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Did We Really Need Stacy Peralta’s Look at the Bloods and the Crips?
I’m torn. I mean, I’m really on the fence about this PBS special. It aired May 12th on the station’s Independent Lens series and I watched the whole thing. From Terrence Howards’ intro right on through to the credits. And as a Black man I’m torn. On the one hand I guess I feel like [...] Read more »
Outback Steakhouse in Calumet City on Mother
How backed up on various projects am I? Well I’m just getting to my Mother’s Day piece-and my mother’s birthday is in a 3 days, so you can look for a piece on that in about 8 months at the rate I’m going. But yeah, me and mom went to a steakhouse. I asked her [...] Read more »
This Blog Got Mentioned on WFMU by Bronwyn C. See? There is Something Good in Jersey
OK get all the New Jersey jokes out of your system because I don’t wanna hear ‘em. I was on the radio. Besides, in this age of internet radio whatta you care where the station is? That’s me trying to use some lingo there. Chicago (where I am) and pretty much the whole state of [...] Read more »
I Need to Go Somewhere. I Should Look for a Cheap Travel Deal
I haven’t traveled anywhere in a WHILE. Once the end of August gets here I will have been here in Chicago a full THREE YEARS, man. I mean wow. Three years ago I got here by DRIVING. And I didn’t just anything, I drove my LA car (see below). The ironic thing is that before [...] Read more »
The Perfection of Superman and The Legion of Super-Heroes
Nope. I’m not talking about the Super Friends; that’s the 70’s TV show. And I’m not talking about the Justice League of America; that’s the group with Batman, the Flash, Aqua-man and Wonder Woman-well pretty much everybody from the Super Friends. And I’m not talking about the Justice Society of America. That’s a group from [...] Read more »
