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Bedstuy Brooklyn Meets HBO and the 1930’s

January 22nd, 2010

For the last few weeks as I walked to work down Stuyvesant Ave. to the A TRain, I’ve also been walking through an early morning movie shoot. Its not bad at all. My house is not on the block where they are filming. But what is bad is seeing all the free food and not […]

Conan O’Brian and the Lesson He’s Teaching Us All

January 21st, 2010

So sadly tommorow(Friday), Conan OBrian will be exiting the Tonight Show and if you’ve been following these Late Night War stories you know why. I must admit, Im not happy about it. I always liked Conan. My TV turned to NBC not after the news, but after Leno. I just always liked Conan’s uniqueness and […]

The art of moving on according to Corrine Bailey Rae

January 20th, 2010

Its hard to go on after someone you love passes. Its been 3 years now since my mother passed away and I’m still trying to master the art of living with grief, moving on, and fulfilling my dreams without her being in the audience. Some time back, new star Corrine Bailey Rae lost her husband […]

Satan & Jon Stewart Responds to Pat Robertson Comments on Haiti

January 19th, 2010

From Jon Stewart  

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Speed Up Portrait Painting of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 18th, 2010

Happy MLK Day! As we focus on freedom, equality, and the great man who strove to push this nation to give us both, check out this awesome speed up portrait painting of MLK Jr. Much credit to Jordan Tarrant who created this Graffiti inspired portraiture. Check him out on HIS WEBSITE here and […]

Texting Haiti

January 15th, 2010

One word the World needs to hear today and that is DONATE. Oh and had another one COMPASSION. Its so easy to do both, just grab your cell phones and get to texting. And you dont’ have to be a millionaire, here are your options:
To give 5 bucks, text: YELE to 501501
(Wyclef Jean Foundation)
To give […]

The Fugees live from Haiti: A Throwback

January 14th, 2010

Check out the throwback videos below of my favorite group the Fugees live in Haiti. And while you do, Go Here to donate to the Haiti earthquake relief fund lead by member Wyclef Jean or you can simply text YELE to 501501 to donate only 5$.

YELE MUSIC VIDEO(rare)

LIVE PERFORMANCE

FREESTYLE

Haiti

January 13th, 2010

While we pray and bring aid to a country that needed both from us years ago, I thought I’ll post some pics of Haiti and its beauty so we can remember they are people too.

Lebron James, Art, & Life Lessons

January 12th, 2010

The above art was done by Hort for Nike’s Zoom Lebron VII campaign. The art is pretty cool and Hort brings a quite unique approach to the work. It is strange that I come across it because all this weekend Ive been dissecting Lebron James Interviews. I don’t know how to describe it, but Ive […]

Laughing Politics: Meet W. Kamau Bell

January 11th, 2010

This blog comes courtesy of LemonSugarWater. She who is out in Oakland, recently shared with me a good time she had at a comedy club with the guy above, W.Kamau Bell. I think black comedy has its mundaneness, so I’m intrigued anytime a person just decides to be their self and get us laughing at […]

2010 Handbook

January 7th, 2010

HEALTH:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees & plants & eat less food that is manufactured in factories.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6.  Play more games
7.  Read more books than you did in 2009.
8.   Sit in […]

Meet Scott Schuman aka The Satorialist

January 6th, 2010

A few years ago a good friend of mine, Allison Brown, visited NYC and we decided to go and see the movie “the devil wears Prada”. It was through that film that I finally realized that music, writing, and paintings were not the only arts: fashion was indeed one too. I soon got a respect […]

Grown People Playing Around In Old Navy…that will be us

January 5th, 2010

Happy New Year and the First Line of Business is…

January 4th, 2010

Happy New Year Everyone!! I hope your holidays was a blast and you are ready to start a new year and new decade with optimism and focus.  Well I am focused and my number one line of business for the new year is to make sure that I am spiritually focused. The creative and intellectual […]

4 Creative Books You Must Have In the New Year

December 31st, 2009

Here is my pick for books you must have in your library if you want to be creative and inspired in 2010. They range from design, poetry, fashion, & Music. The books are filled with visual pictures and ingenious content and some of the authors you maybe familiar with but a few are newbies.

The SELBY […]

God, Happiness, & Laughter: Some thoughts in preparation for the new year

December 30th, 2009

So the New Year is slowly approaching and so many people are starting to do what we call “get themselves together”. I am one of them. I desire to enter into another year of my life more examined, moral, in tune to God, nature, and others. I pray my acts line with the wish.
While surfing […]

2009 In Review… There’s never been a year like 09′ according to JibJab (lol)

December 30th, 2009

2009 was a heck of the year. So much has happened in just 300 and something days(i forget exactly the days with leap years count and what not). Anywhoo, JibJab decided to take us back, more like “through” these last 12 months that were full of surprises, epidemics, achievements, celebrity drama and plan out craziness […]

10 Things I learned from AVATAR in 3D

December 29th, 2009

 
1. Get to a well talked about film more than 10 minutes before viewing or you WILL NOT have a seat!!!!!
2. 3D is sooo freaking awesome!
3. Zoe Saldana is an awesome actress and the 2 other african american actors (CC Pounder &  Laz Alonso) are too.
4. I would like to vacation at an interesting place/planet […]

Bape & Kanye West

December 25th, 2009

I’ve never been a fan of Bape. For one its just too expensive and for two their line designs just seem to busy, trendy, and youthful for me. However their new spring 2010 lookbook has Kanye West profiling and it has me having second thoughts.  They would have to still lower the price for me […]

Sweet Illustrations: Meet Sam Ilbey

December 23rd, 2009

Sam Ilbey is an illustrator based out of London. His work is quite vivid and I love the way he depicts pop culture icons and characters. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, both on and offline all over the globe, from magazines such as Computer Arts and Official Playstation Magazine, to several books, exhibitions, […]

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