Entertainment Overnight -- Carol King and the Queen of Soul

Carole King, honored and feted by none other than the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin with President Barack Obama and First Lady (truly a lady) Michelle Obama in the audience, 2015.

Because these things happened all the time during the Trump administration. Sure they did.

Entertainment Overnight -- I Knew You Were Waiting

For a Little Window of Time There, America....

For a little window of time there, these past nearly full 8 years, we had intelligence and calm and lucidity and rationality and strength and a lot of things good and right in the country. Not perfect, no, not by a long shot. But we had it good and right.


The first of humanity to declare "Nothing lasts forever" had it so right.

It was great while it lasted.

Entertainment overnight--very special edition

One of the funniest, most incongruous, unexpected videos I've ever seen:

Didn't Aretha look great the other night?

See more of her here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/08/3602131/aretha-franklin-performs-at-the.html#slide-1

Welcome to the Queen of Soul

Welcome to Kansas City, Sister Aretha. Rock 'em.

Just found it.

I thought I'd heard or seen everything Aretha had done. Clearly I haven't. I loved finding this today, of course, and really enjoy the good quality of the recording, being from so long ago. Have a great weekend, y'all.

One year to go for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

I just got an email in my personal inbox from the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts that "Aretha Franklin, the world-renowned Queen of Soul, is performing at the 1Year2Go Countdown Celebration in KC Live! at the Power & Light District on September 26th, 2010". Yowza. The coolness is already starting. Link here: http://kauffmancenter.org/NewsAndEvents/news/detail.aspx?id=1390