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7sleepers@diasp.org

#TBT Early 1980s. #MTV rarely played black artists, #BlackEntertainmentTelevision was just getting it's legs, so R&B music videos were usually low-budget and got limited exposure on locally-produced TV shows like #TheScene on #Detroit's #WGPR. We'd tape 'em on VHS and make copies and pass 'em around at school. This is what they looked like. Fer real! 🎡 🎢 πŸ“Ί πŸ‘ 😁 #SnoopDogg #SensualSeduction #Music #HipHop #RetroSoul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PVmANeyAg

7sleepers@diasp.org

#TBT The little-known Socialist Labor Party was USA's first socialist party, founded in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party. It had some early success but would soon be overshadowed on the left by the Socialist Party of America and the Communist Party USA. But the SLP persevered and self-produced this documentary in 1990. IMHO a fascinating look at an alternative vision of American socialism. #Socialism #Marxism #Politics #USPol #History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1GJvRaj7i8

7sleepers@diasp.org

#TBT #1980 Parents bought me my first radio when I was 11, #CharlieDore's "Pilot of the Airwaves" was one of the first songs I heard. Years later I found her on the birdsite, she's witty and charming and friendly and has ten or so albums of astonishingly magnificent mostly-acoustic song'n'story. But here's where it all began, for me at least! 🎢 πŸ‘ 😁 #Music #PopMusic #ClassicRock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZUkd7V2CWY