He’s 5’9″ (1.75 meters) of pure hops, athleticism and entertaining basketball play. And oh, by the way, he blocked the shot of 7’5″ (2.25 meters) Yao Ming. Robinson is definitely one of the most exciting players in the NBA.
[23 Nov 2006]
The Free Sh*t Fairy invited me to read and review a copy of Marta Southgate’s “Third Girl From the Left.” Here is my review. (Cross-posted on BlackFeminism.org). Rarely can a book manage to be both funny and serious. Martha Southgate has managed to do just that with her novel, “Third Girl from the Left,” which [...]
[27 Sep 2006]
UPDATE: Check out this Killer Mike track from the “I Pledge Allegiance” mixtape. Ouch! Visit the site Laffy Taffy Rots Your Teeth for more. Check the video “Everything is Different Now,” which is actually a hot ode to traditional hip-hop. You can also download and pass around the 10-track album mixtape.* Think of it as [...]
[9 Sep 2006]
From WGBH Boston, a lecture by Rabbi Michael Lerner on values, progressive politics and society. He has some powerful shit to say about the effect of our work lives and our market-driven, capitalist culture on our spiritual selves and how right-wing politicians manipulate this spiritual crisis for self-serving means. Dude is a total badass, IMO. [...]
[3 Sep 2006]
While watching T.I.’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards during which he wore a hoodie studded with rhinestones in the shape of a crown. Me: I can’t decide if that hoodie is gay or fly. Sweetie: People are doing a whole lot of gay sh*t nowadays. Maybe gay is in. … Gay is the [...]
[31 Aug 2006]
I mentioned it briefly in a link dump a couple of days ago. I am now an interactive developer at Fletcher Martin, an ad agency downtown (and yes, we know we need to do something about that site. It’s been the same since at least 2000). I left Georgia Tech last month because I thought [...]
[30 Aug 2006]
Okay, Friday night, the Underground is officially the place to be. Why? The FREE Montreux Jazz Festival. Montreux has been missing in action from the Atlanta festival scene for a few years now. But it’s back this year. But let me tell you why you just really, really need to go Friday night: Joi and [...]
[29 Aug 2006]
I see I need to start paying more attention to things and people. One of my childhood crushes and rapper of one of my favorite jams (“Takin out you suckas and you don’t know how I did it) is also an amazing photographer / photo blogger. And he’s a fellow Black Weblog Awards finalist. So [...]
[29 Aug 2006]
Rohinton Mistry wrote a masterpiece with this book. Set in India during the 1975 State of Emergency under Indira Gandhi, A Fine Balance is the heartbreaking story four people whose lives were profoundly interwined and profoundly changed by the cultural norms and the government’s choices. Ishvar and Om leave the cruel, caste-based violence of their [...]
[3 Aug 2006]