It’s Christmas time!
In lieu of posting old school Christmas videos, I figured I’d get into the wintry spirit by taking you back to the last year it snowed in south GA. 1989. That year it SNOWED. People were going crazy. It was like how Y2K was supposed to be. [...]
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Even though I’m southern to the core, I was actually born in Lompoc, CA. Lompoc is known for two things: Vandenburg Air Force Base and a Federal Prison.
The greatest rap group of all time is……THAT KAST! I imagine my choice will be popular with some, irrationally unpopular with others, and cause everyone else to have a massive bout of indifference. At any rate, they are my choice and I’m sticking with it.
My nephew was born during my ninth grade school year. In a couple of weeks, he will graduate from high school. Dear Baby Jesus, I’m old…and much too depressed to write a proper intro.
Oh Mike. Oh Mike. We remember you way back when. The afro…which metamorphosed into a curl. The bell pepper nose…which metamorphosed into…a jalapeno nose?
So early last week, as I’m working on the topic for this week’s column, my girl IM’s me and basically says that she wants to go eat at Carraba’s.
Transitions can be difficult. The transition from college graduate to mature, responsible adult is still an ongoing process for moi.
Sorry for the absence of a column last week, but real life catches up to you real fast. So with that little business out of the way, on to this week’s topic: Lyrics! This week we’re shining the spotlight on lyricists; cats who are true Picassos with the pen.
The Year: 1994. The Locale: Morehouse College. The Mood: Euphoric
The mystical magical freshman year. I came in as a 17 year old from a small town that didn’t know nada. The first semester was a straight blast. The first major party I went to, at the Radisson Hotel, ended in gunfire. I [...]
There are no new ideas. Actually I don’t really believe that to be the case, but it often seems that way. Let’s take a look at the website I hyperlinked. “Back To School?” “The Karate Kid?” “Footloose?” “Short Circuit?” Really? We need an updated version of “Short [...]