Tuesday, September 16, 2025

"Please, Please, Please": A legendary James Brown performance

Here, James Brown sings while the Famous Flames do a choreographed step to the music.

Next, James Brown does his patented "collapse" on the stage. One Famous Flame helps him up, and MC Danny Ray helps him with his cape.

After Danny Ray puts the cap on James Brown, the singer responds with a legendary move: he abruptly discards the cape and goes back to the mic.
 


 

Monday, September 8, 2025

My five favorite websites

 I enjoy robust multimedia experiences on a number of different websites. My five favorite sites are difficult to pick, but I do have five, which I'll list below.

My first choice is ESPN, which is the digital version of the TV network. I appreciate ESPN because of its ability to utilize multiple forms of media.


Tuesday, September 2, 2025

NBC Chicago: Trump tells Pritzker that ICE is coming to Chicago




Federal immigration agents train during a recent session at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Hamdouout from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency)



Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has confirmed that federal agents will be coming to Chicago this week, as part of the federal immigration crackdown on migrants, according to a report from NBC 5 Chicago.

Pritzker said that he received the call from Trump today.


Tuesday, August 26, 2025

My five favorite websites for multimedia

I have always appreciated rich multimedia online. And I throughly enjoy viewing mulitple sites for their video, graphics and photos. There are some sites that are better than others. For instance, one of the best websites that incorporates multimedia is the Pulitzer Prize winning "The 1619 Project" from the New York Times, which covers the history of African-Americans in the United States, going back to the first slaves which arrived in this country in 1619. I also loved the Vanity Fair presentation which looked back at the 2020 unrest which occured through the world after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This presentation, called "We Are All George Floyd Now", beautifully utilizes gifs, video, photos and first person accounts of that time five years ago to show how this incident was a major flashpoint in American history. Another favorite multimedia-rich website that I enjoy is Cartoon Research, which delves into the Golden Age animation. One of my favorite sites for sports multimedia is ESPN. As you would expect, this site is not only rich with statistics and well-written essays, but also multimedia, include game-day hightlights, interviews and panel discussion. Another favorite site that features extensive multimedia is CNN. This news site offers CNN reporting as seen on television. And it also offers original digital-based reporting online. e