Hey All, I’ve been honored to be asked to guest host Our Town Pasadena once again. My guest tonight will be rapper/producer BeatSmith, and we’ll be talking about hip hop then and now out West. It’s not an exaggeration to say two generations of the hip hop nation will be represented, but DJ Apocalypse […]
TV and film-wise, there was good work as always but I wasn’t as overwhelmed by things as I have been in years past. There’s going to be a lot of ‘Top 10’ lists the next couple weeks; here are 5 films and TV shows that caught my eye the past 12 months: 5. Toy Story […]
I’ve respected but never really been ‘all-in’ on Anne Hathaway. Not as highbrow as Natalie Portman, not as ‘that girl’ as Rachel McAdams. But after watching Love and Other Drugs, I get Hathaway’s appeal now. She has some of the qualities of those two and the other actresses of her generation. We use the […]
While not the crowd pleaser that Slumdog Millionaire was (and let’s be honest, few films are), 127 Hours has all the makings of another Oscar-caliber film for Danny Boyle. Based on the true story of a young man who got trapped in a Utah canyon and had to cut off his own arm to survive, […]
Saturday will be the Founders Day of an organization dear to my heart, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Like many who pledged as an undergrad I don’t consider myself ‘active’ anymore, but every December 4th I think about the ways the fraternity shaped me, then and now. Here are 7 things that come to […]
So I was having a conversation with ‘the manager’ last week, and she mentioned that when you come here, you get a sense of my comfort with words, but not enough of the other things I’ve done. As fate would have it, I looked around the site during the long weekend and realized I haven’t […]
On a superficial level, this has been one of the best years of my life. And a month or so from now, I’ll talk about that like I always do. Being truthful though, this year has been brutal. The exact cause of that is not something I’m really free to discuss; as far as this […]
Thanks to all who tuned into “Our Town Pasadena” last night. I haven’t watched the taping myself yet, but based on feedback it sounds like it went well. Based on who I’ve talked to, the show was watched from LA to Kansas to Romania. My next set of business cards will read “Malik Aziz, International […]
This should be fun. My friend, the lovely Marie Stein, is letting me sit in for her Wednesday night as the guest host of “Our Town Pasadena.” The theme for the show tomorrow will be “Passing the Torch”, and my guest will be Nathan Richardson. Nathan is an ambassador for the group Vittana, and works […]
Wisely getting a headstart before Harry Potter takes over in a couple weeks, Megamind is actually not a bad family film. While not as deep and three dimensional as any of the Pixar films, it’s still an enjoyable hour and a half for adults and kids alike. Starting with the premise, “What would happen […]
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