Johnny Otis and Etta James – R.I.P.

Posted by John in My Music on January 21, 2012

It was a sad week for fans of old school R&B, as we lost 2 titans of the genre. The passing of Etta James on Friday (January 20, 2012) was duly noted in most of the main-stream media, but somewhat lost was the equally sad news of Johnny Otis’ passing 3 days earlier (January 17, 2011). What many may not realize is that it was Johnny Otis who discovered and promoted Etta James at the beginning of her career, and without Johnny we may never have had Etta.

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Accessible HTML5 Forms – Required Inputs

Posted by John in HTML5, Web Accessibility on January 10, 2012

HTML5 has added a number of new element attributes, including 12 attributes used when creating forms. These Common input element attributes include 2 new Boolean attributes, the required attribute and the readonly attribute. Recently a number of current browsers have implemented native support for the ‘required’ attribute, and so I thought it woulde be useful to examine this attribute in more detail.

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On The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Posted by John in My Music, Personal on December 22, 2011

Ho, Ho, Ho… well, I hope you’ve enjoyed this little tour through the Foliot Christmas Music Library. Picking 12 tunes to share with you was difficult, but fun. My final selection for this season is “Who Took the Merry Out Of Christmas?” by the Staple Singers.

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On The Eleventh Day of Christmas

Posted by John in My Music, Personal on December 21, 2011

Santa has a little secret… And Johnny Guarnieri wants to fill us in… I won’t divulge any information here. You’ll just have to listen and hear for yourself. Let’s just say that Santa’s “sack” isn’t just filled with toys… (NSFW)

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On The Tenth Day of Christmas

Posted by John in My Music, Personal on December 20, 2011

If you’ve never heard of Carlos Del Junco before, you’ve missed out on a musician of immense talent. Carlos specializes in playing the ten hole diatonic harmonica, and is considered one of the world’s best in both the diatonic blues and the diatonic jazz musical categories.

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On The Ninth Day of Christmas

Posted by John in My Music, Personal on December 19, 2011

Please Come Home For Christmas is taken from James Brown’s 1995 compilation “Funky Christmas” – a 17 track compilation featuring selections from seasonal albums cut by J.B. in 1966 (James Brown Sings Christmas Songs), and 1968 (A Soulful Christmas). People either love this disc or hate it: I’ll let you guess where I come in.

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On the Eighth Day of Christmas

Posted by John in My Music, Personal on December 18, 2011

Go Tell It On The Mountain – Kirk Franklin And The Family In 1993 Kirk Franklin & The Family released their debut album, Kirk Franklin & The Family. It spent almost two years on the Gospel music charts and charted on the R&B charts, eventually earning platinum sales status. It remained at No. 1 on [...]

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