[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
When I first got the offer to review the book Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live by Ben Thompson, I...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
From Steady Bloggin ': " Hooray for bootlegs. The cover is self explanatory – this is a compilation collecting the original sources used by Large Pro in creating Breaking Atoms. Naturally the main target demographic here are the sample nerds. However this also works as a good mix of assorted classic rock/funk/soul/jazz jams so you can enjoy it even if you don’t give two shits about...
SoulCulture.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The latest issue of Wax Poetics [my favourite music magazine] is out now – with features on Curtis Mayfield and Spike Lee. The issue includes: Re:Discovery – Melvin Van Peebles, Manfred Krug, Marvin Gaye, Judgment Night OST, John Carpenter Roc Raida – The Grand Master Shadows And Phonographs – This sinister role of the turntable in Hollywood classics Brotherman [...]
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
special to NewBlackMan Stephane Dunn “Baad Bitches” and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. Review by Kinohi Nishikawa In the early 1970s, blaxploitation films popularized images of black masculine brawn and bravado that American audiences had never seen before. The protagonists of these films violated a number of cultural taboos in the...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Fanfarlo visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance. The Miami Herald interviews filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles about his graphic novel, Confessions Of A Ex-Doofus Itchy-Footed Mutha. The Seattle Times offers a "vampire tour" of Seattle. The Miami...
Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Book lovers, get ready to celebrate because the 26th edition of the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair International (Fair), is just around the corner. Presented by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College (MDC), the Fair will take place Nov. 8 – 15 at the college’s Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. Second Ave., in downtown Miami. The Fair...
forces of geek (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
With the release of the new Blaxploitation film Black Dynamite , I've been re-watching all of my favorite Blaxploitation films again to prepare myself for this newest entry in the sub-genre. So here's a top 5 of my all time bad mother... you shut your mouth. I'm just talking about Blaxploitation! 5) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) - One of the first of its kind, written and directed by the...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The sheet on the left, the entertainment section from a Nigerian (Lagos) newspaper, The Daily Times, dated April 1974, reveals quite a few interesting signs of the time; specifically, the preponderance of Indian cinema (Bollywood), as indicated by the theatre listings. Although I was tickled to see Melvin Van Peebles’ 1970 studio film Watermelon Man on [...]
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Also: Watch another The Blacklist: Volume Two video preview HERE . [YouTube] What is The Blacklist , you ask?? "The Blacklist Project reveals the diverse experiences of being black in America through interviews and portrait sessions with leading African-American figures. The project was conceived by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in collaboration with Elvis Mitchell, film critic and NPR...
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The singers are just two of many honored at the fourth annual show.
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Its official name is the Miami Book Fair International and it is one of the biggest highlights in November (this year it runs from the 8th to the 15th) for the Miami, Florida area drawing in fine authors, bookies, bookie wannabes and aspiring authors for indoor and outdoor events.
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Now that's democracy-- Sort of a hipper, white-people-aren't-the-only-greens version of Living With Ed
AAEA Hollywood (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
By Environment Man I recently chatted with Mario at the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) 39th Annual Legislative Conference at the Convention Center in Washington, D.C. I almost shot a segment with him when he was taping the show last year, but our schedules and some technical circumstances prevented it from happening. I like what Mario is doing with His "Mario's Green House." He keeps it...
Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Last week Wednesday, my wife and I attended the unveiling of the official poster and program of authors and activities for the Miami Book Fair International presented by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at ECCO Pizzateca and Lounge in downtown Miami. Created by Jeff Kinney , author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, the poster's subtle visual humor was a welcome addition to the array from...
Electric Warrior (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Fashion week, smashion week. By far the most eccentric outfit I've seen this week was not at the tents, but at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday in Brooklyn Heights. Film director/artist/writer/general renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles (who directed the seminal 1970s film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ) arrived to a panel wearing a pin striped suit with a hot pink ribbed top under the jacket;...
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