Monthly Archives: January 2004

Here’s the deal: “You Got Served” is, in fact, both the best and worst of the new school of urban dance films. It is a film divided in two, a dichotomous adventure into breathtaking dance scenes choreographed (and music-directed) by … Continue reading →

Due to the fascinating enthusiasm/PASSION? over “You Got Served,” and because I have cherished, purchased, bootlegged, home-recorded and daydreamed about more urban dance films than anyone I know and probably more than this dude (pointed out by Jay Smooth), I … Continue reading →

if you are in the vicinity of Rutgers University this June, perhaps you might want to check out the first annual National Hip-Hop Political Convention. From the Cowboyz ‘n’ Poodles inbox officiale: “Ballin’ Entertainment is proud to be working with … Continue reading →

The NYT magazine’s cover story this week, on the sex-slave trade in the United States, is provoking a lot of blogiverse discussion, starting with brilliant-all-the-time-and-also-when-infuriated Sasha’s. To which I sent him an email, which he posted, and Jessica, Douglas, and … Continue reading →

Tonight, the choice between an advance screening of You Got Served (wherein B2K dance head-to-head with the drummer from Blink 182) and Stephen Petronio Dance Company broke me out in pins and needles. On 95.5*, DJ Juggernaut reported that You … Continue reading →

Rejoice! Joseph Patel’s debutante entry into the blogiverse prompted still more obsessive listening to Kelis & Dre’s “Millionaire”, which is partially about communism, and totally about reparations. P.S. What is up with the Abstract Dynamics monopoly on some of my … Continue reading →

I’m out for a spell, recording the grammy award winning cover album, “MUY ROMANTICO: FREAK STORM,” dancing on Chic-a-go-go, and swimming laps at the Chicago metro YMCA with my bootylicious homies, who are some of the most brilliant people I … Continue reading →

The Date: Last December, my place of employment, the Portland Mercury, purveyor of entertainment, gambling, and back-alley moonshinery, held an auction for charity (the Portland Relief Nursery, a safehouse for neglected/abused children). One of the auctioned-off items was a date … Continue reading →

I doubt there has ever been a more intimate, astonishing documentary about a coup d’etat than The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. The Irish film crew who made it was there during the April 12, 2002 takeover of the Venezuelan … Continue reading →

Later I will write about my weekend thus far: * the Dog Show, and the Tails of Whoa sheltie crew * the date my 7 lady co-workers and I went on, with a dead ringer for Nick Carter from backstreet … Continue reading →