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Ep. 006 — Pardon Me, Pardon Me

Some Noise

Release Date: 02/17/2016

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“It ain’t that I don’t care, it’s that I don’t really care.”

-Bishop Glen A. Staples

About:

We live in a strange time, at least that’s what the story of the praise break reminds us.

It’s the tale of an ecstatic dance rooted deep in race, religion and American history. It traveled centuries of oppression and made its way to present times where it’s been rejected by today’s social elites.

Maybe because it looks crazy? Or maybe it’s dismissed because it unearths some dark reality that we’re not comfortable dealing with? You be the judge.

 

Show Notes:

  1. [03:03] “Clap Hands” by Tom Waits
  2. [03:20] “Temple of Praise ~ Praise Break”
  3. [04:45] The Temple of Praise
  4. [05:10] @bishopstaples
  5. [08:20] “Parade Shoes” by Blue Dot Sessions
  6. [09:40] “Slow Strutt” by Blue Dot Sessions
  7. [14:00] @cornelwest
  8. [14:02] More on the late Marion Barry (Washington Post, 2014)
  9. [14:04] @tdjakes
  10. [14:06] Pastor Sherman Watkins
  11. [17:10] “When We Set Out” by Blue Dot Sessions
  12. [20:35] Dr. Harold Dean Trulear
  13. [21:10] The Triangular Trade
  14. [21:25] “The Silver Hatch” by Blue Dot Sessions
  15. [21:45] On Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden (Wikipedia)
  16. [22:00] More on slaves and Christianity (Christianity Today, 2014)
  17. [22:10] And another worthy read (PBS, 2004)
  18. [23:30] “Shout” by the Isley Brothers
  19. [25:00] On Daniel Alexander Payne and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (Wikipedia)
  20. [25:38] “Transit Vidal” by Blue Dot Sessions
  21. [26:25] “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
    1. Another video of Mahalia Jackson worth watching
  22. [26:40] “How I Got Over” by Mahalia Jackson
  23. [28:28] “Streamer” by Blue Dot Sessions
  24. [29:53] Joshua Lazard
  25. [31:15] C. Erick Lincoln
  26. [31:20] The Uppity Negro
  27. [31:40] “This is Why Folks Don’t Take Church Seriously”
  28. [35:05] Related: Neil Postman writes on this topic in his book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”
  29. [35:20] Joel Osteen on 60 Minutes (CBS News, 2007)
  30. [35:30] The Real Preachers of Atlanta
  31. [40:45] “Is God a White Racist?”
  32. [42:45] On Rachel Dolezal. (Vanity Fair, 2015)
  33. [48:10] Send your thoughts, questions or complaints to [email protected].