Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Boondocks


This is why I love the Boondocks!!!!!

If you haven't watched... Monday nights on Cartoon Network



Sunday, January 13, 2008

OK… I know I’m too old for this but....

They say that when you have a problem or issue the hardest part is admitting it. I am admitting my issue right now.

I have a mad crush on Kimberly Locke. (deep breath) There, I put it out there….

Don’t get me wrong I have a list of women that I have been crushing on since I was a teenager:
Vanity, Lisa Bonet, Janet Jackson, MC Lyte, Toni Braxton, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Gabrielle Union, Kerry Washington, Mya, Raven-Symone, Aisha Tyler, Lisa Raye, Lauren London… The list could go on, but I will stop there, and please know that these names are in no particular order.

I also have a list that trumps the above list. I call it my “Baby Momma” list. These are the women that are above all others…. ( in my eyes of course)

Gabrielle Union almost cracked the list but until now there has only been 2 women who are honored enough to make my baby momma list. Those 2 women are NIA LONG (Boyz N The Hood, Are We There Yet, Best Man) and SANAA LATHAN (Love and Basketball, Nip/Tuck, Alien vs. Predator).



I said until now because I have always liked Kimberly Locke since her run on American Idol a few years back. Since then she has had been on Celebrity Fit Club, Landed a few endorsement/spokesperson gigs, released a few albums and for whatever reason has become sort of a icon in the gay community.
Her albums haven’t garnered the same level of excitement as Clay Aken, Ruben or Fantasia but they did actually win American Idol. There also was this girl named Jennifer Hudson who didn’t win the show.

Anyway, I can’t really explain why I am crushing on her enough to create and additional spot on my baby momma list, but Kimberly it’s all yours..


Monday, January 07, 2008

The End Of An Era......


Last week an old friend died…. Her name was WJBT (92.7 The Beat)


WJBT was a station that I worked at in Jacksonville, FL. At one time it was called “The People’s Station” because it was all about the people. Not only her but urban radio was all about the people… community involvement, community interaction, community ties.

I rode the wave of major broadcasting companies coming into cities and buying up multiple stations, creating cookie cutter formats and raping the community. I witnessed this station go from being the only urban station in the market to sharing the market with another urban to both being bought by a company which became Clear Channel Broadcasting. Clear Channel made one station “Adult” which is WSOL, and the other station “Younger” which was WJBT.

I started in radio at WHJX (which Clear Channel changed to WSOL). This was many moons ago when music was on carts not CD’s. I had mentors in this business. I listened, learned and asked questions. I followed their lead and learned what it was to be a radio jock (DJ)….

Today the game is different…. It’s not a craft any longer. It’s just talking heads. You have people who just talk… These media companies care about the bottom line which is how much money we can make. My morning show was taken off the air because it’s cheaper to syndicate the Doug Banks Morning show than to pay a few salaries.

Presently listeners are forced Steve Harvey, Michael Baisden, and Keith Sweat in urban radio. These are not radio people!!! These people don’t talk about what happens locally in your city neither do they care.

I am going to fall back because I could go on for days about the decline of radio, but I will just say “Good Bye” to an old friend…… 92.7 The Beat…


Thursday, January 03, 2008

THANKFUL

It’s 2008 and it has been about a year since I have posted a blog….

I couldn’t believe that it has been that long, but I am going to try again to blog on a regular basis. I mean I do have a lot of stuff on my mind and I am going to speak my mind in my post.

So much has happened in the past year and I would be crazy to try to run down everything in one blog. I started to blog because I was really at a not so great place in my life and I just needed an outlet. I needed to just sit and write and get stuff out. Currently I am blessed to be at a much better place in my life.

I have moved twice in the past year, but I am THANKFUL to still be in Florida close to my family.

I am THANKFUL to have a solid group of friends.

I am THANKFUL to be employed in a job that I like and pays me well.

I am THANKFUL to have a few side hustles that pay me well also. (legal of course)

I am THANKFUL……..