After I heard about the recall on Aunt Jemima brand pancake mixes, I saw a really interesting background article at Obscure History.

I always thought of Aunt Jemima to be a silly product name, and a hearkening to old-fashioned days when the shadows of slavery and repression were still fluttering along the walls.

I know that some of you who drop by here on occasion don’t necessarily get the underpinnings of the Southern American dialect except where it is displayed on silver screens, so the reason the name seems silly to me might need an introduction.

In the plantation part of the south, Aunt Jemima would sound like “Ain’t Je Mama” — “Not your momma”. During the times of slavery and during the period where integration had not taken a foothold, the vision of a black houseworker named Aunt Jemima would bring up the idea of a slave who did all the housework and child rearing, but whom the children were constantly reminded that she isn’t “mother”.

I wasn’t aware of a huge chunk of the company’s background before they were bought by Quaker Foods, another brand known for an extreme close-up of a character who is meant to bring up feelings associated with the American past. This makes me wonder if they will be making an offer in the years coming for Wendy’s or maybe even the Sunbeam bread company or maybe even Martha Stewart.

I’m making a last minute entry this week with Matthew Ebel. This sing is a really funny take on office life, and is very fitting as signs of spring fever start to surface all over.

I also really like the “Wasting My Time” and “Latté Days And Porter Nights” tracks. Great use of piano here, but on several songs, the instrumentation seems to drown out Matthew’s voice.

poker sur netpoker gratuites sans inscriptiontexas holdem parisregle poker omahaworld championship poker 2poker game onlinetelecharger poker 770jeu poker sur internetpoker gratuites cadeaule jeu de poker en françaisworld of series pokerregle de pokertexas holdem en ligne gratuitesplay free 7 card studpoker 7 card studparadise poker comtexas holdem francestrip poker virtueltexas holdem on linejouer au poker en reseaudes règles pokertexas holdem javajouer poker casinoregles poker no limittelecharger poker en lignejouer au poker francaisomaha poker règles,jeux poker omaha gratuites ,omaha pokerpoker a jouer gratuitementworld championship of online pokerregles de jeux du pokerpoker gratuites argent virtuella règle texas holdemregle du texas holdemapprendre a jouer pokergratuites jeux yahoopoker portales internetjuego al instante portales webjugar poker en internetjugar a poker gratisstrip poker pc gamejuego poker omaha en lineasuper pokerpoker paginas internetpoker torneos gratisjuego al instante onlinepoker webjugar 7 card stud gratispoker caribe lineafree pokerparty poker bonus

This week, everyone is either under the weather, getting away from work, or suffering though the adjustments that come with the time change and the continued cool weather. I’m currently cocooned in throw blankets with the dog snuggled beside me, and I’m having a hot cup of chai. So it seems a good time for an instrumental. Dan Tharp Has been playing the guitar as a hobby for almost thirty years, and says that he thought of playing professionally a lot, but has a horrible case of stage fright. I really like his style of playing. It is very comfortable, and melodic without skimping on the fine details that round out the pieces.
If you like his sound, you should tell him so that maybe he will start playing live shows.

This past weekend, Jeff Healey lost his lifelong battle with retinal cancer. Those of us who were around for the 80′s remember him fondly. The cancer that took his life was very rare, and took his sight at age 1. He taught himself to play the guitar using his own unique form at the age of three, holding the guitar across his lap.
This skill and spectacle, combined with talent, drew large crowds after the platinum album See The Light was released in 1988 as well as the band’s appearance in the Patrick Swayze movie “Roadhouse”. He and his band were nominated for Grammy awards. After starting a family, he went on to play the trumpet and record Jazz albums, but did not tour as much, preferring to stay home, close to his children.

The band was best remembered for the hit single Angel Eyes.

Stop Breakin’ Down

The band had just released their first Rock/Blues album in eight years titled Mess of Blues. Here’s to the continued health and happiness of his family and friends, and a celebration of his life and works.

This week, I’m highlighting Great Divide, who are based in the Ann Arbor, MI area and who have a really groovy sound that takes a lot of influence from early rock and blues. The “Ain’t No Roads” track really reminds me a lot of The Band, and those long road trips to Florida.