Monthly Archives: December 2016

Thursday Open Thread | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 15, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Someday at Christmas is a Christmas album by Stevie Wonder, released on November 27th, 1967 under Motown Records. It was his eighth studio album release. It would also be re-released in 1978 with different cover art and different Catalog number … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Death Penalty Trial | Day 6

Posted on December 14, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

For more than six months, Dylann Roof traveled to historic sites of racial strife in South Carolina’s history, ending up again and again at the church where he later gunned down nine black worshipers during their weekly Bible Study. Data … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 14, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

“Silver Bells” is a classic Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. “Silver Bells” was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, filmed in July–August 1950 and released in … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Death Penalty Trial | Day 5

Posted on December 13, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old accused of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, had a handwritten note in his car with the names of several churches on it, according to testimony today at Roof’s ongoing trial. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 13, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Carol of the Bells” is a popular Americanized version of a Ukrainian Christmas carol. It is a choral work by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych as “Shchedryk“ and translated, or rather, adapted to English by Peter J Wilhousky who wrote and … Continue reading →

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#DylannRoof Death Penalty Trial | Day 4

Posted on December 12, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, SC — The revelations in a federal courtroom last week were gruesome – difficult to hear and to watch. But an underlying tension in the horrific hate crimes trial of Dylann Roof is the battle between two key players … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 12, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (also known as God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen) is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B. Sandys in 1833, although the author is unknown.[1] Like … Continue reading →

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Sunday Praise & Worship | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 11, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

O come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text (“Veni, veni, Emmanuel“) by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons (the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Christmas Jams

Posted on December 10, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Recorded in 1985, The Spirit of Christmas finds Ray Charles performing a variety of holiday favorites with vocal assistance from the Raelettes and an appearance by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. The ten tracks mix standards and originals, including “Santa Claus … Continue reading →

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Government releases Dylann Roof confession video

Posted on December 9, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – The government has released a video which authorities say shows Dylann Roof confessing to the shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME church that took the lives of nine people. The release of the video comes after … Continue reading →

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