Sadly, this Rewind’s have some bad news tied to it. Sean Levert, 1/3 of the Leverts, died after a medical emergency in jail Sunday night. He was suffering from high blood pressure and hallucinations. He was serving a sentence of one year and 10 months for failure to pay child support at the Cuyahoga County jail in Cleveland. While the officers did their best to keep him alive, he died within the hour of getting to the hospital.
Before this, his brother and the more famous of the Leverts, Gerald, died from a heart attack. Autopsy shows that he died from a drug overdose, which caused the heart attack. According to reports, that death was ruled as accidental.
My condolences goes out to the family, especially their father, Eddie Levert, who’s the lead singer of the O’Jays.
This leaves a good question: when you are ready for the final hour, how much luggage do you want to leave? I would prefer to leave none. It’s sad he didn’t get a chance to finish his.
In honor of that, here is today’s rewind, Casanova.
Hip-Hop’s Universal. Here’s proof. Rapper Germany. Sadly, I don’t know the language. Would someone care to translate?
It’s been a while since I post up a music video. I decided on a theme this time called “Rewind/Cover”. These are songs that were done back in the day and they were “covered”, a song that was redone to the styling of the artist singing it. I heard Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody a few times and can’t help but search for The Braid’s cover version of the same song… which introduced me to Queen’s version.
The Braids themselves, sadly, was a one hit wonder. They only released one album and dropped out of the limelight just as quickly as they entered. Well, maybe not quickly. They still managed to be background vocalist for a few rock groups, but unless you know the names of the duo (Zoe Ellis and Caitlin Cornwell) you won’t know where to look.
I feel that each song have its place in its own time. Sadly, fans of the original shun the Braids’ version and fans of the Braids’ version probably didn’t know that Queen sang the original. When I found out that Queen sang the orginal days when High School High (the soundtrack in which The Braids version was created for) was in theaters, I asked “Why a band full of guys called themselves ‘Queen‘?” (Check out the link for the answer)
So, here’s it is… both versions for you to enjoy.
Queen’s Original Version (1975)
The Braids’ Cover Version (1996)
My latest posts with the videos of the banned episodes caused a ruckus (not the uncle) with my hosting. It’s a good problem to have. However, with the increase in traffic, I decided to push one type of ad up. It’s a “full page” ad that you’ll see once every 24 hours. Just a quick break to help me out.
However, with the banned episodes comes people checking out the site for more than just Boondocks material, which is also a good problem to have. So, I’m starting to take my posting a bit more serious. I recently posted a review of Evernote, a note clipping/capturing program that I think would be helpful. I’ll post up new thoughts as they come. Just make sure to leave your comments and show some love.
And thanks for the links everybody. I promise I will work twice as hard for your affection…
… damn, I hope that didn’t come out wrong…
When I introduced “Productive Tactics”, I wanted to make articles about productive software and ways to help reader be more productive. So, I decided to take a break from my usual posts and review my current piece of software, Evernote 3 aka Evernote Beta.
Continue reading ‘Evernote 3: My External Brain [Software Review]‘
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