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Ren's RareEpiphany

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About Me


MyHotComments :: HotFreeLayoutsSenior Accounting Associate by Day, Singer / Song Writer By Night, Poet by Calling of God, Mother by Miracle of Grace oh...I guess I'm supposed to actually put some real info in here. OK..well here we go I love to write and I love to sing. I write for my life. If I could not write poetry or prose or blog or fill my diary pages, then I would surely perish. Singing is in a tie for first place with writing :) I was formerly lead vocalist for a band called KOMPANI and have 3 cds with that group. I've had the privilege of opening for Gerald Albright, David Sanborn (3 times), Norman Brown, Alex Bugnon, Stanley Clark, The Rippingtons, Euge Groove, Steve Oliver, Rick Braun, and Gato Barbieri. If you wanna check them out go to http://kompanimusic.com. I'm working on the spoken word cd and some additional creative ventures. Keep a look out for some new RareEpiphany stuff. The ReBirth is coming! I'm happier now than I've ever been. I finally know what it's like to love and be loved by a child of my own. Never thought I'd see motherhood, but God said yes when the doctors all said no. AMEN! I also know what it's like to love a real black man who makes it his business to love me beautifully. In the words of Aretha "Said I neva...no I ain't neva...loved a man the way that I...I love you". He's so good to me and has taught me how to love myself and the gift that is in me. It's wonderful to have a minister in ya life! You can check out some of my thoughts in random at http://rareepiphany.livejournal.com I also perform with the Queens Of Poetry. Keep an eye out for us! Anything else...just ask.

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Make your Comments HEARD at COMMENTYOU.comI LOVE JILL SCOTT!!! and this is one of my favorite Jill Scott video clips. It's with the Roots and it's true RAW GRIT FA SHO Sound and Expression. It's abstract but still finds melody in spots. It's hotttt and I can hardly wait to do a show where I'm truly able to be wildly myself...

My Interests


NubianGraphics.com http://www.savedarfur.org/situation/

I'd like to meet:

Real Poets and Gifted Musicians who have something meaningful to say

Music:

Old Soul baby! Gimme Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Teddy P, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, EWF, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Etta James, Billie Holliday....I'll take a side of India.Arie,ROBERTA FLACK!!!!!!! George Duke, Joe Sample, Euge Groove, Wayman Tisdale, Dorothy Moore Michael Franks, Jill Scott,Corinne Baily Rae, Meshelle N'Degeocello, Lizz Wright, Rachelle Ferrell, Rachelle Ferrell, and did I mention Rachelle Ferrelland gimme a dash of 8ball and MJG, Luda, Three 6 Mafia, CeeLO aka Gnarls Barkley, Outkast etc etc. Then there's John Mayer, Black Eyed Peas, Blue Men, Bush, Natasha Bedingfield, Ledisi, Beyonce, Evanescence, Nora Jones, Nickelback, and Maroon 5 I could go on all day

Movies:

The Mirror Has Two Faces First Wives Club The Bird Cage Steele Magnolias

Television:

All things CSI (original, Miami, New York, NCIS), All things Law & Order (original, SVU, Criminal Intent), Without a Trace, Cold Case, Numbers, The Unit, Criminal Minds

Books:

Sula, Tarbaby, Shifting, The Bluest Eye My favorite Magazine has to be Skirt! If you haven't had a chance to pick this up yet, it's a MUST read for all women

Heroes:

My mom, My dad, Me Myself and I

My Blog

NYPD acquitted in Sean Bell MURDER!!

This just reiterates for me that it is somehow ok to gun us down in the streets with no repercussions. From unarmed bride grooms to 92 yr old grandmothers.  It's ok. we're just black folk....righ...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

My People...Da Brady Bunch

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Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:29:00 PST

We Won!! - Superdelegates

Nearly 20,000 of you have spoken. CNN, Black radio, and online blogs1 are amplifying the message: members of Congress shouldn't decide the Democratic nominee--the voters should. Members of the Congres...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:10:00 PST

Two Innocent Men Exonerated

..>   from 2/15/08... ..> Two Innocent Men cleared ..> Two Innocent Men Cleared Today in Separate Murder Cases in Mississippi, 15 Years after Wrongful Convictions Kennedy Brewer, who ...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:28:00 PST

More Ponderisms

Spread the Stupidity Only in America ....do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in ...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:01:00 PST

Ponderisms

Ponderisms .. Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. Bu...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:00 PST

Wayne Brady and Dave Chappelle

AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

~HairyCane~

  He asked me what I was going through See he couldn't understand the new 'me' I guess I shouldn't be surprised 'cause as of late all eyes had been on me I had changed. Once quiet breeze now Ha...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:10:00 PST

R.I.P Heath Ledger

.. Heath Ledger Found Dead in NYC at Age 28 Published: 1/22/08, 9:05 PM EDTBy TOM HAYS.. google_ad_section_start (name=blsadstrgt)--> NEW YORK (AP) - Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who g...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:26:00 PST

Pregnant mother forced to lay on belly

Police Force Unarmed Pregnant Woman at Gunpoint to Side of Busy Freeway Villagers, we are joining with others in The AfroSpear to blog for justice and protection of our Black Women and families. Ra...
Posted by Ren's RareEpiphany on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:06:00 PST