mother 's cookies is a brand that originally had a bakery based in oakland , california , that operated from 1914 to 2008 .

a sister company , archway cookies of battle creek , michigan , was founded in 1936 .

both mother 's cookies and archway declared bankruptcy in 2008 .

at its height , the company distributed cookies throughout the united states , and was one of the leading cookie makers in the country .

the kellogg company acquired the mother 's cookies trademark and recipes in december 2008 and brought the brand back to west coast grocery store shelves on may 14 , 2009 .

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kellogg plans to reintroduce many of mother ' s cookies most popular cookies . mother ' s cookies brands include iced animal crackers , sandwich cookies and wire cut cookies .
kellogg company plans on reintroducing many of mother ' s cookies back into stores on the west coast by june , 2009 . while we may not have all varieties of mother ' s cookies available at that time , we are working on some of your favorites like mother ' s circus animals , mother ' s iced oatmeal cookies , mother ' s parade animal cookies , mother ' s chocolate chip , mother ' s coconut cocadas , mother ' s macaroons , mother ' s taffy sandwich cookies , mother ' s english tea cookies , mother ' s double fudge sandwich cookies , mother ' s vanilla crème sandwich cookies , and mother ' s iced lemon cookies .
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kellogg ' s eventually bought the assets of mother ' s , and mother ' s cookies returned to store shelves in 2009 .
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2002 - mother ' s ® cookies bakes more than 17 million cookies a day to keep up with demand .
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from mother ' s ® cookies ' humble beginnings on a street corner cart to the introduction of original circus animal ® cookies , today ' s comeback would not be possible without mother ' s ® cookies ' many loyal fans . here are some memorable mother ' s ® cookies milestones from the last 95 years :
1983 - mother ' s ® cookies moves to the big screen in the movie scarface .
thank you for the recipe . i’m going to miss mother’s cookies ( sob sob ) .
there are 140 calories in a 1 pouch serving of mother ' s circus animal cookies .
double batch of love found at mother ' s cookies . . . part 1 - oakland momma
for more information and to help spread the word about mother ' s ® cookies return , visit urltoken .
dennis pfeifer , who distributed mother ' s cookies in california , said quality controls slipped as the company faltered .
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kellogg company acquiring trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co .
mother ' s cookies was founded in oakland in 1914 . the plant in east oakland shut down suddenly in 2008 . 1
old mother ' s cookies lofts is a 21 - unit live / work loft building which formerly housed the mother’s cookies bakery and warehouse . its units are open and expansive with industrial brick , steel and wood features incorporated throughout the entire building .
mothers4 / c / 27feb98 / bu / lc evelia leyva , a packer at mother ' s cookies for four years , puts taffy cookies in their proper place . about 25 - 30 percent of mother ' s cookies are hand - packed . ( chronicle photo by lara cerri ) less
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mothers4 / c / 27feb98 / bu / lc evelia leyva , a packer at mother ' s cookies for four years , puts taffy cookies in their proper place . about 25 - 30 percent of mother ' s cookies are hand - packed . ( chronicle photo by lara . . . more
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mother’s started making the cookies again a year or so ago . so you’re lucky you missed out on that period where there were no circus animal cookies to be had !
i have been so engrossed in mother’s cookies for the past several weeks , it sparked my interest in trying my hand at a bit of mother’s inspired baking . so tomorrow i hope to bring you a second valentine’s day smile in the form of iced oatmeal cookies and circus animals…because cookies never hurt anyone did they ? certainly not leopoldine…
since 1914 , mother’s ® cookies has been the true original . relive your childhood with one of these 9 memorable varieties . there’s a memory in every bite™ .
many of you have been asking about the future of mother ' s cookies , so we contacted kellogg ' s with your questions . in our inbox from a kellogg ' s spokesperson today :
1952 - mother ' s ® cookies launches a unique promotion involving baseball player cards inserted in packages of cookies and continues to give them away as promotions at games until 1998 .
mother ' s cookies , an oakland institution for 92 years , has been shuttered , its owner seeking bankruptcy protection for the company .
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photo credits : featured image – 1980’s mother’s cookie logo , allen via flickr mother’s cookie lofts picture : adrienne schell early photo in front of 1st mother’s cookie storefront , early picture of mother’s cookie factory on 81st street , and picture of mique & floyd wheatley : 40 years of progress for mother’s cookie bakery , published by clissold publishing co , copyright 1954 more recent image of mother’s cookie factory in 2006 : russell mondy via flickr picture of leopoldine wheatley with her grandchildren as well as on the couch supplied by diana cuttrell . picture of leopoldine wheatley & old knudsen supplied by diana cuttrell
mother’s ® cookies are currently available in arizona , california , colorado , idaho , iowa , kansas , missouri , montana , nebraska , nevada , new mexico , oregon , texas , utah and washington . if your local store doesn’t carry mother’s ® cookies , just order them now online !
sources : mother’s milestones : urltoken omc lofts history page noah wheatley thread on urltoken information supplied via diana cuttrell , granddaughter of noah & leopoldine wheatley , including section of transcript of interview done by leopoldina’s great granddaughter , laura . 40 years of progress for mother’s cookie bakery , published by clissold publishing co , copyright 1954 mother’s cookie publication honoring mother’s first lady , march 22 , 1977 ( believed to have been printed in the oakland tribune )
normally we love mother ' s cookies . these oatmeal ones are usually crunchy and bite size . this bag however the cookies were not crunchy - not so good . normally i would give these cookies a great review because they are normally great .
i cannot believe mother’s cookies closed down . i love those cookies ( even though they are sooo not healthy ) . your cookies are really cute ! if i cannot find them in the store , i think i’ll buy premade animal crackers and frost them .
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kellogg company acquiring trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co . - dec 03 , 2008
battle creek , mich . , may 5 / prnewswire / - - crestfallen cookie lovers once again can enjoy the sweet symbols of so many fond memories . mother ' s ® cookies , the long - time family favorite , are making a comeback . with the same great taste fans remember , mother ' s ® cookies made their highly anticipated return to store shelves in the western region of the united states starting on may 4 - just in time for the 95th anniversary of mother ' s day as well as the mother ' s ® brand .
what ? ! i had not heard this - i loved mother’s cookies . it was hard enough when they got rid of the dinosaur cookies…i was a big fan of circus animals , macaroons , and the taffy ones .
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the end of an era has come and we must bear up as best we can in hopes that someone , somewhere , will resurrect the cookies , perhaps under another name . surely , we cannot live without mother’s cookies !
keebler makes these cookies and i see them on the shelf in super walmart . do you think they are the same thing , i live in ny , sounds like most are from out west that are calling these mother’s cookies ?
mother ' s cookies ' brands are a complementary fit to our existing cookie portfolio ,
said david mackay , president and chief executive officer , kellogg company .
we will use our brand - building and innovation expertise , our understanding of the cookie category as well as our existing distribution infrastructure to grow the mother ' s cookies business .
we had just checked every store for mother’s cookies… . special traditional christmas gifts for our children . alas , we found none . so , i went to the internet and found that mother’s has gone under . say it isn’t so ! our 4 children ( aged 39 to 45 ) do not know yet and we are wondering how to break the news to them . this is terrible news ! we are glad to get the recipe for the animal cookies but wonder if we can also get a recipe for mother’s taffy cookies ?
does anyone know if flour was an ingredient in mother’s coconut macaroon cookies ? my hubby and i are arguing . he says there was , i say there isnt , anyone know ?
keith roberts , the director of finance for the archway & mother ' s cookie company , said he found accounting irregularities .
catterton renamed the business the archway & mother’s cookie company and put a senior adviser and three of its partners on archway’s board . it also installed keith lively , a managing partner at insight , as archway’s chief executive .
i’m very confused by reading this post , and curious as to what happened with the mother’s cookies company . i was sitting here in 2012 enjoying a few circus animals with my evening coffee , when , as a baker , i wondered if i could make something similar myself , but healthier and cheaper . reading all of these comments from 2008 about stocking up on cookies as i eat my fresh cookies from a bag that says “mother’s cookies the original” four years later is more than a little confusing .
mother ' s was founded 92 years ago in oakland by a former newspaper peddler who parlayed a cookie recipe into a company .
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omc lofts was converted from the original mother’s cookies factory , a local oakland business widely known for its desserts and snacks . in 1922 , mother’s cookies purchased the property and constructed several buildings from 1922 to 1949 that served as the corporate office , warehouse and bakery . many of the original factory features such as the original cookie ovens , weight scales and delivery doors have been carefully preserved .
“during the time i was at mother’s , we were bought and sold by a number of companies . somebody would buy us , suck out all the profits and sell us to someone else , ” said mark s . zinzer , who began working at a mother’s distribution center in portland , ore . , in 1995 .
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about 230 employees of mother ' s cookies found out friday that their jobs were crumbling when company officials announced that baking and distribution now done in oakland was being shifted to plants in canada and ohio .
i’ve never had mother’s circus animal cookies before , but i remember teaching preschoolers back in college and giving the gingerbread men cookies to them as snacks . it was surely a great memory . your version looks wonderful and cute , just how i’d imagine they would be like !
[ … ] of eating mother’s circus animal cookies as a kid then you will be happy to see this recipe for vanilla sugar animal cookies with royal icing from dessert first . while nothing will quite take the place of that special taste from the past , [ … ]
from our humble beginnings on a street corner nearly 100 years ago , to the introduction of our newest varieties , mother’s ® cookies is the true original . take a look at some of our memorable milestones .
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i had no idea mother’s was no more — now i’m going to have to go looking for these , if i can still find them .
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the company that made mother ' s cookies at the end was the archway & mother ' s cake and cookie co . of battle creek , mich . it was owned by catterton partners , a private - equity firm in greenwich , conn . , which in 2005 purchased it from an italian firm , parmalat finanziaria , which was plagued by scandals at home .
catterton said in a statement it
took a number of actions to remedy
the company ' s financial crisis ,
but these actions were not sufficient to overcome the losses and return mother ' s cake & cookie co . and archway cookies llc to profitability .
parmalat ' s north american dairy businesses include the sunnydale plant in brooklyn , one of the largest fluid milk plants in the usa , plus five other locations in alabama , georgia , michigan and new jersey . the company also owns a u . s . - based bakery group that includes cookies sold under the archway , mother ' s and mrs . alison ' s names .
mother ' s later had a series of corporate owners : a belgian company , artal b . v . , bought it in 1991 ; it was owned by specialty foods corp . of illinois in the late 1990s ; in 2000 , specialty sold mother ' s and archway cookies to parmalat , which in turn sold the combined business to catterton for an undisclosed sum .
many suppliers and customers are quietly scouting alternatives in case parmalat ' s u . s . operations falter .
under catterton ' s ownership , archway and mother ' s has consolidated , closing plants in du quoin , ill . , and plant city , fla . , in 2005 before announcing the oakland shutdown .
the mother ' s cookie brands will be managed as part of kellogg ' s snacks business unit , whose cookie brands include chips deluxe® , fudge shoppe® , sandies® and murray® sugar free , among others .
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since 1914 , mother ' s ® cookies have been delighting generations with favorites like the pink and white sprinkled circus animal ® cookies and the rich , creme - filled taffy ® sandwich cookies . when the iconic brand ceased production in late 2008 , cookie lovers lost not only a delicious snack , but a closely held family tradition . in december 2008 , kellogg company acquired the trademarks and original recipes , ensuring that the cookies will continue .
after catterton took over , archway began ratcheting back spending on in - store promotions , which distributors contended made their cookies less competitive in stores . catterton also abruptly shut a bakery and distribution plant in oakland , calif . , which had made mother’s cookies for several decades . operations were shifted elsewhere .
in 2000 , specialty sold mother ' s and another brand , archway cookies , to the italian firm parmalat finanziaria , for a reported $ 250 million . in 2005 , parmalat , plagued by scandals at home , sold what is now called archway & mother ' s cookie co . to catterton partners , a private equity firm in greenwich , conn . , for an undisclosed sum .
people were crying , people were in pain ,
said gabriel villarreal , 51 , who has worked at mother ' s cookies for 25 years . he earns about $ 18 an hour plus benefits as a union baker .
for those of you that live near a 99 cent store… they appear to hve purchased all the over stock of mothers cookies . i was there this morning and they have taffy cookies and animal cookies . just thought i would share
in 2006 , mother ' s cake & cookie co . was uprooted from its plant on 81st avenue in oakland and relocated . about 230 employees lost their jobs .
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in a statement , west called the closure
a challenging decision . . . to further establish and ensure
the future of the archway and mother ' s brands .
he said the announcement came without warning when managers called an all - hands meeting at the mother ' s cookie plant on 81st avenue at the end of the workday friday . villarreal said the closure was announced by paul west , vice president of manufacturing for archway & mother ' s cookie co . , which is headquartered in battle creek , mich .
have you tried any new recipes to try to match the mother’s flavor ? i saw this blog post and she says they taste the same . i’d love to see the cookies made and decorated by you , as you seemed to have mastered the look ! urltoken
. . . . just buying three bags ! these cookies are so dang good . i couldn ' t stop eating them . the next thing i know the bag was over half way gone . these cookies are the closest thing to archway iced oatmeal cookies . taste wise they are nearly identical . i just wish the mothers cookies were a bit more crispy ( that ' s my only complaint ) . these cookies are so delicious they should be against the law . somebody call 911 .
according to industry lore , newspaper vendor n . m . wheatley started mother ' s cookies in 1914 as a one - person shop . it expanded and moved into its present location in 1949 . by 1991 , the mother ' s brand , though still baked in oakland , had passed to the ownership of a belgian company , artal b . v . by the late 1990s , it was owned by specialty foods corp . of illinois .
also , i have to say that looks wise , your cookies look indistinguishable from the real thing — great job . in fact , i’m not even positive which are the mother’s cookies and which are yours . i’m sorry to hear ( though not surprised , given the industrialized processes and unpronounceable ingredients ) that you’re not able to replicate them taste wise ( was it the texture ? did the cookies not ‘crunch’ the same way ? ) .
so , with this post i bid adieu to mother ' s cookies , to english tea and iced oatmeal and striped shortbread and circus animal cookies . thanks for making my childhood a little sweeter , and for being a stepping stone on my path to making my own baked goods . you ' ll always have a special place on my kitchen shelf .
but some former employees and distributors , noting that archway and mother’s had survived tough economic times before , don’t accept that explanation . they say the company was simply mismanaged into extinction .
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i know what you mean about nostalgia . i still think about the bakery cookies from the town where i grew up . can’t drive by there without wanting to grab some cookies !
one of my best memories as a child 60 years ago . these cookies have a buttery flavor with a soft frosting outside and crispy cookie inside . the original mothers cookie company went out of business , after 92 years , but fortunately kellogg ' s began producing the animal cookies again . these animal cookies and oreo cookies are classics that should never go out of production . obviously i recommend these cookie to satisfy that sweet tooth .
and parmalat ' s u . s . suppliers , customers and employees wonder whether the firm will be able to maintain its foreign assets .
i definitely feel the void…they are a part of my childhood . very shocking 🙁 the animal cookies and the taffy cookies were my favorites . i’ll have to give your version a try !
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emojis you could eat ! come to think of it , it ' s suprising nabisco hasn ' t rebranded and relaunched these cookies as
coojis
or something .
i never experienced mother’s until moving to ca seven years ago . needless to say , i was both shocked and pleased to see the halloween version at target here in ma this past weekend . 🙂
love these cookies great to take to work or school my favorite since i was a kid .
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sitting in his office late one evening in april last year , keith roberts , the director of finance for the archway & mother’s cookie company , stared in shocked silence at the numbers on his desk .
catterton’s spokeswoman said it was members of insight’s team who were “installed in positions of substantial operating responsibility” at archway . catterton has also argued in court filings that archway’s operations were impossible to sustain in a deteriorating economic environment .
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still others noticed odd quality - control problems emerging . some distributors said they saw a significant increase in the numbers of cookies they received where the package hadn’t been sealed correctly , leaving vendors unable to sell them . “one of my last loads , i got a pallet of taffy cookies and they were all open . unsealed , ” said dennis pfeifer , who had a mother’s route in northern california and oregon .
catterton , a private - equity firm with a track record of buying and fixing up consumer products companies , didn’t disclose what it paid for archway and mother’s , but it was clearly fired up over the deal . “archway and mother’s are household names with strong regional brand awareness that offer great potential for continued expansion , ” j . michael chu , a catterton managing partner , said in a press release announcing the deal .
i also love mothers taffy cookies , my father - in - law found this cookies in texas about a month ago and brought me some . i will find out where he got them and follow up
i will miss the cookies , too . i went out and bought what i could find , but unfortunately , it was only 3 bags . your cookies look just like the real thing , though !
say it isn’t so ! i haven’t had mother’s circus cookies in years but i loved them as a child and never imagined they would disappear one day . it’s sad to know i missed my last chance to bite the head off a lion or tiger and experience the satisfying crunch when sweeter - than - sweet icing gave way to the plain vanilla cookie beneath . still , i bet yours are better . homemade cookies always trump store - bought . besides , those are the cutest cookie cutters .
circa 1915 - wheatley trades in his corner stand and relocates to a small , one - person operation on 12th avenue in oakland , calif . where he bakes about 2 , 000 cookies each day and night . his cookies sold for $ 1 a box , and his vanilla cookies were an overnight hit .
archway then began providing fresh cookies to elite . but , according to mr . roberts , archway never properly accounted for the $ 200 , 000 to $ 400 , 000 in stale cookies that elite returned .
archway ' s origins date to 1936 , when the husband and wife team of harold and ruth swanson began baking soft oatmeal cookies and doughnuts in their garage in battle creek , michigan . in the company ' s early days the cookies were distributed only locally , packaged from the start in clear wrappers that helped stimulate both appetites and sales . during world war ii , with baking ingredients in short supply , the swansons decided to concentrate exclusively on cookies . swanson home style cookies , as they were known , grew into a line of 15 different varieties by the late 1940s .
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however , u . s . - based insurance firms , mutual funds , retirement plans and other u . s . institutional investors hold roughly two - thirds of parmalat ' s $ 10 billion bond debt , said evan flaschen , a bingham mccutchen partner who represents one of the embattled firm ' s largest creditor groups .
in the late 1980s , as americans grew increasingly health - conscious , archway responded to concerns about saturated fat by removing the ingredient from all of the company ' s products . studies showing that oat bran was an especially beneficial dietary fiber were also published around this time , and sales of archway ' s oatmeal cookies grew as a result . in 1988 the company ' s date - oatmeal cookies were lauded as the most healthful cookies on the market by a consumer watchdog organization , and four other archway varieties finished near the top of the ranking of 250 cookie brands .
a former employee inside the headquarters , who declined to be identified because of continuing litigation , said that as the company’s troubles worsened , the company began using less expensive ingredients in its cookies .
the bakery now produces lance cookies that are sold to big chains like target and wal - mart . but production of archway cookies is scheduled to resume soon . lance has told the employees that it hopes to have the plant fully operational by the end of 2009 - - that is , five lines of cookies being produced simultaneously .
i bought a bag of the mother ' s iced oatmeal mini cookies for our teenage son . the majority of time the cookies have raisins in them which he does not like . the results are in - he loves these cookies . he said they have a perfect taste with not too much sugar . he said they are not the soft chewy kind and are not hard , kind of in the middle . he would prefer a slightly harder oatmeal cookie . but i like them the way they are . perfect for snacking with coffee and love the smaller size .
archway cookies meets increased product demand ,
industrial engineering , september 1 , 1992 , p . 18 .
oh , they really are the cutest cookies… . i am sure they are delicious as well . cheers , elra
5451 w . dickman road battle creek , michigan 49015 u . s . a .
the company ' s assurances haven ' t eased the concerns of its u . s . suppliers and customers , or the workers whose livelihoods are intertwined with the firm .
in 1995 archway entered into an agreement with the battle creek - based kellogg company to use kellogg ' s all - bran cereal in a line of low - fat cookies . this represented the first time kellogg ' s would allow another company to market a co - branded product . the new cookies were a success , and propelled archway for the first time into the number three spot in u . s . cookie sales , though it slipped back to number four after a time .
many of you have already heard that the venerable mother ' s cookies has closed down . i found out about this last week just as i was leaving for a trip ; therefore i spent much of the weekend mourning the end of this beloved institution and wondering if all the circus animal cookies would be gone from the stores by the time i returned . judging from the many articles written urging cookie fans to stock up on their favorites , not an unfounded fear .
key to the company ' s success was the quality of its soft - baked cookies . these were much less common in the cookie market , but at the same time were perceived to be closer to homemade than other cookies . soft - baked cookies had higher moisture content than ones that were dry and relatively hard , and thus had a much shorter shelf life . to compensate for this , the company developed a system of baking cookies only after orders for them were received , allowing it to keep store stocks fresh and minimize waste . archway ' s goal was for stores to sell half of the cookies on display each week , ensuring that the vast majority would be purchased well before the six - week
sell - by
date was reached .
and archway’s collapse is a reminder of the apparent lengths to which some of the nation’s biggest banks went to do deals with private - equity firms during the recent buyout boom .
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besides putting 230 of the oakland plant’s employees out of work , the closure had another negative effect . it lengthened the time between when the cookies were baked and when they hit store shelves around the country .
cookies that taste so homemade , you can almost taste the recipe ,
the slogan proclaimed . mmm… recipes . nabisco churned out an entire line of these chewy cookies at the peak of the soft - cookie era , the 1980s .
catterton’s spokeswoman also pointed to the company’s strong track record . “archway notwithstanding , catterton has helped to capitalize and grow nearly 75 successful consumer companies in its 20 - year history . ”
would definetly buy this product again ! great price for lots of cookies for only $ 2 . 00 . and good flavor
example 1 : murdoch childrens research institute in australia wanted to thank mothers for helping keeping kids healthy and safe by pampering them for mother’s day by drawing the prize of a two night stay in a hotel , flight costs included . to enter the contest to give their mother the big prize , the children had to tell in 25 words or less why their mum or a special woman in their life deserved to be pampered .
my great - grandmother always filled her cookie jar with those wonderful pink animal cookies when we came to visit . i have a very special place in my heart for those visits and those sweet treats . your cookies look just like the real thing !
i am very distraught over the demise of the mother’s cookies institution . i just returned from san francisco feverishly searching the safeways for my favorite chocolate chip angel shortbread square delight . to my dismay none was found . i grew up on these for goodness sake ! if there is any cookie manufacturer who can recreate exactly the angel i would be in heaven on earth ! ! ! ! !
archway cookies , kellogg co - brand low - fat cookie ,
food & drink daily , may 9 , 1995 .
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so why , if my blog is dedicated to the best of all that is sweet , and to the joys of baking at home , would i be so distraught over the end of a commercial cookie manufacturer ? chalk it up to the power of nostalgia . going to the grocery store with my mother when i was young , the cookie aisle was always my favorite ( does it surprise no one here that i ' ve always had a sweet tooth ? ) when we went down the aisle lined with cookies , crackers , and cakes , i would always scan eagerly over the offerings , wondering if this time my mother would relent and buy us a treat . of all the different brands , mother ' s cookies always stood out , with their striped purple and red packaging and the icon showing a happy mom in the corner . the products also seemed seemed so much more distinctive and interesting than the rest : the striped shortbread , the chocolate chip angels , and , of course , the circus animal cookies .
i am a cookie lover , mother’s cookies my favorite factory made cookie . once i found a cookie by them called zoo animals , loved , loved them , i will so miss their cookies . . many of the good quality food items i liked seem to be vanishing . . a good cookie is hard to find . . thanks for the animal cookie recipe . . another cookie i love is mrs . fields toffee cookie , unusual and the company does not send them out . . they have to be made right at the little store…
the company was founded in 1914 when woodrow wilson decreed that mother ' s day would be a national holiday in the us . noah m . wheatley started with a recipe he purchased from a customer and a corner stand . a year later , he started a one - person operation on 12th avenue where he baked about 2 , 000 cookies a day . 2 the factory building is now a series of lofts .
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thanks lisa ! i haven’t used the candy melts but it’s possible . update us with the results !
battle creek , mich . , dec . 3 / prnewswire / - - kellogg company today announced that it is acquiring the trademarks and recipes of mother ' s cake & cookie co . , a regional brand with a loyal consumer following in the western u . s . kellogg did not purchase any other assets of the company . the closing is expected to be finalized on december 4 .
mr . zinzer is more blunt : “our cookies turned to crap . they were nowhere near as good as they used to be . ”
do you remember kookaburras , pixies and juliettes ? these are a few of the 7 discontinued girl scout cookies we want to come back .
when i opened the bags of cookies they were moist , as if they had been refrigerated and then became wet when in the heat in the box where they were packaged . the frosting on every cookie was smeared and the sprinkles were not many on each cookie . i was extremely disappointed in my purchase of the cookies . i had planned on placing one cookie on each of my 50 cupcakes that i was making for a baby shower . i purchased 4 bags of cookies and i had to open all 4 bags and sort through all of the cookies to pick out the best ones to place on my cupcakes . the cookies looked terrible . i will not purchase these again in the future and will be talking to others about my horrible experience . also , online should state how many cookies are in each bag , i would not have had to purchase 4 bags for 50 cupcakes , but glad i did so that i had more cookies to select from since 75 % of them were not distinguishable , you could not tell what animal it was because the frosting on the cookies were smeared on them .
unfortunately , mique passed away in 1955 and his son floyd took over the company . leopoldine continued to be heavily involved in mother’s cookies . prior to her husband’s death she served as director , and later as treasurer . from 1951 - 1971 , she was chairman of the board of directors . eventually she held the title of director , emeritus . as her duties with the company wound down , and she enjoyed time at her beloved home and with her several grandchildren , her door was open to an unexpected 2nd chance at love .
it was probably for the best that i didn ' t get to gorge on these cookies , and for that i thank my mom . it also kept these cookies in the realm of special treat , so even after i grew older and went shopping on my own , i would always look on these cookies fondly . i like to think these cookies played a role in developing my interest in baking : after all , they were so prettily decorated , so my liking them must have indicated that i wanted to make things as equally eye - catching and tasty .
well , i ' m keeping my eyes open for any remaining bags , but i guess the rampant nostalgia that overcame me upon hearing of mother ' s demise made it impossible to resist enjoying these cookies one more time . besides , i needed to open the bag so i could take some pictures of the little frosted animals in all their pink and white glory – so at that point not eating a few would have been unfathomable .
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1914 - n . m . ( noah ) wheatley runs a newspaper stand on the corner of san francisco ' s market and kearney streets and decides to purchase the rights to a recipe of some home - baked cookies from one of his customers .
estimated employees : 3 , 100 milk plants : dasi products . decatur , ala . facility makes ice cream mix and processes extended - shelf - life milk . new atlanta dairies . atlanta . large bottling plant . parmalat / white knight . grand rapids , mich . facility puts milk in brick packs . farmland dairies . wallington , n . j . ultra - high - temperature processing plant . welsh farms . west caldwell , n . j . frozen dessert facility . sunnydale farms . brooklyn , n . y . one of the largest fluid - milk facilities in the nation . bakery : archway cookies . battle creek , mich . , and ashland , ohio . the plants make parmalat the third - largest cookie maker in the country , after nabisco and keebler . the facilities make archway cookies , mother ' s label original circus animal cookies and numerous private - label cookies .
as the scandal unfolds , parmalat says its 3 , 100 - employee u . s . division is operating normally and is not currently for sale . meanwhile , the u . s . financial exposure runs into the billions , with insurance companies and other institutional investors holding more than 60 % of parmalat ' s estimated $ 10 billion bond debt . the toll is likely to rise as other u . s . investors report losses .
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yours turned out great . the icing is just too hard on these cookies , but you’ve got the look . oh how i will miss those .
leading u . s . banks such as bank of america and citigroup have been snarled in the unfolding investigation .
catterton , insight , archway’s board and a number of former executives are defendants in the suit . catterton , the court documents say , prolonged the alleged fraud so it could try to refinance archway’s debt or sell the company .
cerberus had its own auditors examining archway’s books . cerberus and its financing company declined to comment for this article .
over the next several years archway also rolled out a line of fat - free cookies , as a wave of studies that exposed the harmful effects of fat in the diet were published . annual sales , which were not disclosed by the privately held company , reached an estimated $ 68 million in 1993 , and grew an astounding 138 percent the following year with the success of archway ' s fat - free cookies .
thousands of dairy farms and co - ops supply milk to parmalat ' s six u . s . bottling , frozen dessert and processing plants . dairy field , a publication that tracks the industry , estimates that the plants as of 2002 made parmalat the nation ' s 25th - largest dairy processor , with estimated sales of $ 625 million .
example : everything kitchens , a kitchenware and appliances supplier in the us , organized a giveaway of a kitchenaid stand mixer for mother’s day with a simple sweepstakes with registration but they combined it with a discount coupon on the thank you page for all participants upon registration as a surprise since it wasn’t announced in the sweepstakes .
in late august , about three weeks after mr . roberts’s resignation , as archway neared the completion of its ernst & young audit , mr . pechawer said he told one of the auditing managers about his concerns about archway’s accounting .
your animal crackers look amazing . it’s funny i am not sure if the brand of these cookies is the same here in the north east . i have had them on one occassion . loved them , too much and thought i better not have these around . but seeing your post and your beautiful cookies makes me think i need to make these for my kids . thank you . it was a sweet and wonderfully written post .
omg , i had the exact same experience with these cookies growing up — i could have written this entry , from my mother refusing to buy them due to how unhealthy she felt they were to me still thinking of them fondly whenever i see them ( the temptation to buy them now that i’m grown always there ) , despite being a fan of homebaked goods .
campbell , tom ,
wyoming county bakery finds success is sweet with cookies ,
business - first buffalo , september 16 , 1991 , p . 1 .
“normally i would have $ 4 , 000 of product physically sitting in my truck , but they were charging me for $ 14 , 000 worth of cookies . cookies that didn’t exist , ” mr . gallagher said . “they went from doing this at the end of the quarter to doing it every six weeks . ”
it ' s a profitable though taxing job , made more tiring since last month ' s explosion of a financial scandal at its parent company an ocean away . authorities estimate as much as $ 10 billion is missing from the accounts of parmalat , the italian dairy giant best known for its long - shelf - life milk and familiar around the world as a producer of frozen desserts , juices and cookies .
archway cookies , inc . is one of the top cookie makers in the united states . the company ' s biggest sellers are variations on its original oatmeal cookie , which together account for more than 40 percent of sales . archway ' s line of over 60 varieties also includes fat - free , low - fat , and sugar - free types , as well as holiday cookies sold at the end of the year . the company makes soft - baked cookies , which have a shorter shelf life than the
hard
brands and are generally preferred by consumers over the age of 50 . in the late 1940s the company began selling baking franchises in order to expand nationwide , but it bought most of them back in the 1960s . by the late 1990s only four franchise bakers were left , with two company - owned bakeries supplying the bulk of the country . in 1998 archway was purchased by specialty foods corporation , which also owned california - based mother ' s cake & cookie . the combined companies made specialty foods the number - three cookie maker in the country .
during his review , mr . roberts said , he also uncovered a large , $ 1 . 2 million order from a new warehousing customer , elite logistics , which occurred on the last day of archway’s fiscal year in 2007 . elite was supposed to distribute the cookies to the independent producers that would have normally been supplied directly by archway . but distributors didn’t order quickly enough and the cookies at elite began to go bad , court documents said .
tuesday , lawyers representing citigroup met with an italian prosecutor who is investigating the company ' s bond sales , reuters reported .
the story of mother’s cookies began in 1914 , with a young man named noah mique wheatley , an orphan from england who wound up working on a farm in canada at the age of 14 , much like an indentured servant . noah , who preferred to go by his middle name of mique , ran away at the age of 16 , with only a 6th grade education . he made his way to san francisco , where he worked hard as a newspaper vendor on the corner of market and kearny streets .


soul temple records is an american record label founded in 2012 by hip hop music recording artist rza and bob perry , after the release of the rza directed the man with the iron fists .

the labels first release would be that album 's soundtrack .

the label has since released studio albums by wu-tang clan members ghostface killah and u-god .

all albums released on the label are executive produced by rza .

soul temple records

soul temple records has announced the release of its upcoming compilation the rza presents shaolin soul selection : volume 1 , releasing on march 19th .
only available exclusively to customers at soul jazz records / sounds of the universe . stone - cold classic two - step funky soul bomb ! soul jazz records / sounds . . .
according to rza , soul temple records will release independent minded artists from a variety of genres , from the creative community .
( allhiphop news ) wu - tang clan member / producer rza has announced the formation of a new label , soul temple records .
additionally , soul temple records has posted a album sampler and two additional songs , posted below , via the label’s band camp page .
the first release on soul temple records will be “the man with the iron fists” soundtrack , which will feature a number of top name artists .
after releasing 2009’s dopium with frank 151’s label partnership with babygrande records , golden arms has reunited with rza at the abbott’s soul temple records imprint . that label recently released ghostface killah & adrian younge’s twelve reasons to die effort .
somnath temple is located close to veraval in gujrati and is one of the twelve jyortilinga of lord shiva . the temple was reconstructed as original temple was destroyed by invaders . overall , a must visit for any religious devotee
do not buy directly from this lable ! they will rip you off . ordered two records from soul temple , never recieved either , and because they were both pre - orders they ran over the 45 day dispute period with paypal .
soul temple records has released a nine - minute preview of the project mixed by dj 7l that can be streamed below and downloaded at bandcamp . there are several pre - order packages available including a three - lp vinyl set with a soul temple t - shirt , a two - cd set with a t - shirt , a three - lp vinyl set and a two - cd set .
album : artist : ghostface killah ( soul temple records ) four stars out of five ghostface killah’s career can be broken down into three parts : the wu - tang albums , his full - fledged solo work , and the novelty albums .
new ltd . 300 copies ( 2nd press , yellow label ) only available exclusively to customers at soul jazz records / sounds of the universe . fact mag . no . . . .
new ltd . 300 copies ( 2nd press , black label ) only available exclusively to customers at soul jazz records / sounds of the universe . hold tight for the first . . .
so when producer / composer adrian younge was approached by wu - tang chieftain rza and his soul temple records co - owner bob perry about recording an album with ghostface , he didn’t start with music or lyrics . instead , he wrote a script called “twelve reasons to die . ”
situated on sea shore with great management and cleanliness . graet temple of mahadev . u purely connects to the god .
rza lined up distribution stax records / red distribution to help market , promote and distribute “the man with the iron fists . ”
j . alfred smith sr . , records the following from the western appeal , a black newspaper dated april 1 , 1927 .
after a lengthy tenure at def jam records , staten island , new york super - emcee ghostface killah linked back up with rza , via the abbott’s soul temple records . there , g . f . k . partnered with los angeles , california - based black dynamite soundtrack producer adrian younge to make an album birthed in ’70s cinematic sounds and themes . twelve reasons to die resulted , with rza watching over , and paying homage to drive - in’s and grind - houses and spaghetti westerns , with tony starks’ tenth lp .
the project sees the wu - tang clan swordsman curating a playlist of tracks from the stax records vaults . artists included on the release include isaac hayes , the dramatics , the emotions , the soul children , booker t and the mgs , albert king and many more .
when allen temple was founded in 1919 , the 1920 census count reported 5 , 489 black residents in oakland with the majority of them clustered in west oakland . allen temple baptist church was among nine known black churches in oakland , and the first black church in east oakland .
nostalgic rap and neo - soul that recalls the early 2000s ; a hybrid of reggae , j dilla - inspired beats , and modern - day gloss .
label established in 2012 by bob frank ( 2 ) and bob perry . distributed by sony / red distribution . sister label to decision records ( 2 )
the chinese afterlife was thought of as a journey in which the soul had to cross a bridge over an abyss where it was judged . if the soul was found worthy , it continued on , paused at a pavilion to look back on the land of the living one last time , and then drank a cup of a brew called mengpo soup which caused one to forget one ' s former life entirely . the ghost culture of china diverges at this point on what happens to the soul next ; according to some works , the soul goes on to heaven , while according to others , it is reincarnated . if the soul is found unworthy as it crosses the bridge to the afterlife , it slips down into hell where it remains . in either case , the soul was not expected to return to the land of the living and , if one did , and it was not an ancestor appearing in a dream with some warning or advice , it was certain some kind of evil force was involved .
@ rza classic ! pure comedy . it ' s landspeed records all over again . some things never change . . . . cant front tho , bob ' s still a hustler .
not many temples have a gallery speaking its records . well this has , and it speaks about the ruins collected decades back , for an ancient temple of centuries worth . re - built by sardar patel , the current structure also is very mesmerizing , do get inside during the
aratees
to feel the real aura of this place . also , look for a man near the seaside of the temple with a giant telescope bolted to the ground ; will show you something amazing far away on the coast , just for 5 bucks .
according to the history records of mcgee avenue baptist church , reverend j . a . allen , of the 85th avenue baptist was one of the principal organizers , though not a member . during the lean years , the 85th avenue baptist church was crippled by a small and weak membership including weak economy . records were not maintained , thus details of the early years are scanty .
as children on earth , they were driven to understand the history of dance music and found their teacher in original boston disco dj caril mitro who admitted them into the temple of vinyl connection ( whose members included dimitri from paris and frankie knuckles plus many more ) . caril taught soul clap that “house wears many hats” and instilled the sounds of american dance music while fostering an addiction to digging that has become a worldwide quest to acquire the best vinyl . soul clap’s training goes beyond history lessons to mastering all the elements of the dj : knowledge , mixing , programming , performance and experience .
this label is a fucking joke . i ` m one of those unlucky costumers that bought 12 reasons to die bundle pack through soul temple bandcamp in early march and never received the records . . . needless to say , i didn ` t get my money back . . . i ` m thinking of contacting us authorities to try to get the money back as paypal - due to the fact that i filed my claim after 45 days from the payment date , closed the case automatically and refused to help . if you ` re in a similar situation - please hit me up . . .
golden era , bay area outfit souls of mischief recently announced their first album in five years will hits shelves august 26 . titled , there is only now , a - plus , phesto , opio , and tajai will collaborate with producer adrian younge ( 12 reasons to die ) . initially slated to come out on rza & apos ; s soul temple records , last year , the 20th year anniversary since the group & apos ; s classic debut , & apos ; 93 & apos ; til infinity , the album will now be the first release on younge & apos ; s new linear labs record label .
dont buy anything from this label ! ! ! ! you wont receive your records and they don ' t reply to your emails . try file a dispute before 45 days on paypal to get your money back .
in ancient egypt , the return of a ghost was also considered a very serious matter . for the egyptians , non - existence was an intolerable concept , and it was believed that , at death , the soul traveled to the hall of truth where it was judged by osiris and the 42 judges by having its heart weighed in balance with the white feather of truth ; if the heart was found lighter than the feather , the soul proceeded on to the afterlife , while if it was heavier , it was thrown to the floor where it was eaten by a monster and the soul would cease to exist . one ' s heart would be lighter if one had lived a good life and heavier if one had not . the afterlife was known as the field of reeds , which was a mirror image of one ' s life on earth in egypt . one would enjoy the house one knew , the stream by that house , one ' s favorite tree and dog , and so there was no reason for a soul to want to return to earth unless that soul had a very good reason for doing so .
1929 was the beginning of the
great depression era
, resources were scarce and money was scarcer . not only were families struggling , the church was struggling as well . under the great leadership of reverend wildy , allen temple became a
refuge in a time of storm
. allen temple was among other churches that
fed the hungry and clothed the naked
. times were hard , but god ' s strength provided stability .
the reverend doctor malvina stephens was the first woman among many to come to be ordained by dr . smith sr . at allen temple . dr . stephens headed up the prison ministry and congregational care among many other ministries . dr . stephens was called from labor to reward , september 16 , 2014 . another outstanding female clergy is the reverend doctor eunice shaw , director of health and social services , and thursday noonday bible study . numerous other female clergy serve in leadership roles at allen temple ; the majority of whom are seminary trained with earned doctorate degrees . the late reverend doctor ella mitchell , editor of over a five volume collection of black women sermons , those preaching women was licensed to preach , but was not ordained until 35 years later at allen temple by dr . smith sr . as fate would have it , dr . mitchell ' s last public appearance was at the allen temple baptist church in 2008 .
hi all , apparently soul temple is sorting stuff out about all this brouhaha . rza ' s facebook page has the following :
this is tam . as rza stated , for those who have not gotten their product . please send an electronic copy of your payment that includes the product item to soultemppro @ gmail . com . it comes to me and i will begin processing them . so we can fulfill orders . please make sure u have all the correct information .
whether it & apos ; s internal squabbles about playing shows or inter - fan arguments about what direction the group should go next , the wu - tang nation is a country often filled with strife . despite the recent publicity bump that the clan got following drake & apos ; s name - checking of the group throughout his latest album , nothing was the same , and the subsequent buzz about a remix to the track
wu tang forever ,
it often feels like they can & apos ; t catch a break after the recent cancellation of the group & apos ; s headlining rock the bells appearances . u - god has had his own issues , blaming label soul temple records—headed by rza—for mishandling the release of keynote speaker .
a debt of gratitude is owed to the reverend dr . j . alfred smith sr . , for chronicling the early historical years of allen temple baptist church in his book thus far by faith and mrs . pearlie williams , church librarian .
in 1985 , there was a younger punk scene forming in washington , d . c . around sammich records , a label co - founded by amanda mackaye , the younger sister of dischord records co - founder ian mackaye . the first sammich release was a split 7
ep called
thanks
. one side was a young band from arlington called mission impossible ( featuring a young dave grohl on drums ) and on the other side was a new band out of wilson high school called lunchmeat , who would soon change their name to soulside .
the church relocated to a house on 85th avenue at a streets and as was the custom of so many churches , it became known by its location ; the 85th avenue baptist church . records were lost during the infancy years , thus little is known about the details of members and officers .
reverend thomas resigned in 1929 . while the details concerning his departure are not known , what is known that he was a great man of god who help to build up the ministry of allen temple . there were no other assistant ministers in the church , however prior to his departure , pastor thomas ensured that the church would have a well - groomed leader to succeed him . the mantle was passed to an outstanding layman , brother g . w . wildy . brother wildy entered the berkeley baptist divinity school where he received a certificate in ministry . g . w . wildy was ordained shortly thereafter and became the next pastor of allen temple baptist church . pastor wildy was an excellent carpenter and architect and those skills proved to be a valuable asset to allen temple during the years of his service as pastor from 1929 - 1950 .
before today there was yesterday and after tomorrow is the future . elyte and cnyce’s paths were crossed for all time when a sun ra light beam sent from saturn collided with the p - funk mothership and sent them tumbling to earth . now , soul clap time travels on a musical spaceship of dopeness…
under pastor wildy ' s leadership , allen temple grew financially , grew in numbers , grew spiritually , and the church facility grew in size . though pastor wildy was effective , nevertheless , internal schism stalked the church over wildy ' s management style . pastor wildy preached his farewell sermon february 1950 and later organized the cosmopolitan baptist church located several blocks from allen temple . reverend wildy later moved to los angeles . he was called from labor to reward , february 15 , 1993 . with the departure of rev . wildy , much healing and reconciliation had to take place .
world war ii brought hundreds of thousands of black migrants from the south seeking improved economic opportunities and escaping the oppression of discrimination . west oakland continued to be the enclave for the black community , businesses and black churches . to attract new members , pastor wildy advertised in black newspapers , telling them about allen temple baptist church . gradually , membership began to grow and allen temple began to establish a reputation as a gathering place where other pastors came to discuss important issues . reverend wildy was more than a pastor , he was involved in the baptist denomination and political issues that impacted black people .
in the late 1970s and through the 1980 ' s east oakland was undergoing a major demographic and ethic shift as hispanics began to populate the area . in 1988 , the reverend ruben hurtado was guided to allen temple baptist church and expressed his feelings to reverend gloria aguilar and deacon armando aguilar . in response to the change , and an answer to dr . smith sr . ' s prayer , reverend hurtado became pastor of a new outreach ministry that spoke directly to the needs of the hispanic community ; thus , the iglesia bautista de allen temple was birthed with reverend hurtado as the pastor .
prior to retirement , dr . smith sr . served as distinguished professor of christian ministry and preaching at the american baptist seminary of the west and the graduate theological seminary in berkeley . dr . smith sr . testified before the united nations on april 14 , 1989 in an effort to end apartheid in south africa . the international presence of allen temple has been felt through the preaching and teaching of dr . smith sr . on the continent of africa , korea , canada , and england . he led allen temple on a journey to the holy land in israel and palestine on two occasions . after authoring over sixteen books , and wining numerous awards , including one of ebony magazine ' s top 15 preachers of 1993 , and 2001 , doctor j . alfred smith sr . , retired as senior pastor of allen temple in 2009 and was voted in to serve as pastor emeritus . his ministry continues .
last july , younge described the sound of the lp saying ,
it’s a project that if somebody misses the sounds of 93 ’til infinity meets the low end theory meets de la soul is dead . if somebody misses that kind of sound , they’ll be happy to hear this album because it goes back to that time , you know .
soulside quickly became very popular and released their first full - length album on sammich in 1986 . shortly thereafter their bass player , chris thomson ( who later played in ignition , circus lupus and monorchid ) , left the band and was replaced by johnny temple . soulside went on to release an ep , a single , and an album for dischord records and toured regularly , both in the us and in europe . in the spring of 1989 , the band set out with eli as both roadie and sound engineer on a 3 - month european tour which culminated with the recording of
hot bodi - gram
in holland . after returning home , bobby sullivan left the band , and a year or so later eli joined the other three to form girls vs . boys . sammich later re - issued soul side ' s debut album onto cd for the first time in 2004 . the band ' s dischord releases were culled onto one cd ,
soon come happy
, released in 1990 and re - mastered in 2003 .
next up ' the twelve reasons to die ' tour will run through may 22 , and another string of wu - tang clan reunion dates begins may 26 . the debut issue of the “twelve reasons to die” comic will hit stores may 29 as the first in a six issue monthly series , and new music and remixes will coincide with the release of each issue . “the comic book and the monthly issues were a way for me to say , ‘there’s a reason for people to be talking about this ghostface album for the next six months , ’” perry says , adding that soul temple hopes to bundle all
twelve reasons to die
- related material into one collectible item by the end of the year .
lastly , two ’90s new york veterans hit the top 200 . n . o . r . e . ( now recording as p . a . p . i . ) released student of the game , his first lp with eone entertainment . the queens o . g . ’s album sold over 4 , 000 copies , hitting the charts . this is n . o . ’s first charting solo lp on an indie label since his penalty records days , in the late 1990s . following was styles p , who partnered with veteran producer scram jones to release float . the collaboration lp was styles’ first with brooklyn , new york - based nature sounds records . that effort sold just under 4 , 000 copies in its first week at retail .
the reverend dr . j . alfred smith jr . was licensed to preach in 1973 , ordained in 1976 and served in various capacities including youth minister and assistant pastor , prior to his elevation as co - pastor . dr . smith jr . expanded the church ' s ministries through community partnerships with the east oakland healthy start programs and vocational training program in partnership with the oakland public schools . this seasoned father and son team was equally yoked ; bone of bone , flesh of flesh and together they established allen temple baptist church as a model urban ministry church . numerous ministries were added to allen temple under the leadership of this father and son team including an international global ministry that established an orphanage in zimbabwe .
when allen temple opened her new sanctuary to accommodate everyone , two sunday worship services were established . by now allen temple was dually aligned with the progressive national baptist convention , inc . , and the american baptist churches usa . dr . smith sr . ' s visionary leadership style landed him a position as second - vice president of the pnbc in 1984 , and in 1986 , he was elected president of pnbc . mrs . joanna smith , wife of dr . smith sr . , worked diligently with the adult education department that was sponsored by the oakland public schools . she helped adult students in preparing them for their high school equivalency examinations as well as enabled foreign - born persons to meet citizenship requirements . she was knowledgeable in spanish and portuguese .
reverend james lewis allen served as pastor from 1919 - 1925 , reverend allen founded the allen temple baptist church in 1919 . he was born in slavery , july 12 , 1853 to david and mary allen of leesburg , loudoun county , virginia . reverend allen began his ministry at the age of sixteen . reverend allen ' s first assignment was in clarksville , texas where he served as a schoolteacher and minister and later served in el paso , texas . reverend allen was seminary trained , having graduated from maryland seminary and howard university . the history of beth eden baptist church records reverend allen was called to pastor beth eden from el paso , texas . after serving six years , reverend allen relocated to oregon . in 1917 , reverend allen returned to the bay area . the american baptist churches sent rev . allen to east oakland to start a church .
as with the tarascan tribe , the aztecs believed that dogs could see and would protect one against ghosts , and both groups buried their dead with dogs who were thought to then serve the soul in the afterlife as both a guide through the underworld and as a protector against ghosts . the tarascans were deeply troubled by the fear of ghosts and so developed the concept of the spirit dog . it was thought that ghosts were the spirits of those who had been improperly buried , who had died alone on a hunt and were never found , or who had drowned . these spirits would return to haunt the living until their bodies were found and properly buried with ceremonies . the problem , of course , was that the bodies could not be found . in these cases , the tarascans held that a spirit dog would find the body and lead the soul away to the afterlife so that it would not trouble the living .
after reverend allen retired , he maintained his residence at 1632 tyler street , berkeley . he passed away peacefully at his home , november 6 , 1940 , at the age of 88 years and 3 months . reverend allen was survived by his widow , mrs . francis allen , and two brothers , dr . willard allen of new haven , connecticut , and mr . loyd [ sic ] allen of philadelphia . the evergreen cemetery , oakland , records reverend allen ' s burial date , november 9 , 1940 .
“the cinematography and the art direction of those movies led to or created a certain type of music based on american soul , ” says younge , who scored the film “black dynamite . ” “a lot of european composers were asked by the producers to make a soundtrack that sounded like american blaxploitation music , so you have classically trained musicians trying to re - create american funk in this cinematic style . and the way they did it was very interesting and unique . that sound is something that absolutely inspired a lot of the original rza production . ”
the church started in a little hall on e . 14th street and seminary avenue with oil heater and a few borrowed chairs , with still fewer members , during the years that tried
men ' s
[ sic ] souls - when conditions were such that only a
man
[ sic ] who was really interested in the morals of a community , the training of youth , the satisfaction of a desire on the part of worshippers for a place to assemble , and whose heart and soul were sincere and filled with an ambition to help suffering humanity .
reverend dr . j . alfred smith , jr . march 15 , 2009 - present . on march 15 , 2009 , the reverend dr . j . alfred smith , jr . , was called by an overwhelming majority vote to take up the mantel as senior pastor of allen temple baptist church . not only had he served for many years at allen temple as co - pastor , he brought the experience of a senior pastor , of the historic antioch baptist church , san jose . the installation service was celebratory , joyful and included a wide spectrum of church members . the participation of youth and young adults signaled a new and brighter vision for the church as young people became more prominent in worship service as leaders . dr . smith jr . , is not only a highly gifted preacher , he is an intellectual scholar at san francisco state university and served as an adjunct professor in the doctor of ministry program . he is the recipient of the american baptist homes of the west affordable housing award in 2007 . dr . smith jr . is well established as a gatekeeper for social justice as a community activist . he serves in a leadership capacity at the progressive national baptist convention .
following reverend allen , there was a series of pastoral changes . the reverend james dee wilson served for one year , 1926 . rev . wilson was well known throughout the country as a dynamic preacher , musician and social justice activist . reverend wilson served as moderator of the general baptist association . according to the mcgee avenue church history records , reverend james dee wilson became pastor of mcgee avenue baptist church in 1935 . reverend wilson and his wife sara resided on stuart street , berkeley . reverend wilson ' s date of birth is listed july 20 , 1878 . he was called from labor to reward , september 16 , 1949 .
in the earlier period of egypt , the soul was considered a single entity known as the khu , the immortal aspect of an individual but , in later times , the soul was thought to be comprised of five different components . two of these components , the ba and ka ( spirit and personality ) , came together after death in the form of the akh , and it was this entity that would return as a ghost . if proper rites had not been observed in burial , or some sin had been committed by the living either before or after the person ' s death , the akh was given dispensation by the gods to return to earth to redress the wrong . the living who were harassed by the ghost would have to plead their case directly to the returned spirit in hopes of a reasonable response and , if that was ineffective , would need to have a priest intervene and judge between the living and the dead . an example of this would be how , when misfortune fell upon a widower , it was first attributed to some
sin
he had hidden from his wife that she , now all - knowing in the field of reeds , was punishing him for . in a letter from a widower to his dead wife found in a tomb from the new kingdom , the man pleads with the spirit of his wife to leave him alone as he is innocent of any wrong - doing :
reverend augustus l . carpenter served as pastor from 1950 to 1958 . god sent a mighty man of valor by the name of reverend augustus l . carpenter , a seasoned man of age and wisdom with an outstanding reputation as a godly leader . reverend carpenter served as the past president of the district sunday school and baptist training union congress of louisiana for twelve years and was considered an outstanding leader . reverend carpenter was born in louisiana , march 27 , 1878 . after serving as pulpit supply for ninety days , pastor carpenter was elected pastor of allen in the spring of 1950 . on september 29 , 1950 , the first deacons of allen temple were ordained by the reverend carpenter . working with the members and with the help of his wife , dorothy , allen temple began to heal and grow and was gaining a reputation as a prominent church in oakland . rev . carpenter soon found his role as pastor expanding beyond the stain glass windows . black leaders were calling upon churches to support the efforts of naacp that had been strengthened as a result of w . e . b . dubois who had sparked a movement to establish headquarters in the bay area to fight discrimination that abounded in the bay area . rev . carpenter responded to the needs of the community and the naacp to help fight racism and housing discrimination , at the same time improving the administrative infrastructure of the church such as the first church bulletins were published by mrs . marie f . johnson and mr . lee conroe .
in 1997 , the leadership institute at allen temple was a vision of dr . smith sr . after brainstorming his vision to start a christian educational institute that would focus on educating women and men for responsible christian leadership in the church and society . dr . smith sr . , served as chancellor and dr . l . p . lewis was appointed dean . after rev dr . l . p . lewis ' s brief tenure as dean , dr . jesse perry , ph . d . , served as dean for eight years . rev . dr . barbara bowman served as dean for a brief period followed by the reverend dr . brenda guess who was appointed chancellor and dean . the institute now extends its training globally to south africa through on - line training .
upon one ' s death , a spiritual entity known as a gidim was created , which maintained the personal identity of the deceased and traveled on to the land of the dead . it was this gidim that would return to haunt the living if proper attention had not been paid to funeral rites and burial or if there had been some unlawful act involved in the person ' s death . inscriptions do make clear , however , that sometimes the gidim could mischievously slip out of irkalla for visits to the earth , where they would harass the living for no good reason . these spirits would be punished by the sun god shamash by having their funerary offerings taken from them and awarded to gidim who had no one to remember them on earth , and so no one to provide them with offerings for their continued existence . although there are records of loved ones returning from the afterlife with warnings or advice , most of the ghosts of mesopotamia were unwelcome guests who were sent back to their realm through the use of charms , amulets , prayers , or exorcism .
by now , racial restrictions and housing discrimination gave way to blacks moving into east oakland ; as a result , membership grew , leading to the need to further expand the church facilities by purchasing additional property lots that were for sale as a result of the
white flight
to suburbia . in march 1953 , a special ground breaking service was held . the reverend carpenter was a great preacher , leader and a tenuous dedicated pastor . his resignation letter dated , january 8 , 1958 , read in part :
there comes a time in all our lives when a parting of the ways must take place . sometimes by death , moving away or otherwise . . . one called of god to preach the gospel cannot do as he chooses at all times , nor what man thinks he should do , but must be led by the spirit . . . .
. reverend carpenter was called from labor to reward , january 9 , 1961 , at 9 : 30 p . m . in oakland . marsha carpenter peterson , granddaughter , of reverend carpenter is a long time member of allen temple and is active in various ministries .
in mesopotamian culture , death was the final act of life from which there was no return . the land of the dead was known by many names ; among them was the irkalla , the realm beneath the earth known as the
land of no return
, where the souls of the dead dwelt in a dreary darkness , fed off dirt , and sipped from mud puddles ( though there were other visions of the afterlife , such as that expressed in the work gilgamesh , enkidu and the netherworld ) . this existence was the final end for all the living , no matter how great or poor a life they had lived , and it was ruled over by the dark queen ereshkigal . no soul was permitted to leave irkalla for any reason , not even a goddess , as exemplified in the poem the descent of inanna , in which even the queen of heaven ( and ereshkigal ' s sister ) , inanna , must find a substitute to take her place once she ascends back to the world of the living . special dispensation , however , was given to souls who needed to complete some kind of mission . ghosts could appear to people on earth if it was thought that they needed to right some kind of wrong .
the dead were thought to walk freely through the world during this time and people would prepare meals which their departed friends and relatives enjoyed while alive . samhain was an important celebration when the harvest was brought in , cattle were slaughtered and salted for the winter , and the bones were burned , a practice which gave rise to the bone fires , which today are known as bonfires . the darker side of samhain , however , was that the dead who were restless ( like the hungry ghosts of china ) were also free to roam , and so people initiated the practice of wearing masks so they would not be recognized by a spirit who may wish one harm . this custom eventually evolved into the modern - day celebration of halloween . the roman empire had conquered much of the region of the celts by the 1st century ce and , when christianity became the official religion of the empire in the 4th century ce , the church incorporated many pagan holidays into their calendar . since samhain was such a popular festival , it was brought into the church as allhallows or hallowmas , which became all soul ' s day and then all saint ' s day when believers prayed for the souls of the dead in purgatory . as with samhain in europe , so it was with the day of the dead in mexico ; the pagan festivals became days of christian observances .
in the midst of the wu - tang clan ' s reunion tour and forthcoming 20th anniversary album , ghostface killah released
twelve reasons to die ,
which debuts at no . 27 on this week’s billboard 200 .
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“we went and got some of the wu - tang original songs…we took out a lot of stuff that was in it , and we re - orchestrated it , ” rza said . “stax also came on board to help us out , and they gave me about 10 of their famous stax cues , songs from william bell , from isaac hayes , from mable john . so you’re going to have a great time listening to this movie as a soundtrack . ”
“quentin tarantino presents the man with the iron fists” stars rza , russell crowe and lucy liu . the movie is due in theaters on november 2 . ”
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founding wu - tang clan member u - god has been on an album hiatus for over four years . the veteran staten island , new york emcee who is currently gearing up for a series of summer concerts with his clansmen also announced plans for his fourth solo album , keynote speaker .
coming on july 23 , keynote speaker will feature wu brothers method man , gza and inspectah deck , as well as kool keith , styles p and elzhi .
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the announcement comes a few weeks after toronto ' s smoke dawg was killed in a shooting .
ghostface killah ( in hat ) and adrian younge ( glasses and bow tie ) with younge’s band venice dawn .
it’s somewhat puzzling that ghostface killah hasn’t found a second career in film . unless you count a brief scene - stealing cameo in the original “iron man” ( criminally excluded from the final cut but viewable on the internet ) , wu - tang’s most charismatic and quotable clansman hasn’t followed the path of many considerably less talented rappers in making the transition to movies .
but on record , it’s a different story . ghostface has cultivated an assortment of alter - egos , or roles , over the years , from flashy playboy pretty toney ( “the pretty toney album” ) to ruthless crime boss tony starks ( “fishscale” and “ironman” ) to ghostdini , a self - anointed “wizard of poetry” who raps sweet nothings to his pregnant wife and unborn child on his eponymous r & b - flavored album from 2009 . each is essentially a different shade of one established personality , like switching the actor who plays james bond . when working with ghostface , you aren’t just getting a couple verses — you are casting a character .
“the job is to get the complexities out of the way earlier and create a foundation to inspire , ” says younge , who will be performing with ghostface and his band venice dawn as part of the “twelve reasons to die” tour this thursday at the wilbur . “in putting the story together , i tried to think of what a character like tony starks would be like back then , and then provide ghost with the foundation for him to build upon . ”
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younge recorded the tracks with his band in the same manner that he would score a soundtrack , with each instrumental specifically tailored to advance the story along when paired with ghostface’s lyrics , which were recorded separately due to scheduling conflicts . and yes , rza’s spirit can be felt in the gritty soundscape of stalking bass lines , tightly snapping snares , and distorted guitars , made entirely on vintage equipment ( “i don’t know how to record any other way , ” says younge with a hint of pride ) .
but just as a great title song does not make a great bond movie , the strong soundtrack of “twelve reasons to die” would be wasted without a stellar performance from its leading man in a well - worn role he’s played for years . as the gangster tony starks , he exposes his fatal flaw by falling into the clutches of a treacherous femme fatale ( another recurring stock character from the ghostface catalog ) , praising her in adoring tones as someone who “would hide my guns in the house and lie to the task force . ” by the time he’s been resurrected on “revenge is sweet , ” his flow becomes more rushed and emphatic with the gleeful violence he now wreaks on his enemies , claiming “my tennessee goons will nail [ you ] to a cross . ”
“i just looked at it as a piece of work , ” says ghostface . “it depends on what it calls for . this was adrian’s idea , not mine . he wanted certain things done to every track . if it’s somebody else’s project , and it says play this character and i’m comfortable , then i’ll do it . i heard the tracks , they were right up my alley . i just wanted to tackle that [ stuff ] . ”
“there’s a way to do it where he’s a character in 1993 , or in 1982 , or in 1967 , ” says younge of his take on the ghostface character . “you have to act like you’re in a movie : what does the world look like ? what kind of girls is he talking to ? what kind of cars is he driving ? you think of how the character would react in different settings , and then that determines how music would reflect that perspective . ”
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this song , entitled
destiny bends
was written after hearing the tragic news of the loss of a good man , paul walker . i met paul on the set of the film brick mansion , where we talked , laughed , and exchanged ideas of life and fatherhood . we saw in each other a kindred spirit of men coming from unlikely circumstances , and rising to be the light and beacon of our family and loved ones . as all physical things will decay and wither away , film , art , and music remain longer than the vessel that delivered them . i dedicated my time to compose this song with my two sons and new friend will wells . later re - recorded by my nephew denzel hamlin . we dedicate it to paul walker , a good man . we had plans to continue working with each other in the future . it seemed destined , but
destiny bends
.
“electricity is on our side” is a family reunion of sorts , the veterans and yuppies coming together to reminisce on old times .
john de souza mattos everyone of these tracks is a banger ! no fillers just pure class . don ' t download as mp3 if you can play flac . just enjoy the quality rich sound that these artists intended to hear at it ' s best as an uncompressed format .
released march 19 , 2013 all tracks issued under license from the concord music group .
we don ' t have enough of this music now a days . this is a breath of fresh air .
even though clouds is an amazing album , thirty eight is more soulful , dirty , and heavy hitting . this album is a masterpiece .
this is the science fiction of jazz ! a stylish blend of cosy and smooth jazz with modern hints of loop - based arrangements and cutting - edge sound editing . if you thought that the cinematic orchestra or jazzanova are the pinnacle of the future jazz movement , you ' ll have to recalibrate your ears ! others will gladly stand on the shoulders of these giants . . .
busta rhymes , snoop dogg and william hart of the delfonics will make appearances on the project .
1 . “k - now intro” 2 . “time stopped 2 : 20″ 3 . “womack’s lament” feat . busta rhymes 4 . “panic struck” 5 . “k - now interlude 1″ 6 . “another part of you” feat . william hart 7 . “all you got is your word” 8 . “there is only now” feat . snoop dogg 9 . “meet womack” 10 . “k - now interlude 2″ 11 . “miriam got a mickey” 12 . “stone cold” feat . scarub 13 . “the synopsis” 14 . “ghetto superhero” 15 . “k - now reprise” 16 . “narrow escape” 17 . “finally back” 18 . “the last act” 19 . “k - now outro”
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rza last curated the soundtrack for his directorial debut the man with the iron fists , enlisting kanye west , ghostface killah , the black keys , pusha t and more for the album .
raw i & apos ; mma give it to ya , with no trivia ,
promised u - god on
da mystery of chessboxin
almost 20 years ago on the instantly iconic enter the wu - tang . though much has changed in wu - tang nation since then—soldiers have fallen , albums have dropped , holograms have been built—the deep - voiced lyricist has stayed true to his word , delivering harsh truths and painful revelations from the stage and on his latest solo release , keynote speaker .
despite these setbacks , u - god sounds hopeful about the future , stopping by the xxl offices on tuesday ( october 8 ) afternoon to talk about the reception of his latest album , the current political climate and his upcoming book . and it turns out , u - god does interviews like he does anything : raw and with no trivia . —dan jackson
this was seemingly the busiest week for hip hop fans on the charts in 2013 . six new releases cracked the top 200 , including a # 2 .
wiz khalifa & curren $ y sold 13 , 000 digital units of their first retail collaboration , live in concert . the ep was released on saturday ( 4 / 20 ) , and achieved that commercial success in less than 48 hours before the week’s units tallied .
kid cudi’s third solo album , indicud , served as a benchmark for the five - year star . the album featured no involvement from early mentor kanye west , and derailed from the man on the moon series , though it did tap into certain songs and themes from the emcee / singers first and second solo lps . selling 136 , 000 units , indicud was just under 20 , 000 units behind fall out boy’s save rock & roll for the # 1 spot . while it was behind man on the moon ii : the legend of mr . rager sales , this effort first week sales surpassed those of cudi’s 2009 debut , as well as his wzrd album with dot da genius .
indicud boasts cudi’s full production , as well as the ohio native serving as his own executive producers . guests range from veterans such as too short and rza , to digital age contemporaries a $ ap rocky and kendrick lamar .