U Mad?

  As someone who literally wore an ‘Angry Black Man’ t-shirt during his college days, I feel uniquely qualified to drop my two cents on this one… First, here’s the truth about 90 percent of the ‘angry black people’ you see… Now, I know anger.  My blood has boiled red hot, especially in the younger […]

Song of the Day – ‘Pump It Up’

  OHHHH BOY…this one takes me back! You know how there are some things that happen ‘live’ and even if there was only 100 or so people in the room, somehow 500 people witnessed it?  This is one of those stories. So I don’t know if this still goes down (or if they’re still open), […]

‘The Fault…Is Not In Our Stars…’

  So this is about what I owe you.  All of you. It’s happened not so much as a conscious or deliberate choice as much as it’s happened as a ‘this is how I choose to live my life’ choice, but I’ve built a big part of my adult reputation as a goofy, devil may […]

DCU: Assault on Arkham

  The newest Dark Knight film in the Animated Series universe is Assault on Arkham.  Set in the Gotham created by the hugely popular video games, in this story 6 rogues (including Deadshot and Harley Quinn) are sent INTO Arkham Asylum for a hit on the Riddler.  Batman is initially sent on a wild goose chase […]

Vanishing Pearls

  The aptly named Vanishing Pearls is a documentary about modern day American capitalism at its worst.  A small town community of fishermen make their living catching oysters in the Gulf of Mexico.  Then the BP oil spill happens.  Ecosystem destroyed.  After a little government intervention (ha!), BP does the right thing and offers business reparations to […]

Song of the Day – ‘A Day in the Life’

  Stereo Williams posted the Hendrix-esque cover of this from ‘Across the Universe’ and many of you know when I hear either the original or a really good cover of one of my favorite songs, my world stops, so… And yes, I’ve seen the movie but the song didn’t strike me as much within the […]