The Black Saint - Van Tan Moreland

2007-04-11T23:15:00.000-07:00

Klaus Kinski Interview on German TV

My Dog

2007-03-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

bad brains

Here We Go!!!!

2007-03-25T15:59:00.000-07:00

K-Deezy

2005 Det. Classik....

2007-03-23T13:30:00.000-07:00

ziam fashion

Ziam is one of the D's Geniuses. Liquid Silver has been goin on' 4 a min. now.

2007-03-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

The Kenneth Eng Situation

Wow.

2007-03-14T16:52:00.000-07:00

Above The Law - Black Superman

94' Freshness!!!

2007-03-06T11:24:00.000-08:00

Slum Village J. Dilla Memorial

More Dilla Tributes.... the greatest ever.

2007-03-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

J Dilla - Plug Awards: Artist of the Year

Never enuff Dilla - Yall' know this.

2007-03-02T00:26:00.000-08:00

Sharevari ( The Scene ) detroit 1982

DET HISTORY

2007-03-01T10:10:00.000-08:00

Black Milk - Sound the Alarm

C'mon Now!!! My place in the bldg.

2007-02-12T23:25:00.000-08:00

Weekend Update: Blackness Scale

Peep.

2007-02-09T13:59:00.000-08:00

Thursday Assface

Silarious!!

2007-02-05T22:07:00.000-08:00

Man, this is buck-wild...

Yall' have to see Strangers w/ Candy...

2007-02-05T10:20:00.000-08:00

james yancy interview prt 2

Pt II. of Dilla bringing it home.....

2007-02-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

One Be Lo - 'Interview (At UGHH.com Retail Store)' - 8/23/06

the Man, The Legend!!!

2007-02-03T15:49:00.000-08:00

Black Snake Moan trailer

OK, this looks worthwhile right??

2007-01-29T22:32:00.000-08:00

Rick Rubin

Spank Rock gettin' trizzy!!!

2007-01-29T20:23:00.000-08:00

Afro Samurai-FATAL

RZA @ his finest. For all those who haven't peeped Afro Samurai, Col' Get a Late Pass & tune in to Spike!!

2007-01-27T00:09:00.000-08:00

James Brown - Sex Machine

To the Godfather- Stra8-Up respect...

2007-01-23T18:52:00.000-08:00

WDIV Go For It Promo 1980

I had to post this, just out of love for the city Baby. Nice little cut

2007-01-19T18:14:00.000-08:00

Nerdcore For Life Trailer

What do yall' think about this facet of Hip Hop. I admit, I'm torn, but they're doing there thing. NERD-LIFE.

2007-01-17T12:39:00.000-08:00

j dilla-jay love japan

Forever the man......

2007-01-16T00:24:00.000-08:00

18 Dummy

hyphy maddness! I'm feelin' the energy tho' but rite now The Pack is my favorite...

2007-01-16T00:17:00.002-08:00

DIRTY DISTRICT

2007-01-16T00:17:00.001-08:00

DIRTY DISTRICT

R.I.P. Proof - we won't forget you bruh!!

2007-01-16T00:17:00.000-08:00

T. Biggums by Oh No

Mo' from my boy Dudley Perkins....this cat is the dead-up futuro....

2007-01-09T10:11:00.000-08:00

SNL - Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored Ve

Dog, John B is back... silarious

2007-01-07T07:42:00.000-08:00

Backyard Band

My Man Slim Charles from The Wire....

2007-01-04T10:55:00.000-08:00

ALCHEMIST FEAT. MOBB DEEP- HOLD YOU DOWN

Hold Up!!!

2006-12-27T18:16:00.000-08:00

Flavor Of Love Mad TV Spoof

Is this what it's come to? Unfortunately....

2006-12-12T17:19:00.000-08:00

The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly

Peep it

2006-11-27T07:34:00.000-08:00

Cutty's Homegoing Scenes-

Reality bites for Cutty & Bee- Scenes from the 2007 CornerBoy Films gritty Vietnam-era flick Cutty's Homegoing'

2006-11-26T12:59:00.000-08:00

Fat killahz

Peep sum Dee Flava.

Man, how tuff is it seeing

2006-10-31T17:25:00.000-08:00

my man big Ben line up in a B.S. Chicago Bulls uni? I mean damn, it's like the spirit of the Pistons is ripped out and gone (See summer-time post). Now I'm bittersweet, b/c it's my favorite time of year NBA-Tip Off, but so much has changed.

1st, I no longer have direct TV so I no longer have season pass, (I'll probably pick up the Comcast Jammy for the new year). Secondly, I haven't felt this "skeptical" abut the Pistons in recent years..

Lastly, and most importantly (to me at least), I'm not gonna do Fantasy B-Ball this year y'know. I gotta concentrate on career issues (i.e Git Yo Sheeet Too Gether Bruther). so let's bounce.

Like that new look?

2006-10-30T19:40:00.000-08:00

ODB @ the Grammys

I couldn't let it go w/out showing yall' a classic ODB/Hip Hop moment.

2006-10-30T19:28:00.000-08:00

ol dirty bastard - shimmy shimmy ya

Here it is, Here it Tis.... The Greatest Rap-entruh - Tainer.

2006-10-30T19:27:00.000-08:00

ODB Knowledge

Giv' it up to my "man". Original Character..... Let me find Shimmy, shimmy, Ya.

2006-10-28T01:06:00.000-07:00

Pootie Tang for Congress

My candidate F'Sho.

2006-10-25T09:48:00.000-07:00

VIKTOR VAUGHN - MR CLEAN

Song is alright, Video is lo-tech mastery.

2006-10-22T13:38:00.000-07:00

I Found Me - Z-Ro ft. Trae of G-Maab

Happy B-Day to me.... Got to bump this all yeah yo!!! Just so I remember..CornerBoy Films

2006-10-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

Nike basketball

2006-10-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

Danger Doom (Danger Mouse & MF Doom) - The Mask

This is Wild? What show is this??

2006-10-05T19:05:00.000-07:00

Wattstax (1973) movie trailer

Check it... Anutha Blac Experience...

2006-10-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

The Bold The Black The Beautiful

Gotta give it up to the man....

2006-10-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

Cutty's Homegoing Scenes-

The new jammy.

2006-10-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Superman Retires

Look @ this.

2006-10-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

Juelz Santana-Chea

WTF????

2006-10-04T23:54:00.008-07:00

Z-Ro-I Found Me

I'm not trying to be funny yall'. this man has got to be the most underrated in the world today. Z-Ro is a true poet.... one of the best to ever do it, off this song right here. I'm a Ro fan now. Now feel him.

2006-10-04T23:54:00.007-07:00

Robo Gigante

There we go. Go kick Ultraman's ass son!!

2006-10-04T23:54:00.006-07:00

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot

Ok, here's the real won. Now watch Ill Johnny Socko do his thang. Ch. 20 in Det. forever.... (OK, i don't know why they added this dumb ass musick to it. But peep J-socko.

2006-10-04T23:54:00.005-07:00

Double Trouble Live at the Amphitheatre

Damn, One More, Yall promise you'll check out the whole page, I went crazy this morning.... From the Poem on. This catz was live....

2006-10-04T23:54:00.004-07:00

Wild Style - Motel Orgy Scene

No words, this is dedicated to Bee. W/ the CornerBoy renassiance man/icon Fab Five Freddy ...... It's the Bee Baby, werd!!!

2006-10-04T23:54:00.003-07:00

Wild Style-Busy Bee Starski

Damn, I'm in a zone postin' all these, but what can I say, not to sound like a old fart (cuz I was shorty then) but this is when rap was rap, I'm gonna post the Motel Orgy scen after this... and I'll chill for awhile. Peep yall.

2006-10-04T23:54:00.002-07:00

The Return of the Living Dead - Trailer

I'm sorry, I can't front on this.... "BRAINS" is one of my all-time favorites.....
along w/ D.C. Cab - Woody Harellson's best role ever..

2006-10-04T23:54:00.001-07:00

The Coup - Me & Jesus the Pimp in A 79 Granada Last Night

Boots Is true to the Art & The Cause. Peep Roger Smith as Jesus.... I never knew there was a vidyo to this.

2006-10-04T23:54:00.000-07:00

B-Legit f/ E-40 & Kurupt - Check It Out

I had no idea Water came this tight. I gotta get this....

Started off like anyother day right??

2006-10-01T20:09:00.000-07:00

woke up late (gen effect of Frose), staggered into the living room. Sat & stared on the couch for about 1hr, worried about the flick, looked out the window, what the hell are all these bugs doing on the balcony? it ain't all good living out by the lake. After effects, I swear off till my next last time, sitting here now, looking at the realism of "The Wire", almost as real as my hunger. the hunger for. The hunger for. "Keep em in the Hole, Down in the Hole", Keela sits singin' What's keepin' us from winnin? buk said "a man has to struggle for every inch he gets." I'm feeling him. ev'ry fuckin, blow your cool' inch. feel hella exposed. How old yall' think sonja sohn iz? Come back mama san. determined to be A.D.D., relentless with it in fact. Imma say this though, YouTube is the greatest fu**in channel on earth... Yall gotta check it.

Saturday Froze-

2006-09-30T15:57:00.000-07:00

muh
fuckas tangling'
wit
Royals' an
sheet can't ever seem
to close it Owt.
Go Team.

2006-09-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

A New Day.

2006-09-28T16:51:00.000-07:00

Wow, I'm having problems posting all over the place. Believe me, nothing is more frustrating than finally getting your words, thoughts, down than having them taken away again. Finally starting to recover from yesterday's events. Basically, it's time to collect myself and try to smell the flowers. We're pushing in the right direction and if we keep it popping, we'll get our due in time. Getting some good reviews & critiques from the "flick" but that's to be expected, truthfully and even welcomed. Just have to keep pushing and not be dissuaded. Read an article about Isiah Washington (now on Gray's Anatomy) and how he was broke down to the point of living in his car before he got a break..... Living in his car??? - that's wild, but it should serve notice that nothing is promised or given. there are probably thousands of folks who sacrified that and more to no avail. No matter what we try to do, we can't duck hard times, not in this life. So face them and keep pushing I guess. Look what the stress is doing to my head. :-)

Whitlock let go at ESPN.com page 2

2006-09-27T10:20:00.002-07:00

One of the better Sports Columnist of our times, Jason Whitlock (Kansas City Star) was let go from ESPN because of comments concerning Scoop Jackson & Mike Lupicia (Columnists, Pundits). I'll find the article and post it here. Discovered it a few minutes ago I sit here on pins & needles waiting for these hosts to talk about the flick.

As much as I hate to admit it, I've been a wreck about this. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RELAX, RELATE, OR RELEASE for the past 6 months. This entire process has thrown me completely off my square! Nothing else in the world matters to me right now (a shameful admission) and that is dangerously unhealthy. Is this the way most CEO's handle B.I? I REPEAT UN-HEALTHY. whew. i gotta take up yoga or something.

Well, we launched the site, so please check it out as I try to lower my blood pressure.

CornerBoy Films, L.L.C.
http://cornerboyfilms.com

2006-09-18T00:29:00.000-07:00

Top Ten Things Trailer

Here it Is, The Official Trailer for the Film of the Year.

2006-09-18T00:26:00.000-07:00

2006-08-26T11:49:00.000-07:00

F'Sho TV - The Questions Pt. 5 a/k/a "What is Cooning?"

One of the more controversial topics on our podcast. folks attempt to answer the age-old Afr-Am. Question - "What is Cooning?"

2006-08-14T22:52:00.000-07:00

The Rev. Skobey Show....

Get ready for the Rillest.....

2006-08-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

F'Sho - TV Episode 2

the bane of "ME"'s existence f'sho...

The Bane of "ME"s existence is this

2006-08-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

slob who call himself the Leader of The Chaaach' of Conspiracy....
Cardinal Crave, take a look up above for an example of what I'm speaking of...

2006-08-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

Black Star ft. Common - Respiration

Ok, this is about the only cut I can tolerate Kweli's whining ass on.... but Mos & Common rip it down f'sho. Am I going vid-yo crazy???

2006-08-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

Redman MTV cribs episode

Look here, I admit it, I'm lazy, but I'm bout to start schoolin' yall' to the "ME" a/k/a Black Saint Way about things, now this Redman Cribs ep. is abridged, but it just hits on so many levels... go hed, check it out...

Yes, I'm back refreshed now// and ready

2006-08-13T01:03:00.000-07:00

to put it down . F'Sho has finally taken off, The flick is set to drop and now I'm ret' to devote attention to the things we pushed to the side for the past 14 months. Who sed "film" was easy?? Sheeet, I can't believe it took all that.

2006-08-12T00:32:00.000-07:00

Nas -Halftime

I had to hit yall w/ two from the best rapper ever. Yes, the Rebirth of the Black Saint.....

2006-08-12T00:26:00.000-07:00

nas feat. lauren hill-if i ruled the world

Take it back to this now.

Big Ben Gone???!!!

2006-07-04T20:07:00.000-07:00

The Black Saint

Aw Hell Naw!!! I can't blame it. I'm out wit u Big Guy...

Looks like I'm

2006-06-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

out. Finally. Wow! Kind of at a loss for words, What do I say Out the Dee. For so long assoc. w/ everything that is/was me. Soul, Spirit, blakness, oh well. Change is.......good??

Aight, how many times I gotta kickstart myself

2006-06-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

if I give up w/ the blogging this time well then I'm just thru thru. Y'know. Checking out Bill Hicks DVD, this cat was outta control f'real. finally replaced the cpu, looks like Superman is out the Dee for the time being so let's see how it go.

what else is new peoples....

OK, I'm flippin' script w/ the blog somewhat now...

2006-04-16T09:35:00.000-07:00

Things have hella picked up with the show now, so that's going good. We're finally finishing the flick... And F'Sho TV has now jumped off. I'm wondering what would be more entertaining @ this point. (really to myself) I think b/c I don't get to write nearly as much as I'd like. I'm going to change the focus of this blog from speaking (i.e. complaining, beefing, celebrating) on life to dealing w/ topics I enjoy. (i.e. Meaning less Hip Hop debates, lyricists, current topics, issues, sneakers, etc.)

So let's see, I've promised some script changes before but I will definitely try to stick w/ this promise. A new sardonic blog... let's see.

As always, inspired by Dilla

2006-01-25T19:37:00.000-08:00

to keep pushing and striving. There's a lot of creative cats here in the Dee so there's plenty of motivation y'know. No time to rest on laurels like I got this, b/c I've got much to prove to myself most of all. So here's to less talk, more action' y'know. Does anyone know about these Lomographic photo jammys? I'm going to have to google this to figure it out huh?

Sorry, I've been gone for awhile,

2006-01-21T05:40:00.000-08:00

got some "crushing news" about one of my good friends a couple days ago. Seems he was diagnosed with "terminal" cancer. I know this sounds trite, but all of us (me especially) should pause and reflect sometimes on how blessed we truly are. Often I get into the griping and complaining mode about what I want, and how hard I work, and what I deserve, but truth be told its not about any of that. It's about the small things, the friends, the little moments, the actual process in reaching and achieving and cherishing the fun times, because the hard times are right there as well. Ced, my prayers are with you and your family. Stay strong, you're an incredible spiritual brother, and I cherish the good times I've spent with you man. Stay up and Keep fighting.

So when exactly are you supposed to give

2006-01-10T10:28:00.000-08:00

away or put up your toys? I see a lot of adults (30+) myself included, who still indulge themselves in many things we were "supposed" to grow out of. (i.e Hip Hop Music/Videogames/trendy clothing etc.) I don't know if that's an earmark of society or our slacker generation but maybe 30 really has become the new 20. Especially w/ the economy so "jacked" that most 20 yrs. old really can't afford such lavish purchases anyway. I don't know, I never understood the fascination some middle-aged adults have with preserving their youth, (a youth that for the most part was "wasted" anyway.)

I don't mean "wasted" in a judgmental way. I mean WASTED, (i.e. Buzzed, Stoned, High, y'know) My 30's have so far been much more chill than any other time of my life. Teen-age years are atrocious, 20's overrated, Childhood for me was great, but so much of that a young person really has no control of. But for a lot of people those 30's (especially if they're single and childless) represent a time when people really come into and become comfortable with themselves. And for a lot of reasons, I guess.

But I'm not giving up my vices (Sneakers, some games, DVD's, Music), at least not until I have to. :-)

Who Speaks For Black America (Jabari excerpt..)

2006-01-09T07:42:00.000-08:00

Who Represents Black America?

By Jabari Asim

Tuesday, December 27, 2005; 10:54 AM

WASHINGTON -- "I had to call upon the president three or four times at the White House, and at all times I found him kind, patient and most cordial, apparently forgetful of the differences in our history. The time of my last visit was but a few days after the election riots ... when the colored people throughout the country were feeling gloomy and discouraged."

That was Booker T. Washington, African-American leader of yesteryear, recalling his historic meetings with President William McKinley at the turn of the 20th century.

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Now here's Bruce Gordon, president of the NAACP and corporate-trained African-American leader of today, recalling his historic White House meeting with President Bush: "He was very direct, as was I. He was very willing to put his emotions on the table. It was an emotional discussion, both sides."

Washington's meeting was historic because it was the first time, after years of hostility, that a president sat down with someone claiming to represent the interests of black people. Gordon's September meeting was historic because it was the first time, after years of hostility, that a president sat down to have a serious discussion with someone from the NAACP. (Bush met with Kweisi Mfume after the latter announced that he was stepping down as the organization's president.)

Though more than a century separates the two meetings, both provoke similar questions about leadership and access.

Washington wasn't the first black American to win a president's attention. Sojourner Truth had a notable -- albeit brief -- audience with Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Frederick Douglass attended concerts at the White House as a guest of Rutherford B. Hayes. But Washington had several meetings with McKinley, followed by a famous formal dinner at the behest of Theodore Roosevelt.

Though few could deny Washington's accomplishments in industry and education, many blacks condemned his willingness to accept segregation in exchange for economic and other advances. They derided him as "The Great Accommodator" who presumed to speak on behalf of all black Americans -- in a time when most of them struggled against the same type and degree of oppression.

Gordon and his peers operate in a vastly changed landscape that includes a largely dissolute and apathetic black middle class. Still, Hurricane Katrina and its racially tinged aftermath have stirred in the poor and compassionate those feelings of gloom and discouragement so similar to the ones Washington noted long ago. And the same question remains: Can anyone speak on behalf of all African-Americans?

Following Bush's victory over John Kerry, I wrote nostalgically about the days when civil rights leaders could boldly stride in to the Kennedy White House and announce their plans for a March on Washington. "Their modern-day counterparts," I wrote, "can't even get in the door." Now that a few are getting in, how can the rest of us be sure that they know what to say?

On his second visit to the White House on Dec. 7, Gordon was accompanied by Donna Brazile, a strategist for the Democratic Party; Dorothy Height, retired president of the National Council of Negro Women; Debra Lee, chief operating officer of BET-TV; Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League; Ted Shaw, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; the Rev. William Shaw of the National Baptist Convention; H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University; and Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The meeting stemmed, Gordon said, from his suggestion that Bush meet with "African-American leaders that really were representatives of our community."

It all depends, I suppose, on what your definition of "leader" is. Some of the folks in Gordon's company are elected heads of national organizations and can be said to represent a measurable constituency. But does that fact alone mean that, Rev. Shaw, for example, can address the concerns of black non-Baptists? That he even knows what those concerns are? And can Debra Lee, who runs a television network best known for its sexist, misogynist rap videos, effectively "lead" the millions of African-Americans who scorn such fare? Perhaps she can, but it is still a question worth asking.

It is a question worth asking as well to people such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who, interestingly, were not invited to the meeting. While they are answering, they can also tell us what methods -- polls? talk radio? community forums? -- they are using to determine exactly what's on black folks' minds. When non-elected African-Americans, however prominent and successful they may be, aspire to leadership, they need to be able to demonstrate who they are speaking for and how many are in that privileged group. Just like in Booker T. Washington's day, they must have someone to answer to.

The Soul of F'Sho

2006-01-07T21:49:00.000-08:00

We Got it up and poppin' now, I guess. Looks Like I can do a few things with this HTML, right. Kobe is battling it out dolo w/ the Clippers right now. S&*t is incredible. I'm not sure if folks know what they are witnessing with this kid. A 9 yr. vet already, goin' off. But check the links, it should be functioning now real-Proper-Like.

Walking blindly thru an alley......Det Michigan

2006-01-06T04:05:00.000-08:00

Chasing after time,

2006-01-06T04:02:00.000-08:00

to find it can't be recovered, but can't stop others demands on my time, most disturbing is that of work. Irritating to even think about when I reflect on the dozens of more useful things that could be done throughout the course of the day than the same mundane tasks. Time to make the donuts yet again.

I knew I wasn't crazy... I've got to get out of here.....

2006-01-04T08:43:00.000-08:00

"I've been feeling real weird since I returned from FL. I just cant take it" Check this article out.

Metro Detroit
BRIAN DICKERSON: In the heart of darkness

January 4, 2006
Detroit FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

I was sitting at my computer, trying to write something about Michigan's immediate economic outlook that would not inspire Free Press readers to slit their wrists, when my colleague stuck his head in my office door.

"I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service," Hugh McDiarmid Jr. said. "Guess how much sunshine we've had since Dec. 19."

"In hours?" I asked.

"Wrong unit of measure," he said.

"Less than one hour?"

"Fourteen minutes!"

In a typical December, McDiarmid added, southeast Michigan was sunny 31% of the time; in all of December 2005, the sun had shone just about 12% of the time.

I had three reactions to this revelation.

The first was quiet satisfaction. I'd had the sense that this had been an exceptionally dark winter, even reckoning by our region's demanding standards of hibernal gloominess. McDiarmid's confirmation that things were every bit as bad as I thought made me feel good about my own observational powers.

Torturing Mom

My second reaction was intense filial guilt. I'd invited my mother, who almost certainly suffers from seasonal affective disorder, to Michigan for Christmas, and if the National Weather Service was right, her 6-day visit had included not a single nanosecond of sunshine.

It was as if I'd invited a diabetic to dinner and locked her in the basement without her insulin. Why hadn't I taken the poor woman to Florida, for heaven's sake?

Journalists believe that knowledge is empowering. But the more I thought about it, the more McDiarmid's precise quantification of Michigan's December gloom made me feel, well, gloomier.

I asked two of Michigan's top experts in SAD whether the confirmation that this had been one of Michigan's darkest Decembers would make SAD sufferers feel better or worse.

Dr. Jed Magen, who chairs the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University, said he didn't know how the 14 minutes of sunshine headline would make any Michigander feel better.

"It sounds kind of demoralizing to me," said Magen, who'd just returned from a Caribbean vacation when the Michigan sun checked out for an extended sabbatical of its own.

Pallor of honor

But Dr. Alireza Amirsadri, a SAD specialist at Wayne State University, said McDiarmid's shocking news might reassure those experiencing a particularly difficult winter that the fault lies not in themselves, but in the stars -- specifically the fickle one that warms our planet.

Which brings me to my third reaction: pride.

If you think of winter as an epic struggle between good and evil, we Michiganders have been in the crucible. December was our D-Day. We came ashore at Omaha Beach and lived to tell the tale.

January? February? Ha! We laugh in their cloud-covered faces. On to Berlin!

I mean, seriously -- how much gloomier can Berlin be?

Adding to my ever-growing list of duties is Producer/MC

2006-01-04T07:46:00.000-08:00

yes Edubl is planning a comeback with the new LP, "Yes you guessed it,
Black Saint. I'm not quite sure how or when this time, but I do know it will be tre' magnifique'.

06 is On and Poppin, I resolve to

2006-01-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

stay on my grind this year from front to back 24-7, 365.. To be more happy, healthy, and wise. To take better care of myself and grind to yield more productive fruit from my effots. Thanking the Creator for my positive family, friends, and even adversaries because they make me stronger (?) We'll see.

Here's to a fresh start & great 06'.

Soul Searching.......

2005-12-25T04:04:00.000-08:00

As you all know, I've been on vacation, (still am) I had to get up and away from there, (I resisted the hell out of it) but I had to. actually I had to be pushed, pulled, cajoled, begged, threatened, forced etc, but I had to go. Detroit and I have a quixiotic relationship; One that once seemed promising, but now has more than outlived it's usefulness, We merely tolerate each other, with me threatening to leave, and her not caring, but pulling at my emotions only when she thinks I'm serioius.

There's a different feeling down here on the South/Gold Coast a/k/a Florida. I can't call it better, but healthier. This place seems alive, especially in comparison to. These are all things I never imagined I'd say about the South. Granted, it is country, but what once seemed forboding, now in a lot of ways seems like opportunity. I can't really call it, but maybe it's time I re-examine the Dallas, New Orleans, Austins, Tampa-St.Petes, Jacksonvilles, ATL's, Memphisis of the world. (Well, I loved Memp-Town and ATL already) but that's another story. Essentially what I'm saying is, "It's time to go," And it is with sadness and joy, that I feel it's time to move on........ But for now I gotta extend this vacation a few more days. Xmas on the beach???? C'mon now... I'm loving it.

As Goeth Jamaica, As Goeth The World,,,

2005-12-20T10:39:00.000-08:00

Hey, I'm not sure about all this, but I'll post it, What do you think? I do think there may be some truth to the discussion on men's desires though...

Why, why, why?
Daddy Oh
Tony Robinson
Sunday, December 18, 2005

Take, O, take thy lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn..
But my kisses bring again, bring again;
Seals of love, but seal'd in vain, seal'd in vain.
- Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

Tony Robinson
Take thy lips away, take away the temptation, take away the passion, take away the crosses. They say that the only way to overcome a temptation is to yield to it, and so many people yield too - can't say no, can't say "Take thy lips away", and end up in the arms of another.

If you follow how women speak, you would think that it's only men who cheat, who go outside, who have flings with others. That was the topic of discussion that I had a few weeks ago with a lady friend of mine, who, with a look of exasperation and bewilderment, wanted to know why men do it.

"Why do men have to go with other women, why can't they be satisfied with just one woman, why do they have to stray, why can't they control themselves, why, why, why?" she asked, as she wrung her hands in despair and looked to me, and to the heavens for an answer.

The heavens provided none, but I had my opinion on the matter. My thoughts wafted to the answer that famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary gave when asked why he climbed Mount Everest, "Because it is there," he said. But I held my tongue.

She then went further, putting it to me on a personal level. "You are a man, involved with a woman who you care for and love, why do you feel a need to go outside and sleep with someone else?" I begged her to leave me out of it, but gave her the age-old story that has been handed down for generations, the one about the bride who asked her new husband what food he loved the most.

He told her that it was oxtail. Well, every day, every week for months on end, she served him oxtail, until naturally he got tired of it. My friend did not relish the idea of me likening women to oxtail, but I think that I got my point across, or did I?

I went even further, to say that it was not a question of love either, for if, and when a man strays, it does not diminish his love for his woman, but rather, it's just a physical release. Usually if a woman strays though, there's some sort of emotional attachment.

Mind you, not in all cases. (See 'Bad Girls' Nov 27, 2005). That's why a man can just meet a strange woman or a prostitute, do his thing and don't even look back, not even remembering her name. For a woman, though, it's "Will you call me tomorrow?" In fact, some men even think that it enhances their relationships, as this man wrote to counsellor Ivret Williams in last Saturday's Gleaner.

"Dear Counsellor: I am not really seeking advice, just to say that as a man I do not believe that it is possible for a man to be faithful to one woman. I love my wife, but whenever I have an outside relationship, I enjoy my marriage even more." People, I could not make up something like that, but there it is, from the horse's mouth, you could say.

As I tried to explain to my very concerned friend, another reason why men do it is due to the complex nature of the male physiology. A man's arousal is a very complex thing, and is entirely dependent on his desire for the woman and how his body reacts to her.

Don't care who he is, after he has been involved with a woman for 15, 20 or more years, that desire will not be the same as it was in the beginning. True, he will still love her, and perhaps love her even more, but that rock hard passion will not be there, so he will do his duty once or twice a month, depending on the circumstances.

He may even start to doubt his prowess.
Women have it a bit easier, as they can just lay back and act as if they're enjoying it. For a man, there is a physical, tangible reality of whether he will rise or fail. He then meets a young, sexy, sensual lass who has him salivating and his member rising. Enter my interpretation of the scientific term homo erectus, given to modern man, as he crawled out of the prehistoric caves.

He has no control, but he enjoys the way that his body is responding to this new, young thing. Suddenly the years roll away and he can perform two or three times in any given session, a feat that would be totally impossible with his woman of 20 years. He's a kid again, and he loves it. Very few men can resist that, so off he goes, and like I said, he does not love his wife or long-term woman any less, neither will he leave her for the young thing.

That's another piece of sage advice handed down through centuries, never marry your mistress. If more wives knew or realised this, they would not worry so much. It's very rare that a man leaves his wife for his mistress, so as a result, the mistress languishes in no man's land for many years, wishing and hoping that he'll leave his wife for her, but it rarely happens.
A wife told me that she thinks modern thoughts, and that she would never leave her husband if he cheated.

"As long as he doesn't dash it in my face and disrespect me, why should I leave, so that the other woman can now get him? No way, as long as he comes home every night that's fine. I am a realist." Now, that's modern thinking, as she continued to say that it's no point leaving a man who cheats, as, "More than likely the next man you pick up will do the same thing anyway, or even worse".

My querying friend of the why, why, why, persisted in asking me even more questions about this peculiarity of men. "But if I give him all the loving that he needs, even with variety - oxtail, curry goat, steam fish - why should he still feel the need to visit another cook, why?" I took a deep breath before I answered, and with armchair philosophy replied, "Because with men, sex is not qualitative, but quantitative". In other words, as far as men are concerned, it's all in the numbers, and every man would love to have as many women as he can, if he could get away with it.

Oh, of course men will lie through their teeth and talk about the sanctity of marriage and monogamy and all that, but give him half a chance with your daughter, your sister, your niece, or even your wife and see what happens. History is replete with such cases, as are the advice columns and divorce courts. It's just the way it is.

Now, not all men act on it, as the restraint of many is more than admirable, plus many are good because they are too cowardly to be bad. Combine that with the fear of AIDS and such, and many men stay put. Then they bleat about how noble and righteous they are.

As this research by Lauren Picker shows, "On average, men have five to 10 times the level of testosterone and three times the sexual interest that women have. Among happily married couples under age 40, about 31 per cent of women report a lack of sexual desire, while only 16 per cent of men have (or admit) that complaint. Research shows that the majority of men have one or more sexual fantasies every day, compared to only 25 per cent of women."
Perhaps that explains why so many women lose interest after years of marriage. As a lady friend who has been manless for one year now told me, "I'm celibate one year-and-a-half now and don't feel no way. Women can do without it, but men can't".

And even now I can't get over learning of my very good female friend who went an astonishing 10 years of abstinence after a break-up. This is a very sexy lady who is the life of the party, but her shop was locked. Life is so strange. No wonder they ask, why, why, why? More time.

Seido1@hotmail.com

Could this possibly be a Real Fight???

2005-12-20T08:25:00.000-08:00

"Please don't let me down, I've been starving for a real fight. Winky is probbly gonna put it to homey, but I'm not sure." Blurb comes courtesy of Cedric www.blackelectorate.com and USA Today although I don't know their site

Taylor-Wright showdown in the works
By Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY
One of the most anticipated bouts in the coming year is Jermain Taylor's mandatory defense against Ronald "Winky" Wright for the undisputed middleweight title. It's going to happen, but the question still is when.

Ronald "Winky" Wright, left, is in line to fight Jermain Taylor for the middleweight championship.
AP photos

Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, plans to meet next week with Gary Shaw, the promoter for Wright, in response to a directive from one of the major sanctioning bodies that negotiations for a Taylor-Wright title fight begin immediately.

"We're going to go over the possibilities, and I have a good feeling we'll be able to work something out," DiBella said Thursday. "I've spoken with HBO already, and I agree with them that it's not a pay-per-view fight right now. It needs to be built up. And even if it's not a pay-per-view fight, HBO would have to put up extraordinary licensing fees. The fight is not as big as it needs to be right now. It needs time to grow."

Earlier this week, WBC President Jose Sulaiman ordered the Taylor and Wright camps to begin negotiations for the mandatory title defense. If no agreement is reached, a purse offer (open to the highest bid by any promoter) will be held Jan. 20 in Mexico City, and Taylor will be guaranteed a 60-40 split of the prize money.

DiBella reiterated his plans for a Taylor homecoming fight in Little Rock against a lesser foe before taking on Wright's mandatory challenge sometime next year.

DiBella said it only makes sense for Taylor to fight an easier opponent after two tough fights against Bernard Hopkins, including a unanimous decision in the rematch two weeks ago.

"Jermain is coming off two pay-per-view fights against a guy who's the hardest to hit and the hardest to look good against," DiBella said. "Now we're supposed to take the next guy in line in that category? They would put me in the promoter's hall of shame if I did that."

Last Saturday, Wright entrenched himself as the top contender with a unanimous decision against Sam Soliman, and immediately revved up his campaign for a shot at Taylor's crown.

"Everyone knows that after every fight, I have always asked for another big fight," Wright said. "No breathers for me. I only want the biggest fights against the best fighters because I am a competitor and I believe a champion should act like a champion. Now we are going to see who the best middleweight really is, Jermain Taylor or me."

The jury is still out on Taylor after two close fights against Hopkins, but fight fans also expected more from Wright in his win against the awkward Australian Soliman, leaving some to doubt whether the Taylor-Wright fight has reached its ultimate marquee value.

"Certainly, Winky's performance did not make it bigger," DiBella said. "But we're not giving up the WBC belt, so we're going to try to get something done. If Gary (Shaw) and I can come up with a game plan for some time next year, I'm sure the WBC will accommodate us. At this point, I'm not foreclosing any possibility."

A Nationally Syndicated Black Talk Lineup

2005-12-19T05:53:00.000-08:00

This post is from Street and Industry.com Rush Limbaugh counseling/mentoring Al Sharpton? ok. "Further evidence they are all joined at the hip to me."

If you are confused about how Rev. Al Sharpton went from having a deal with Matrix Media to seeking a show on XM to almost signing with Clear Channel, to finally inking a deal with Radio One, you are not the only one. Insiders are buzzing about the rapid turn of events centering around the activist-infotainer , that many believe is also a sign of things to come with the emergence of a heated business model war in broadcast media over the Black talk radio niche.

The latest chapter of this story began in May of 2005 when Rev. Al Sharpton was reported to have signed a deal with Chicago-based show creator and syndicator Media Matrix. The deal was the first step in what was expected to be a national syndication deal with Air America, for a political-left talk show hosted by Mr. Sharpton. Even Rush Limbaugh, who has publicly stated he believes Rev.Al is the Left's best hope to compete with conservative talk radio, offered to tutor the former road manager for James Brown. But as Air America's radio fortunes turned downward with poor ratings nationally, in New York and Philadelphia in particular, Rev. Sharpton began looking elsewhere, approaching XM radio with his idea for a talk show that would air on the satellite stations' all-Black talk Channel 169, "The Power". "The Power" is the result of a collaborative partnership between XM and Black broadcaster Radio One.

But all has not been well in that relationship.

For a couple of years tension has existed in the deal with Radio One, which owns FM and AM radio stations; and its 'partner' the satellite station, XM. The original agreement between XM and Radio One boiled down to Radio One programming all of XM's 'black' stations – not only Black talk radio, but also several other channels on XM which played Hip-Hop, R&B, and Classic soul music formats. About a year ago, Radio One, in effect, relinquished control of the music related stations and by mutual agreement with XM, maintained creative control over only Channel 169, "The Power".

When Rev. Sharpton approached XM about a show, there is serious speculation that Radio One, which naturally learned about it, made a competing bid to obtain the civil rights leader's services. The Reverend initially frowned upon a relationship with Radio One, because although it had a national network of Black-talk radio stations, it did not utilize syndication so that all of those stations featured the same programs. This was not attractive to the activist because of his concerted effort to position himself more prominently as a national leader well beyond his North Eastern base. The Rev. Sharpton – Radio One negotiations picked up when it was revealed by Radio One that they were actually planning a move to a nationally syndicated AM radio format that would allow programs to appear on tens of Radio One stations simultaneously, across the country.

But the story only gets more interesting as Rev. Al Sharpton, this summer, also is known to have entered into informal discussions with Clear Channel about a radio program that would be called, "Sharp Talk," the program would follow the format of that which guides Rev. Jesse Jackson's Premiere Radio Networks (owned by Clear Channel) syndicated program, "Keep Hope Alive." The proposed Sharpton program received the blessing of the highest decision-makers at Clear Channel networks who already enjoy a good and friendly relationship with the political power broker. But due to internal changes at Clear Channel, the project stalled and no formal agreement was reached.

Now speed to November, and Radio One's announcement that beginning next year, it will launch a new all Black talk network, which will include a morning or political afternoon show hosted by Al Sharpton. It has also been confirmed that Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is also slated as a strong possibility for the afternoon time slot, should Rev. Sharpton be placed in the AM, from10AM to 1PM. The author-intellectual was a regular NPR commentator along with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West. Doug and Ryan Stewart of "The 2 Live Stews" sports show will air from 4 to 7PM. Their show merges hip-hop and sports talk.

Remember Matrix Media, the previously mentioned syndicator who it was reported had an agreement with Rev. Sharpton in May? They obviously were not happy to learn of Rev. Sharpton's other discussions, especially since it has been reported that the loss of Rev. Sharpton's show would cost Matrix anywhere from 5% to 8% of its revenue for this year. The Sharpton-Matrix deal is said to have included an $850,000 guarantee from Air America, which would have been split evenly between Matrix and Rev. Sharpton, and advertising incentives.

Matrix Media is believed to have very recently reached a financial settlement that will allow Rev. Sharpton to have his show with Radio One, free of the threat of any future legal action. It is expected that Rev. Sharpton's show now will be syndicated through Reach Media, the company that currently syndicates Radio One's Russ Parr and Tom Joyner morning show. Radio One owns 51% of Reach.

The decision by Radio One is also not expected to go over well with listeners at its historic flagship station 1450 WOL-AM, in Washington, D.C., who have grown accustomed to community-centered talk radio over the last fifteen years. Many of the station's most popular hosts will not be heard on the new Radio One national AM talk network and will slide over exclusively to XM's "The Power". However, some analysts believe the switch in format will bring a new "Hip-Hop" oriented audience to compliment WOL's aging audience.

Ironically, XM and Radio One are expected to officially continue their 'partnership' at "The Power," even though the new Radio One network is a competitor for the same market. It is believed that XM wants to avoid a messy public fight with a Black institution that has intimate details regarding its business model; and Radio One,sources say, wants to avoid having to pay $1,000,000 for breaching a contract that spans five years.

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Live from the Millen Man March/Random Thoughts ADD

2005-12-18T20:56:00.000-08:00

is our F'Sho co-host and correspondent, "The Cardinal", we will try to video cast it on our sister station SOBO, let's see how it goes,

Yes, I'm off to FL thurs. The State Bar is squeezing me now, let's hope the retirement community has a wireless connection somehwere

Back to work, only two days so that's cool. The Colts finally lost, let's hope this is their year. Love to see them vs. Chi. What can I say, I'm down for the coaches, I guess.

Have given up on the hapless Lions, 30 years is too long to wait on anyone right??? I think so at least. Let me roll. I'll leave you w/ this image to gaze upon....A2's Mighty Athletic Mic League....True Hip Hop

VT

I'm really scared that she's right.... What do we value? Who do we really worship?

2005-12-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

Now ordinarily I don't include other columns in my blog, but this got me to thinking, and maybe you'll think about it too.

Commentary: Do Our Young People Know It Doesn’t Mean A Thing If They Only Have Bling?
Date: Sunday, December 04, 2005
By: Deborah Mathis, BlackAmericaWeb.com

As if the graying hair, the new wrinkles and the aching joints aren't enough, there is this evidence that I am getting older: Concern about where the next generation is headed. Seems I am becoming tsk-tskier by the day.

I realize that young adult celebrities aren't necessarily representative of their peers -- if they were, they wouldn't be called celebrities -- but that may be in assets only. In other words, P. Diddy undoubtedly has a lot more than the average 30-something or 20-something or, for that matter, any-something. What I wonder is whether he wants more.

Yes -- and this is the most telling thing -- it's values that have me sweating. Specifically, I'm worried that the generation behind me is too materialistic; too hung up on having things that can be sized up and shown off; too excessive and indulgent; too into what they wear, drive and live in and not enough into the quality of their lives or, as Dr. King put it, the content of their character.

Please don't mistake this for a sermon on sacrifice or even modesty. Into each life a little bling should fall. But is some of this celebration of the high life beginning to creep into the worshipful? Or is it just my dotage showing?

Much has changed, no doubt, since the decades when I was in my 20s and 30s. Back then, the only young black celebrity was the occasional movie star, R&B group or athlete. We all knew they made a lot of money, at least relatively speaking, but we weren't exposed to their extravagances, save for the occasional profile in Ebony. There was no MTV or BET or VH1 to smother us with their images.

To wit, most of us assumed we were destined for average life and, I believe, most of us were content to dream about the house and the car and the clothes, proud and satisfied to have a house, a car and something decent to put on our backs. Oversized, diamond-encrusted crosses and Cristal dripping from Waterford goblets? Never crossed our minds.

Of course, I'm happy to see that so many of our young folks can now afford such sweet luxury. I only wish they were less ostentatious about it. I wish they wouldn't shove it in other people's faces so much, as if having those things is what makes you special.

They may not mean it thus, but the inevitable message is that the accumulation of expensive things somehow increases the owner's worth. Not his or her net worth as measured on a financial disclosure sheet -- for that, it certainly counts -- but worth on the human scale. As we all know, that scale doesn't give a damn what you've got in the garage.

Or do we all know that? I'm not so sure we're all on that page anymore, even though black Americans have put personal integrity above personal property since time immemorial. It no longer seems to matter how one accumulates wealth -- i.e., the soul's directions -- as much as it does the level of that wealth. If that's what's going on, we're in trouble.

In my world, many of the indices used to delineate the have's and have-nots -- figures I often use in this column to decry socio-economic disparities -- would be rendered moot. The larger society could not deny us and exclude us because we would not want in to begin with. They could keep the cavernous homes that are more than their occupants need in the first place. They could keep the fancy, pricey cars. They could keep all that bling hanging from their necks and wrists. Let them get overwhelmbed by false competitions, working themselves ragged, and never feeling the satisfaction of "enough."

In my world, having what you need -- and maybe a little extra -- would be sufficient in the tangibles department. The real riches would come in having a house full of honest, compassionate, intelligent, tolerant people with a sense of humor and a honor about them.

No tax man could put a lien on it. No arsonist could burn it down. No thief could take it. Now, that's what you call priceless.

Surely I must be getting all worked up over nothing. Surely most of the younger generation are true to their heritage, which knows that material things have their place, but it's not a very important one, not really.

Talk to me, children. Reassure me that you understand it don't mean a thing if you only have bling.

Ass-Clown Stanley Crouch had this to say about Richard Pryor

2005-12-13T09:01:00.000-08:00

Comedian's true legacy a dark harvest of pain
By STANLEY CROUCH
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
This past Saturday Richard Pryor left this life and bequeathed to our culture as much darkness as he did the light his extraordinary talent made possible.

When we look at the remarkable descent this culture has made into smut, contempt, vulgarity and the pornographic, those of us who are not willing to drink the Kool-Aid marked ‘‘all’s well,’’ will have to address the fact that it was the combination of confusion and comic genius that made Pryor a much more negative influence than a positive one.

I do not mean positive in the way Bill Cosby was when his television show redefined situation comedy by turning away from all of the stereotypes of disorder and incompetence that were then and still are the basic renditions of black American life in our mass media.

Richard Pryor was not that kind of a man. His was a different story.

Pryor was troubled and he had seen things that so haunted him that the comedian found it impossible to perform and ignore the lower-class shadow worlds he had known so well, filled with pimps, prostitutes, winos and abrasive types of one sort or another.

The vulgarity of his material, and the idea a ‘‘real’’ black person was a foul-mouthed type was his greatest influence. It was the result of seeing the breaking of ‘‘white’’ convention as a form of ‘‘authentic’’ definition.

Pryor reached for anything that would make white America uncomfortable and would prop up a smug belief among black Americans that they were always ‘‘more cool’’ and more ready to ‘‘face life’’ than the members of majority culture.

Along the way, Pryor made too many people feel that the ‘‘N word’’ was open currency and was more accurate than any other word used to describe or address a black person.

In the dung piles of pimp and gangster rap we hear from slime meisters like Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, the worst of Pryor’s influence has been turned into an aspect of the new minstrelsy in which millions of dollars are made by ‘‘normalizing’’ demeaning imagery and misogyny.

What is so unfortunate is that the heaviest of Pryor’s gifts was largely ignored by so many of those who praised the man when he was alive and are now in the middle of deifying him.

The pathos and the frailty of the human soul alone in the world or insecure or looking for something of meaning in a chaotic environment was a bit too deep for all of the simpleminded clowns like Andrew Dice Clay or those who thought that mere ethnicity was enough to define one as funny, like the painfully square work of Paul Rodriguez.

In essence, Pryor stunned with his timing, his rhythm, his ability to stand alone and fill the stage with three-dimensional characters through his remarkably imaginative gift for an epic sweep of mimicry.

That nuanced mimicry crossed ethnic lines, stretched from young to old, and gave poignancy to the comedian’s revelations about the hurts and the terrors of life.

The idea of ‘‘laughing to keep from crying’’ was central to his work and has been diligently avoided by those who claim to owe so much to him.

As he revealed in his last performance films, Pryor understood the prison he had built for himself and the shallow definitions that smothered his audience’s understanding of the humanity behind his work.

But, as they say, once the barn door has been opened, you cannot get all of the animals to return by whistling. So we need to understand the terrible mistakes this man of comic genius made and never settle for a standard that is less than what he did at his very best, which was as good as it has ever gotten.

Now he made some points, but as a whole later for SC, when does he ever have anything good to say about his people??? I'll respond to this more once I'm off work.

Reinvigorated, Renewed, Ready to Roll now,

2005-12-12T21:04:00.000-08:00

restful, but stressful weekend but it's back to the grind. Time to reaffirm old contacts and move forward. Does this qualify as self-talk or actualization...... hmmm

R.I.P. Richard Pryor, "I'm still in shock."

2005-12-10T18:43:00.000-08:00

I guess I knew his health was failing. But it still caught me by surprise. Today was such an up and down day anyway, so when I called Mike I just wanted to see if he wanted to go to this Xmas party. I really was hoping he wouldn't want to b/c I didn't want to either and it would give me the excuse I was looking for, and he told me about Richard. I'm sure he thought I already knew.

For those of you who don't know, Richard Pryor is one of my few childhood heroes who made the transition with me through every faze of my life. I grew up on him, grew with him, and as time went by I admired his talents and genius more and more. Even more than Ali, Richard Pryor symbolized something to me. You can call it Soul, Blackness, anything I guess, you can call it humanity. I just dug the cat. I had a college professor who introduced me to the whole intellectual side of him. Richard, to me was just one of those people you felt you knew. He made you feel him. To not know him personally, I truly felt his spirit, and that's what made him special to me.

I always defended him, going against such academic notables like Dr. Na'im Akbar (who I like and respect) and Jawannza Kunjufu (Counter the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys). I don't know, I was drawn by Richard's self-destructive nature, his kindness and brutality. His upbringing, so different in some ways but in others the same as my own. I identified (at least I wanted to) with his struggle. His lives, his loves. I often viewed my peers at the time as the younger version of Pryor, Ishmael Reed, Cecil Brown and the young Black intelligentsia he surrounded himself with at the time. I cringed at the neutered version of "my hero" I saw on Harlem Nights, I stood proud as I watched him in Which Way Is Up, Uptown Saturday Night, The Mack, Lady Sings The Blues, Car Wash, Wattstax, Stir Crazy, etc. The man whose comedy/party albums sat (hidden) way on top of my parents breakfront. (I try to sneak it down and listen) Or my Uncle's 8-Tracks, in their Mark III & IV's the way they played him for me when I was 11, 12 years old making me feel like a young man. (They wouldn't play Richard for my girl cousins or younger cousins.) I vaguely remember his network show and my people all sitting down to watch it, making me leave the room. His short-lived Saturday morning T.V. show. His jokes about his painful childhood and background. His vulnerability, his genius, his ability to bare all. His passion and his love. How when I got older, my mother and I would listen and laugh as we took road trips to Hampton and other places. How in High School, we went to see Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling. When he burned himself, How he stopped using Nigger, how he used Nigger.

The way he drew our family together, I know I sound melancholy, but I had love for the man and his memory will never be forgotten. Rest In Peace Brother. I got hella love for you.

Lee

F'Sho- Your Daily Dose of Sardonic Rillness
http://sobo.podomatic.com

2005-12-07T20:01:00.000-08:00

Traveling Al Gore's Internet, stopping off in Highland Park

2005-12-07T17:16:00.000-08:00

I run into some hella blogs, some hella casts, some really interesting things. It's quite obvious that Technology really has made this a different place, for better and in some cases worse, but it's the future and we definitely must accept it for what it is. It's not going anywhere anytime soon, so to be resistant to change is paralyzing to say the least. This Digital Divide (if you want to call it that) is disheartening though. The place we (Black folks) seem to be making the most gains (at least the ones I teach) are in video games. Gaming is not a bad thing in and of itself, Hell I'm a EA Sports acolyte, I just want to see more of us on the designing end, on the distribution end, on the creative end, instead of just lining up to Purchase, Play, and Master the next Rockstar, Activision action games or ESPN/EA latest sports offering.

We can be creators, producers and consumers, but so often we only define ourselves as the latter. This isn't meant to be anti-any group, but I'm deeply worried for my collective folks future, and I wonder what (if anything) I can do. Entertainment is so varied and entrenched now, people don't have to do anything or watch/read anything except what they want. All The Time. The boundaries have been removed, and I love/hate it but however it's got to go down, we'll have to deal with it.

I think working with these kids has me so "worked up" on that. In a lot of ways, the Al Gore's innternet is a leveler.

Checkin in...................

2005-12-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

1 hr. before our last scrimage, Hallelujia. These kids are restless and ready to go. Hope this new defense works somewhat. Anyway, What's up yall' as you can see, I'm making great use of my prep hr. huh?

Actually I'm multi-tasking as I guess most of us are prone to do, trying to get ready for what is sure to be a long day.....

Back w/ DT, later trying to get this movie finished, and move forward....They say if you want something, you got to get after it, well here's to "Getting after it".

Later for now,
VT

Isn't she Lovely,

2005-12-02T23:06:00.000-08:00

Whose the Beast nursing her?? Yes, I know I'm looking crazy right there (circa 2003), right before the "incident" which we will never speak of, but I can't resist showing my niece off. Proud Uncle to this day, yes I need to see her more. Yes, I must make something of myself for her (so I can give her some cousins) but I love her to death so there she is...

And I promise this sentimental trail, I've been on for the past couple weeks is going on hiatus. Raw-bone writing, shows, editing, and philosophies start this week. According to my astrologist (Nancy Ray-Gun style), it's time.

Hopefully it's time for my team to jell to, we took it on the chin this weekend in a drubbing/double scrimage, but it don't start counting till' Saturday (1st League game). I've gotta morph from Black Bob Knight, to Black Dean Smith now.

Thought of the day? Remember when 5-0 meant Cop, now 5-0 or Fiddee is a rapper?. Oh. ok...

It's Finally Friday, and the day

2005-12-02T15:53:00.000-08:00

is finally over. It was a killer today, so bad I don't want to speak on it, suffice to say I'm not as sure that I have the patience for this coaching thing full-blast. Things have kicked in with Project Move II so we'll see how it goes, cautiously optimistic, with all deliberate haste, dicta, dicta.... do I sound Supreme Courtish enuff???