TweetI have a number of tools that I used to develop ideas or maintain my focus on business. I often visit www.inc.com and of course I read books that can assist me in gaining some type of edge. This is…
Memphis Hi-Lites
Memphis Hi-Lites: Bluefin (Edge Cuisine Sushi Lounge)
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TweetIt’s that time of year again when Memphians’ pack on an extra ten pounds in their quest to maintain Memphis as one of the unhealthiest cities in America! Okay, that definitely isn’t a very cool way to start a post,…
book reviews, books, Business
The Walking Dead Compendium: a review/connection
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Tweet The Walking Dead on AMC is my favorite show since the X-Files. I’ve watched each season with anticipation and when the last season ended a few weeks back, I went into withdrawals. Yep, those kind of withdrawals. The ones…
Get to Know, hip-hop culture, music
Hate is Love Pt. 2 by Mahtie Bush: A review
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TweetIt’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you… My Rakim flow, lol. It’s been a minute since I’ve fallen back into my creative state and dropped a review of films or music on the site. I’m bringing it…
African American Authors, Christopher D. Burns
Join Christopher D. Burns, MFA on Facebook
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TweetI am officially promoting my writing and other work with a Facebook page. Those of you that know me understand that I have never really promoted my work. I’ve been writing for a long time and while I’ve completed a…
College
Saying No To College: My Story
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TweetThe NYT posted an article (Saying No To College) this morning about the success of those who have dropped out of college. It read like pretty much every article that discusses tech savvy entrepreneurs and the same list that is…
entertainment, Get to Know, music
Get To Know: Darien Clea Band – New music, real music
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TweetIt’s been a while since I’ve been compelled to write a Get to Know. It’s been a while since I’ve been compelled to write anything on the site. While I have been watching a lot of movies and listening to…
Advertising, ARCH, Business
ARCH: 2 Months of Advertising & The Breakdown of overall Sales
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TweetToday is the final day of a two month Ad campaign I ran using Amazon Ad Campaign Services. If you haven’t been following here are two links for you to catch up on the venture: http://www.cbpublish.com/2012/08/05/more-marketing-advice-from-a-non-guru-unafraid-to-fail/ Article 1 http://www.centercourtbasketball.com/store/arch-footwear-and-apparel/arch-ad-discussion-and-metrics-for-the-geeks-who-own-a-business/ Article 2 This…
African American Authors, book reviews, Poetry, poets
greens by Bennie Herron: a poetry interpretation/review… it’s never simple
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TweetWhile I have reviewed, discussed and analyzed a number of books on the site, I really haven’t lent my perspective and random observations to poetry. Well, I have discussed a lot of poetry, but I haven’t devoted a review to…
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a poem from bennie herron’s, “greens” on tintavox independent press available on amazon and select bookstores…
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Tweetpowdered milk i didn’t know we were so poor. powdered milk with a teaspoon of sugar tasted just like regular milk, just a little grey in color. hand-me-downs weren’t that bad either, well they were for me because i was…
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bennie herron’s “greens” is coming son…august 19th
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New Poetry Book Release by Bennie Herron titled “greens” on Tintavox…August 19, 2012
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TweetBennie Herron’s first full-length poetry book. August 19, 2012
Advertising, ARCH
More Marketing Advice From a Non-guru unafraid to fail
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TweetOkay if you spent any time at all reading through the site you probably read my 24 key points. In those I provide a lot of information on the development of a small business idea into reality. I also discuss…
Memphis Hi-Lites
Save The Date: July 25th 2012 – 1st Annual Summer Harvest Food & Fund Drive
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TweetThe Memphis Food Bank is always in need of assistance, but often people who are looking to help don’t know how or where to reach out give that support. Tom and Barbara Southwell are presenting their first annual drive for…
Advertising, Business, Christopher D. Burns, Facebook, Facebook Ads
PR & Marketing for the little guy
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TweetPR or Public Relations as defined by Howstuffworks.com is, “A basic definition of public relations is to shape and maintain the image of a company, organization or individual in the eyes of the client’s various “publics.” What is a “public”…
African American Authors, books, Christopher D. Burns
You Should Read This: Archie’s Psalm
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TweetAuthored by Christopher D. Burns Archie’s Psalm is a glimpse into the life of a latchkey kid who is encountering situations that force him to learn about the changing world around him. A coming of age story with a carefully…
hip-hop culture, Memphis Hi-Lites
Memphis Hi-Lites: Levitt Shell (Free Concerts? Yeppp!)
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TweetOkay the Yepppp! is a bit corny, but that’s what happens when you watch way too much Storage Wars. If you are reading this, that’s a good thing. I really hope to put to sleep all of the negative comments…
Memphis Hi-Lites
Memphis Hi-Lites: Alchemy Memphis
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TweetAll that Memphis aspires to be is captured in the Cooper Young District. I mean, when Memphis comes to mind people think of Elvis and the Blues. People think of unfortunate legacies. Most recently when you say Memphis, ‘Country’s Fattest…
African American Authors, Christopher D. Burns, Poetry
A Father’s Day Poem
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TweetThis is not your traditional Father’s Day poem. This poem is for those who grew up in a single parent household without their fathers. It is not a celebration of mom as father. It is not condemnation of the father…
Business
25 Key Points: Key Points 24 & 25 – Your Great Idea Is Valuable/My Final Thoughts
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TweetKey Point 24: Your Great Idea is Valuable – Have you ever been in a group and suggestions were flying around, but no one considered your suggestion seriously? I have and although the coolest person typically gets to choose for…
Business
25 Key Points: Key Point 23 – Get Up and Write It Down
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TweetKey Point 23: Get Up and Write It Down – How many times have you awakened with a great idea only to roll over and tell yourself, “I’ll write it down later.” Most people are religious and will tell you…
Business
25 Key Points: Key Point 22 – The Perfect Time Is Now
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TweetKey Point 22: The Perfect Time Is Now – Sometimes you get to a section where you feel like everything you are saying should be in bold print. This is that section. There will never be a perfect time to…
Business
25 Key Points: Key Point 21-Remember The Blog Is a Great Way to Launch an Idea
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TweetKey Point 21: Remember The Blog Is A Great Way To Launch Those Ideas – Is this almost the same Key Point as 14? Yep and it has to be. Sometimes I am a very bad business person. I give…
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our globe…a poem by bennie herron
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Tweetour globe the world is too hot the mountain is too high the president is too black the system has not changed the beginning is too near the song is too loud the voices are too low the pain…
hip-hop culture
Winter In Hip-Hop: Track 4 – Years Ago a Friend of Mine…
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TweetTrack 4 Years Ago a Friend of Mine… I can recall growing up in Memphis in the eighties. There were drug families, not gangs or a number of cliques who professed colors and territories that they didn’t own as…
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our other side…a poem by bennie herron
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Tweetour other side it has stood here for a million years with bones believing in only rain it washes us singing sound into our measures it merged us let us pray when tears came down new faces…
Christopher D. Burns, hip-hop culture
Winter In Hip-Hop: Track – 3: And It Goes A Little Something Like This
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Tweet Here I am, a man frustrated with the state, status, complacency of Hip-Hop, listening to an R& B album, ‘Neo Soul’ CD that is almost replacing my desire for finding Rap music that sounds ‘different’. Hip-Hop doesn’t create in…