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  • Journal

    Dating In The Digital Age

    June 7, 2016 /

    6/7/2016 By Joy Lynn Clark After getting my son to the ripe old age of 5 I realized, I might just have the time to start dating again.  He is off to kindergarten and I have time to look for my future husband.  The only problem is – where do I start? When I was younger I used walk down the street and guys would pull over, stop me on the train platform, school, nightclubs.  Anywhere.  Anywhere that single people with no kids would be.  Only problem is, I am never in any of those places anymore. One of my friends told me about online dating.  I put up a…

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  • Music

    You Got Me Wrong

    May 18, 2016 /

    5/18/2016 By Joy Lynn Clark “You Got Me Wrong performed by Dazee Dizzle” I love hip-hop.  The first time I heard it I said, “I need to do that”.  I love all kinds.  Conscious, b-boy, gangsta, and the unusual.  When I was much younger I was inspired by the conscious stuff, danced with the b-boys, and impressed by the courage of gangsta rap.  At first there were more women although still not many. Years go by and I am trying to make it in rap.  Rap was getting so big it was more mainstream than it had ever been and the theme: Pimps, Hos, and tricks.  I had to find…

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  • Music

    Blackface The Album

    May 16, 2016 /

    By Joy Lynn Clark BMI 5/16/2016 This is one of the last records that I made on the Southside of Chicago. Just off of 19th street near Lozano Library. Boy did I rock out along with all of the other musicians from the neighborhood. Of course I lost my privacy, and I ended up moving south to get closer to Nashville. I was still fumbling with the titles but, it was still a great album.

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