip-hop, the double edged sword of image of hyper-masculinity in hip-hop by gay artists, and the musical double standard by gay clubs and Pride event planners in our communities. The panel includes hip-hop/soul [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: The Black LGBTQ Blogosphere panel at Fire & Ink III: The Cotillion On Saturday, October 11, Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend, Darian Aaron of Living out Loud with Darian, and yours truly comprised a panel on LGBTQ Blogging from the Black perspective at the Fire & Ink Conference, The Cotillion, held in Austin, Texas this year. The panel was hosted by Lambda Literary Award-nominated writer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Thomas Glave, reading from The Torturer’s Wife Thomas Glave was born in the Bronx and grew up there and in Kingston, Jamaica. A 1993 Honors graduate of Bowdoin College and a graduate of Brown University, Glave traveled as a Fulbright Scholar to Jamaica, where he studied Jamaican historiography and Caribbean intellectual and literary traditions. While in Jamaica, Glave worked on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #18 “Copper Tone” – Playdate “I Want You” – Cassandra McKinley, vocal “Iberia” – Mongo Santamaria “New York Vibe” – Sean Nowell, sax “Someone Exactly Like You” – Lisa Markley, vocal “The Way You Look Tonight” – Jason Smith, drums “Peace” – Giulherme Monteiro, Ben Street “Soul Purpose” – Tom Braxton, sax “I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart”  ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christopher Bates keynote speech during D/FW Pride Movement Christopher Bates is the Director of AIDS Policy at US Department of Health & Human Services and has recently been named Executive Director of the President’s Council on HIV and AIDS. His keynote address was recorded Friday, October 2, 2009 at the LGBT Summit during D/FW Pride Movement at the Westin CityCenter in downtown Dallas. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with Blake Wilkinson of Queer LiberAction If there’s one public figure that has been made waves in the Dallas gay and mainstream press in 2009, it’s Blake Wilkinson, founder of the direct political action collective, Queer LiberAction. Whether you love him, love to hate him, or simply disagree with his approach, I wanted to make this interview of opportunity to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape #17 “The Search” – The Quiet Nights Orchestra “Simply Natural” – Carla Cook, vocal “Homeland” – Saltman Knowles “Circle of Seasons” – Karen Young, Eric Auclair “Every Which Way” – Denny Zeitlin, piano “Lazy Afternoon” – HiLo’s, vocals “Breath of the Volcano” – Geoffrey Keezer, piano “Nu Soul” – Wayne Escoffey, tenor sax “Apti” – ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Matt Goodman of DFW BI-NET Today, I’m speaking with Matt Goodman, who is the President of the North Texas Bisexual Network better known as DFW Bi-NET. Matt also serves on the board of the parent group, BI Net USA, and is working as development chair with The National Conference on LGBT equality, creating change which will be held in Dallas [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape #16 He is the Glory – Dizzy Reece, Carl Murell(trumpet, voice) Morning Glory – Build an Ark Fortnight – The Will Collier Septet Just Groove Me – Torcuato Mariano, guitar Giant Steps – Mimmo Campanale, drums Feels Good – Megan Livingston, vocal Long Live New Orleans – The Godfathers of Groove Orbital Echoes – John Nau, keys In A Dream – Gretchen Parlato, vocal Pachyderm [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with the co-hosts of KNON’s Lambda Weekly This week, after Harold and I discuss Pride weekend events, I’m sharing a conversation I had with the co-hosts of Lambda Weekly: David Taffet, Lerone Landis, and Patti Fink. Now in its 27th season, Lambda Weekly discusses politics and entertainment affecting the LGBT community and airs every Sunday from noon to 1pm on KNON [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape #15 We Jazz June – Dennis Gardner & The Jazz Prophets +2 Feelin’ Good – Oleta Adams, vocal Tutwiler – The Grip Bingo Wings – If Destroyed Still True Silly Pop Song – Arthur Lewis, vocal/piano Headwomb – The Twin Cats Island Wind – Rodney Jones, guitar Quiet Now – Denny Zeitlin, piano I Loves You, Porgy – Manhattan School of Jazz Orchestra 30th Hour [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Jarid Manos and Earl Fowlkes In the first half of the show, I’m speaking with Jarid Manos, founder and CEO of Great Plains Restoration Council (GPRC). GPRC has been on the forefront of the ecological health movement and Jarid explains the new opportunities for the group as they celebrate ten years of their work. From his Ft. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape #14 Just in case it’s your first listen to these jazz shows, I call them “mixtapes” for a reason. If you’re a traditional jazz purist, this may not be the show for you. However, if you’re inspired by traditional and contemporary jazz and sometimes love hearing your jazz music mixed with a touch of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with Lisa C. Moore and Joseph Farkadsi This is the first show of Mandrake Society Radio podcast, Season 5, and I really want to thank you for being a part of this experience of documenting a special story. It is a Dallas story. It is a African-American/Black story. It is a story of understanding sexual orientation and gender. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape–Labor Day 2009 edition Whether you’re planning a cook-out with family, some reading time, or preparing for work, I hope this jazz mix helps make your Labor Day a better holiday!Skyline Drive (feat. Scott Ambush and Tom Schuman) – Al Williams, saxIn A Dream – Gretchen Parlato, vocalGrowing Up – David Binney and Alan Ferber, alto sax [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sonia Sanchez at Tulisoma 2009, Dallas, Texas On August 29, 2009, poet, author, and playwright, Sonia Sanchez was the keynote speaker for the community breakfast at Tulisoma 2009, the annual South Dallas book fair. Ms. Sanchez is considered an architect of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She has lectured at over 500 universities and colleges in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz Session Mixtape #12 Today, giving you one full hour of contemporary and traditional jazz music! Enjoy the tracks by the following artists: Every Which Way – Denny Zeitlin. piano I Want You – Cassandra McKinley, vocal Orbital Echoes – John Nau, keys I Got Your Back – Rick Braun, trumpet Coffee Philosophy – Tonex, vocal These Boots – 4 To the Bar, vocal-group 5 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape Hope your Monday going good so far, and if not, here’s hoping this mix will pick you up! This week’s show begins with a contemporary jazz number by keyboardist, Dan Seigel, and a track called, “Just Like That”. Blending some electronics in the jazz mix, next up is Finnish nu-jazz outfit, Quintessence, with a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape A mixed bag this Monday with traditional jazz, funk, and swing. Remember you can get the link to download each of the tracks individually in the comments section. Enjoy the music you’re hearing?! Be sure to leave a comment here or rating at iTunes. Here is today’s tracklist: “I Want to Be a Popstar” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape Bring a mix of jazz fusion with a touch of pop this week. Listen and rate your favorite in the poll today. 1. Midlands – Weather Pending 2. fourth Aye – Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, who are coming to Dallas soon!. 3. Dangerfield – Grimace Federation 4. Boxer Rebellion – The Joe LaBarbera Quintet 5. Raise and Illuminate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape This week’s jazz podcast will begin with some funk as Pittsburgh native and Berkleee graduate, Ritchie Goods thumps his bass to Herbie Hancock’s fusion piece, “Palm Grease”. Following that, Rick Braun brings a cut from his latest, All It Takes, called, “I Got Your Back”, co-produced by Phillipe Saisse. Bringing the blues to the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape Today’s lineup for jazzing out! Don’t forget to vote on the site’s poll on which songs you like and you always grab the .mp3s in the comments and find out where to purchase the full album/CD/download!: 1. Skip Heller Trio – Bright Blue Skye Eyes 2. Sherman Irby – Black Warrior 3. Adriana – Is It Love? 4. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fashions for the Cure: Interview with Marsha Johnson Today’s conversation about one woman’s quest to returning to modeling after learning she had breast cancer and using love of fashion to educate men and women about early cancer detection and healthy living. Meet Marsha Johnson, the founder of the non-profit organization, Fashions for the Cure. This Saturday evening, the organization is holding its [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Exploring Black queerness: Interview with Steven G. Fullwood What is B/black queerness, and how can we support more of the writing which celebrates our queerness? I’m discussing that today with Steven G. Fullwood, founder of the Black Gay/Lesbian Archive, located in the Schomberg Center for Black Culture in the New York City Library. Steven is also a writer, publisher, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with Sean Nowell – Monday jazz session edition For this week’s Monday jazz session podcast, I have an interview with musician, Sean Nowell. Sean is originally from Alabama, and currently lives in New York. His latest CD, The Seeker, is on Posi-Tone Records. I’m talking with Sean about some tracks on his new CD, as well as his journey from Alabama [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When the good soldier is the gay soldier: Interview with Robaire Watson As tempers in our community flare about “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (more acronymically known as DADT these days), one West Texas-born soldier wanted to tell me his story about his military service with no issues from fellow or commanding officers about being openly gay. He also believes his story (and others’ stories with a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape To get your Monday morning jazzed, take this first track by bandleader, Graham Collier, and imagine stepping into the hustle and bustle of the busy and wild city. From there, the large and dark city groove continues. Here’s the tracklist: 1. Graham Collier – An Alternate Aberdeen Angus 2. Adriana – Is it Love 3. Steve [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape Ok, crazy weekend, I know. However, while we get back to work, let’s jazz it up. Enjoy the music, especially the bookends of the song, “Groovin’ High”, first from Charlie Parker and then from Bud Powell. Here’s the tracklist: 1. Charlie Parker – “Groovin’ High” 2. David Binney – “Growin’ Up” 3. Four 80 East [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Introducing Honey Entertainment After the delicious sounds of Dallas’ own, Ms. Badu, I speak with Michelle Carter about her new venture, Honey Entertainment, as she seeks to bring mainstream R&B/jazz artists to gay/lesbians audiences in Dallas. In fact, as I mentioned last week in our interview, N’Dambi will be the artist featured this Saturday night, July 4, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape Well, it’s hotter here in Texas and we’re not even in July. Whew! Thank goodness for some cool jazz (and some cool water!). It’s time for another Jazz session mixtape podcast! Here’s the lineup: 1: The Sai Ghose Quartet – CingRoMesh 2. Sean Nowell – New York Vibe 3. Fonkmasters – Once I Get Up 4. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: N’Dambi speaks with Mandrake Society Radio.com Today, I’m sharing a phone conversation with songwriter and vocalist, N’Dambi. Once recognized as a background vocalist for Erykah Badu (the one with the afro!), N’Dambi not only performed vocals but also co-wrote with Erykah, as well as several artists in the Dallas music scene. We discuss the making of her latest independent [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape Here’s the lineup for today’s mixtape of podsafe jazz music, thanks to IODA! Enjoy! Leave a comment or hit me up on Twitter (@MandrakeAM) to let me know how you like it. 1. Kiko Loureiro – Feijo De Corda 2. Jon Gordon – Sicily 3. Vanessa Daou – Passed 4. Skyline Drive – Al Williams feat. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Discrimination report from New York This case involves a mental health nurse who was daily ridiculed and finally injured by subordinates in the year that she worked for Beacon of Hope House because they did not want to be supervised by a B/black woman. Beacon of Hope House, an operation of the Archdiocese of New York, has residences for approximately [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday jazz session mixtape. Ah, Monday again and another jazz mixtape to get Alexander Troup humming. This week’s playlist goes like this: 1. Bill Banfield Band – Spring Forward 2. Saltman Knowles – Homeland 3. Melou – The Wrong Way 4. Oran Etkin – Nama 5. Giulherme Monteiro – Peace 6. Daivd Binney, Alan Ferber – Growing Up 7. Sarah Williams White – Fool 8. Bernie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast - Saul Gonzalez speaks about ALLGO During my recent trip to Wimberly, TX, for ALLGO’s 2nd Statewide Summit for Queer People of Color, I had a chance to speak with one of the founders of the organization, Saul Gonzalez takes me back to 1982 and how his efforts in local political activism came to form ALLGO in concert with other activists. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with DFW Bi-Net member. Today, I’m speaking with Nate, a member of local social/support group, DFW Bi-Net. Nate recounts being raised his grandparents in Georgia, life in the U.S. Army during, and always being aware of his bisexuality. We discuss why he feels there’s such strong prejudice against bisexual people in the LGBT community, as well as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Monday Jazz session mixtape In a return to music here at this blog, here’s a Monday Jazz session mixtape here with tracks you can purchase on the internet in various digital shops. Thanks for supporting the artists and enjoying the music. Remember, people, I need to hear whether you’re grooving, too, cause I’m already grooving. Here are the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Gays and God-more Mandrake Society Radio stories Continuing our birthday celebration, today’s show is a small collection of stories shared on the podcast on individual journey with God as LGBT people. After hearing the snippets here, feel free to go back and listen to the interviews dealing with Judaism to Christianity to Shamanism and more, I believe it’s important for B/black [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Happy Birthday, Mandrake Society Radio podcast! Well, today it’s officially four years of sharing stories of a unique Dallas and/or African-American and/or LGBT blend with Mandrake Society Radio podcast. I’m thankful for the opportunity to meet many people and share their stories. Thanks to you for continuing to listen and enjoy! And yes, there will be a party, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Interview with D/FW Stomp Out Syphilis coordinator, Jai Makokha This week, I’m interviewing M. Jai Makokha who’s involved with the program, Stomp Out Syphilis, formerly known as Eliminating Syphilis. Find out how the group is addressing general health issues, including sexual health, in community organizations and churches throughout the Dallas area. Also, learn about the symptoms of syphilis and why it’s called [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Poet, Samiya Bashir, speaks “Gospel” Author and performance poet, Samiya Bashir, talks with me about her new collection of poetry entitled, Gospel, published by Redbone Press. Her previous work, Where the Apple Falls (2005), was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her works have been featured in Essence Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Black Letters Book Review, and Vibe Magazine just [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Conjuring Black Funk - Part 2 Today is the second part of my discussion with sociologist, sexologist, and shaman, Dr. Herukhuti about his book, Conjuring Black Funk–Notes on Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality Vol. 1. Part two picks up with a review of the “HIV Industrial Complex” (discussed in part one of the interview and in the book). We also talk [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast - Little Brown Boy’s Blues: A talk with Dallas author, Tuan N’gai While I’m preparing for the African-American LGBT writer’s festival,Fire and Ink III, in Austin this October (and you should be, too), I wanted to make sure I speak with more authors in our area who will be there. Listeners of Mandrake Society Radio podcast will be familiar with Tuan N’gai as my very first guest [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: More on ArtLoveMagic with David Rodriguez On U.S. Inauguration Day, I spoke with David Rodriguez, one of the founders of Dallas-based event, ArtLoveMagic. We discuss his personal development as an artist and the genesis of the idea of ArtLoveMagic with co-founders, Michael Lagocki and Justin Nygren. We discuss many other things including his thoughts on the Inauguration of Barack [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: MLK Weekend observations/my own changes Let’s get to Tuesday already and get this man in office, please! Deaths in the extended family New podcasts at Mandrake FM and popolio The Aluminum Group at MySpace. Music in the show by: Outasight: Another L@te Night and Rumpistol “BEITO” (mp3) from “Dynamo” (Rump Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Love me-love my sponsors! :-0 : Fund Literacy, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast: Queer Liberaction Dallas protest 1-10-09 Given all the press about the protest, I wanted to go downtown myself to see the matter. As I mention in the earlier post, there were no more than 20 people involved the protest, with about 7 counter protesters that you hear in the beginning across the street. The first speaker, whose name [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with Jarid Manos This episode, I’m talking with Fort Worth-based, author and ecological health advocate, Jarid Manos. We’re discussing his journey of discovering how the “violence that we accept into ourselves mirrors the violence that we do to the earth”, which I believe is expertly chronicled in his book, Ghetto Plainsman. This is one of my book [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Good as Gold: Ari Gold visits with Mandrake Society Radio podcast In this episode, I’m speaking with musician/songwriter, Ari Gold, about his Transport Systems tour and new music economy concerning online promotion and radio. Find out more about Ari via his website, www.arigold.com, and definitely buy a copy of his latest work, Transport Systems. Plus, you’ve seen the photos here (and here, and here) on the site [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mandrake FM talks with Jennie Laws (Special note: Mandrake FM.com is where the music only podcasts are, however I want to share the interviews with you here as well. Enjoy and subscribe to both.) Recently I spoke with Toronto-born vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Jeannie Laws, about her new EP, Introducing Jennie Laws, which hits stores on May 13th (You can buy it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why The Black in Black Media A discussion about using the adjective, “black” when describing our our own media. My guests are fellow Dallas blogger and playwright, Kristina Patrice, and fellow Dallas podcaster and tech maven, Theo Johnson. We also discuss social networking spaces for black people, and especially why Facebook sucks. The Links: Barack Obama’s speech on race in Pennsylvania [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TEMPOdcast pt. 2: Interview with Dennis Coleman This is part two of my conversation with Dennis Coleman, regional marketing director for the Lambda Legal South Central Office in Dallas, TX. This podcast is a co-production with TEMPO Magazine in Dallas. Dennis and I talk about his coming out process here in Oak Cliff, black gay nightlife, barbecue, and personal mission. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TEMPOdcast with Dennis Coleman, plus actor/producer, Matthew Hatchette A co-production with TEMPO Magazine in Dallas I recently spoke with Dennis Coleman, Regional Director of the Lambda Legal South Central Office in Dallas, Texas. Lambda Legal is the United States’ oldest civil rights legal advocate working on behalf of LGBT people. In our talk, Dennis discussed the new Lambda Legal fellowship honoring the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesus is for gay people. A Saturday evening praise service at Reunion MCC in Oak Cliff, a music minister’s calling, a parishoner’s story, and my own exit from the church are weaved into this episode of Mandrake Society Radio podcast. The Links: Mandrake Society blog post on Dallas WordCamp 2008 More about the organizationSDA Kinship Visit the Reunion MCC in Oak Cliff New [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website patience is a virtue The Links: AfroErotik Episodes! The password is revealed! Comment on that page and you could win a DVD from Ty Lattimore Productions Say What?! : new video podcast from Dallas’ own, Q. Ragsdale Tempo Magazine; New Dallas magazine Sign up for the email newsletter for special contests and info Community Calendar: Why do I have one and why should [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website patience is a virtue The Links: AfroErotik Episodes! The password is revealed! Comment on that page and you could win a DVD from Ty Lattimore Productions Say What?! : new video podcast from Dallas’ own, Q. Ragsdale Tempo Magazine; New Dallas magazine Sign up for the email newsletter for special contests and info Community Calendar: Why do I have one and why should [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website soulfulness Michael Ashanti begins the show with some gospel house from his disc, All of Me. Also, Austin-based R&B performer, Philip Alexander (pictured to the left), takes some time from recording to talk about bringing live soul music to Austin. After doing some personal mental flossing about the Southern Voice article referring to the question of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sandbloom & more. I’m grateful for another opportunity to talk with one of my favorite songwriter/vocalists, Kevin Sandbloom. I recently visited with Kevin during a tour stop in Arlington, TX. Along with talking about and listening to songs from his latest, MadLoveActivate, I share my thoughts on Grammy night performances, the talented and controversial vocalist, Tonex, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sandbloom & more. I’m grateful for another opportunity to talk with one of my favorite songwriter/vocalists, Kevin Sandbloom. I recently visited with Kevin during a tour stop in Arlington, TX. Along with talking about and listening to songs from his latest, MadLoveActivate, I share my thoughts on Grammy night performances, the talented and controversial vocalist, Tonex, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website gender crossroads Tying into a blog I recently did at Mandrake Society, I wanted to share an interview I did recently with songwriter and poet, Luna Thorn, on being male-to-female transgender. Also music by Tim Dillenger and Jianda (pronounced “gee - on - duh”). Hear more of their music on the “beyond rainbows mixtape” at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alan Smith says �Unbreak Your Health� This week, a conversation with Plano-based author, Alan E. Smith, about his book, “Unbreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies”, available at Amazon.com. Find out why the healthcare industry isn’t interested in you getting well. For more about Alan E. Smith, visit Unbreak Your Health.com Music used: Harshmallow “Bright Lights” (mp3) from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alan Smith says �Unbreak Your Health� This week, a conversation with Plano-based author, Alan E. Smith, about his book, “Unbreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies”, available at Amazon.com. Find out why the healthcare industry isn’t interested in you getting well. For more about Alan E. Smith, visit Unbreak Your Health.com Music used: Harshmallow “Bright Lights” (mp3) from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Day resolutions Today’s unscripted bienvenido references these links: New Mandrake FM show The Flatus Show Mikey talks to a vegan bodybuilder, not a vegan blogger. David Howard’s, Spark Kevin Sandbloom is a he, not an “it’s”. Go see him live. What’s Your New Year’s “day resolutions”? Chips-and-salsa vegetarian Visit the D/FW LGBT calendar and AfroerotiK Episodes (in the sidebar) Sam Sparro is in my ten top [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Day resolutions Today’s unscripted bienvenido references these links: New Mandrake FM show The Flatus Show Mikey talks to a vegan bodybuilder, not a vegan blogger. David Howard’s, Spark Kevin Sandbloom is a he, not an “it’s”. Go see him live. What’s Your New Year’s “day resolutions”? Chips-and-salsa vegetarian Visit the D/FW LGBT calendar and AfroerotiK Episodes (in the sidebar) Sam Sparro is in my ten top [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website nia - PURPOSE Today�s tenet is Nia (Purpose) and I�m pleased to introduce a podcaster whose show, Friday Favecast won the Judge�s Vote for Best Podcast in the 2007 Black Weblog Awards. I�m talking about none other than Houston’s own, Fave Knight, next here on Mandrake Society Radio podcast. Music in the beginning of the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ujamma - COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS Today’s show is presented by Theo Johnson of Now That’s What I’m Talkin’ About podcast. Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. Get more information about today’s guests, as well as a transcription of the program at this link. The hot links!: African Path (social [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ujima - COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY Today’s thoughts are shared by Terrance Heath of Republic of T.com. Follow the links to get the backstory: The Michael Sandy story African-American Community Gay community Scared Over Deaths NPR: Dealing with Homosexuality and HIV in the Black Church (NPR: News and Notes program) The Wheat From the Tares (powerful, personal note from Donald Andrew Agarrat) opening music by: Sean [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Houston, I�m talking to ya! Poet and musician, Aaron Coleman, returns this week as a special Houston correspondent for Mandrake Society Radio. Be sure to visit the music and poetic happenings at Aaron’s My Space page. Today’s conversation is music and marketing with another great singer/songwriter friend of mine currently based in Houston, Christopher Wilson, as he talks about his [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website randomizism It’s good-ol’ random loving today this Super Tuesday. Go vote! The links: Blogging While Brown Conference. Are you going? Theo Johnson, brother in tech. South Dallas Blog, brother in blog. POD (Podcasters of D/FW). You can be a part. OUT TAKES Dallas. When are you going? South Dallas Cultural Center. The party’s getting started right! New Mandrake FM show. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Soona Songs Story Marilyn Duncan, performer and record label owner of Oak Cliff’s own Soona Songs, is my guest on this episode of Mandrake Society Radio. Music tracks from the label used in today’s show: Heliopause - “red shift”, from V1 Marilyn Duncan - “Free”, from Departures Lisa Markley - “Someone Exactly Like You”, from the Sky is Blue [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CBC Town Hall Meeting in Dallas For those who missed the Congressional Black Caucus Southern Region Forum this past Saturday, October 13, here is a recording of the afternoon town hall meeting. The Representatives present at the afternoon town hall meeting were The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) (she’s also the first and main voice you hear during the meeting), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CBC Town Hall Meeting in Dallas For those who missed the Congressional Black Caucus Southern Region Forum this past Saturday, October 13, here is a recording of the afternoon town hall meeting. The Representatives present at the afternoon town hall meeting were The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) (she’s also the first and main voice you hear during the meeting), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website coming out today With stories from rappers Bigg Nugg and Feloni, Dallas music artist, Dan Paul, and poets Gayle Bell and Christopher Soden (both of which are featured here), it’s all about coming out today. Technorati Tags: coming out day, blubrry, Music by: The Skip Heller Trio “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guts Before Gold Today, I’m spending some time with R&B/pop recording artist, Ari Gold. The man’s got an impressive background and a hot new CD! Listen how you can win his latest CD, Transport Systems which drops today, October 2. Plus, a wrap-up of the Dallas Southern Pride workshops and suggestions how you can create healthy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guts Before Gold Today, I’m spending some time with R&B/pop recording artist, Ari Gold. The man’s got an impressive background and a hot new CD! Listen how you can win his latest CD, Transport Systems which drops today, October 2. Plus, a wrap-up of the Dallas Southern Pride workshops and suggestions how you can create healthy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Of Pride and poundage It’s Dallas Black Gay Pride week in Dallas, also known to many Dallas Southern Pride. Hear about the events you can’t miss, and interviews with local guests giving some historical perspective weekend on open African-American gay nightlife in Dallas and the situations that created a need for a Black Pride weekend. Also, a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Of Pride and poundage It’s Dallas Black Gay Pride week in Dallas, also known to many Dallas Southern Pride. Hear about the events you can’t miss, and interviews with local guests giving some historical perspective weekend on open African-American gay nightlife in Dallas and the situations that created a need for a Black Pride weekend. Also, a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Of Pride and poundage It’s Dallas Black Gay Pride week in Dallas, also known to many Dallas Southern Pride. Hear about the events you can’t miss, and interviews with local guests giving some historical perspective weekend on open African-American gay nightlife in Dallas and the situations that created a need for a Black Pride weekend. Also, a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Of Pride and poundage It’s Dallas Black Gay Pride week in Dallas, also known to many Dallas Southern Pride. Hear about the events you can’t miss, and interviews with local guests giving some historical perspective weekend on open African-American gay nightlife in Dallas and the situations that created a need for a Black Pride weekend. Also, a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Of Pride and poundage It’s Dallas Black Gay Pride week in Dallas, also known to many Dallas Southern Pride. Hear about the events you can’t miss, and interviews with local guests giving some historical perspective weekend on open African-American gay nightlife in Dallas and the situations that created a need for a Black Pride weekend. Also, a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity I’m speaking with Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity, Inc., an organization that addresses the health, social, and economic disparities among African American men and their families in Dallas. Venton shares his experience in raising awareness for the work of AP, especially among local black gays who may be apprehensive to accepting AP’s mission and work due [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity I’m speaking with Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity, Inc., an organization that addresses the health, social, and economic disparities among African American men and their families in Dallas. Venton shares his experience in raising awareness for the work of AP, especially among local black gays who may be apprehensive to accepting AP’s mission and work due [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity I’m speaking with Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity, Inc., an organization that addresses the health, social, and economic disparities among African American men and their families in Dallas. Venton shares his experience in raising awareness for the work of AP, especially among local black gays who may be apprehensive to accepting AP’s mission and work due [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website rise! In honor of those left us on 09-11-01, may we always rise to live in their memory and spirit. ———————————— Today, I�m speaking with music artist Brian Kent, whose new CD, Breathe Life, drops September 11th. Brian�s bringing his style to the forefront after being a background vocalist like Kristine W, as well as former stints as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website rise! In honor of those left us on 09-11-01, may we always rise to live in their memory and spirit. ———————————— Today, I�m speaking with music artist Brian Kent, whose new CD, Breathe Life, drops September 11th. Brian�s bringing his style to the forefront after being a background vocalist like Kristine W, as well as former stints as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website rise! In honor of those left us on 09-11-01, may we always rise to live in their memory and spirit. ———————————— Today, I�m speaking with music artist Brian Kent, whose new CD, Breathe Life, drops September 11th. Brian�s bringing his style to the forefront after being a background vocalist like Kristine W, as well as former stints as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website rise! In honor of those left us on 09-11-01, may we always rise to live in their memory and spirit. ———————————— Today, I�m speaking with music artist Brian Kent, whose new CD, Breathe Life, drops September 11th. Brian�s bringing his style to the forefront after being a background vocalist like Kristine W, as well as former stints as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spontaneous Swirl Back from a break with an unapologetically Dallas-focused show. Taking a breezy afternoon to the Absinthe Lounge to catch Johnny O and the Mad Swirl gang. This tribute to the Swirl features a spot interview with Chris of the “spontaneous composition” band, Swirve, and the poetry of Paul Sexton, Opalina Salas, and Carlos Salas. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website more words with Ty Lattimore I’m catching up with adult film maker and model Ty Lattimore, of Ty Lattimore Entertainment. Listen as we discuss his new production ventures (is music on the way?) and his thoughts on why health risks of a porn actor could be less than the online “hook-up” done by most guys. Mandrake Society Radio [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website lazy Sunday blog Thanks for filling out the listener survey. It’s still up for you to fill out until the end of the month.Here’s the link.My Last.FM profile page.Who win will in the June runoff for Dallas mayor? Ed Oakley or Tom Leppert? Check out the Oakley Plan and weigh infrom the commercial on his [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website catching up with Bigg Nugg. Bigg Nugg talks about unexpected surprises on the road during the HomoRevolution Tour and new tour dates this summer and fall. His latest, La Revolucion, is at iTunes, so pick it up. Photo of Bigg Nugg courtesy of GregFrederick.com.Wanna hear hip-hop radio with no boundaries? Check out Bigg Nugg and other artists [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website crazysexycoolKatz I’m catching up with Katz/Athens Boys Choir and talking about life and new poetry on his latest CD, Jockstraps and Unicorns (Buy it!). Also, be sure the follow the link to the Mandrake Society Radio listener survey now open. Plus, let’s help make Kentie’s Easter Seals goal. If you didn’t hear the first [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website short note for midApril While the Fonkmasters play in between my talk of Boston times, I share my experience during the last night of the Homo-Revolution 2007 tour at the Brick, Bernie’s blog series on black gay men at midlife, Spirited book winners, and more! (That sounds so…Kentie, don’t it? Love ya!). Music by: Download “Make The Madness Stop” (mp3) [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website over my morning coffee This breakfast talk covers Sophian Gnosticism, MSR’s upcoming 2-year birthday, the birth of Mandrake FM podcast, AFI Dallas films, and why Sanjaya should win.Check out: When They Could FlyAlso for those wanting to subscribe to Mandrake FM, here’s the feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MandrakeFmMusic featured:Download “Bright Blue Skye Eyes” (mp3) from “Mean Things Happen In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MSR presents: outWORD After sharing some conversation with a new MySpace friend, listen to the poetry of Marie Brown, Josh Weir, and Katz of Athens Boys Choir. Featured music by Kevin Sandbloom.Also, catch my interview with artist and radio producer, Tim Dillenger. Our conversation is titled “The Best 80’s Music You’ve Never Heard”, a podcast exclusive [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website conversation with Bigg Nugg Listen to the music and words of hip-hop artist, Bigg Nugg, as he talks about coming out, making music, getting clean, and being involved in the first U.S. gay hip-hop tour, HOMO REVOLUTION 2007, coming to Dallas, Texas on April 8, 2007 @ The Brick.Plus, music by A.C. Coleman, SXSW, NXSW, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website freeflow dialogue with the fellas This show, I’ve got music from Firedrill!, out of Boston, and Dallas’ own, Black Page. Then listen in as a group of guys discuss what life is like for them as black gay men in Dallas. Listen how spiritual the discussion gets, as well as the questions and assumptions brought to the front. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website happening all around you On this episode, I’m sharing sounds from the band, Inflowential, I’m giving away two copies of a fantastic book to callers to my comment line (214-594-7434), and I catch up with author and journalist, Greg Moses, about Texas civil rights and reported human rights offenses done to women and children in particular Texas prisons right [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website weekend report A talk with actor, Le’Son Ivory, on the need for gay role models in acting; plus new online radio for Dallas from Pride Radio DFW and soon from Dallas Black Gay Chron Web.This show’s music:Download “Talk To Me” (mp3) from “Lightweight Heavy”by Fat Jon The Ample Soul PhysicianExceptional RecordsBuy at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website when will D.L. die? I start out with a personal rant against the DL phenomena that seems to have capture the imagination of those producing entertainment and programming for black gays. Then, there’s talk about Ghana’s Jospeh Project. Last up, coming entertainment in Dallas.Legacy of Success FoundationBlack CinemathequeMusic in the mix:Download “Chips - Chicken - Banana [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website flipshades Talking about my Adventist past experience and sharing a conversation with my friend, Jospeh, about being Jewish, queer, and hating to wear clothes. Joseph’s main essay site. His essay on Ambisexual Jews and Torah. Joseph’s other sites (NSFW) Also, before I listened to Mikeypod’s latest, I was curious whether he liked the Ex-Boyfriends or The Exboyfriends. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ..musically rising� Lots of comments about the music in the last show, so I figured I’d share some more. Also, talking about Christopher Street TV, Texas Black Film Festival, and Gnostic Radio.Music by:Download “Everydays People” (mp3) from “Imprinted Memories EP”by The Messenger2600 MusicBuy at iTunes Music StoreBuy at eMusicDownload [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ..resurfacing Relax, I’m still here..with more music…and more community talk. Gil Robertson’s book: Not in My Family-AIDS in the African-American Community Music is coming from: Download “Unexpected Times” (mp3) from “Unscaled Horizon”by 3rd Layer2600 Music Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody Download “Felt So Good” (mp3) from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Imani - FAITH Day seven of of Kwanzaa podcast series is brought you by Tuan N’Gai of Biazo Ministries. He is also co-founder of Operation Rebirth.com. A Happy New Year to you! Music in today’s show: Download “Hullabaloo” (mp3) from “Hullabaloo / Calypso Blues”by Spiritual South & Sleeptalker SleepwalkerRaw Fusion Recordings Buy at iTunes Music Store [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kuumba - CREATIVITY Day six of our Kwanzaa podcast series is brought to you by blogger and director of the New Media Collective.org, Melanie Morgan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nia - PURPOSE Day five of our Kwanzaa podcast series is brought to you by the Afrodiva herself, Scottie Lowe, owner of AfroerotiK.com. Visit AfroerotiK for a sensual and spiritual experience from an Afro-centic perspective of all orientations. Music in today’s show: Download “Welcome Children” (mp3) from “Buddha Lounge 3″by Various ArtistsAzul Music Buy at RealNetworks / [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ujima - COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY Day three of our Kwanzaa podcast series is directly from Terrance Heath from the www.republicoft.com. Listen and consider. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kujichagulia - SELF DETERMINATION Day two of our Kwanzaa podcast series is brought to you by Karsh of Blackgayblogger.com! Music by: Download “Once I Get Up” (mp3) from “Funky Urban Nights”by FonkmastersTON 4 Records Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Umoja - UNITY Day one of our Kwanzaa podcast series is presented by Terry Howcott. Terry welcomes you to discuss the broad, black family at www.terryhowcott.com. Today’s music: Download “Elevate You” (mp3) from “The Farina Beat Supplement”by D.J. Waht of Filthy F. FingahtipsEgruks Music Buy at iTunes Music Store Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prelude to Kwanzaa Today’s quick cast is a prelude to the upcoming Kwanzaa podcasts. Kwanzaa is a uniquely African-American celebration that simultaneously bridges our ancestry to continental Africans and Africana while calling to re-connect to one another here in America. It holds no specific religious tenet, yet calls for an introspection that is indeed spiritual in nature [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Mandrake Society Radio 2006 It’s been quite a year. Recap some of events that happened in Dallas as well as on this podcast series. Also, find out the top downloaded shows (see if your guesses are right!). Music included in the show besides that of Miss Money, Baron, and Dan Paul: Download “Pueblo” (mp3) from “Pueblo”by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best Served Chilled #12 Seving up some cool cuts for this December, warm up to this! This mix includes music by:Download “Where There You Been Gone Find It” (mp3) from “Hired New Hands”by Beckett & TaylorHand On The PlowBuy at iTunes Music StoreBuy at eMusicDownload “Alone” (mp3) from “Spacehoppa”by SpacehoppaDawgRecords LtdBuy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website jazzerings Feeling under the weather, I share post-Thankgiving activities, an experience at a recent jazz event produced by the South Dallas Cultural Center together with South Side at Lamar, ramblings about jazz itself, talk about the Elizabeth Shepherd Trio (who’s in Toronto-not Montreal–my bad!), woes with the (polictically)Christian Coalition, and upcoming MSR episodes.Here’s to medicinal powers!Remember, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best Served Chilled #11 Ok, so the holidays are upon us again. Gifts, family, food, work (or perhaps the lack of these things) getting you down? Just chill for a few minutes, will ya? Everything will be okay. Have a safe holiday.Songlist is in the comments.—-Remember, online meetings are made easy with GoToMeeting. Try it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Noodle Soup This show, I’m discussing some “must NOT see TV” concerning Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”, and here’s further info on the Murphy, Texas connection for those unaware. Also podcasts on my Blubrry radar including Flatus Show, Beppe, Addicted to Race, Love from the Asexual Underground, and Theo Talks. Listen for a savings [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A talk with Alex Hinton I’m sharing a phone conversation with director, Alex Hinton, and we discuss the making of his film, “Pick Up the Mic“, which is being featured during the OUT TAKES Dallas film festival on Wednesday, November 1. Alex shares how the film, which documents GLBT hip-hop artists, gave him a personal sense of re-connection and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A talk with A.C. Coleman I’m sharing some words with a friend, mentor, and artist, Aaron “A.C.” Coleman. A.C. and I talk about his inspiration for poetry, the need for Black gay gathering spaces, whether true connectivity is made with people thru MySpace and Tribe, and the darker side of that connectivity in reference and rememberance of Michael Sandy. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview with Q, jazz, and you! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Afterglow Please visit Mandrake Society Radio’s new sponsor: �Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting. Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code: Podcast� I reflect on the event of Dallas Southern Pride this past weekend, as well as receiving a spark to return to the stage myself, and share some words with activist and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Deis y seis and more So this recording began on September 16th at the World Peace Fest in Bishop Arts and follows through to the 23th. I’m discussing why my interview with artist, Francisco Casabal, didn’t work out, The folly of Dallas Police allowing protesters to bring mental rain on the already physically wet Pride Parade and Rally, Placing a call for listeners [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nothing 2 SNCC�r @ This episode, I’m sharing a small portion of a recent Call to Action program (held by the 6th Floor Museum in Dallas) discussing The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) experience in Dallas, and reflect on the need for more programs with such history. Read more about SNCC after listening to the show. Self is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weekend Report Catching up with Dan Paul, new poetry from a new friend of My Space, and laws affecting GLBT people in Uganda. Welcome to the weekend, though forgive me if I sound kinda “out of it”. Black Funk link. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast rewind: Betty Neal and Howard Okon This week, yours truly is featured in the Dallas Voice and asked a question that prompted a repeat of two previous interviews fused into one show. Enjoy. Pick up Olesi: Fragments of An Earth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Randomosity for 70. This episode, support for the Black Weblog Awards in general and thanks for your vote, interesting responses (so far) on the Mandrake Society Radio listener poll (you can still vote), and awaiting new CDs by Clara Hill, Level 42, and The Beauty Room. Poetry by Da’Shade and musical fun with video games provided by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Makes You Dance? After talking with Nillo about his latest podcast and some music I purchased recently, stirring up terms like “blue-eyed soul” and other stereotypes and situations, I wonder aloud “What makes YOU dance?” Nillo’s Night - “If One More Black Man..” More on “Blue-eyed Soul” The quick mix: Gabor Szazo, Eric Robertson/DJ Spinna, Jaime Lidell, Verbal Seed Thanks for voting [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A talk with Nhojj A phone conversation with New-York based vocalist-songwriter, Nhojj, reveals how his passion for music won out over a career in ecomonics, his sense of spirituality, and a look at life for homosexual people in Trinidad. In light of recent news, the latter portion is an important conversation. Offical Nhojj website Nhojj on My Space Same Gender Love [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Quick weekend update Randomness about better customer service from smaller shops, Soda Gallery opening in Bishop Arts, Karsh wants your vote, and so will I come August 1st, 2006. Also, here’s the Mandrake Society Radio listener survey. I wanna hear from YOU! Next Impressions Various ArtistsConcrete Grooves Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody Buy at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Dallas culture.. This week’s show deals with some history of Dallas education around the time of the Reconstruction and discuss modern African-influenced art and culture.First, I share a snippet of a lecture that I recorded at the downtown Dallas library from professor and author, Michael Phillips. The results of his research are found in his [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DanPaul, Art Pop Star I want to introduce you to DanPaul, an art pop star on the rise from Dallas. Find out about his music and his inspiration to create. DanPaul talks about his spiritual journey as a gay man. Thanks to Teresa Nasty for the picture of DanPaul. Dan Paul’s My Space music page Dan Paul’s personal [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As real life goes - a short �cast. Sandwiched between bits of music from a couple of artists I’ve been digging lately, Taylor Eigsti and Georgia Ann Muldrow, I quickly share thoughts on off-line friendships, electronic communication, and sexism. Web 2.Uh-oh indeed. Mandrake Society Radio’s My Space page. personal Music Review page (including that of Muldrow’s CD). Technorati Tags: My Space, email, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aries is her name Today, I feature the music of Bay-area (CA, of course) hip-hop artist, Aries, and talk with her about her upcoming CD and her views on being a young woman in independent hip-hop. Follow today’s is a slightly altered production of Athens Boys Choir performing, “Biological”, crafted by yours truly. Technorati Tags: hip-hop, poetry, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Try sweet freedom Along with music from Daniel Berkman (thanks, Magnatune), Tony Vincent (big thanks, Tony), and Vu Ray Robers(thanks for the musical satire, Robert), this show touches on Roy Simmons’ moving tale of addiction and redemption, and I discuss my own addiction and how I deal; plus interesting podcasts dealing with racism in the Latter-Day Saints movement [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thoughts on immigration, podcasting, and all that jazz Blended here in various jazz styles are stories about immigration of enslaved Africans to Mexico, cool podcasts I’ve listened to lately, and request to help a friend raise money for charity. Links: Mexico’s Legacy: A Refuge for Fugitive Slaves and Black Job-Seekers Radio 713 Miss Money 2006 Outmusic Awards Earthel Forster interview at Beppepodcast Thomas Glave interview Kentie’s Easter Seals page. Today’s music: New Blood Sai [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DJ Cast - Best Served Chilled 9 “It’s been a long time…maybe too long” This is number nine, however it’s the first one of 2006. Songlist will be in the comments. Soon. If this is your first mix o’ mine, then consider it a few blissful minutes through your rushed day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website to feel the essence of honest men Along with sharing music and poetry on today’s show, I share some words from national headlines, from Men of Essence founders, Daymond Lavine and Stan Coleman, as well as senior adviser, Jonathan Poullard, from this past weekend’s event, “The Mix”. Plus, news about the Mandrake Society Radio’s anniversary get together at Nodding Dog [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weekend �round town I begin this show in downtown Dallas near the South Side of Lamar lofts at the Urban Arts Festival this past Saturday. The music in the background is that of Myron Butler & Levi. More music and thoughts to follow, including a one year podcasting anniversary party. 206-600-5066. -also- Spymob EP SpymobSpymob, Inc Buy at iTunes Music [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation Rewind - Men of Essence As I’m coming on a year anniversary of the show, I wanted to replay certain interviews during the past year that some of you may have missed. However, there are new elements around these shows, so as to keep it fresh for longtime listeners. Daymond Lavine, of Men of Essence, was recently interviewed by Sapience [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Randomness for 55. Work. Kentie on the phone. Christian. Lewis. My Space. Bobby. Laws for immigrants. Boston. Randomness for show #55. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. 206-600-5066. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 26 - BARON This week, I’m spotlighting the poetry of the New York-based artist, Baron. We talk about the characters and inspirations for his disc, “Troubled Man”, as well as his unexpected (yet, very welcome) Dallas fan base. Also, words about an upcoming event by past show guest, Christopher Soden. P.S. Do visit Baron’s website, and grab the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Blogging irregularly while Black consistently This show, find out who wins a copy of the Athens Boys Choir disc, “Rose Cuts the Cake”–plus find out how you can win a copy! Thoughts about SXSW, Q-Media Con, and Vloggercon and music by upcoming interviewee, Baron. A personal musical sketch pad of mine follows the show. Technorati Tags: SXSW 2006, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weekend in Austin @ SXSW, OR interactions while @ Interactive I spent some time in Austin this past weekend and attended the SXSW Interactive Conference. Along with sharing some tunes (courtesy of AC Coleman and Santiago Vazquez, respectively), I discuss everything from the (horrible) hotel I stayed in, interesting panels (including thoughts on the 2nd edition of “Blogging While Black”), and a phat-ass concert [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 25 - Kym Keeton / Literafeelya Magazine.net This week, I’m chatting with Kym Keeton, editor and publisher of Literfeelya Magazine at Literafeelya Magazine.net, as she discusses her unique webzine for the politically-minded, as well as the poetic. Plus, links to podcasts that you MUST hear. Technorati Tags: Black art, jazz, podcasting, neo-soul, internet publishing, podcom Show links: Ourcast conversation with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JW�s Random Thoughts While sharing music by Manolo Camp (”Hold On a Sec”) and Drop Trio (”Lefty’s Alone”) and poetry by Tim Seibles, I talk about future plans to go SXSW Interactive in Austin, some movies to check out, a new Dallas theater company, and frustrations in the workplace. Technorati Tags: dallas, film, theater, poetry, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 24 - words and music of Kevin Sandbloom I caught up with songwriter,Kevin Sandbloom, after a Saturday night performance at Sankofa Arts Cafe on M.L.K. Blvd in Dallas. I originally became familiar with Kevin’s music in 2003, as my (then) band became listed with CD.Baby.com. His genuinely soulful sound continues to win me over. Enjoy the music and the words [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 22 - Byron Proutt / LOSF.org This show, I’m chatting with Byron Proutt, of the Dallas-based, Legacy of Success Foundation., discussing their recent 5th Annual Heritage Celebration and raising scholarships funds for local Same-Gender-Loving students. Also music by Chicago-area musicians, Reginald R. Robinson, and the Aluminum Group. Dallas Voice readers joining me for the first time, welcome to the show! Technorati Tags: Dallas, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 21 - Miss Money Coming out of Houston, TX, Miss Money produces and performs R&B and hip-hop like no one else. She was among several artists recently featured in the rockumentary, Pick up the Mic:the (R)evolution of Homo-Hop, which is being screened at film festivals across the U.S. and Canada. Hear Miss Money’s music and listen as she talks [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JW talks art, tech, and family This show, JW shares personal observations at the Dallas African-American Musuem, thoughts on the recent meeting of Black churches with NBJC, new podcast finds, and finding grace with your father. Feel free to comment here or call 206-600-5066. Show notes: www.journeyto.us www.m-audio.com www.beppe.lisbyn.com www.jazzhole.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast Conversation 19 - Katz of Athens Boys Choir Today, I’m speaking with spoken word artist, Katz, who is one-half of Athens Boys Choir. Listen to some good poetry and personal thought on being transgender, living in the South, and consideration of his Jewish heritage. Technorati Tags: spoken word, poetry, transgender, gay rights, qpodder, podcom Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DJ Cast - Best Served Chilled 5 It’s the middle of the month and the bills are paid (or at least, near paid). Stop fretting about next month for about fifteen minutes and chill out. Yeah, it’s that time again. Here’s installment #5 of Best Served Chilled, and this serving has a touch more “bounce” to it than I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DJ Cast - Best Served Chilled 4 As the month of August winds to a close like the summer, here’s the fourth installment of Best Served Chilled. This has been the best month yet for Mandrake Society Radio in terms of listenership and I humbly thank you all for listening in. Also, a big hello to all of you who’ve [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DJ Cast - Best Served Chilled 3 This week, it’s a quick trip to dubland and chill-out grooves with Best Served Chilled 3. This is more in the format of our regular podcasts, so it’s shorter than the other DJ Casts on the site in length. Let me know how you dig it.After that, Stephanie brings back the calendar [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website