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I was going to post a bunch of pictures FROM the sex R. Kelly Sex video . But I thought that might be too much. But who knows, as the trial goes on, I may put in the DVD and take a few still shots. So let’s get down to business. R. Kelly is finally going on trial for his “alleged” sexual misconduct with a minor. Including of course the urination thing, although truth be told, I don’t think the urine thing is actually illegal. Huh! How about that? No doubt if you’re reading this blog you’ve seen the Dave Chapelle video “I Wanna Pee on you .” I didn’t embed that either, but as you can see I’ve instead grabbed some stills off the TV news just MOMENTS ago. So folks this stuff is hot. Today Juror number 3 was chosen. Hurray! Only 9 more plus all the alternatives, which will probably be 2 per juror, so we’re looking at a total of 36 people. Hahahahaha. 36 people with no prior standing opinions about R. Kelly, sex with minors, and willing to give up possibly months or YEARS of their life-in Chicago. Hahahahaha. Good luck!

See people forget that before Kanye West and more recently the Kool Kids and the Kidz in the Hall (the PopHop group not the Canadian comedy troupe currently on tour-actually BOTH Kids groups are on tour, isn’t that funny?). But before all these musical groups in the 2000’s we hadn’t had a black music sensation come out of Chicago in a while. Common came along around the same time as R. Kelly but in those days Kelly was straight R & B and Common was straight hip hop (now of course one guy is on TV for his trial and the other is currently got his third movie in theaters). So R. Kelly has a lot of popularity not just around the world but here in the city. Depending on who you talk to our course. I mean keep in mind for YEARS after the original charges AND THE DVD Kelly was able to go on tour and still have sold out shows. But in a recent article over at the Chicago Reader they talk about the case and how a writer over at Hitsville.org has been chronicling weird R. Kelly sex behavior that go back as far as 1996. Keep in mind, Kelly married the now deceased Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old!

I had to include that walking into court picture on, cause I was down there recently bailing out a relative ‘cause that’s also where Cook County Jail is. Folks when I tell you I’m living in the ghetto of Chicago I’m not being cute; it’s for REAL. So I kept watching TV tonight because I wanted to watch DirtyJobs. While I was waiting N.E.R.D came on Letterman and performed a song. I had to take a screen capture for you because these boys were "slam dancing." Another true fact about me is I grew up an actual 80’s punk rocker who did actual slam dancing in punk clubs, so seeing this weird hipster TV version of it on tonight made me laugh my ass off. Here’s a little trivia about N.E.R.D. and their offshoot group the Neptunes. Last year I read a statistic that said they had produced as much as 25 percent of ALL the music on the pop radio stations in Europe and as much 17 percent of all the music on pop stations here in America. These young kids are SO sought after as producers they’re booked up years in advance. So slam dance it up guys, you earned it.bla

I was intending to write about DSL high speed internet today but this one was just too much to pass up. “I probably came on her ass.” Normally that’s not a “probably” situation. I’m usually pretty sure about where I came. But that’s neither here nor there because this is all about Chris Rock and HIS ejaculate, not mine. Here’s a sample.

14:55

CR: I’ve been so set up…

AP: Did you come on her thighs?…

CR: I had a rubber on. I probably took it off right when I was getting ready to come. I probably came on her ass.

22:00

AP: Did you stick it in her? Without a rubber?

CR: No

24:45

AP: Now we got to go get this thing legally, which means we gotta subpoena it.

25:50

CR: It never stops

AP: It’s gonna stop. I’m going to make it stop.

Ok so, how do I begin this? I was over at Huffington Post today. A news blog that I was positive would make NO impact on the ‘net when Arianna first announced she was going to start it up. Man time flies, and here I am trying to get MY blog noticed by somebody. See what happens if you don’t move fast enough in life? But how did this quote ever make to the light of day?

Well there’s this guy. There’s always a guy, right? His name is Anthony Pellicano. He’s this Chicago guy out in LA. He’s been known as the “P.I. to the stars.” He’s got a big trial going on involving wiretapping, invasion of privacy, illegal explosives, racketeering, etc., He’s been linked to tons of famous people. And that includes Chris Rock, who had the unfortunate luck to be recorded in one of his phone calls with Pellicano, or rather BY Pellicano. I remember when I was living in LA and the Pellicano story was first breaking. Ironically it was right around the time that Chris Rock came riding down a big, fun hill in my Hollywood neighborhood on a bicycle. He stopped to talk with me a few minutes. I asked him what he was doing around there, and he said where else would he be? Good answer.

Ah, good times. Not such good times when you’re separated from your wife and dating girls who save your semen, put it in their freezers, then claim you got them pregnant. And then follow that claim with a claim that you raped them. Not such good times at all. Anyway, stop by Huffington Post where you can read transcript highlights or listen to the entire 31 minute call yourself. It’s both boring and depressing. Boring because pretty much any phone call that you’re not a part of isn’t that entertaining. And it’s depressing because on the one hand it’s sad to hear how a woman can make such a calculated and deliberate attempt to rob a guy. AND to hear how a rich guy can hire a profession strong arm man to crush a regular person.

Pellicano is rather famous for strong arm work. He went after the guy who created Crime Story (one of the first shows I ever tried to get on as an actor, and one the ONLY shows ever short here in Chicago). Paved the way for the Sopranos and Casino

Hey, speaking of scandals, that mayor in Detroit is catching hell! But here in Chicago we actually had a great black Mayor named Harold Washington, so check that piece out, or you could read my short piece on Harold’s Chicken…