Nolawi wrote a piece about Munit’s video “Noro Noro” a little over a year ago. He was referring more to her style of music and how much he loved the fact that it was not synthesized, or over synthesized, like a lot of Ethiopian music nowadays. I don’t remember how I met Munit, but I [...]
Published by May 8th, 2010 in African, Bernos and Noteworthy.Archive for 2010
Almost everyone knows what happened in the state of Arizona last week or so I presume. Gov. Jan Brewer signed a new law that makes it a crime (not illegal mind you) to be in the state of Arizona without proper documentation to prove your legal status. The entire debate is framed ridiculously, mainly concerning [...]
Published by April 28th, 2010 in Current Issues and Open.When it comes to Ethiopian/Habesha mainstream musicians I’m always skeptical about the talent, or lack thereof. Yes, you can call me a harsh critic. I have my circle of friends to thank for that and who were nice enough to groom me into the music lover I am today. Betty was introduced to you, the [...]
Published by April 23rd, 2010 in Bernos, Music, Shameless Plug and Social.Well, I wanted to say something about this for a while now, I sense I might have hinted the way I feel about the topic here and there but I wanted to tell guys what I see. But as easily as I express myself I didn’t know how to flow the words to say this [...]
Published by April 20th, 2010 in Advice, Dating, Social and Thoughts.I see her every morning in my commute to work. She is a pretty woman; probably in her early to mid thirties. I immediately recognize her.  I know her. Not her personally, just her ‘Ethiopian-ness ‘— if there is such a word. I always smile and say hi and she does the same but we [...]
Published by April 14th, 2010 in Dating and Family.
