tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55084169252575027712012-02-03T09:08:29.067-05:00Vanity Dark is the brainchild of an overly nostalgic girl obsessed with television and the way history impacts current culture.Enjoy trips down memory lane with me.Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-40507840556138203292012-02-01T14:40:00.000-05:002012-02-01T14:40:17.862-05:00

No, Lady. You're son is most definitely not a slave. He's a 7 year old who temporarily fell prey to some peer pressure. But this is some good old silliness masked by the blinding love of motherhood and a teacher with failed clasroom technique. I’ve been around 7 year olds. Most of them aren’t quite this articulate, but I have met some smart cookies. So assuming this gifted

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Read: From (http://paloma81.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-weeks-quote.html) And Click Play

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Oh the perils of multiracial advertising: We cry, we yearn for inclusion, we shout of discrimination and create campaigns around the perils of identity politics and representation in the media. We inspire dreamy eyed aspiring journalists to go to school and study media representation and write chapters of dissertations that ... (Okay, that was only me. Yes, before I became disillusioned and

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The first time* I followed journalist Toure on twitter, I read a discussion between him and several of his followers on what sports teams they loved. In this discussion Toure made a claim to the effect that having to like a team based on location was silly. To each their own. I have nothing but love for my hometown teams in the following order: Knicks, Mets, Giants, Yankees, Jets.* The only teams

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1. If you've yet to say a prayer, donate, and encourage your network to do the same for the people of Haiti. Stop reading, and do so now. I'm not spewing all my thoughts in this entry. 2. http://blaxidermy.wordpress.com/about/ This is fire. 3. The wonderful music and culture site RBMVibes (www.rbmvibes.com) is looking for writers. If you want access to free albums,have insight on today's music

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Is there anyone who the slight mention of them makes you giggle?I was listening to Common's Finding Forever at work this week biding the time as I deleted excel entries, and he mentioned Master P in one of the songs. Not only do I love finding hidden jewels in lyrics that I never caught before. I like to laugh...a lot.The grin broke out...and before I knew it I had to stifle a giggle. The idea

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I'm working on getting writing into my day. In an effort to progress, I started tackling one of the many issues floating in my head. Why did Sandra Bullock take a role in "The Blind Side," the film about a white housewife taking in a homeless black teenager and turning him into a great football player? This movie is obviously going to be a huge cliche, but also one that will catapult Bullock

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-18956738140692875402009-11-08T23:00:00.002-05:002009-11-08T23:12:14.765-05:00

I went to see "This is It" with my sister over Halloween weekend and thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. It was as if I watched a concert in a movie theater...but much better than that time my eldest sister had to take me to see the Spice Girls movie in junior high (still among my top ten of questionable entertainment choices).I'm glad we had this last glimpse of Michael. Sure at

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Heya! I'm working on that list below...but I'm back. I seem to have gotten the prerequisite down which is not falling asleep as soon as I get in from work.Now for an actual post. Thank you OSF for waiting out for me. This week's theme is smile...which of course made a million themes run through my head...all having to do with the word smile or being happy. Too bad the majority of songs are from

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Change the Buggin Out picture. The best summer ever is now over, and while my love for Do the Right Thing never dies, nostalgia moves forward.Write, because people have started questioning what's up with me, and the blog. That's never good. I'm back to not making target promises though. At this point, I'm so not sure what I can promise per week. I will, however, keep doing OSF. That's definitely

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Today's Old School Friday gets down to business: Money. The love of money may be the root of all evil, but it sure does get it going. Not having had any for the past year, I often dream about the green tender and what can be done with it.When I saw the topic, I knew the song I wanted to use, but I never knew the name. I've heard the song but once on vintage Soul Train episode, but when it came

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-63334797524750257852009-08-29T01:53:00.003-04:002009-08-29T01:59:08.945-04:00

In the summer that everyone has died (Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett, Dominic Dunne, Ed McMahon, Naomi Sims, Ted Kennedy, DJ AM, E. Lynn Harris, Stanley Kaplan...) and in the week that we also remembered the too soon passing of Aaliyah, we take time to celebrate the birthday of Michael Jackson.Google's there with us. If you're in NY head down to Prospect Park for the 40 Acres celebration.

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This week's Old School Friday is a song that people will be surprised you know. I'm random and don't think I really surprise people anymore. At first I thought Journey, "Don't Stop Believing" then realized that everyone knows that song and I just joined the party late in life.While I don't know all the words to this one, it was a favorite of my elementary school years. Yes, random I know. But who

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-30067799420581430202009-08-28T09:47:00.004-04:002009-08-28T22:38:07.472-04:00

Just as I finally put up a "When I Read" post and started preparing some more books/stories/poems to share, I find out that one of my three favorite shows about reading (Reading Rainbow, Wishbone, and yes Learn to Read with Famous Amos because I was a cable-less child) is ending. Wishbone, which ended in 2001, was a classic and shared a variety of stories. But as great as the little Jack Terrier

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Happy Monday!

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So I graduated high school after 1999 and in elementary school they randomly decided my year that our prom with our parents invited wasn't "Christian" enough. But I'mma pretned like we had a prom, and that it ws the best eighth grade prom ever.This was the year in which Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSync and Christina Aguilera all collided. Missy, Ginuwine, Nas, and Blackstreet

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-49932693620927900112009-08-19T04:09:00.000-04:002009-08-19T04:09:00.477-04:00

So, I'm doing a lot of writing at 4 AM on Monday morning because I'm up and won't be able to update during the week. That being said I got a head start on Old School Friday and this week's theme is prom. You'll see my choices on Friday. First off I wanted to give you some of my favorite scenes from television show dances/proms. I did this very literally. Moesha always had great stuff, but it was

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Its 11: 48. I have twelve minutes left to make Old School Friday work. I peeped from last week that it was no You Tube and I was up for the challenge. I thought long and hard this morning until I came up with David Rudder's Panama. I put it in the You Tube search bar and it didn't come up. Every other song I tried..from rap, to soul to R&B to gospel to obscure reggae existed. For anyone who

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A while back I mentioned that I actually read when I was little. Mother's an English teacher so I had no real choice. And while I prized books- especially series about babysitters in Connecticut- I also loved a good poem. Unsurprisingly, most poems I read, memorized and spoke out loud dealt with the African American experience. Well one Christmas, like any teachers child, I opened up my wrapped

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-89941875051932302762009-08-10T18:19:00.008-04:002010-12-15T10:14:55.775-05:00

It's a twitter music monday yall. Catch my tunes. Today's extra hot. I was in the emergency room and saw too many heatstroked seniors. Guess that means its time for another installment about Do the Right Thing, set on the hottest day of the year. Now any die hard Spike Lee fan will tell you about Joe's Bedstuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, Spike Lee's 1983 thesis and how that launched Spike's

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Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan Chaka Khan!Yes, today's Old School Friday celebrates one of the greats. Everytime I hear the name Chaka, beyond thoughts of fantabulous red hair and extreme outfits(which unlike Diana Ross didn't frighten me) I tend to think of my favorite movie soundtrack Waiting to Exhale and her contribution. The judges on American Idol would definitely agree that she made

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-23010016871640859312009-08-05T15:45:00.005-04:002009-08-05T15:52:38.249-04:00

It's icky. I've finally started using the Air Conditioner. I've been waiting around for the hottest day of the summer to show up to start spewing thoughts on Do the Right Thing, which my slight obsession with has been documented several times on this site. But with the not so hot, but still disgustingly humid summer New York has been having, I realized that it shall be difficult to correspond my

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-48883684657139690502009-07-27T17:03:00.010-04:002009-07-28T20:13:01.151-04:00

I was doing some research on new music, and came across this article which discusses cartoons and music in light of comic-con. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/07/toons-and-music-unite-phineas-and-ferb-and-da-jammies.html (One day I need to make it to a convention that honors people obsessed with a pop culture genre to the level of geekdom.)While reading this I felt validated in

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-1802973753780520542009-07-27T15:59:00.006-04:002009-07-27T16:22:15.517-04:00

Slow JULY??? Whatever could I mean? After all with all of the Skip Gates hoopla, the craziness in the entertainment world and what not the blogosphere is teeming with issues that are being discussed? Okay more like I've been a little self absorbed and also issue fatigued. I can't sit and criticize all aspects of black media, because truth be told, I(a very well educated and cultured person)

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-89831451357743944492009-06-30T17:06:00.006-04:002010-12-15T10:20:02.358-05:00

Quincy Jones hasn't only lost Michael Jackson this week, he's lost his print baby, VIBE. As VIBE.com mourns the loss of Michael Jackson, journalists and hip hop lovers are mourning the loss of VIBE Magazine: the iconic magazine that reported on hip hop and R&B: the music, the culture, the celebrities and the politics. For many its just one more example of the magazine industry going down the

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-57590771083614062582009-06-30T16:17:00.002-04:002009-06-30T17:02:17.423-04:00

Still coping with my MJ withdrawal on Sunday I came home from church to find out that Billy Mays has passed. Now most ppl saw my facebook, gchat and Twitter reactions and thought I was crazy. I was a 90s child without cable. Early Saturday before the cartoons you only had infomercials consisting of Solid Gold and Billy Mays (and those SmartMop ppl). I convinced my parents to get Orange Glo and

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In the words of a friend: "Grab your crotch and scream." If we're going out we're going out with a bang!Fittingly, this week's OSF has been altered to a Michael Jackson memorial. I'm sure between the lot of us, we'll cover a decent share of his catalog, but we won't get anywhere close to hitting the majority. The man was eccentric and for many people it was a love from a distance feeling, but if

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I neglected to give Ed McMahon his proper due earlier in the week, and we also lost Farah Fawcett yesterday. This has indeed been a sad week.Someone made this tribute against one of my favorite songs.

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-40870070977457181742009-06-25T18:33:00.002-04:002009-06-25T22:07:14.903-04:00

I just got the news and I'm stealing wi-fi on a campus, but I have to scream...so im going to do it online MICHAELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLMichael Jackson - Don't StopUploaded by hushhush112. - Explore more music videos.Expect a proper tribute later. Condolences to his family.

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-26053962868238228172009-06-19T12:45:00.001-04:002010-12-15T10:24:07.541-05:00

Editor's note: I've had this post sitting on my computer since March...pre-hiatus. An Old School Friday Post made me think of all the random church episodes on television shows. When a need to demonstrate singing or deal with some moral can't be otherwise weaved into a plot, all of a sudden "the chuch" comes into play. Now note, there were some shows based on the church. (That link will bring

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HEYYYY I'm Back to Old School Friday! I've been missing out on all the fun, but today is one big ol dance party. Now in my senior year of college it turned out that the big dance songs for the majority of the college were Journey "Don't Stop Believin", Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline" and Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama" If you ever want to see preppy New Englanders get all happy jumping up and

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-63518521540459911282009-06-19T10:10:00.003-04:002009-06-19T10:18:19.053-04:00

Unfortunately there is no appropriate television reference to mark the celebration of Juneteenth. And in the Addy series of the American Girl books, she definitely found out on April 10th....not June 19th (Yes I remember that from years ago). But in comradeship with my people down in Galveston, Texas let's all reflect on the importance of freedom and the struggles that continue until today.I

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**Bling Bling**I know this photo is about a week old now,but I'm just shocked I haven't seen that joke made yet. And yes, I know I am wrong for connecting the president to Cash Money. Who would have known Lil Wayne had such staying power.

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-60071878786027637592009-06-04T11:01:00.001-04:002009-06-04T11:03:54.617-04:00

This is soooo something I would have done. In case you needed any more proof:The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cBarack Obama Is Cliff Huxtablethedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorEconomic CrisisAnd for all my Brooklyn and Queens darlings, Happy Brooklyn-Queens Day!

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Apparently this is my most visited page. I have no idea why, but with good reason I figured I'd update you all with more American Girl news. As seen below in my last Old School Friday post, I really like being a girl. Honest disclaimer: I still have not watched the American Girl movie. But I do respect the all around movement to expand upon the gender norms imposed within our culture by

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-62495015874285365042009-04-29T13:56:00.002-04:002009-04-29T14:02:44.878-04:00

Vanity Dark has been placed on hiatus. Until we're back on our normal schedule, enjoy these commercials.We'll be back with that good good.

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So of course, if I were a boy I'd want to be Theo Huxtable or Dwayne Wayne. Alas, they aren't real ppl. And as much as I love Shad Moss, he is also not my choice out of fear that I'd suffer from short man syndrome. But this was hard, because there are quite a artists I'd emulate if I were a boy. Sean Combs almost made it on, but I spared you. I'm not sure if I'd be funk like Prince, a crooner

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-73935099412788864902009-04-01T00:49:00.004-04:002010-12-15T10:15:41.753-05:00

Peep the link above for an Essence write up of an AP survey on "Why Black Men Can't Finish College?" 1/6 of me want to find the AP research so I can read the conclusions and have some more insight myself. I'm sure it's nothing that hasn't been said before...but it's nice when numbers back it up. 1/6 of me wants to find the AP research to discredit some part of it, because that's what I've

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I've been there. There's a reason Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" and Janelle Monae's "Lettin Go" were some of the most played songs on my I Tunes list.I believe in indulging my sulky mood, before uplifting myself. And while those would be my picks, they are not Old School. But check out that Janelle Monae, pre-Diddy single. It speaks directly to a bad day at work. As a teenager my go to song was My

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-73021604316429683322009-03-26T23:20:00.005-04:002009-03-27T00:40:49.289-04:00

I have to admit the title of this piece confused me. Even with the picture I figured they were writing about Michelle Obama's mother or some other woman not in the spotlight, because we all hear about Michelle Obama ad nauseum. Like many other young, eager, wide eyed and bushy tailed women, I became enthralled with the image of Michelle Obama during the 2008 Presidential election campaign season.

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-84340663614389320792009-03-26T10:30:00.004-04:002009-03-26T10:56:33.603-04:00

The world lost a great historian and scholar in John Hope Franklin this week who died in Durham, North Carolina at the age of 94 years old. His long career as a Historian took him many places from his undergraduate days at Fisk to completing his Masters and PHD at Harvard University. He taught at several schools and chaired many history departments. As the head of Brooklyn College's History

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-14942605103042984722009-03-20T12:09:00.003-04:002009-03-20T12:22:36.270-04:00

This week we bring you songs with "Baby" in the titleThe first song is simply named Baby. Besides for laughing at the glorified tackiness of the mid 1990s, it's nice to remember that Brandy had a lot going for her. I still blame her for the loss of many people's hairlines. They did not realize that she got her extensions redone regularly.And sadly, even back then Sinbad didn't have a job. (Trivia

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-54531529283045237012009-03-13T12:12:00.005-04:002009-03-18T22:14:20.800-04:00

I've had this post sitting her for a few days, so I figured I may as well publish it.Undoubtedly entangled in Women's History Month are discussions of feminism, women's rights, and the cultural revolution of the 1960s. In the last 15 years, gender issues within the black community and hip hop culture have become extremely publicized from letters to boycotts to books, more books, and town hall

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-88716408795616540192009-03-13T11:32:00.003-04:002009-03-13T12:08:12.734-04:00

Today's Old School Friday is all about the children. And I couldn't help but go to the reggae child singers. First up is Lil Vicious. He came out at the Martin Luther King Wingate Concerts a few years back because Doug E. Doug was performing and did this same song. His brother was in my sister's class in our small Christian elementary school. Yes it's alright if you shake your head at this

Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599932308378311689noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508416925257502771.post-41089074257854559162009-03-12T20:40:00.002-04:002009-03-12T20:55:53.160-04:00

This is my public acknowledgment that it's Woman's History month. Due to complex gender and racial politics as well as history, I'm always less excited for Woman's History month than I am for Black History month. Sue me. I'm going to fail, and not get into that discussion right here, although I'm sure everyone wants to join in and give their two bits on which is more salient or how society has

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I know, I was gone. I was busy working on a production of FENCES, that went fantabulously well. Today's Old School Friday Theme is Songs with Heart. I'm assuming this means Heart in the title, or predominately in the lyrics.For the first time in a while, I've had to think long and hard to even find a song. Forget connections to television.The first song that pops to mind is Celine Dion, "My Heart

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THAT'S JUST MESSED UP!From a "Why lie, I need a beer" sign to "Barack, the Magic Negro" some things are just messed up. Really there's no other way to describe it.The New York Post decided to be brilliant and run this cartoon by Sean Delonas which will be interpreted by any smart, current event literate person as Barack Obama, depicted as a chimpanzee, being shot by cops. This is in light of a

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Tell em who my people is, Yall know who my people is.I've posted this video before, but the giddy side of me felt the need to share this again. Master P and Romeo make me giggle...

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I'll admit, last years picture was better. But can we celebrate the lack of inflation at Vanity Dark? Everything is still $Free.99 !!!I've slacked on the Black History Month posting and I've been called out on it. So to get it kick started, I'll direct you to a piece written by my sister over at RBMVibes.com You can check it out and comment on it here: http://rbmvibes.com/2009/02/11/

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First off: Happy Black History Month!The appropriate new cover/banner will be coming soon.Okay, down to Old School Friday business. Today we are doing songs by New Edition or members of New Edition. I have a tendency to utilize this group often, and in all actuality one of few popular mainstream songs I can recall knowing at 3 or 4 was Poison. (Another is Iesha by ABC, a Ne-BBD derivative). I had

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This week Old School Friday is dedicated to remakes. Oh we could take this very very far. Once upon a time I started an IMeem playlist dedicated to this, but didn't get very far. Remakes can either be good (think Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton) or bad (think Mariah Carey remaking her own version of Hero... Why?). Sometimes they're just downright funny.Remake: MASE, Puff and 112 "JEALOUS GUYS" (

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Way back when I started blogging, one of my first posts was an acknowledgment of a family hobby-rewriting song lyrics to fit whatever we felt like. So yes, as a recent college grad I penned "Bouncing" the broke girl's version to Jim Jones's "Balling." Unfortunately I'm still Bouncing since I said forget a job and went back to school, but that doesn't mean I have lost my ability to make awful

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One of my favorite essays is one that I wrote on revolutionary poems during the Black Arts Movement. (Noted one of the worse essays I've ever written was my high school senior thesis on the evolution of slam poetry.) Obviously I wasn't expecting a "poem that kills"* during the inauguration. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much. For someone who loves poetry, competed in prose and poetry, and was

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It's official. Our President is Black! It is taking every bit of restraint in me to not walk around singing Young Jeezy...esp. in the aftermath of me doing a video thanking Bow Wow and the state of Ohio for doing the right thing on NOV 4. (I am afterall his biggest fan, jk...kinda)Like millions throughout the country, I sat and watched and marveled at witnessing such an event. I think one of

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If we could light a candle for everything he's done,For everything he's bettered, (for everything he's promised)For every victory won,Then that light would shine brightly,For all the world to seeAll he did for peace and freecom and equality (all the beauty of peace, freedom and equality)Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King---the old McDonald's Martin Luther King Day commercial, (the version that

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Yes this is the Saturday edition of Old School Friday!This week's theme was tv theme songs which is right up my alley. But I'm taking myself away and NOT going to do any of my favorite shows, since they get mentioned so often anyway. I've actually been having a lot of tv theme song conversations with friends this week...but that's besides the point.I'm in a space mood right now, but was never one

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Once in a while an academic decides to take hair dresser and barber shop conversation and turn it into a topic worth of discussion. As someone who's taking a fair share of Media and African and African American Studies courses, I am well versed in the art of turning something you said at dinner into the most superfluous paper or article ever read. Sociologists and Anthropologists do not seem to

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The city girl cynic in me tends to want to see the worse in every situation and recognize that it's there. Still, amongst my friends I've become one of the more positive thinkers. When I first saw this commercial I wanted to go into a diatribe on all the things wrong with it, but no one was awake to listen to me. So I quieted my heart and accepted the underlying message.Optimism. Pass it on.

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This Friday I have no choice but to break the rules. I graduated H.S. in 2003, so the music may not be that old school. Actually it's a little sad to remember that at my high school prom we got hype to Cam'ron songs. Yes my senior year saw the emergence of Dipset into mainstream music, reggae getting it's millennial shine from Sean Paul and Shaggy, people beefing over Jay-Z vs. Nas....vs. DMX(

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I've been honored with the Emblem of the Helping Hand Award by RevvyRev of The Certain Sound blog (thecertainsound.blogspot.com).The Emblem of the Helping Hand Award was started by SJP of Sojourner's Place and serves to acknowledge those who have helped us with our blogging efforts along the way as well as give a helping hand to fellow bloggers. This post is going to be very interesting because

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From a "Why lie, I need a beer" sign to "Barack, the Magic Negro" some things are just messed up. Really there's no other way to describe it. You would think I would save my posts instead of doing a massive post dump. I think I'm tipsy off some apple juice and Nutella, so my brain juices are flowing (blame it on banana, gave me potassium; blame it on the glass, got me being crass; blame it on

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Today's Old School Friday is Blogger's Choice. Where does that leave a free spirit like me? The choices are too many!!!! ACKKKKKK.I just graduated (again) . So I'm in a happy graduation mood and always wanted Ain't No Stopping Us Now to be my graduation song.I am also a fan of good ol' Tevin Campbell singing "Tomorrow"Remember when Will graduated on The Fresh Prince and had to finish his music

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In my head the "it's a new day" fitness center commercial is playing. After sleeping through the pivotal turn of midnight moment, I still feel great.But as we send out the old, check out the" 2008 Rap-Up" from Skillz. It covers a good portion of urban pop culture for the 08 as well as national news. Rotflmbo @ "A-shoe-sinnated" and Frankie being the real star of The Keyshia Cole Show...In

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I didn't mean to fall off the face of the earth like that. I went back to London for my graduation ( you can call me Master now) and came back in the middle of holiday season and to the reminder that I am in the middle of a job search. *groan*But, I'm back and I couldnt let the year roll out without one last post. My little blog and I have gone through it this year. I stopped posting at one

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This man is too talented for his own good.Maybe not as much, but a good deal. Throw him a bone!Actor/Actress Gone Singer/Singer Gone Actor/ActressRappers are way to skilled at this, so they have been excluded.This week's Old School Friday is right up my alley. If you can't tell by my usual choices, I'm slightly obsessed with television and always think its great when there is a little musical

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This is obviously not the most important part of my day, but this article has left me a little confused. While a good summary of Ludacris's career and rap persona (although we really should touch on him and Fabolous ruining many a child's Akeelah and the Bee moment), when did he have locs? I remember the braids, but not the locs. I have a feeling he was confused with Busta Rhymes.NY Times, where

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This week's Old School Friday celebrates Stevie Wonder. I discovered this song pretty late in life, at the age of 18...and then proceeded to play it over and over before I lost my music library. I tried to avoid posting the Cosby Show episode, but it's Friday and you probably have a little time to kill.ht="344">Other Old School Friday participants here.

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From Momma Payne and 'em.Pass the peas like we used to do,Kim

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Ever stay in on a Saturday night and try to settle into a good television routine. You can't. Thankfully there are House and Law and Order re-runs before the wonder that is Suze Orman telling me all the stuff I can't afford and SNL. (Does Mad TV even exist still?) Once upon a time....

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This week's Old School Friday is all about Jazz. Since I disappeared for a long time, I thought my choice was fitting as a rebirth of my status. Enjoy the Jazz and Rap Fusion!Digable Planets- Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)And because I can make anything become related to Do The Right Thing, peep Spike's use of jazz, hip hop, and Spanish music to create this scene. ( No it's not my You Tube

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This cover for Life Magazine was taken in 1969. It's almost forty years later, and while some people may feel like the fifty states and white house make up for the forty acres and a mule, obviously some of the same conversations are occurring and the changes may seem cyclical to those that have come off of the election high. Ebony proclaimed earlier this year that "Black is Back" but this is also

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Sad news as I trolled on Facebook today, Miriam Makeba has passed away. She was an activist simply through being herself and expressing her feelings through song. She'll also be remembered for her contributions to film and television such as The Cosby Show, Amandla!, When We Were Kings, and Sarafina. Some special Makeba moments below:Pata Pata: Nkosi Sikeleli AfricaShe died doing what she

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but what would Obama do?"--me, pondering one of my daily constructed issues that really isn't that serious. Okay, I'm still not sure I'm back to blogging (the site has no direction, and until it hits me, I'm not sure I can continue), but website alert. If you're unemployed like me, get in line. --humming Sam Cooke "Change Gonna Come" and Jeezy "My President is Black"--and smiling and

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AND MICHELLE OBAMA IS FIRST LADY! I had given up on blogging, but this is an auspicious occasion.

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So Ugly Betty just started and there is a new opening for the show. I don't like it. New openings used to cause excitement. Remember the Cosby Show? Even in syndication the different seasoning openings are something to look forward to. I bring to you the revamped opening for Sister Sister. The twins straightened their hair, became "cool" and the WB11 continued to be the post-Fox source for Negro

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This one is a little tough for me. Growing up, road trips consisted of two tapes played over and over again: one was by the Grace Thrillers and the other was by the Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Trust me, "The Midnight Cry" is not exactly what you want to hear as a kid on 3 hour car trips in the rain and in the dark boonies. You will be convinced the world is ending that

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Back to regularly scheduled programming. I gave you last Thursday off.Since Bow Wow has been good lately: promoting Entourage, producing great photo shoots for King and appearing with nice young ladies like Angela Simmons, he's back in my good graces. I'll forgive the music and trip down memory lane. I'm barking with you.

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But is there really any way to forget? I was going to write about the number 7 and what it should mean being today marks 7 years since the 9/11 attacks. There really aren't words. Please take a moment to remember and pray today.

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On last night's episode of "I Want to Work for Diddy" (VH1), the reality competition to work for Sean "Diddy" Combs, Laverne-the resident transgendered contestant was eliminated. In a battle for what seemed to be the integrity of her identity versus exploitation versus the public's comfort--Laverne did not fare well in the heat of the battle. Kimberly, also known as Po-Prah managed to stay in the

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As if there was ever any doubt. Michelle for first lady!

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Dear Time Out New York:I adore your publication. When I was in London, I relied on the information put out on your website on a regular basis to find random but entertaining things to do in a new city. I've also been a longstanding member of the Hiptix listserv, even if I have never attended a show. This week Gawker has been doing several posts concerning your ability to pay your bills.

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In my world, Saturday morning is still Friday. This week's OSF is posted around disco. First thought to my mind was a very special episode of Family Matters(yes I really loved that show) that did not get picked up in the My Favorite Scenes: Guest Music Star Edition. Aunt Oona from Altuna,played by Donna Summers made sure we all got in the "Last Dance".Another favorite Disco moment from my

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It's that time of the week again. Old School Fridays! This week's theme is Neo-Soul, and I'm going to bring you some pre-1999 goodies.A pre-solo career Amel Larrieux in Groove Theory's 1995 'Tell Me"Groove Theory-Tell meUploaded by SirDroopyZhane's "You're Sorry Now" I went with this instead of other tracks like "Hey Mr. DJ," "Groove Thang," and "Sending My Love," but they're all solid tracks

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I've pretty much avoided most Barack coverage, because there is more than enough on the Internet for everyone to read on the topic. Instead, I'll provide something a bit more in line with this blog and give you a music play list that goes along with this moment. It's random, but it brings together a lot of the themes I thought about during his speech: heroism, woman's rights, racial relations,

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It's the last of the WB cartoon clips. This week I pull from the Anamaniacs, to show not only Yakko, Wakko and Dot; but also some of my other faves: the GoodFeathers and Pinky and the Brain! Enjoy!!!

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Background: I'm Bow Wow's biggest fan. (Mostly joking, kinda serious)The story:Over the weekend, my friends and I were driving and enjoying the radio when a song called Marco Polo begins to play. Only one of us has heard it before, and she warns us of its awesomeness. I come home and You Tube it, expecting to find some unkown artist making a break with a silly song. Instead, I find out that its

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So Old School Friday came and gone, but I was lacking internet access. (How I survived this devastating affair? I actually interacted with people in person!) So in a very tired way I bring you a Favorite Male Singer. It's not going to be Michael Jackson. In an attempt to stick to semantics, I will also not include Boyz II Men,although it is obvious: I am a fan. And because I'm so late, I'm sure

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Earthworm, Earthworm, Earthworm JIMContinuing with WB Saturdays: here's Earthworm Jim. Some super fan has created a montage of the greatest moments. I saw AWESOME!

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"All dancing is not shucking and jiving"-MeSo browsing blogs, I note Average Bro's latest post concerning Percy Miller's latest venture, the Better Black Television Network (BBTV).I was reserving judgment on the channel. After all, Silkk Tha Shocker is the host of one of the shows. I've never been able to indulge in TVOne, but it always seemed like a great deal to me, because they show sitcoms

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Judging from the fact that I secretly burned one of my old professor's Black Power: Music of a Revolution disc collection, this Old School Friday is right up my alley. A younger, less wiser me of less than a year ago would have included Boys II Men's "Why Christmas" if only for the simple reason that I was convinced the lyrics were "It's gonna be a white Christmas. My brothers and my sisters...

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Next up on our trip down WB Saturday memory lane is Freakazoid. I guess every 16 year old boy's alter ego is a strange old man. He runs around in underwear. Freak a me...Freak a you. Back to editing for me. Enjoy!

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This question has been around since my family actually had a subscription to Ebony. See here for the piece.http://www.stereohyped.com/what-happened-to-americas-black-sitcoms-20080813/

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No Explanation: Just Joy! Thanks to Nai for putting me on a few months ago.

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Is it a cop out for me to use this song seeing as how they start with the word Motown? Yes. Do I care? No. I'm young...this is the Motown I know.Other Old School Fridays participants shown here

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This made me laugh out loud tonight as I sit, watching Comedy Central. Wait for it.RIDER STRONG IS ALIVE (I was so busy laughing I didn't notice till a friend pointed it out. Thanks Sophie)! This boy has met the world after childhood acting. It also beats McCain approving a commercial comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.They're so two years ago anyway.I so want some mid 90s TGIF

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"The Party's Just Begun!"Somewhere in doing research for my dissertation and watching Hollywood Shuffle, I remembered the joy that was the WB 11 Saturday morning cartoons. Sometimes ABC just didn't do it for you. Keeping in line with the rest of this weeks posts and my homage to comics in character form with Robin Harris in all his Bebe's Kids glory on this season's cover, this week's throwback

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Peep this trailer for the Black Disney Princess movie from the good folks over at Bossip/Livesteez. Where did that reject Song of the South fly come from? Come on Disney you've done the random black sidekick for Disney's heroines before. Neither Harry Belafonte's Sebastian or Eddie Murphy's Mushu was that frightening. The verdict is still our because the movie's not done yet. Well at least Anika

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While browsing That Black Girls Site I noticed an article on Disney' s search for a black princess. I had previously spoken about Disney's struggle with princesses and my excitement for Maddy in this piece about American Girl ("American Girl Movie. A Playlist and An Apology"). Apparently my dream is never going to come true. According to this piece it has been reported that the princesses' name

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I've been so busy not posting even though I spend every day starting at documents on my computer I completely missed the fact that my little blog has had a birthday. It all started back with my obsession with Vanity Fair and the fact that they put out a twenty cover issue dedicated to Africa. Check it out here: http://vanitydark.blogspot.com/2007/07/vanity-fairs-twenty-cover-issue.html. Back then

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and I'm finally going to provide my bad video from the night. Overall it was a pretty good show. N.E.R.D. tends to have something akin to a cultish fan base, but the Londoners were ready and psyched for the concert. I am convinced that 1/2 of the people in attendance purposely went out and got Billionaire Boys Club outfits and BAPES just for that night. According to many people in the

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