It’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…
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My Top 5 Horror Films
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In my never ending attempt to find items that keep me knowledgeable about things that matter, I am finally sharing one of my guilty pleasures. I am giving a big shoutout to Ryan Connollly who hosts what I think is…
Hard: Music Video by MLS
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I’m new to jogging, but I usually run about 3.5 miles per day, if I don’t do another workout. As far as sports are concerned, I have a long history and one of the coolest things in sport is when…
I Will Follow: Contemplation
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I Will Follow written and directed by Ava Du Vernay allows me to place my professorial hat on in creating an analysis. The title is an allusion to a song written and performed by Bono and U2 on their first album.…
Get To Know: Frank Ocean
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Sometimes there isn’t a comment that can be made about a musician that is just right. In my daily browsing I ran across this video on www.okayplayer.com. I really don’t care if this video has been featured in other places,…
Memphis Hi-Lites: Memphis Redbirds
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Redbirds Park in Downtown Memphis My family recently went back to our home state of California. We lived in a resort that was about a half a mile from the beach in Oceanside. We were only 45 minutes from California…
Welcome To The Rileys: A review
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Hypothetically answering, what would you do if your spouse decided to put headstones on your cemetery plot with your names on them and you were still alive? Welcome to the Rileys is a film that manages to create questions through…
Night Catches Us: a review
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On January 1st, I dropped a trailer for the film Night Catches Us. I didn’t know a lot about the film but I knew that Kerry Washington and Anthony Mackie were the lead actors and to me this meant that…
Get To Know: Martin Russell
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When I coached high school basketball, I always looked around for the tallest kids on campus. Working at an inner city school in San Diego, that also happened to be the most multi-cultural/racial school in the city, presented problems. Our…
It’s Kind of A Funny Story: A review
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The nuances of life become ritual and in adulthood, the experiences of the past are forgotten. This is what makes the coming of age story an attractive tome. In watching the uncomfortable maturation of the teen, or a child, the…
Get To Know: Rise Against
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I have had countless discussions with artists about the responsibility of the creator of images and sounds. In these conversations, I have found the foundation for my understanding of the importance of art. I have also realized that my ideas…
It’s Complicated…Kind of a review
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Okay that title is pretty vague and I will be the first to say that this blog does not get a crazy amount of traffic, so being vague is not a good thing. I love the blog: http://www.shadowandact.com/ . Not…
When Memphis is At It’s Best
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I’m not writing much here because the individual websites speak for themselves. Memphis in May is an annual event that features a multitude of tasty, entertaining treasures. What is even better this year is that the Memphis Grizzlies are in…
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown: A review
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Dan Brown has crafted several novels that resulted in a massive number of sales and in all honesty created an industry in tourism. His novels Angels and Demons and The Davinci Code sparked tours and ignited a fascination with symbols,…
Get To Know: Lenny Kravitz
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My favorite Lenny Kravitz album is 5. If you don’t have 5 buy it simply because of the song Mama. I can’t hear that song without crying. Yeah, I’m man enough to say that. While Lenny has always pushed the…
For Colored Girls: A review
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The For Colored Girls reinterpretation by Tyler Perry has seen countless analysis and criticisms. I even took the time to discuss the film after watching the original play. Click here to read that analysis. My original discussion was that this…
Get To Know: Singa Bromfield
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I recently went on one of my weekly excursions to buy a bunch of kicks to resell and standing in front of the store was a man with a guitar in classic NYC street musician style. His foot was against…
Commentary and thoughts on the film Skin
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Racism creates a vast array of emotions when presented in American society. It seems that the US has the need to own the divisive treatment that is created by people and their personal,social, and learned hatred of other cultures. The…
A White Dude Asked Me Some Questions
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Damn Robert Downey, damn. Okay a few years back a white dude asked me some pretty good questions. I’m posting a few of the questions and answers to drop here as food for thought. The topics ranged from…
Get To Know: Official Release Date
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Certain artists generate a response that makes you honored to hear what they have to say. As I grow old in Hip-Hop, I’m starting more and more to seek out artists that mesh all of the elements together: dope tracks,…
Get to Know: Fashawn
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Hip-Hop has had a black eye for so long that often emcees who drop an LP get love although they are actually pretty mediocre. Now I’m not saying that guys like Wiz, Currensy or Wale aren’t dropping new age gems,…
Stages: A Handbook on Men and Relationships – Chapter 17
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Chapter 17 Stage Three amendment: When a man has come to a fork in the road, he can’t sit and take his time. He has to choose and accept what may come. No turning back and going to look down…
Video for Night Catches Us
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Stages: A Handbook on Men and Relationships – Chapter 15
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Chapter 15 Sometimes the Lord puts people into your life for a reason. Why question everything? Then again why not? I’m not saying doubt, or that I don’t believe, but you have to wonder. I still was bothered by what…
Movie Review: Don’t Let Me Drown (2009)
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Most movie viewers are hedonistic in their approach to film. Unless the film satisfies some base connection most people only watch what looks like them. Often this leads to a skewed perception of what a great film is and can…