It's easy to spend time openly mocking bad music writing—there's certainly enough of it out there—but it's such a pleasant surprise when someone's done the legwork to present something informative and interesting in the music press. Thanks, Jake Austen of the Chicago Reader, for making my week with your article about Chicago's homegrown edition of the legendary Soul Train.
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According to New York Times, Kenard Gibbs, group publisher of Ebony magazine, Anthony Maddox, the former head of Bad Boy Films, and Peter Griffith, formerly of VIBE magazine, bought the rights to the show from Don Cornelius under their MadVision imprint in May.
Now Soul Train was not just for Motown artists (even though I am [...]
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - A “Soul Train” movie is on track to arrive in movie theaters next year, the creator of the venerable urban dance television show said.
Don Cornelius told Reuters that he has teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop a buddy comedy that he hopes will spawn multiple sequels.
The [...]
By Mike GibsonTony "Soul Train" Cornelius plans to major in business.It looks like he already has the concept of risk/reward mastered.If only Eric Reynolds were so smart.Cornelius announced today that he has de-committed from his verbal to Iowa to attend Temple.There are at least two reasons why this stands out Cornelius' first excellent business decision.One, Temple has the top-ranked undergradute business school in the nation, The Fox School of Business.You think of Penn and you think of Wharton, which is the top post-grad school.You think of Temple and you think of Fox.Second, risk/reward.Temple wants to move one of last year's featured backs, Daryl Robinson, to lock-down corner.That opens a spot.If Cornelius is the player we think he is and the player he thinks he is, there's a good ch
