Denver Public Library - Patti LaBelle en My treadmill and BET <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="" rel="lightbox[][Blog image]" class="imagefield imagefield-lightbox2 imagefield-lightbox2-thumbnail imagefield-field_blog_image imagecache imagecache-field_blog_image imagecache-thumbnail imagecache-field_blog_image-thumbnail"><img src="" alt="Blog image" title="" width="100" height="100"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>I gained 60 lbs back this year after acquiring a DVR and serving on a book committee. One of my helpful siblings offered me a roll of duct tape or the loan of a treadmill. I chose the treadmill.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>So I happily gave my treadmill a trial run while watching the previously recorded&nbsp;<a href="">BET awards</a>&nbsp;hosted&nbsp;by one of my favorite performers, <a href="">Queen&nbsp;Latifah</a>.&nbsp; What a show!&nbsp; The press mainly reported on <a href="">Chris Brown's&nbsp;emotional performance</a>&nbsp;but the highlight for me was the musical&nbsp;tribute by various artists (including <a href="">Alicia Keys</a>) to&nbsp;<a href="">Prince</a>&nbsp;who received the BET&nbsp;Lifetime Achievement Award.&nbsp; Perhaps the best was the show stopping <a href="">Patti LaBelle</a>&nbsp;strutting and stepping her way to the edge of the stage while singing <em>Purple Rain</em>, flinging her heels off along the way.&nbsp; BTW, Ms. LaBelle can <a href="">cook in the kitchen</a> too! Prince was clearly humbled by the love and honor paid to him by his fellow artists.</p> <p>I have a musician friend who recently scolded me for recommending compilation CDs because that is &quot;not the way artists intended their music to be heard.&quot;&nbsp; Hey, I am older and closer to taking that dirt nap.&nbsp; Sometimes, I need to&nbsp;just &quot;get to it&quot;&nbsp;and don't want to listen to&nbsp;an entire CD&nbsp;to find the ONE&nbsp;song I like. So if you prefer original CDs instead of the greatest hits flagged above, Denver Public Library has those too!</p> <p>The BET awards show is over for the year but thanks to my DVR and new treadmill in the living room, I can enjoy the show guilt free all year long!&nbsp; </p> Music Blog BET music Patti LaBelle Prince Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:55:31 +0000 Laurie. 1383 at