Soul Cities: Bay Area Blackness
In the last couple weeks Nelson George has taken us through Philly and Chicago. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 25, the host of Soul Cities heads out West for a stroll around Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Watch it on VH1 Soul at 9 pm ET.
Nelson drops into the Museum of the African Diaspora, waxes sentimental about his boyhood hero Willie Mays, gives shout outs to local author Ishmael Reed while visiting the black-owned literary center, Marcus Books. Don’t worry, he manages to hit some hip restaurants, too.
As with all episodes of Soul Cities, there’s plenty of music. We catch Raphael Saadiq (who says “music is my PlayStaion, my XBox”) during a rehearsal, and Robin Thicke explains his definition of soul backstage at local club. As usual, Nelson also rolls through some of his favorite albums when he hits the Groove Merchant shop on Haight Street. For a full list of all the places team George hit, and sneak peek clip of this week’s episode, make the jump.
Here’s a list of music videos from Bay Area artists
Robin Thicke’s Favorite Videos
Soul Cities - Bay Area Episode
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Marina Blvd and Scott St
San Francisco
CHINATOWN
Sacremento St
San Francisco, CA
FISHERMAN’S WHARF
Pier 47
San Francisco, CA
HOUSE OF NANKING
919 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94133
MEZZANINE
444 Jessie St
San Francisco, CA
OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE
Oakland
BROWN SUGAR KITCHEN
2534 Mandela Pkwy
Oakland, CA
MARCUS BOOK STORES
3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Oakland, CA 94609
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
685 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94105
AT&T BALLPARK
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107
1300 ON FILLMORE
1300 Fillmore St
San Francisco, CA 94115
GROOVE MERCHANT RECORDS
685 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
BAY BRIDGE / PIER 7
November 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I lived in Philly in the late 70s early 80s. I miss the weekend park get togethers; house parties and the Mummers Parade - “healthy hams”
November 25th, 2008 at 12:54 am
finally, the cushy media gigs start rolling in for nelson george. keep hope alive.