So name a couple of the artists that you guys liked in common. Brandy . Brandy was the artist that we bonded over the most, I think.Yeah. Yeah. All right.
Because Brandy played Cinderella. Brandy played Cinderella. I know, but it's Whitney Houston.Whitney produced it. But have you seen it?
God is good. So some of those songs include, Anita Baker's "I Apologize," Brownstone's "If You Love Me, Say It," the theme from "Set It Off," "Missing You," by Brandy , Tamia, Gladys Knight, and Chaka Khan, as well as cuts for Whitney Houston, Tamia, Brandy , Gladys Knight, Marc Anthony, Patti Labelle, Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, and 75 recording artists.
Why do you say the Brandy version and not the Whitney Houston version? Because Brandy played Cinderella. Brandy played Cinderella. I know, but it's Whitney Houston.
Your doing your hair, and "The Wonderful World of Disney" comes on. And Brandy is there with Whitney Houston. It just brought her to a whole new generation, I think.
You could say it. Hi Brandy . Hi. Make sure you introduce yourself.
were like the Adam and Eve of Victorian medicinal concoctions. “Pour two tablespoonfuls of good brandy into six tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, and add two teaspoonfuls of ground loaf sugar. "Grate some nutmeg into it, and the punch is ready for use." Sounds simple, right? "An adult person can take a tablespoonful of this every two or three hours, but for infants
doctor's address cuz it was 344." It made sense to her, which was all that mattered. The brandy dialed her crank-fed psychosis back to simple mania. Kathy relaxed. She got perky and let us in on Christian escort tips. I wanted to know if her clients were born-again disciples of Satan. What kind
was not her trying to pretend to be a white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Cinderella. She sang like Brandy . And so that was life changing.
And there was this old gaffer at the end of the bar, who said well, you're going to take your orals, you know, you should probably have a brandy . And my mom had never had brandy before. But, the guy at the end of the bar was CS Lewis.
Alcohol additions are really nice things to do in jams. So if you like brandy , if you like cognac, if you like any of those kinds of flavors, adding those to the end, think of it as an extract. Right? Just like a really subtle flavoring.
I still have not seen it. I saw the Brandy version once in like 1994 or whenever it came out. But that's kind of it.
But it's Whitney Houston. But it's Brandy 's movie. Whatever. It's called "Cinderella." I feel bad for her, that's all.
You're constantly on a job interview. I liked the Brandy one, but the original was my favorite.
You're constantly on a job interview. different from the Brandy version, which has a Rodgers & Hart song in it.
You could say it. I was Brandy , obviously.
pink curlers no one was holding Ona's arms anymore but she was too busy crying to get away another white man asked what her name was Onida Brandy Miss Curtis said lives down the street Onida what on Earth did you think you were doing child what seems to be the problem Dad
That is imagination. That is creativity. It's got to be like Brandy and Monica.
We press that. We don't mash it into the garbage. And then we add Sacred Bond brandy , which is not like the Korbel we used to pour back in Wisconsin, which is probably mostly corn syrup. And we stir it, and then we fine strain it.
and and when we wanted information you had to go to the library and you hope they had the book there because you know um pastry with uh sweet potato Brandy dough filled with with uh ground ground pork with cinnamon and spices really
But, the guy at the end of the bar was CS Lewis. And if CS Lewis offers you a Brandy , you're going to drink that brandy , which she did. She claims to have no memory of anything else that happened that day.
So I was familiar. Why do you say the Brandy version and not the Whitney Houston version? Because Brandy played Cinderella.
Thank you all for coming so much. We are here to have the wonderful Brandy with us-- Thank you. --here at the Google campus in Mountain View, California.
Those are mapping the past, searching the present, and inventing the future. And so we're going to have Brandy here with us to talk about those themes through her career. OK. So first, I want to say happy belated birthday.
Thank you. I love this side of Brandy . Yes. Yes.
You could say it. We all have our favorite Brandy songs.
It was 1777, a year after America had declared her independence from the British crown and only days after her lion-hearted general, George Washington, had suffered a withering defeat at the Battle of Brandywine. All signs were that Philadelphia, the revolutionary capitol, might well be the next to fall.
I was honestly inspired by a lot of the amazing R&B divas that came before us. I mean, Brandy was a huge inspiration to me. Watching her play "Cinderella" alongside Whitney Houston, that movie changed my life.
So I learned how to tend bar, as I said, in Madison, Wisconsin. And back in the late 20th century the brandy Old Fashioned was a thing. That was what people drank in Wisconsin.
But you have to use the, like, pronounce-it app. of weirdness, like our brandy Old Fashioned?
So with that, I'm going to turn over the-- oh, one last thing, just for those people on the live stream. Thank you, Brandy . Thank you, Brandy . So we have a Dory link, which I didn't give Tim in advance, but it's go slash, Tim's name, Tim Desmond, dash dory.
So for those you're on the live stream and you want to have us answer a question at the end, please take advantage of that go link and do that. Thank you, Brandy . So with that, no further ado, I will turn it over to Tim. Welcome, Tim.
Right. And brandy is distilled-- Wine.
"This drink is usually found very acceptable to sick or delicate persons, and at the same time is quite nutritious." So, bachelors. What else we got? We got some brandy . Nothing else, just brandy ." "When brandy is ordered for a sick child, it is meant that a few drops, according to the age, should be given in water or some sweet milk as often as the condition of the patient requires it. Unless told to do otherwise, keep it in reserve for the time of the day
"Grate some nutmeg into it, and the punch is ready for use." Sounds simple, right? "An adult person can take a tablespoonful of this every two or three hours, but for infants or children you must remember that one-fourth of it is brandy ." "Milk-punch is much ordered by physicians for people who have low fevers and for those who are debilitated." Milk punch was so popular back in the Victorian era. I found as many different recipes for milk punch as I found citations for. This one has the rind of Seville
human metronome. The swaying got faster and faster till Tina reached under the seat and pulled out a short dog of Old Mr. Boston cherry brandy . "I keep it for colds," she said before taking Cathy's face in her capable hands and pouring some down her throat.
and breasts it was often amputations and all there was was Brandy
were in them at all, not even in the background, just shows where the world was then and where it's coming to now. So I think that was one of my huge inspirations growing up was Brandy , because she was just like America's sweetheart, but she was unapologetically R&B, and urban, and Black, and sang gospel. Her sense of humor, everything about her, her essence, the way she even performed in "Cinderella"
two weeks ago, a young woman named Brandy .
Sometimes you put a little bourbon, or brandy , or cognac on it.
So then I described a another self-compassion practice about like the voices or thoughts in his head. Yeah, I'm going to-- maybe Brandy , you'll be my mic runner?
And he really did cut me with the barber thing. But that was when the words to a song that I wrote for Brandy called "One Voice," they came to me immediately. So I think being a songwriter is about being open, having something to say.
But that was when the words to a song that I wrote for Brandy called "One Voice," they came to me immediately.
You could say it. OK, It's just all Brandy .
You could say it. So which one were you, Brandy or Monica?
is apparently their famous drink, the brandy -laced Ghirardelli hot chocolate. But, remember that the celebrities apparently hang out in the backroom, so that's what you want to watch,
As you do. But then tragedy strikes: Rosa dies after drinking poisoned brandy meant for her politician father.
Watching her play "Cinderella" alongside Whitney Houston, that movie changed my life. It really did. And when I hang out with Brandy now, which is very insane to say, but she's a close friend of mine and a mentor, and yet, she's just an incredible human being to be around her, and to soak up her energy, because Brandy has gone through so much
It's milk with raw egg, or it's milk with brandy , or ether extract, that kind of thing.
with that idea and so we pass those costs down and it can spiral all the way to like brandy yoga teacher um from