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>> anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, "what good is america?" well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place -- one st...

>> anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but its not a bar. imagine the bronx -- a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style thats become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lamen...

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As soon as Blind Venetians walked into the basement of Holden Hall carrying a double bass, a trumpet, a keyboard and bongos, I knew they meant business. More than a jazz, funk and fusion quartet from the Lansing area, they’re a group of musicians who are in love with their music.  Jazz is easy to...

The red bean, oh man, that looks kinda good too. yeah, a little bit of that. neck bones floating around somewhere? >> woman: they are, theyre right here. >> anthony: okay, yeah ill have some of those. little rice and gravy on there, yeah thanks. and uh, oh i dunno, a piece of fried chicken there, if you got a thigh that would be great. >> john t. edge: okras perfect. >> anthony: yeah it is. oh man, thats good. >> willie simmons: now here in the south if you want to, you can throw your fork away ...

>> anthony: state senator willie simmons has been an elected official of the mississippi delta for 20 years. and hes been running this place, senators place, for 11. now whats the difference between soul food and southern, traditional southern food? >> willie simmons: it depends upon the culture. and what neighborhood you was in. if you were in the black neighborhood, then it became soul. we probably put a little bit more of the throwaway in our cooking -- the pig feet, the pigtail, the neck bon...

Travel the world without leaving the borough. >> anthony: right. >> baron ambrosia: and, you know, its like an addiction. when you go to another country, and that first day in the market -- >> anthony: yeah. >> baron ambrosia: and all your dreams, and you smell the diesel, and youre just looking around -- youre like, "wheres that one thing im looking for?" to be able to do that, really, in your own backyard is -- >> anthony: cool. >> callita: we have a hudutu. thats coconut soup with fish. over ...

Self manufactured in the celebrity like im going to use social media im going to use this twitter so you can all see the realness behind congress an the reality of everyday. she fails to see the reality in her own constituency. a woman was just choke so hard in central park that all of her neck bones were broken. she was just visiting from illinois, is that the kind of new york that she wants to represent so that tourist can some see her and see what its really like? >> she has never talked abou...

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