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The President has a theme song; Syracuse Football has a fight song,but we think this would be a great welcome to summer song for our city. In fact, maybe Sophistafunk and the 315 Elks Pride Drumline could play the next Hancock Airport musical showcase or open up the Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival.
Michael Doing Michael
Lebron. Kobe. Sting. Prince. Marvin. Oprah.
Some people are just cool enough to be mentioned by first name alone. Here Michael (Heagerty) does his best Michael (Jackson) dance moves during a set by Joe Driscoll (accompanied by DJ Afar) at the Taste of Syracuse.
Syracuse’s favorite Hip Hop/Folk singing/guitar playing/Human Beat Box,aka Joe Driscoll, closed out the Express Mart Stage for the Taste of Syracuse last night. His show caught the attention of stalwart driscollites, innocent by-standers, TV and radio personalities, as well as local musicians. The well-traveled Driscoll, who was bred in the Westcott Nation, recently played gigs in California.
While on stage Driscoll sported a Wes Johnson (Lakers) jersey. This guy always represents.
While in town Driscoll will also play shows at the Westcott Theater and Funk-n-Waffles (downtown).
A great day for a duck race: Syracuse Inner Harbor
Louisville, KY may have the Derby, but in Syracuse we have the Duck Race.
Here are some photographs from today’s 13th Annual Duck Race to end Racism, sponsored by Interfaith Works. The event took place at the Inner Harbor Pavilion; the race started at the Kirkpatrick entrance of Onondaga Creek.
Media personality George Kilpatrick (center) leads the crowd in a Wobble dance in the Harbor Pavilion before the duck race.
Student intern Abiba Salahou (left) and Mercy Works, Inc. Program Director Gina Rivers enjoy the festivities before the duck race.
After a week of non-stop promotional appearances, Quackers catches a well-deserved break.
Ducks in a row: Inner Harbor (flowing against a strong wind from the northwest)
Jack and Maxwell Brown: Express Mart Erie Blvd Stage, Taste of Syracuse (Friday)
We thought it was generous and down right classy for Sophistafunk to yield some of their Taste of Syracuse: Express Mart Erie Blvd Stage performance to the 315 Elks Pride Drumline last night.
The brief musical collaboration caused a pleasant ruckus.
The Beat of 315: Taste of Syracuse: Express Mart Erie Blvd Stage
Dr. Boyce Watkins
Listen below to some of Dr. Boyce’s comments about Syracuse, his differential diagnosis for future progress, and a prescription for leaders to replenish.
Freekbass (a musical son of Bootsy Collins) played the Ohm Lounge in 2007 and will play Funk-n-Waffles this summer.
The epic transformation of the Clarence Jordan Vision Center by Chris Sutter and his team almost makes us forget how dilapidated the structure was just a few years ago.
We have been on the look out for Professor Charisse L’Pree, Ph.D. since we heard she took over the (Media) Race and Conversation series at SU. Her areas of expertise include persuasive communications and media psychology.
L’Pree’s presentation on “The #Healthyselfie” was a crowd pleaser at TEDx Syracuse University back in April.
A selfie is still a selfie, even if you don’t share it or post in on social media, she says, because in our hyper-connected world we use them to encode our memories and document our lives.
We look forward to L’Pree’s forthcoming selfie book, The Media Made Me Crazy. Beyond her academic pursuits, maybe she’ll launch a reality series called the “Charisse Chronicles,” or “Keeping up with L’Pree” to continue the psychoanalysis of our selfie obsession.
Cool with a Red Cap