Category Archives: General Fabulousness
Two Women (Goddesses?), with Great Minds and Great Style…Toni & Angela
I saw this pic on The Silver Girl, author Tayari Jones’ tumblr site, and HAD to share it at SCOTT TOPICS™. Partly out of respect to Tayari–if you haven’t read her beautiful first novel (and Hurston/Wright Award winner for Debut … Continue reading
Filed under books, General Fabulousness, Toni Morrison, WayBack Machine, writing
Finally!!! Cee Lo – Official “FUCK YOU” Video
This is by far my favorite song of the year, and the official video makes me love it even more! Cee Lo Green – OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR F**K YOU, posted with vodpod
Filed under General Fabulousness, music, video
Peggy & Betty & Joan, Oh My!: Rolling Stone does another TV cover
Rolling Stone follows up the True Blood cover with a celebration of Mad Men, calling it “the best show on TV.” I’ve always thought so, but after this week’s episode—Don’s “lost weekend”, Peggy’s assertiveness, when-Roger-met-Don, Pete’s Cosgrove-inspired meltdown—it’s feeling more … Continue reading
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Ear Candy #2 … and some Eye (popping!) Candy, too!
Music that’s been making me happy…: {AEROPLANE} Apparently this Belgium dance-music crew likes its retro-disco danced to a modern island-y beat, and I love that they do. This glossy beaut manages to be a coke-high and a weed come-down all … Continue reading
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“We make a mean team, my Adidas and me…”
Reportedly—and Internet Luddite that I be, who knew such things were even measured?—Adidas is apparently, in the wake of World Cup (and maybe Wimbledon, I’d suggest?), beating Nike in the social media buzz world. Or at least FastCompany says so…The … Continue reading
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The SPB Q: Alisa Valdes
{I first discovered the work of Alisa Valdes back in 2003 when her first novel The Dirty Girls Social Club was published (under her then name Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez) to wide acclaim and fanfare, with some critics calling her the “Latina … Continue reading
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Weekend Round-up (Kinks, Links & Hijinks)
{All the World’s a Stage}: My old college friend Lynn Nottage has been rocking the theater world with her brilliance with such plays as Intimate Apparel and the Pulitzer-prize winning Ruined, both powerfully dramatic pieces. Her new play, due in … Continue reading
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