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STEVIE IS WONDER-FULL

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

keistar

The STEVIE WONDER M.S.G. concert after-party that KeiStar Productions jumped off was the truth as usual I danced my fat ass off until my Polo rugby was soaked through. If you aren’t connected to KeiStar Productions via their listserv or their MySpace page I suggest you connect to them ASAP.

KeiStar Productions featuring DJ SPINNA do the Prince versus Michael Jackson party, the James Brown tribute, the Motown tribute, the 90’s party, the 80’s Hip-Hop party. They are dedicated to making you move your ass for the love of music. Whenever they are in your town I suggest you make sure you are in the building.

KeiStar Productions @ MySpace

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A Tree Grows In Brooklyn…

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

bk central

Let’s begin this day with the acknowledgment that GOD is good. All the time. For the simple fact that you are reading this drop from a computer in your home is the proof positive. For the simple fact that I am writing this drop from a computer in my home is the affirmation.

Just a few days ago I was writing my drops from the public library. Why? Because I hadn’t paid my cable bill and I allowed the service to be disconnected. I become a bit contentious at the thought of spending $140 per month mostly for internets access. Yeah, I have the basic cable and telephone service as well as the DV-R setup, but I get mad at the cable company for charging me so damn much for that shit.

So with the cable disconnected and the internets shut off it was back to the good ‘ol public library to get off my world wide web jones. The Brooklyn Central Public Library on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway is still my spot. The public access terminals in the Career Opportunities section never have a line. They aren’t the best computers for pr0n access, but rarely if ever have I needed to pull that shit up from a public library. If I did it was for research purposes, of course.

The library just underwent a multi-million dollar facelift. There’s a retrofitted entrance plaza with Wi-Fi access and a brand new state-of-the-art auditorium in the basement. They are using the new space for hosting movie nights and book readings along with musical performances. Hotdamn if I hadn’t met my lady at the museum up the block I would have met her at the library. Picture the library as a cultural hotspot where young progressive people can get together to share ideas. What a novel idea (pun always intended).

Having my cable service deactivated ended up being a good thing because I got a chance to see why my community will flourish for the next generation. Libraries are as important as firehouses and police precincts in the poor and underserved neighborhooods. I’m glad that amidst all of the billion dollar residential development that a nigga who can’t pay his cable bills will never have access to, there is still some million dollar re-investment in the social infrastructure that only requires my free library card.

Brooklyn Public Library website

Did I say that GOD was good?

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STEPHEN KING SHOULD HAVE MISSED THIS ONE…

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

the mist

I peeped the new STEPHEN KING movie called ‘The Mist’. It was aiiight, but far from one of his classic movie adaptions. There is still a nice comedic intensity built into the horror aspect, but there was something missing from ‘The Mist’ that holds it back from being a new classic.

‘The Mist’ is the story of a little sleepy northeastern town that is besieged by a grand military eff up. The army lets some bad shit loose that effs the town in the a, and quite literally. The movie centers around townspeople that are holed up in the ssupermarket and the dynamic that surrounds them as they try to escape from this unknown terror. THOMAS JANE is the central ‘hero’ character although after you see the ending you will rethink his heroism. ANDRE BRAUGHER plays his opposite for much of the film and he turns in a performance more fitting for Broadway than for the silver screen.

The overall acting in the film was sort of ham-fisted with people yelling at the camera as if they were acting in the school play. The best performance was turned in by the child actor whose name I never bothered to find out even though I’m sitting here at a computer and IMDB is all but a click or two away. Maybe that’s how uninspired I am? Anyhoo, I won[‘t say the film is unwatchable, I just won’t spend the $11.25 on the ticket. So if you’re into ‘plexing like Big Walt, and frankly, at the prices of movies nowadays who isn’t? ‘The Mist’ is on the list for third or fourth string behind nekkid ANGELINA JOLIE’s ‘Beowulf'(excellent story despite the Shrek-like CGI animation), ‘Bee Movie'(racist SEINFELD, funny film) and ‘SAW'(24, or whatever number they are up to).

** True story is that my dudes from PardonMeDuke dot com and my homey Twerkolator came through the screening with me and none of them even turned around when the director announced that STEPHEN KING was in the theatre seated behind us. STEPHEN KING may have written a few books and made a few movies, but he is no iNTERNETS CELEBRITY.

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Should’a Never Gave You Niggas Skateboards?!?

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

ian reid

The New York Times, in typical NYTimes privileged fashion has discovered that negroes are riding skateboards(again!). You already know that I hate the pandering liberal, closeted conservatism of the New York Times. These are the same faux liberal fuckwads that railroaded the six Harlem teenagers falsely accused of raping the Central Park jogger. The NYTimes threw them dudes under the proverbial bus in the worst way. So I am always suspect whenever they run a story that mentions Black youth. Don’t sleep on these supremacists either, in the NYTimes newsroom nooses are referred to as tree accessories.

It turns out that one of the intrepid reporters from the Times, some relocated Mid-Westerner caught a glimpse of some Black kids doing kick flips in front of the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Their attire must have emboldened him to ask the kids a few questions about their reasons for grinding in front of the museum. Of course, PHARRELL WILLIAMS was credited with the fad of skateboarding in the urban community as well as Lupe Fiasco. What was odd to me was that the reporter didn’t dig any further into the urban skate scene than STEVIE WILLIAMS. Typical of the NYTimes to keep their reporting a generic commodification of the true urban skate scene.

My homey IAN REID has been grinding boards from Bed-Stuy to Bangkhok, from Fort Greene to fucking… Yeah! My dude is the underground center city skate king and if you ever saw the video ‘Sex, ‘Hood, Skate & Videotape’ you would already know what’s good. I’m not trying to take anything away from STEVIE WILLIAMS or HAROLD HUNTER (GOD bless the dead), but my nigga IAN goes in with all the street skaters. IAN’s video is a mix of bumfights, drunk nude chicks and yeah, skateboarding. Shit is hardbody as fuck. You don’t believe me? Watch the fucking trailer.

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Where In The World Is CAM’RON San Diego?

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

camron word detective

The new mixtape cover.

Rap music in the new millennium is fueled by personalities and events. Why else are there a dozen or more awards shows annually? It’s not like people are doing more things artistically. It’s just that we are celebrating mediocre art more frequently. At these events we see personalities. Some will be dressed in tophats with tails, while some will opt for white tees.

In a year that has seen some G.O.O.D. music come out of the rap genre we are still dominated by discussion of one of the greatest mediocre rappers evar. CAM’RON GILES has spent the last six months of 2007 in an undisclosed location while the rap world, er, the internets, has speculated on what his future recording career might be. Are we that bored? Yes, and no. The truth is that CAM’RON is one of the rappers who understands the cult of personality disease that plagues most Americans.

Why else do we care about Foxy Brown? Let’s face it, Foxy is a more compelling personality than Lil’ Kim. I could care less about the music output from either lady, but I find myself anxious to hear about Foxy’s latest dustup in the county lockup. CAM’RON applies the same principles for marketing his personality. He has become a character that can possibly say anything at anytime. From his laughable interviews on the Bullshit O’Reilly show to his embarrassment to the entire African American collective on 60 Minutes it’s obvious that CAM’RON knows what to say to push our buttons.

Why else would we even care about his whereabouts? Last week was further proof that CAM’RON still has a buzz with the folks that live in their parents’ basements. A media event was created at the idea of CAM’RON giving away his latest mixtape in front of the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. This is the first music being released by him since his pre-summer squabble with Fifty Cent, another fellow media whore savvy rapper.

Suffice to say, CAM’RON didn’t show, but enough people did show up and report on the scene that ensued. Everyone seemed to be in awe of the pink colored Range Rover. I would venture to argue that even if CAM’RON hadn’t distributed his mixtape on that night just the appearance of a pink painted Range Rover would have satisfied the crowd. The events have exceeded the art that created them. Where in the world is CAM’RON? He’s thinking up his next media event.

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