Song of the Day – ‘Mad Men Theme’

The story of the Midwestern boy who grew into the stylish, handsome man with a healthy appetite for beautiful women and self destruction comes to a satisfying conclusion this spring! What’s that?  Oh what a nice coincidence!  I’m also told the final season of Mad Men starts this Sunday! Have a great weekend gang!

Song of the Day – ‘Me and Mrs. Jones’

On a weekend where my car decided to break down on me twice (or as we call it Los Angeles, ‘a death sentence’), one positive was I finally stumbled myself into one of our all jazz and blues stations.  Soundtrack of my life these days. I see you Cal State Long Beach!!! Enjoy!

Song of the Day – ‘Inner City Blues’

Rockets, moon shots Spend it on the have-nots Money, we make it ‘Fore we see it, you’ll take it Oh, make you wanna holler The way they do my life Make me wanna holler The way they do my life This ain’t livin’, this ain’t livin’ No, no baby, this ain’t livin’ No, no, no, […]

The Urban Legal Education Group

Paying it forward for one of my brothers today… What’s happened in the past couple of years has affected all of us who care about ‘justice’ in different ways.  My friend Kareem Ali happens to have a formal education in law, and he’s using that knowledge for a higher purpose. The Urban Legal Education Group […]

‘My Scandal Audition’

(cutting and pasting this opening from yesterday; if you already read it you can skip ahead to the backstory…) The family and friends don’t get to see the millions of middle steps in between ‘here’ and ‘There’ so today’s posts are for you… Here’s the ‘why’: NBC and the American Black Film Festival run a […]

My ‘True Detective’ Audition

The family and friends don’t get to see the millions of middle steps in between ‘here’ and ‘There’ so today and tomorrow’s posts are for you… Here’s the ‘why’: NBC and the American Black Film Festival run a competition called ‘the Star Project’ where the non movie stars among us can audition for the network […]