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Hello boys and girls. My podcast has really taken off, so it’s time for me to move it to an offshoot of Infinite Ink under the umbrella-ella-ella (damn, that was corny) of the Soulrific Podcast Show.

The podcast started off as a hobby and somehow took flight, yearning to break free. Never fear, you can still check out the show every week as usual, but in a new setting.

Ladies and gents, I’m putting the Monday Morning Mixdown to bed for good. *cues Taps* I’ve gotten great response from my podcasts and many people have contacted me in regards to sponsorship.

So why am I killing my show? Well, I’ve decided to give the Mixdown a makeover, and starting March 30, 2008, the show will now be called Soulrific. Spotlighting the best in Nu Soul, Jazz, R&B and Hip Hop.

Since I’ve already thrown my hat into the podcasting ring, I decided to join the Cupid’s Hunt project. What is Cupid’s Hunt you might ask? Well, it’s a collaboration project of music podcasters and music fans in celebration of Valentine’s Day.

Everyone who’s participating will have a mix for download on Valentine’s Day. Some of the participants include TGrundy, EJ Flavors, Anewlis, Fave & Eve, DJ Diva, Fresh, as well as myself and many others. So pump up the volume on those speakers this Thursday!

Happy New Year, fellow bloggers! I trust everyone had a great holiday weekend. I did. I awoke this morning to the aroma of collard greens w/hamhocks, black-eyed peas and cornbread wafting through my home.

My mother and aunts were in my kitchen cooking a New Year’s Day dinner, and I started thinking about the tradition of cooking these dishes for New Years and what it stood for.

So I did a little research and found out that the tradition started with the Civil War, when Northern soldiers stole the food supplies of many Southern homes one New Year’s Eve and left the families with only black-eyed peas and salt pork to survive on, which left the Southern soldiers with nothing but the peas and pork for dinner the next day.

Black-eyed peas swell when cooked, so it was viewed was a sign of prosperity to the Southerners. Many years later, collard greens were added to meals because they were green and folded like money, so that stood for wealth. Also added later was cornbread, because of it’s golden color, symbolized gold for the new year.

So there you have it, the meaning behind the tradition of collard greens, salt pork, black-eyed peas and cornbread for New Years.