On a muggy, overcast Saturday in late July, while 50 Cent's "I Get Money" blares from a set of speakers, the former head of the Chicago Public Schools pounds the blacktop .
There are too many basketball-is-like-jazz musings, but at its best moments, Hoop Roots brings a touch of Proust to the blacktop.
It was folk music, deep within its core, from the mountains and the delta and the blacktop of Highway 61.
Sunday bazaar: Bargains endure at AmCan flea market AMERICAN CANYON — No tourists, no haute cuisine, no glamour are attached to the 8.6-acre stretch of blacktop off South Kelly Road. But for 12 hours every Sunday, the Napa-Vallejo Flea Market comes to life with commerce at its most personal and elemental.
June 23, 2013 - Napa Valley Register
King running for state representative in 16th district WORCESTER - Khrystian King announced Wednesday his entrance into the race for state representative in the 16th Worcester District, standing at Crompton Park as the sun beat down on the blacktop and a group of teenagers lounged on the hill behind him.
June 20, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
King running for state representative WORCESTER - Khrystian King announced Wednesday his entrance into the race for state representative in the 16th Worcester District, standing at Crompton Park as the sun beat down on the blacktop and a group of teenagers lounged on the hill behind him.
June 20, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Adam Duritz in Washington Post The talent of Notar and Blacktop Mourning just blew me away and I wanted to be a part of their evolution,Duritz said Friday.
Gregor Robertson in Georgia Straight You don't have to dig very deep to see a rationale for expanding car travel and a lot more blacktop,Robertson said. "It works for both parties."