…….is here.
Melki On The Trumpet Awards
So, Melki, are you watching the Trumpet Awards, a.k.a. now The Al Sharpton Awards?
It’s a seamless transition from previous productions and an actual awards show that you can watch with your children where big stars actually show up.
They had Rev. Joseph Lowery up there and he’s still entertaining at 94 years old.There’s a real political edge this year that addresses police brutality heavily and that’s all Rev. Al’s work.
A lot of Negus hate on Rev. Al, but they probably sitting there with their kids watching the Trumpet Awards now!!!
Do revolutionary’s eat Fried Chicken???
Um, I guess. Anything else?
I just wanna mention Xernona Clayton, who carried the banner for the beginning for the Trumpet Awards. She deserves all the respect in the world for positioning the show to a place where people like TV One and Rev. Al could take it to another level. Her job was much harder.
Cool. I have a Black Press Fellowship named after her!
Yay, Venus!
Marvel Miscellaneous (“Captain America: Civil War” Related)
Less Than Two Months……
…..before the end of “Hunger Games!”
Melki Speaks His Mind (On “Empire” Season 2 and Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show”‘s New Host)
I have begged my friend Melki to get a blog so he can share all these comments on emails he sends to me, and instead he just gives me permission to use them. So, here goes:
On “Empire”‘s second season:
The good thing about “Empire” coming back, Melki, is that it diverts attention from the news that the Bill Cosby total is now PAST 50!
This is great in many ways only because it reminds me of early hiphop and jazz when all the great artists worked together on the same projects. Ludacris had a role in this episode and my man who played with Wesley Snipes in Sugar Hill. All these great actors who won’t getting no shine from Hollywood. With Empire and Kevin Hart’s Real Husbands eury black actor is getting some checks and Tyler Perry’s name ain’t on it no more! LOL! 🙂
So I can use this for the “Drums” blog, Melki?
sure! I just don’t want the Lion trying to roll up on me! These internet streets is real, sun!
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So, Melki, what do you think about the brother who’s taken over from Jon Stewart?
All I can say is Trevor is way funnier than John Stewart.
Sadly, well not too sadly, but he and John Oliver are the funniest and hardest hitting right now.
Haven’t seen the latest Colbert *&$! and “The Nightly Show” is running 3rd in the realm of news satire.
Oliver’s addressing of the issues and Noah’s comedic timing put them above every one else.
Wilmore is on their trail and is blacker which is always good!
OCTOBER 15th UPDATE FROM MELKI: A few notes on Empire. The actor I mistakenly identified as Michael Wright is actually Andre Royo: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747420/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t29 he plays the streetwise attorney who has quickly become Lucious Lyon’s right hand man, willing to do whatever it takes to keep him out of jail. The last episode also featured an almost video done in the Black Panther motiff addressing the issue of police brutality which is becoming more and more a prominent aspect of the tv show. While being arrested by some jump out cops, Cookie screams ““If I die in police custody, I did not commit suicide.”….so this means my last post about art and protest uniting for this generation is starting to hit home more and more.
A Belated CONGRATS To…….
…….Ta-Nehisi Coates for his Genius Grant honor!
My hope is that like the Hulk, the angrier he gets, the stronger he gets! (And vice-versa!)
His victory has inspired my scribe crew! We’re all gonna hit it harder!
OCTOBER 14th UPDATE: And CONGRATS on being a finalist for the National Book Award!
Urban News Service, Huh? Okay, Bring It!
Hmmm. A rival to the Trice Edney News Wire. Shades of the Associated Negro Press vs. the NNPA News Service!
For the sake of national Black journalism not narrowed down to one person, his may have to be the first time I’m ever gonna root for something led by Niger Innis! Maybe…..!
Something About October Magazines
Because the ones I’m reading right now are “off the chain,” as the post-modern expression goes.
This must be the month magazine’s submit for the National Magazine Award, because the Sunday going-to-meeting clothes have appeared on the last Rolling Stone (excellent articles on the Pope and cover-boy Trump), and October’s Smithsonian (the Egyptian pyramids, Einstein, the Brazilian Gordon Parks, and Hemingway)! I’ve viewed Smithsonian as a wannabe National Geographic, but it does more than that. I especially like its articles on technological and popular culture history.
The October National Geographic promised and delivered on a lost city in Honduras, the Congo River, Sweden wilderness, sea wolves and, on the cover, a new link in the human evolutionary chain! WOW!
OCTOBER 15th UPDATE: Was happy to read this.
Christopher James Priest Talks About His Time As The Writer Of Marvel’s “Black Panther”
My favorite comicbook author not named Grant Morrison 🙂 talks about his run–my all-time favorite in the 49 years of the character’s existence. Priest’s run that made me a “Black Panther” fan! I no longer collect comics, but I will make an exception for this Priest BP collection!
(And I want to point out that what Priest says in Part One is what I say in my chapter of “Ages of the Avengers.”)
Ta-Nehisi Coates has his work cut out for him! But I’m sure he knows that!
Drums in the Global Village 