NYC: Enjoy a night of movie watching and partying 'til the early A.M. with ?uestlove. To start the evening, head over to The Landmark Sunshine Theater to watch and celebrate the limited release of the documentary, By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, starting at 9pm. After that head over to the after party at Sutra Lounge with our favorite Obama supporter, ?ueslove, handling the turn tables. Anyone with a ticket stub from the screening tonight at the Sunshine get a complimentary Obamatini. This all goes down tonight, so head over to LandMarkTheaters.com to get your tickets while they last.
Looks like racism is alive and well. If you haven't heard about the NY Posts' latest Obama related F-up, read this. Jay Smooth lends his perspective on the situation in this video. Watch and discuss. Also, read John Legend's open letter to the New York Post, in response to this situation.
As we stand by as history is about to be made today, here are a few options for you if your not home glued to your T.V. In case bossman is hatin' and doesn't have the inauguration playing on a big screen and the Facebook and Myspace online links are blocked at your job, try this one with Joost. Now get back to watchin' as a new day in America begins.
If you watched parts 1 through 3 of Shaun Boothe's Unauthorized Biography series, then you have been waiting for the next installment. Today, he fittingly premiered the Unauthorized Biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama in honor of MLK day and tomorrow's inauguration. These videos are very well put together and quite powerful, so do yourself a favor and check them out. Happy MLK Day, Y'all!
Episode 34 of Diva Speak TV has just arrived and it's themed around the news that's on everyone's mind: the aftermath of the Obama election. Supawoman of the week goes to Amanda's godmother for her amazing efforts in Obama's campaign. Let Down of the week going to the post-election racists (i. e. Nader, you lost in the worst way). So check out the full 10 minute episode, it's entertaining as always. Also of note is the video Diva posts of Obama shooting hoops - when was the last time we had a Prez who could do THAT??!!
?uestlove sits down with JumpoffTV to talk about the change he feels Obama will bring. The video is from the Obama fundraiser Okayplayer and ?uesto hosted at Sutra Lounge in NYC back in September. ?uesto educates the people on some of the stances Obama has taken that will directly affect some of the often ignored people in our country.
Last night at Chicago's Hard Rock Cafe, Common and Talib Kweli held a private election night watch party. In the above video Common speaks on Obama's victory. Check DJ Booth for pics and exclusive coverage from the event.
I know I was at a loss for words last night after the news finally sunk in. As most of you here are aware, ?uestlove has been doing his part in Obama's grass roots campaigning from the beginning. In this video, ?uesto gives his emotional response to Barack Obama being elected President of the United States and warns agains the dangers of feeling complacent as the real work has really yet to begin.
Its been eight long years since these four guys from Philly said wassup to each other. They are back, and giving us the "true" perspective of Joe Sixpacks everywhere with their latest commercial, this time for Obama. We don't normally post stuff like this (keep it focused on music) but even after over 3 million views, we wanted to play our little part to support these cats from Philly (you know how we do) and of course continue to rep for Obama with only four days to go until Election Day! ... True.
