Viewer Discretion is Advised: This video contains mature language that may not be appropriate for children. The words/lyrics in Michael Jackson’s song, “Scream” does not reflect the artists’ beliefs. This song is to interpret the lyrics in American Sign Language, and we do not own any rights. Edited by Janis.
Greetings!
I had an interview with DeafNation News reporter, Seth Gerlis, who happens to be an old college friend of mine. Our interview was posted on their website along with “It feels So Good” (as welll as “All I Want”) music video as the video clip of the week. Click on image below to view the interview:
DeafNation News
This music video is a rendition of Bill Gaither Trio’s song called, “LIFE” – a childhood fave of mine… but since I lost my cassette and that Bill Gaither Trio no longer sell their LIFE songs, I asked my husband, Damon Timm, to remake this song for me. We revised some of the lyrics as well. Below is the video for your viewing pleasure.
For more Damon Timm’s music, go to: www.damonjustisntfunny.com/category/music
Good afternoon, folks.
This morning, I realized that we started off this year with a brand new African American President and that I will be starting off my first 2009 show at a District of Columbia Area Black Deaf Advocates fundraiser event in Fredrick, Maryland! I couldn’t think of a better event to kick off 2009 than this. As we all know, African Americans have waited a long time to witness such change like this and I look forward to celebrate with members of DCABDA on February 6th, 2009 and to help bring change that we need within our Black Deaf community. For more information about the event, please take a look at my calendar. read more »
Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake
Translated by Rosa Lee
Note: The translation is not the same as the lyrics.
Lyrics are below: read more »
Happy holidays!
Here is a flyer for my first 2009 show at Maryland School for the deaf on February 6th, 2009. Check it out!
Sean Forbes, co-founder of D-PAN, notified me via email that CNN aired its interview with Sean about D-PAN via CNN and CNN international few times this week. Check out the link to the video:
Kudos to everybody!
-Rosa Lee
The Rosa Lee Show had its first mini-tour in the state of Indiana/Kentucky last week. Some of you may know that Indiana is a state that holds dear to my heart. It was where I spent most of my youth living as a student at Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD). It is also a state where my mother was born and raised. Both of my parents were classmates at ISD as well as my older brother and I. I was also reminded by my grandparents’ former students living in Fort Wayne that my grandparents also worked as a teacher at ISD before moving down south (Florida). It was definitely a treat to revisit my old stomping grounds and to reunite with my old friends. read more »
Wanted to take a moment to point out some additional movement to support captioning on the web: just read an article over at linux.com about a new mailing list and effort to bring captioning support to the free video codec Theora (which will be natively supported by Firefox in version 3.1).
This is important because Theora is an open-source (free!) video codec and having organizations such as Mozilla (who support Firefox) and websites like wikipedia.org use this format to display videos with captions is a terrific step!
So, we joined the new mailing list and hope you will too — we need to let the folks know that these efforts are important to us. As others have pointed out, sites like hulu and youtube are beginning to support/offer captions … let’s keep the ball rolling and let folks know that captions are important to everyone!
– Damon
PS: last month we added captions to all our videos (My Deaf Lady, NOYBTV: Season One, All I Want, and the Kondima Demo) and we subtitled the DVD (all by our self!) so we know it takes a bit of extra work, but it’s worth it!
Last Friday, I did a show at Lexington School for the Deaf at Jackson Heights, NY. Instead of flying across the country like I usually do, we just simply drove up to New York and then return back on the same day. Definitely a nice change for us. As for the show, I had a wonderful time performing in front of middle and high school students. They’re wonderful audience. I also had an opportunity to perform on the same stage that was used during Deaf Idol. Their auditorium is a top-notch… superior bass and lighting system. Definitely a deaf-friendly space! Here are some pictures of the show. Enjoy. read more »