When I go out, I spend a lot of time making observations about people, so that I can share with you, our loyal readers.
Last weekend, while nodding my head to the music, I had one such revelation.
I am a firm believer that there are two kinds of people in every nightclub that I’ve ever found myself in. There are people who go to be seen and those who go to be met. Now there are many tell-tale signs of what type a given person is, but in my humble opinion, the most obvious indicator is the act of wearing sunglasses indoors at night.
Allow me to explain… Beside the obvious impairing of vision and generally looking like a douche-nozzle (because no one truly needs sunglasses in a dark-ass club), more subtly the be-speckled club-goer denies him/herself of the all important, yet oft overlooked eye contact.
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If seeing Marlon Wayans in full battle gear doesn’t disturb you just a little bit, then I don’t know what will. What we have here is the youngest Wayans brother in full costume as Ripcord for the upcoming GI Joe motion picture. I’m looking at the cast list on IMDb for the other black characters and I see Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje from Oz playing Heavy Duty, but don’t see where anyone’s playing Roadblock (which is cool, because I hate Roadblock).
According to Tyler Durden:
…an exclusive look at the cast of next summers “G.I. Joe”, starring Rachel Nichols as Scarlett, Channing Tatum as Duke, Karolina Korkova as Cover Girl, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow, Sienna Miller as The Baroness, Ray Park as Snake Eyes, and Dennis Quaid as Hawk.
Pictures of Ray Park as Snake Eyes have been floating around the web for a few weeks and I have to say, that’s one bad-ass looking ninja! And we’ve seen Park’s work as Darth Maul in Star Wars:Ep 1, so we know the choreography will be EPIC. But seeing the rest of the cast in the X-Men meets the Matrix black rubber suits, has dampened my enthusiasm a bit. Especially, the goofy looking, white suited Storm Shadow.
For more info and a bunch more pictures, check out: TYLER EXCLUSIVE - THE CAST OF GI JOE - What Would Tyler Durden Do
I don’t know whether to be excited about this or horrified. On one hand, Black Panther (arguably one of the oldest and best black superheroes) is getting an animated series! YES! On the other hand, it’s going to be on BET (arguably the worst thing to happen to black culture since Jim Crow). NO! I hate BET so much that I removed it from the auto-program on my TV. I’ve never been so torn in all of my life.
According to Variety:
Marvel Comics has signed a deal to turn one of its superheroes, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series for BET, starting early next year.
BET made the announcement at its upfront presentation in New York as the highlight of a batch of new series being readied for the 2008-09 season, under the supervision of Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment for BET.
This is going to be either very, very good or very, very bad. I guess we’ll have to wait and see! For more info, check out: BET cages ‘Black Panther’ - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: “Everything DMX says is precious gold.”
There are few who can match DMX for pure ignorance-factor. For example check out his views on the current Presidential Race:
http://www.whudat.com
It would almost be funny if it wasn’t so stupid. The most important question of course is, why are we interviewing DMX in the first place? I mean dude hasn’t been relevant since “Get at Me Dog” in ‘98.
So Super-Dee-Duper Tuesday has come and gone and it looks like Obama’s been taking states left and right. So Obama supporters should don their “Barack Rocks!” tees and dance in the street, right?
In the words of André “3-Stacks” Benjamin on his song the Life and Times of Benjamin André, “W-w-well, yes and no.”
Continue reading ‘Election 2008: Where does it stand?’
Fashion Accessory or Social Handicapper?
When I go out, I spend a lot of time making observations about people, so that I can share with you, our loyal readers.
Last weekend, while nodding my head to the music, I had one such revelation.
I am a firm believer that there are two kinds of people in every nightclub that I’ve ever found myself in. There are people who go to be seen and those who go to be met. Now there are many tell-tale signs of what type a given person is, but in my humble opinion, the most obvious indicator is the act of wearing sunglasses indoors at night.
Allow me to explain… Beside the obvious impairing of vision and generally looking like a douche-nozzle (because no one truly needs sunglasses in a dark-ass club), more subtly the be-speckled club-goer denies him/herself of the all important, yet oft overlooked eye contact.
Continue reading ‘Fashion Accessory or Social Handicapper?’