(Verse 1)
Boy, you got something to do.
You can't sit around like rent’s not due.
You got to move with grace,
Wash the dirt off your face.
Leave your Massa’ right in their place.


(Verse 2)
Slow down, fool, and turn up the tune.
Don't alert Massa’ and snitch so soon.
You got lashes on your face,
Don't be a disgrace.
Don't you want to be in Massa’s place?

(Chorus – Drawn-Out Vocals)
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…


(Verse 3)
I pick my cotton just in time,
But you wonder why we don't have a dime.
How about you open a book,
And don’t overlook?
You learn how much you really took.

(Verse 4)
Come and meet my boy named James.
They gone and took the man’s last name.
He never knew what he could really do,
Now he can’t play in the morning dew.

(Chorus – Drawn-Out Vocals)
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…


(Bridge – Intensified Refrain)
They’re coming for you.
They’re coming for you.
They’re coming for you.

(Instrumental Break)

(Final Chorus – Drawn-Out Vocals)
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…
I-I-I… Tellllllll… Youuuuuu…
They’re cuhhhhh-miiiiiiinnnnnnnn’ for youuuuuuuu…

They’re coming for you.
They’re coming for you.
They’re coming for you.

(Instrumental fade out)

Coming for you

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 2/27/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW:  Quiet White people in Florida??

THE QUIET ONES dramatizes a 2008 heist-- the biggest and most spectacular in Danish history-- by a multinational group of ambitious criminals, led by a struggling boxer willing to risk losing his family and everything that matters to him. Zooming in with us is director Frederik Louis Hviid.

From 2017:  In a budget motel near Disney World, the sometimes-disruptive behavior of a resident 6-year-old causes concern for her single mother and the sympathetic motel manager. Director/co-writer Sean Baker (TANGERINE & current Academy Award nominee for ANORA) takes us into THE FLORIDA PROJECT.  

From 2014:  The racial satire DEAR WHITE PEOPLE follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but offensive Black-face party thrown by White students. It also became a hit Netflix series, and we chat about the film with its writer/director, Justin Simien (BAD HAIR).  

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including ﻿EX-HUSBANDS; MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE; ﻿LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY; ﻿AMADEUS [4K][Warner Home Video]; ﻿DELICATESSEN [4K][Severin Films]; ANTIVIRAL [4K][Severin Films]; SEPTEMBER 5 [Paramount Home Video]; HARD TRUTHS [Decal Releasing] and THE ORDER [Vertical Entertainment].

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This week's featured soundtrack: THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR (music by Hannes De Maeyer) [Silva Screen Records]

THE QUIET ONES + SEAN BAKER + JUSTIN SIMIEN + NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 2-27-25

Call Tyrone Show 03 05 2025

Wash Day Love
Written by Tanisia Moore
Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

It's wash day-Tasha's least favorite day of the week!

Wash day means stinging eyes, aching back, and water everywhere, even in Tasha's ears!

But with big sis comforting her, Mama humming to the music, and Granny telling stories of wash days past, the weekly ritual soon becomes more than a weekend chore-it's a special bonding time for three generations of beautiful Black women.

Wash Day Love will affirm, empower, and reflect the lived experiences of Black children and resonate with families everywhere.

Print Edition Published by Scholastic Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. Text Copyright 2025 by Tanisia Moore. Illustration copyright 2025 by Raissa Figueroa. Production Copyright 2025 by Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Formats Available:
Digital Trade		978-1-5461-5101-2		$6.99
Digital Library		978-1-5461-5102-9		$20.99


Wash Day Love - Audiobook Clip

From 1969-1978, Toni Hughes gave the weather report on Twin Cities WTCN-TV, now KARE 11.

Like most stations at the time, she was never an accredited meteorologist, but as a model and dancer – plus an alumna of St. Kate’s and the U – she looked and sounded great on camera and raised viewership and ratings.

Hiring her was a bold move for the station because Toni Hughes was an African-American woman, the first to appear regularly on weeknight newscasts in Minnesota. 

Sadly, a decade in, the station got caught up in the so-called “news wars” and felt pressured to hire a professional meteorologists. Claiming she was a “freelancer,” the station let Toni go without notice or severance.

Ms. Hughes went on to be a health director at Cigna Healthcare. She died young of a rare blood disease. 

KFAI producer Alison Young shares her story.

Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Toni Hughes: from weather "girl" to weather reporter

AfricaNow! March 26, 2025 Voices of Conscience, Courage & Resistance

Topic and Guests: As we come near the end of Women’s History Month, AfricaNow! goes into its archive and highlights the voices of conscience, courage and resistance of Dr. Wangari Maathai, Gloria Rolando and Professor Sonia Sanchez.  We begin with an interview of Dr. Wangari Maathai,  the founder of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This coming April 1 Wangari Maathai—who joined the ancestors on September 25, 2011—would have been 85 years old (April 1, 1940–September 25, 2011).  The show presents a conversation between WPFW’s former Public Affairs Director Gloria Minott and Dr. Maathai on October 7, 2008.  The show also features filmmaker Gloria Rolando as AfricaNow! continues to commemorate Women’s History Month with voices of conscience, courage and resistance from our archive (AfricaNow! June 3, 2015). As an independent filmmaker Gloria Rolando's career spans over 40 years at ICAIC, Cuba's film center. 
 
AfricaNow! also features a brief discussion by Professor Sonia Sanchez–poet, playwright, activist; seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement; mentor to generations of poets and hip-hop artists. This talk took place on Friday, August 19, 2016 soon after the screening of BADDDDDD SONIA SANCHEZ on the opening night of the 10th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival DC. Also in the brief conversation is the director of film BADDDDDD SONIA SANCHEZ Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, and the moderator is Diarah N’Daw-Spech Co-Founder and Co-Director of the African Diaspora International Film Festival.

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“CONUNDRUM” BY KASIVA MUTUA; intro to Gloria Rolando segment--“KURIMA” BY CHIWONISO MARAIRE; intro to Sonia Sanchez segment--“LEKELA MUADI” BY TSHALA MUANA; sign-off--“NUMBER ONE” BY PATRICE RUSHEN; closing--“THINK” BY ARETHA FRANKLIN (March 25, 1942–August 16, 2018) remembering her birthday and commemorating Women’s History Month.

Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW.  Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you.

Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC. Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (U.S. Eastern).

Photos from: https://x.com/NobelPrize/status/1774678351166222621?lang=en  https://i.thriftbooks.com/api/imagehandler/m/2F88D54188DD8F1D27ED649AE52CBA3B69E747D5.jpeg https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=841590537638817&set=a.306780931119783 https://images.app.goo.gl/tkhkxbZgrGfYZwew7 https://soniasanchez.net/bio/ https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492824745i/727394.jpg

AfricaNow! Mar. 26, 2025 Voices of Conscience, Courage & Resistance

Floyd Coleman (1939–2018) holds a pivotal place in the development of African American modernism and the broader canon of American abstraction. As an artist, scholar, and educator, his contributions transcend formal aesthetics to engage with the intellectual and cultural movements shaping Black visual culture throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries.



Curatorial Rationale: Floyd Coleman Artist, Scholar, Visionary of Black Modernism

This episode is part of my Alabama Pilgrimage series, where I interview friends who traveled with me through the important sites of the Civil Rights Movement. Each episode, one pilgrim shares their memories and reflections from the trip, starting with myself. We hope you will enjoy listening to each of these stories. 

Today’s pilgrim is me, Lindsey Dunn! My podcast partner, Steve Barnes, also known as Introvoid, was gracious enough to agree to interview me so that I wouldn’t have to talk to myself. I’m a librarian and film critic who grew up in Lafayette, Indiana. I moved to North Carolina in 1998 and specifically to Durham in 2016. I heard about the pilgrimage at my church and knew immediately that I needed to go. If you would like to see the pictures I took that go with some of my memories, please visit my website at 1ofmystories.com and search for Alabama. 

If you would like to lean more about the Alabama Pilgrimage, contact DurhamCares at durhamcares.org. 
 
The music in this series is entitled Brothers and Sisters, by Alana Jordan on Pixabay. 


Alabama Pilgrimage Reflections by Lindsey: Who Can Understand It?

rosa parks

Call Tyrone Show 05 21 2025

Instrumental psychedelic blues album. All compositions created, written, performed, recorded and mixed by David Taylor Hughes

BIRTHDAY BLUES

G FORCES BLUES

MILL STREAM BLUES

FINALLY

FALLING LADY BLUES

THE DARK LADY

Truckstop Queen

Call Tyrone Show 06 04 2025

Ayeee happy Juneteenth y'all, here comes Malcolm X! Netflix Book Club number 256 has the usual suspects @dennisrooney7 and @_miketoohey chopping up this classic biopic directed by Spike Lee.  Follow the pod on instagram to see the entire upcoming schedule @netflixbookclubpodcast!

256 - Malcolm X

i chdeat on my girl with a boyy and he bsetter
producer + rapper from harare zimbabwe

Every week we watch a movie that's streaming on Netflix, then we talk about it.

MinneCulture is KFAI’s award-winning audio storytelling program. We produce audio documentaries exploring Minnesota’s art, culture, and history — stories about musical sensations, small town heroes, cultural icons, local lore, and everything in between.

This is the audio channel for 1 of my Stories, a spot where I talk about the movies and shows that are blowing my mind. Want to change the world? Tell me a story that changes my mind. Lindsey Dunn is a film critic with membership in both NC Film Critics and Southeastern Film Critics. She loves all things Cobra Kai, Netflix Dark, indie horror, and any stories about complicated relationships.

BLACK ART IN AMERICA™ (BAIA) is the leading online portal and social network focused on African-American Art. Join at www.blackartinamerica.com


Im a songwriter, poet, and writer. I’ve always had the ability to write music but never the opportunity to bring it to life—until now.

Tune in to the Call Tyrone Show on WOLB 1010 AM Baltimore on Wednesdays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST. The Call Tyrone Show is hosted by LTC (Ret.)Tyrone Bost, owner of BPPW Piping and Pipe Welding. We talk about real issues and uncover the ‪truth‬ that is hidden in plain sight by discussing the facts behind the poverty, unemployment, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and politics.

Composer for film,TV and advertising. Session Musician, Studio owner and World Music Producer. Multi Instrumentalist, Arranger and Engineer. Teacher - Guitar and Music Technology.

New tracks tagged #African American