HAYYYYY!! Guess what arrived in the mail today ?!?! My Diana Ross tickets for her 6/4/2010 concert in Atlanta! I still have not found anyone who REALLY wants to go with me, but I'll be there! Alone, with somebody, rain, sunshine, no matter how far, ain't no river wide enough, ain't no mountain high enough!
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HAYYYYY!! OK …….. You may or may not have seen the video on You Tube, where a man is walking home from the Twin Cities Pride Parade / Celebration in Minneapolis. While the man is on his journey, a group of pre-teen and teenage Somalian boys ask the man if he is gay, and then begin to follow and verbally harass the guy. For some reason, a passerby or the man's friend was able to tape this interaction.
The boys state that they "hate gay people" or "*F* gay people." At one point during the verbal comments, two police officers walk past the man and boys without any reaction! Since this video has begun to circle the internet, the Minneapolis Police Department has issued a statement that these "officers" are not part of their department, and that the MPD does not tolerate such behavior.
Watching this video brought forth so many emotions .. anger, fear, dread, complacency, and overall distrust [and the re-occurring thought, "why don't you back to Somalia?"]. However, I was amazed at the reactions from the guy who was simply walking home from a Pride event. He laughed at the boys and kept moving.
Therefore, in order to end today's blog entry on as more positive note, I have posted the video of Diana and Micheal performing "Upside Down." This is taken from Diana's 1980 tv special "diana," when she was at the ultimate peak of her popularity [3 top 10 singles in one year, including "Upside Down," which stayed at #1 for four weeks], and Michael had put out OFF THE WALL and was heading for super stardom. Diana just looks so happy in this video!
And once again, the man walking home from Pride laughed at the boys.
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice ……..
OK, you know that I have to wish a HUGE 65th Happy Birthday! to my girl, Miss Ross!
To honor la divine diva, please let me state 7 reasons I so much love and admire this woman:
1. Her message has always been believe in yourself and your dreams will come true. The key factor is to believe.
2. No matter the genre, and no matter if it was successful, she has attempted almost every type of music. Pop, R and B, Disco, House, Rap, Country, Opera, Broadway, Standards, Gospel ………..
3. Since the 60's she has always been a fashion plate with her own innate sense of style.
4. She is one of a fading breed .. a true entertainer. I've seen her in concert only three times. But each time was over 2 hours of LIVE singing, dancing, and entertaining.
5. Like Joan Crawford, she knows she is a star and expects to be treated like one [after 18 #1 hits, an Oscar nomination, and 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, who can blame her]. But, and this what younger stars need to understand, she knows that she is only a star due to her fans.
6. She has always acknowledged her gay fan base [Hello RuPaul].
7. Her songs, her look, her "everything" has been there, through good and bad times in my life!
Happy Birthday La Diva!
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice ……..