Noah's 6th Birthday

My son celebrated his 6th birthday last week. His class acknowledged his day during class and posted it to their blog. Happy Birthday Noah!

Never Say Good Bye (the Lost Session)

I have loved House Music since 1985. You see, House is a feeling that can not be explained. It is a genre that in many aspects refuses to be defined because House Music is more than just her soulful and progressive rhythm. House Music is more than her Disco roots. House music is Soul Music, jazz, gospel, RnB, Techno, Reggae, Classical, Folk and Poetry. If you don't know you may be asking yourself how can one genre be so many? It is in fact quite simple. House music has managed to stay independent of large record labels allowing it to stay creative, fresh, pure and uncorrupted. So, with in this genre you have many sub-genre including Gospel House, Deep House, Latin and others. These genre are what allow House to speak to people from so many different walks of life. Ask yourself, how many other forms of music have such broad appeal? How many other forms of music allow you to go to church, the jazz club and finally the symphony all in one night? How many other forms of music can invoke such emotion?

Many of you may think me crazy. Your are thinking, "it all sounds the same". You say this because you never allow yourself to hear past "the beat", that infectious, driving, heart pounding beat. The one that beckons you to the dance floor. You House Heads understand what I am saying. The beat that speaks to the very depths of you but I digress. If you hear past the beat you will find countless layers of vocal and instrumentation including classical and jazz guitar, organ, french horn, violin, piano, conga, spoken word, Gospel Soul and Folk vocals and much much more. House Music is a an ever evolving fusion of the life experiences of its producers. It has survived and flourished and continues to touch generations.

So I submit to you House mixes from DJ Creator, me...Enjoy!

   Never Say Good Bye (the Lost Session) by DJCreator

Cornel Speaks!

all photos © 2010 Harvey M. Christian

…You

I would love to make love to you tonight,
To feel your skin against mine,
To smell your wonderful fragrance,
To taste you
I want you.

I want to kiss the small of your back.
I want to kiss the nape of your neck.
I want to savor every caress, every nibble, every second with you,
Next to you,
Inside of you.
I want you.

I want to earn the gift that is your orgasm.
I want to explore every part of you.
I want to learn to play your erogenous keys like a virtuoso.
I want to take your mind and your body to heights you thought only attainable in dreams.
I want you.

I want you to be my teacher.
I long to learn what it is to make love to you,
With you,
For you.
I want you.

I want our bodies to become entwined like two trees growing in a jungle,
Never knowing,
Never seeing,
Where one stops and the other begins,
I want you.

I want our love to know no bounds;
Becoming as vast as the universe
Flowing like a river,
With ebbs and flows,
Building to crescendo,
Ever growing,
Ever loving,
I want you.

© 2008 Harvey M. Christian

Chicago by Boat

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all photos © 2010 Harvey M. Christian