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Funky Friday: Prince is Back, With Your New Sunday Morning Sexy Snuggle Slow Jam

I was raised going to church, and Sundays in the South were meant for the things Southerners hold sacred – the Lord, fried chicken and football. Once I embarked on the inevitable church drift lots of folks experience once they’re off at college, I discovered there was … um … another spiritually (and physically) rewarding […]

Monday Motivation: Don’t Let This Happen To You, Kids

“Grow up!” “Act your age!” “Show some maturity!” “Get a real job!” If you hear any of these comments directed at you as an adult, you’re in the presence of a soul killer. Distance yourself from that person immediately, because anyone who is under the mistaken impression that we humans ever really grow beyond our […]

Power Pop Wednesday: Roll Your Windows Down and Turn the Stereo UP!

Technically it’s still late summer, but here in Southeastern Pennsylvania it’s starting to feel distinctly autumnal. The temperatures are more moderate, the humidity has dropped and the kids are back in school. It feels like a Ferris Bueller day – one where the conditions are so perfect that it just seems like an absolute shame […]

Breaking: Live Stream of Today’s Big Announcement at Apple

Ah, yes … another gathering of the faithful Disciples of Jobs, raising their voices and rending their garments in preparation of  hearing what wisdom their benevolent overlord will pass down through his earthly intermediaries. It’s quite sweet, really. Oh, look. It seems this year’s gadget will be known as the iHeart.Filed under: Business, Film, Fun, […]

Funky Friday: How Groot Got His Groove Back

If you don’t get it, it’s because you haven’t seen it. And if you haven’t seen it, you really, really should.Filed under: Cool Images, Fantasy, Fiction, Film, Fun, Movies, Music, Science Fiction, Scott B. Pruden, video Tagged: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, dancing, film, fun, funk, Funky Friday, groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, humor, I Want […]

Entirely Biased and Totally Subjective Movie Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

What is it about the beach that makes everyone’s attitude improve? Think about it. Everything good in life seems a little bit easier when you’re breathing sea air and basking in sunshine all day. Conversations between strangers strike up more easily. People are more attracted to each other. They’ll let you pull into traffic in […]

Power Pop Wednesday: Yes, Please Do Go All the Way

In 1974, when this song came out, I was 6 years old, and yet I find that memories of it playing on AM radio still bubble up from way back then. It was one of those songs that, in retrospect, should have told me that I would eventually become a huge fan of the source […]

Funky Friday: The Power of the Writing Remix

Witness Big Audio Dynamite II, culled from the wreckage of The Clash and infused with funk, hip hop and the earliest 1990s incarnations of electronic dance music. What you might also notice is that an integral portion of this highly danceable tune is the loop from the Clash song “Should I Stay Or Should I […]

Today’s Writing Tip: Embrace the Beauty of Crowded Spaces

If you’ve ever seen or read anything that includes Sherlock Holmes as a character, you already know a very important key to improving your writing – the art of observation. Holmes, in nearly every iteration, seems nearly supernatural in his ability to deduce information about people, situations and – most importantly – crimes. How does […]

Funky Friday: God Bless America … And James Brown

  Because the Funk would not exist without JB, and without JB America wouldn’t be the same.Filed under: Codorus Press, Fun, Music, Scott B. Pruden, video Tagged: America, Fourth of July, friday, funky, Independence Day, James Brown, music, USA, video