in particular the line of...I just finished a book of short stories by J. California Cooper. This woman has a way of pulling your soul in, and notletting you go ’till she is through.For trill.In the excerpt below, the daughter- who was married away by her momma, to a man w/ a peg leg when she was 17- tells [...]
Archive for June, 2007
I’m Trying to Get my Flame Back, I Don’t Want to Be Just Ashes ::::or::: J. California Cooper is theTruth.
Thursday, June 7th, 2007What does the NFL and General Motors have in Common?
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Too much cake being spent on health care and pensions. First, rising health care and pension costs are draining funds from Detroit?s coffers and choking off R&D funding. Last year GM spent over $5.2 billion on medical benefits for over 1.1 million workers and retirees. That works out to over $1,400 per vehicle! There is [...]
Dave Chappelle is Coming Out with a Cartoon on Adult Swim.
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Sike. I know. Im mean. A girl can dream tho. I was reminded of Chappelle this past weekend when I was in Barnes and Nobles looking at bo William Jelani Cobb’s book “The Devil and Dave Chappelle”: If slavery’ s economic benefits have echoed down to the present generation, is it hard to believe that [...]
Everybody Deserves a Second Chance, Even Crack Monsterz.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Who: Barry Michael Cooper, Journalist and Director of New Jack City is trying to make a comeback. Back in the day, he flipped his Village Voice articles into the New Jack City script. Watch to vid’s to learn more about ‘em. What: Watch his new video webisodes, “Blood on the Walls”. When: Today, n*gga. Where: [...]
10 Reasons Why Knocked Up will be the FURST DVD I buy.
Monday, June 4th, 2007So I have seen it twice in 24 hours. I know. I have a prollem.The first time in BK downtown, everyone got all the witty jokes. Second time, midtown, teenagers were there and the white peoplegot mad at how loud they were. Which brings me to the TEN REASONS WHY KNOCKED UP WILL BE THE [...]
Momma, I Want a Scraper Bike…
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007Scraper Bike by the Trunk Boiz.10 Reasons why the video is fresh. 1. They ain’t talking about crack. 2. Reminds me of Real Hip Hop. A concept. A hook. Lil dancing. 3. There was nary big juicy @ss being paraded around. 4. They really APPEARED TO LIKE THEIR SCRAPER BIKES. 5. The production quality was [...]
Black Women are Stupid, White Women are Stupider.
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007I bet that got your attention. Now that I have it. Three things have me thinking about how short sided and ultimately stupid we are. A. How is the government gonna TAX ME HIGHER because I filed jointly with my husband? The marriage tax is real and it needs to be address.For example, the fact [...]
Don’t Just Act Grown, Be Grown.
Friday, June 1st, 2007I don’t read movie reviews or book reviews. I simply go to movies based on the actor, director or the buzz from homies. Easy.Granted, some reviews slip through the cracks from the village voice or the news, but them sh*ts aren’t a deciding factor for me. Critics are haters. LOL. I go Barnes and Nobles [...]
