April 6th was the 8th time AEIC was a main sponsor for the Annual Fairfax County Bookmark Contest. There will always be concern from parents about their kids and drugs. I run a non profit called Arts & Education In Concert (AEIC), that specifically addresses the issues with drugs and teenagers, head on. One of our high school programs, called Project X, was about creating a CD where the AEIC staff had a question and answer session about drugs and violence, then incorporated this session with music from the kids. Here’s an example: Question:What has been a positive influence in your life to discourage you from taking drugs?Song:You Can’t Handle the Truthby Jerryl ‘ACY’ Chandler and Jerome “Jay Cap” Young. Since I’ve been working with teens since 1995 , the response to “why they do drugs” has always been the same .. Anyone wanna guess the reason ??
Archive for April, 2008
So when I shave in the morning I use Gillette Foam ….. it always reminds me of when I went downtown (Washington DC), on 14th street, to Ewell’s Barber Shop. This was in the ’60s … so I wasn’t shaving yet. But watching my dad and grandfather get a shave with that straight edge and the way the barber would keep it sharp with the leather strap, was Oh so cool….
Ewell’s was where all the sports personalities would come and get a haircut when they were in town …. the professional wrestlers anyway. I met Bobo Brazil, Dr. Jerry Graham and Gorilla Monsoon. I remember 14th street was …… hmmmmm ….. a little risque ……… but again so very cool…….. having venues like, the Casino Royale, The Blue Mirror, the Red Slipper and others.
I also remember my barber’s name …. Link….. and the barber across from him, I think his name was Remy. There were about 20 chairs altogether and the women that gave you manicures were always great.
Still working on the bass line to “beam dream” on “the Einstein Concert” CD. ”Beam Dream” is about when Einstein imagined what it would be like to ride a beam of light. this is where is all began …… imagination !!!!!!!!!
So I saw this TV Show the other night on the Science channel. Way over my head …… but talked about (carbon molecules) and how that proves (along with Einstein’s theory about time) that we can accomplish time travel.Once they build that machine …… sign me up !!!