James Porter

"Me 'n' rock and roll are here to stay!" Writer at @streetsblogchi @Chicago_Reader & Rock and Roll Globe.
DJ at @WLUW.

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Nothing makes me laugh like hearing Louis Armstrong introduce a Trummy Young trombone solo by bellowing: "BROKEN REKKID! TAKE IT TRUMMY...TAKE IT TRUMMY...TAKE IT TRUMMY...TAKE IT TRUMMY..."

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@greenfieldjohn @DivvyBikes That tape is either somebody's loss, or somebody's gift...

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@TrondyNewman I used to work in a record store, so I can relate. I remember a thirtyish black woman getting pissed at me for playing the Stooges' first album. (I was in my twenties at the time. Not so sure I wouldn't do it again.)

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Fred Sanford's OTHER best friend...you know, the one who wasn't lucky to get his own spinoff show.

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My reflections on the late, great Jerry Jeff Walker for Rock & Roll Globe. https://t.co/sxcWXWaP6H

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@Jillhopkins I watched the show religiously when it was on. If ever a show taught me how NOT to act on a date...

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BTW, I wouldn't mess with Ms. Yakety Yak. She looks like she could call down thunder and lightning on you!

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From the late eighties, when having people lipsync songs for mail-order albums on TV was a thing. https://t.co/7lFfSVoymD

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@MyraFleener @mayascade @daveweigel You're like me...scanning the room to get a good look at the posters and the ca.-1972 (?) technology...

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@mitch2k2 @mayascade @daveweigel This was only shown during SOUL TRAIN.

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@Nina_Metz @mayascade @ztsamudzi Stanley Bennett Clay was the younger man in this commercial. He has since gone on to a long career on acting, editorial work and voiceovers. He may still be around,

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@aaroncohenwords @journalofgospel You, me, Bob, and Rev. Donald!

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Summer's coming to an end, but in the middle of a pandemic, who'd know the difference? It may as well be a January blizzard.

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@iman_stevenson Something you don't see anymore: brothers with parts on the side of their heads - again, like the guy with the shades. Guess that was left over from when black men processed their hair? Look in most issues of Ebony or Jet from roughly 1968-73 and you'll see it.

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@iman_stevenson At the :20 minute mark in the flick Iman posted, the guy with the sunglasses points at his forehead, as if to say, "think about it." Ted Lange does the same thing in WATTSTAX during one of the interview segments.

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@iman_stevenson Ever see the documentary WATTSTAX? A good 80% of the people during the interview segments talk that way (even the women). And that was 1972-73. In the same flick, when Richard Pryor parodies a Black Nationalist, it's a hyped-up PARODY of that style.

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I've heard "Uneasy Rider" a thousand times, and I know how the story ends. I even anticipate the part on the 45 where the word "ass" is loudly bleeped out. But I never get tired of it. Sometimes it ain't the story, it's the telling. RIP Charlie Daniels.

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@Nick89160 Hey, Nick! Why don't you contact me at [email protected] to discuss further? Thanks!

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My thoughts on last week's riots: https://t.co/7eFGLHZOec

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@jmadds0 Amy, "James Porter" is a fairly common name. I didn't post this, and I don't agree with the sentiment. This is ANOTHER James Porter.