It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Boondocks (or anything to this blog for that matter). The first one below moved me to post. BTW, am I the only one who isn’t feeling the TV version of the Boondocks? The boys’ voices are just a bit too high pitched IMHO and […]
Move to China, Become a Rapper & Make Millions! By michael | August 20th, 2005
I was reading an article in Business 2.0 about Americans who are making it big in China when I noticed a picture of a brotha with two Chinese girls next to him. (reminds me of that line from Digital Undergrounds ‘Sex Packets’, but I digress…) So of course I skipped right to that […]
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Riley’s Letter to BET about AJ & Free’s Firing By michael | August 19th, 2005
It’s been a while since I posted a Boondocks but I couldn’t resist this one. The Cita mention really got me…
Update: Did I say they were fired? What I had meant to say is that they left of their own volition.
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Club Nouveau on ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ By michael | June 23rd, 2005
I just got an email about Club Nouveau’s appearance on NBC tonight. All of you 80’s R&B fans won’t want to miss this. Set those TiVo’s…
Club Nouveau ushered in a new sound in music, It was 1986 and “Rumors” took the music business by storm, But Club Nouveau was more than just a […]
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Def Poetry Season 5 By michael | June 5th, 2005
Looks like the new season of Def Poetry is starting off with a bang. Guests on the premiere episode include Avery Brooks, Lauryn Hill, and (gasp!) Dave Chappelle. Set those TiVos!
I guess I should mention P. Diddy’s ‘The Bad Boys of Comedy‘ too. I’m not expecting much from that show but I’ll […]
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The Shocking, but False, Story of America’s Blackstronauts By michael | May 3rd, 2005
If you haven’t seen it already, check out this mockumentary about ‘The Old Negro Space Program‘ It’s so well done that it may make you think twice about whether it’s true. I loved the letter that the astronaut wrote to his woman from outer space…
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The Number One Stunner By michael | February 14th, 2005
I officially nominate Usher for player of the millennium. As my boy and I have been discussing, his Grammy date, the lovely (Eisha?) Eishia Brightwell, is one bad motha… She’s so fine that you almost don’t even notice Beyonce in this picture.
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Lots of Extra Content in the ‘Ray’ DVD By michael | February 4th, 2005
Sounds like the DVD of ‘Ray’ is well worth checking out, even for peeps who saw the movie in the theater:
Too often the “extended editions” of popular films released to DVD seem to contain little more than a few minutes of filler scenes that didn’t work well enough to be included in the theatrical cut, […]
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Vh1’s Black in the 80s Series By michael | February 2nd, 2005
I just finished watching the ‘film/movies’ episode of ‘Black in the 80s‘. It was an entertaining and informative trip back to the 80s. It made me realize that I need to add some (major) movies to my NetFlix queue that slipped by me. I also have to watch Hollywood Shuffle again! […]
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Not Necessarily in That Order… By michael | January 5th, 2005
-sigh- Your people…
Omarion, 20, says he wants to get closer to God in 2005. The B2K vet, who is a practicing Christian, said for his New Year’s resolution: “(I’ll) spend every day getting closer and closer to God. And buy a Ferrari.
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