“Torturing Democracy” when it slipped onto public television this month? If not, PLEASE go to the site and watch it, and you’ll see why the PBS folks are not that thrilled. Of course, this level of cowardice from PBS isn’t exactly new.
Category Archives: news
Third Time Lucky
Boy, between this third cover and last issue’s (true) journalistic hit-job on McCain, Rolling Stone has set a new standard for clarity. 🙂
OCTOBER 30th ADD-ON: I bet Rolling Stone would like this.
40 of "60"
Wow! Kinda relevant, huh? 🙂
Wow! National Review Columnist–A Buckley, Even!–Endorses Obama!
Brief Book Review: Post-HipHoppers
This brand-new book occupies the intellectual space between Kevin Powell’s essay collections and Bakari Kitwana’s seminal work.
M.K. Asante, Jr., a filmmaker, poet and college professor, adds his name to the list of young (under 45 🙂 ) Blacks who’ve written works that seek to combine journalism, personal essays and contemporary history, using hiphop of the point of departure. He is an optimistic self-described “artivist,” a 26-year-old writing to inspire younger people who will pick up this book because of its title. It’ll be their text for Black Contemporary Socio-Political Development 101, and believe me, they need it.
Get this book for the teenager (or college-aged young adult) in your life and make him or her read it. Then make him or her look up all of the authors he mentions.
If A Conservative Is A Liberal Who Got Mugged……
…..and a Black Nationalist is an integrationist who got called “Nigger” one too many times, does that mean, somewhat conversely, that the staff of “On The Media” are, at heart, Pacifica folks who wanted to pay their mortgages? 😉 Or do the folks at WNYC have the luxury of holding onto that old-school idea that practicing true journalism means calling bullshit bullshit (albeit indirectly) when that’s what it is? LOL!
Must-See? No! Fun? YES!
There were SO many ways to mess up a “Knight Rider” revived series, and they failed to mess it up! Last night was on fire! Literally, if you count the first 10 minutes. 🙂
(I missed the backdoor pilot that aired earlier this year. Dang. Had I known it was this good……)
Written by folks who’ve clearly seen at least one episode of “Star Trek” and “Torchwood,” the series premiere was fun and exciting from beginning to end, with the same tone as, say, “Iron Man.”
Did You Read………………
CONGRATS To………
…..my nephew Andrew Burroughs Jr., who is being honored this week by the Newark Black Film Festival. His film won the Long Narrative Competition. The award, the 2008 Paul Robeson Award, is being presented by Paul Robeson Jr.
JULY 30th UPDATE: My nephew tells me last night Mr. Robeson is sick, so Richard Wesley is doing the honors. Get well soon, Mr. Robeson.
P.S. In an unrelated note, enjoyed this NPR story on Kevin Powell’s Congressional run. Congrats to you too, K.P.
P.P.S. More unrelated: Congrats to Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!” and NPR’s “Tell Me More” for actually covering what Obama said at “Unity” about reparations, et. al.
One-Word Review Of "The Dark Knight"
Masterpiece.
P.S. I’m off to see it tomorrow for the THIRD time, but I’ll see it again with anyone who wants to see it.
