Jill Scott @ Merriweather Post Pavillion 8/1/08
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On Saturday TheMom and I headed out to Columbia, MD which sits in between Baltimore and DC and is also the home of the Capital Jazz Fest that we talked about a few months back, (click here for that review and pics) for the concert event of the summer.
The lineup included newcomer from the UK, Estelle, The Roots, one of the best singers around Jill Scott and for some local flavor The Godfather - Chuck Brown. The concert …

2008-2009 HBCU Homecoming Dates

HOME TEAM

AWAY TEAM

DATE

TIME

PLACE

Alabama A&M University

Grambling State University

10/11/2008

3:00 pm

(Huntsville, AL)

Albany State University

Clark Atlanta University

10/11/2008

TBD

(Albany, GA)

Alcorn State University

Texas Southern University

10/25/2008

2:00 pm

(Alcorn State, MS)

Arkansas-Pine Bluff University

Lincoln University of Missouri

10/25/2008

TBD

(Pine Bluff, AR)

Benedict College

Stillman College

10/25/2008

TBD

(Columbia, SC)

Bethune Cookman University

Delaware State University

10/11/2008

4:00 pm

(Daytona Beach, FL)

Bowie State University

Elizabeth City State University

10/11/2008

1:00 pm

(Bowie, MD)

Central State University

Langston University

10/11/2008

1:30 pm

(Wilberforce, OH)

Cheyney University

Bloomsburg

10/18/2008

1:00 pm

(Cheyney, PA)

Clark Atlanta University

Savannah State University

10/04/2008

1:30 pm

(Atlanta, GA)

Concordia College

Miles College

10/11/2008

2:00 pm

(Selma, AL)

Delaware State University

North Carolina A&T State University

10/18/2008

1:00 pm

(Dover, DE)

Edward Waters College

George Mason

10/04/2008

3:00 am

(Jacksonville, FL)

Elizabeth City State University

Saint Pauls

10/25/2008

1:30 pm

(Elizabeth City, NC)

Fayetteville State University

Johnson C. Smith …

Over the weekend me and TheMom went to something else thats beginning to become an annual ritual of sorts. The National Capital Barbecue Battle. Now we have entirely different reasons for wanting to go. TheMom likes to walk around and look at the exhibits, get the free samples of everything they hand out and she adores anyplace we go that has a bunch of food vendors.
Now me on the other hand, the only reason I go every year is to see Saturday’s final act - The Godfather - Chuck Brown. …

I took the title of this post from one of the songs from one of my favorite bands - “The Average White Band” who me and TheMom saw this past weekend at The Capital Jazz Festival. This is somewhat of an annual tradition for us, we get some food and drinks, stock the cooler and set up the tent in early June as we listen to some of the best sounds in the country. (Yes, I’m still dating my wife!) Family we’re about to take Black and Married With …