Yes today is the rapture but it’s the kind where you eat cars.

We're on the Party Train 🎉 HBSS

See you at Tipitina’s tonight! Tickets available at the door if you can’t get them online. Funk attack! Tonight will be another right on party situation AND total experience! 💥🖤🎂

See you at Tipitina’s tonight! Tickets available at the door if you can’t get them online. Funk attack! Tonight will be another right on party situation AND total experience! 💥🖤🎂

Random TL-cleansing excitement for the day 🤩

I stand with DC. Cause guess who’s next?

This answer changes for me based on the day. Today it’s gonna be “My Love is Forever.”

New from me: There was a viral post that claimed Black family reunions had "dropped 47% since 1997." But where did that statistic come from?

Take it from @djsoulsister.bsky.social, who knows. This is a game-changer!

The June edition of my HUSTLE! party is THIS Saturday 6/28 at No Dice. HUSTLE Saturdays in New Orleans, all the way live since 2004. Because a behind is a terrible thing to waste.🖤 June is Black Music Month, Pride Month, and National DJ Month - all which we celebrate every month in our safe space.

Are you ready??!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is REAL and it’s coming out on Sept. 30 (w/preorder open now)! 📚 Congrats to all connected with the long-awaited ‘Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic’ a game-changing oral history. About the book 📖: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332672

The June edition of my HUSTLE party is this Saturday at No Dice. Y’all come dance, cause we can.

‘My Oh My: The forgotten history of how New Orleans’ Black drag queens helped shape rock ‘n’ roll’ via @gambitweekly.bsky.social

I used to follow this account back when I was on that other site, so I’m so happy to learn they’re here on BlueSky. A fun follow!

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

The spirit never dies. Happy Heavenly Father’s Day to my dad.

🔊Soul Power @wwozneworleans.bsky.social Playlist 06/14/2025 with Soul Sister, 8-10pm CT. 🎶 Listen via the Two Week Archive at wwoz.org. 📝 Hour 1 dedicated to my favorite Sly Stone recordings.

New Orleans friends, if you also weren’t able to vote today, here is the contact to share that you tried to vote and your disapproval with the process of ballots running out. (Shared via FB.)

I stand with Senator Padilla and Congresswoman McIver.

Today 1 of the most innovative artists of 20th century pop(ular) music became an ancestor. Get into these films to get into Sly’s genius: 2025’s ‘Sly Lives’ & 2021’s ‘Summer of Soul.’ And Sly & the Family Stone’s performance in the 1970 documentary ‘Woodstock.’ And listen. 🎶 Long live Sly Stone.

8 years ago I started Purple Takeover New Orleans b/c I was inspired by all the stories of Prince’s charitable giving that came out after he passed. Tonight through Sunday, we party with a purple purpose - this year benefiting Friends of New Orleans Public Library. Info: purpletakeover.com.💜 For U.

Wynton Marsalis speaks about playing funk as a teenager in a recent article: theconrad.org/https-www-sa.... His band The Creators are billed bottom right. This & other posters at Tulane University Special Collections are now being digitized & represent 70s-80s Black youth nightlife in New Orleans.

Purple Takeover New Orleans is back, June 5-8. 💜

Just started hour 2 of my @wwozneworleans.bsky.social Soul Power show, live Saturdays 8-10pm CT or via the wwoz.org Two Week Archive. Celebrating 30+ years of sharing music on WWOZ from my collection to yours. 🎶

😅 This goes for vinyl also.

"Everyone Is Welcome Here" and shows hands of different colors. This is the poster that was deemed not appropriate for the public school environment. - Educators who continue to create welcoming environments for all students despite potential pushback - what a novel concept. flip.it/17_75w

If you stuck this on the front of a movie today I would be eight Reels deep in basketball highlights and fishing fails by the time Crocodile Dundee even started. We all used to have so much more /time/.

I just squealed. Universal is re-releasing The Wiz in theaters. Will be easing on down this Saturday

New Orleans, come out this Saturday for a FREE screening + community-driven conversation of INDEPENDENT LENS’ “We Want the Funk!” 4pm at André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, 2541 Bayou Road. After the film, I’ll join WYES TV’s Dominic Massa for a discussion on funk music.

Jeff Chang, author of the young adult edition of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, learned his hip hop history book was “quarantined” for removal by Dept. of Defense in schools serving military kids. He adds, “If you are a teacher or a student facing the removal of our book…we will be happy to replace them.”

This Saturday, WYES TV presents a free screening of INDEPENDENT LENS “We Want the Funk!” on May 17, 4p at André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts & Cultural Justice on 2541 Bayou Road, NOLA. NO TICKET NEEDED. After the film, stay for a discussion on funk with me, moderated by WYES’ Dominic Massa.

Next time you visit the newly expanded JAMNOLA "cultural funhouse," you'll hear a soundtrack of over 200 songs by New Orleans music artists selected by yours truly. 🎶 Enjoy the visual art, and dance to the music! This weekend JAMNOLA has buy-one-get-one promo: www.instagram.com/p/DJX4s9ANud...

Step out with us at Tipitina’s this Saturday night. Steppin’ Out is one of the three annual big party situations I throw at the legendary club. Come through. The dancefloor is waiting for you. 🪩

I love us! Shout out to genealogist and historian Jari Honora, a Black New Orleanian, who connected the dots to our new pope’s *Black* roots. 🎥: TikTok meme by boudinbandit

A champion for libraries and literacy! Dr. Hayden deserves better than to be at the mercy of this rogue administration.

Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian. Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way. Don't comply with unjust laws and practices. #FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social mag.uchicago.edu/hayden

Carla Hayden is both the first African American and the first woman to be the Librarian of Congress.

BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

Black pope! Let’s go! Gumbo in the Vatican!!!

Cheers to Dr. Kimberly Springer; curator of Oral History Archives at Columbia University + Principal Investigator of “Curatorial Duties, Ethics, & Best Practices in Archives & Special Collections for the Next Century; for convening BIPOC special collections curators for in-progress, innovative work.

All the way live at WWOZ studios for Soul Power tonight! Don’t forget, if you miss the show while I host Saturdays 8-10pm CT, you can always stream it via the Two Week Archive at wwoz.org. Enjoy, from my collection to yours! And happy Jazz Fest! 🎶 #NowPlaying “May Day (S.O.S.)” - Funkadelic, 1981

In Clarksdale, there's limited transportation and no movie theater. The town inspired Sinners, but many can't travel to see it in theaters. They created a petition to invite Ryan Coogler & team to host a public screening and experience the Delta. MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-r...

Low ticket alert for TONIGHT at Tipitina's! I’m honored to open this show once again. Note I start right at 10:30 when doors open (a change not noted on this flyer), and I’ll play for about an hour. If you want the funk, we are ready for you.💥

Enjoy this sneak peak trailer of ‘Dig We Must,’ Aaron Levinson’s upcoming film about deeper record collectors and diggers. So excited for this! 🎥

My favorite things about the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference at Bowling Green State University in Ohio were meeting wonderful scholars and hearing bassist Doug Wimbish’s fascinating keynote. Thanks to all involved. Back home tomorrow. But first, Big Boy’s! Haven’t see this Boy in decades!

My Holy Saturday edition of Soul Power on @wwozneworleans.bsky.social is now available to stream. Go to this link (www.wwoz.org/listen/archi...) and enjoy 2 hours of soulful and funk-forward gospel grooves from the 1970s through mid-1980s. As always, from my collection to yours. Happy Easter. 🙏🏾⛪️✝️🐣💃🏾

Support for state libraries has recently been challenged by the federal govt. 👀 If only 15 people donate just $5, I’ll meet my new Crescent City Classic fundraising goal of $1000, w/100% of your donation going to New Orleans Public Library. 🏃🏾‍♀️ Support my run & NOPL 🙏🏾 runsignup.com/djsoulsister...

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

PropsAndPraise & amazing job @zo3hree5ive.com My daughter loved it