I Think I Just Witnessed A Crime...

Country Hip Hop Makes My Heart Sing

Somebody has to develop this for the Wii, ASAP.

Dude in the back with the 8 ball shirt...
Now if that ain't country meets hip hop I don't know what is.
Poor Wade in his cowboy hat was trying so hard...BWAH!

Get it Gramps...

Who knew senior citizens loved Lady Gaga...

Somebody Is Ready for Carnival

His Momma better get to gluing feathers and rhinestones to his Huggies!

Happy Sunday...Now That's a Praise Dance!

With all this popping on a Sunday morning,
who needs the club on Saturday night?

Was all of that really for him to go drop his tithes in the offering tray?

Did you peep dude pull that little girl out of the way in the beginning?
She doesn't even know...He saved her life!

Snap Pop & Rock it Out this Summer...

If you want a great workout and the company
of two beautiful, funny and talented women,
Snap, Pop and Rock on over to The Ailey Extension
and take one of their classes.

Their classes are held on Saturdays @ The Joan Weill Center for Dance
@ 405 West 55th Street (at 9th Avenue)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 405-9500
www.aileyextension.com

Doing it in the Park...

While out on a hair product hunt in the BX yesterday, my girl Wandee and I stumbled upon a Park Jam up on 105 street and Lexington...


I rained here in NY yesterday so most of the dancers couldn't really go in hard like they wanted too but a those that did dance, went hard!

They were seriously getting it out there...I heard there was a much larger group before the down pour of rain and that dudes were spinning in the middle of this huge puddle of water...
Mad I missed that!

Brother man right here damn near took out a few teeth...


This dudes shirt said, "I May Not Be Made of Stone, but I Damn Sure Can Rock!"




And this well behaved lil' cutie was in the crowd rocking his pink studded collar...

I'm was seriously feeling this dudes t-shirt. On the back it said, "The Struggle Continues".



And then as an added bonus on my walk to the train I got an eye full of great art work...




This flick gave me a serious flash back to African dance class back in the day...

Funga alafia, Ah-shay Ah-shay. Funga alafia, Ah-shay Ah-shay.
Funga alafia, Ah-shay Ah-shay. Funga alafia, Ah-shay Ah-shay.

That's the song we sang as we came out on stage...It means welcome and blessings...



Ahhh, the melding of so many cultures...LOVES IT!


These are just a few reasons why



Here are few video of the performers...Enjoy!

Let BANGS Take You To The Movies...

So would you go to the movies with Baby Boy Bangs?

Ahhhhhhhaaaaaa!

No Sex in the Arab Champagne Room...

Who knew they got it in like this...and I bet that's the Arab Uncle Luke they're bumping in the background...I wonder if he's saying Doo Doo Brown in Arabic???

Arab Champagne Room

I know they are hot as the dickens and dag those dudes look bored as hell...Give 'em a little ankle action or something...Dang!

Louisiana Judge Denies the Swirl...

You know this story doesn't even surprise me...I know where I live and I know good and well any country who had to be forced to pass laws to make a race of people "equal" to it citizens is going to have things like this happen. You can change laws (though that doesn't protect us from some of the racist B.S. that pops off on a day to day basis) but you can't change the mentality of people.


Here's the full story in all it's insanity...

Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 4:50 am ET

NEW ORLEANS – A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.

Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.

Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.

Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.
"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."

Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.

"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."

"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry." (unless you are gay)

The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."

"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.

According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.

Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.

The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.

"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff


Did he really say that he lets the black people he knows use his bathroom? Just the simple fact that he felt the need to say that says a lot to me. And he "treats everyone equally"? This man doesn't even seen to know and doesn't seem to know what "equally" even means. Since when do the personal feelings take precedence over the law?

And peep the book I found while hunting around for more info...I bet Justice Bardwell gives these out as stocking stuffers.

Willie Lynch lives on...Tsk Tsk Tsk!

Tangy Tuesday Part Duex...

Absolutely no words!

Way Back Wednesday...Ghetto Heaven

I always though Sounds of Blackness sang this song,
but it actually it was a group called Family Stand...

The group Family Stand was made up of Peter Lord,
Jefferey Smith, and Sandra St. Victor. Their song, Ghetto Heaven was huge hit
back in 1990 and Common used the hook for his song of the same title in 2001.

I used to love this jam but I sure couldn't figure out what they
were talking about....Was it good loving, was is drugs, liquor? Yo No Se, but her are the lyrics...they didn't help me though.

You know I love my baby
My baby loves me
My day, it gets so heavy
I need a little company
It's quarter to 11; it's time to make some ghetto heaven...

Ghetto heaven
I need a little ghetto heaven...

Nana likes brandy, especially peach
She keeps it by the radio
And listens to the Reverend preach
It's 10:07, and time to get some ghetto heaven...

Ghetto heaven
It's time to get some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
She needs a little ghetto heaven...

Baby, baby, baby
All I need in this world is you
And when you're gone
Baby, baby, baby
Your touch, your kiss always gets me through

Sister needs her sugar
To get her through the day
She doesn't have the money
But always got a way to pay
It's 2:07; it's time to sell some ghetto heaven...

Ghetto heaven
It's time to sell some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
She needs a little ghetto heaven...

You know I love my baby
My baby loves me
My day, it gets so heavy
I need a little company
It's quarter to 11; I need a little ghetto heaven...
Ghetto heaven
My baby needs some ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven
I need a little ghetto heaven
Ghetto heaven

(repeat to fade out)

So What's Your Ghetto Heaven?

And I know it was the 90's but that hair...please people, lets not bring this back.


Thanks for the song suggestion Suga Shack!

Chris Brown on Larry King...We're All Glad It's Over!

I'm not really sure why Chris Brown went on CNN's, Larry King tonight when he refused to talk about almost everything and claimed he doesn't remember hitting Rihanna at all. Chris did even look at the picture of the bruised Rihanna when it was put up in the screen and claims that they have not been in contact since the original order was handed down. He also says that he loves her and smiled and giggled when asked if he could see himself with Rihanna for the long term.

Chris also denied that there were 2 previous reports filed involving the two of them but according to Larry King they are on record.

Honestly I only watched the whole show because I was so shocked by how stupid he sounds. Sorry!

He appeared on the show with his Mother, Joyce Hawkins and his attorney, Mark Geragos donning a bow tie and trying his damnedest to look innocent; But just ended up looking like a Muslim Monchhichi in my opinion and a modern day Bojangles in my girl Khali-flower's.

Khali-flower and I were killing it on the texts, laughing our a$$es off about how they might as well have left him at home with his GED books cause he didn't help his image one bit. She thinks his publicist should be fired, and I might have to agree with that one considering they didn't think to give him a quick speech lesson and tell him to try not to look bored.

Aww, here comes a sad face...BOO BYTCH!

If he said "it's like, wow" and "it's crazy to me" one more time, my head was going to explode. I guess his lawyer gave him the "I'll do anything the courts asks of me" line because he used that one about 8 times too.

He and his Mom were killing me with the mispronunciation and misuse of words..."reinnerate" and "immaturness"...Lordy, I can't!

They played a portion of his first public apology, with which he said he "got help with the wording"...Hmmm OK brother...A tutor is sounding better and better!

Here's the full length apology...



Can anyone tell me what the hell this Gordon Gartrell
looking waiters shirt he's rocking in this video is about, please???

After Larry King went off, Anderson Cooper had Nicole Brown Simpson's sister (O.J'.'s ex-wife, R.I.P). on his show, AC360, talking to people who had questions or comments...WTH???
I won't even go there!

My boy Heffe pointed out that Chris is young and young people make mistakes and while this is very true, when you are in the public eye you are held to a higher standard and to do something like thisat all; but on the night before the Grammy's no less, as if wouldn't be front page news, is just insane!

Then he claims there was no alcohol involved...Boy stop telling tales! He even had to pause before he spit that lie out...there was probably more than that involved...Shoot, he might of had a bad trip and though she was a purple dragon he had to slay...who knows!?

Oh yeah, I heard him on there explaining to Larry who the haters where, "all the bloggers out there". Well shoot if I'm hating for disliking him for doing what he's accused of doing, I'm good with that!

Can't you just see the birds circling in his head...Tweet Tweet!

Way Back Wednesday - Treat 'em Like They Wanna Be Treated

I remember watching this video on Video Music Box back in the day.

I can't get over just how low budget it looks to me now.

I heard that Mary J. Blige used to be one of his back-up dancers.
Anyone know if there was any truth to that rumor?

I personally can't believe it. I mean I love Mary J. just as much as the next person but the sister can barley walk, much less dance. She walks hard as hell and stays looking like she's on her way to jump a broad that slept with Kendu in the back of her Maybach.

OK for real, can anyone explain this commercial to me? Are people so foolish that all they need, is to see an artist they like and they will buy what they are hocking??? I'm confused!

Tangy Tuesday...Who Wears Shorts Shorts?? HE Does!

A few months back, while eating lunch and

waiting for a friend I saw this dude roaming around

looking a little saucy (see duchess definition below) and all crazy.

Duchess Definition

Saucy: Someone who is drunk or who has obviously been drinking.

I wasn't able to get a clear enough shot so I put the picture eon the back burner.

You can't really tell but he has on a super tight shirt with his

lower belly all exposed, a bouquet of fake flowers, some serious low rise

pants, a purse covered in more flowers as well as the floral headdress.

Well the other day while chatting with my girl SoyJoy she starts telling me about a man she saw in front of the hospital. As she is describing him I'm thinking, "this man sounds strangely familiar". Well since my girls rock the bells something fierce, she whipped out her camera to show me the picture she got of him and sure enough, it was the same crazy Asian man.

I just hope he was there to pick up his Pant on Pills cause I don't want to see this mess and judging from the serious case of "side eye" dude on the right is dishing, neither does he.

Thanks again SoyJoy!

Way back Wednesday...Adina Howard

Oh snap remember this joint?

Adina Howard-Freak Like Me

Some might say she was an early R&B version of Lil Kim, but plenty of freaky female artists came before her (Milli Jackson etc.) but she was definitely banded my my Momma.

People would probably think she's not nearly sexy (or naked) enough
by today's standards (GASP, No weave!) but for '95 this was pretty raunchy.

In 2004 Adina released the song Nasty Grind, bearing much fewer
articles of clothing and still bringing the sexy. She looks great!

Who's Gonna Run This Town Tonight?

So we all know Jay-Z's new song, Run This Town featuring Rihanna & Kanye West (ICK!) is the hotness out right now.

Well my boy DJ Jeff Haze
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Jeff-Haze/6226763374.com/pages/DJ-Jeff-Haze/6226763374)
had a link to the full video on his page so I snagged it for ya...

By the way, he'll be spinning at The Lox Lounge in Brooklyn tonight
(and every Thursday) located @
15 Putnam Ave @ the corner of Grand & Fulton. Tel: 718.930.1316.

ENJOY!

Now I'm feeling the song and video just as much as the next person...I peeped the Tre Cutacious Warriors references here and there, but for real, I'm in a state of total shock by Rihanna's fashion. Yet again the woman has brought us straight FIRE.

If you are a P.E.T.A. supporter stop reading NOW.

Now ladies, I know it's not always realistic to rock a hat with a black veil or fur accents when it's 80 degrees outside (I've done both though...WHAT?... Say something!) but just in case you are feeling gutsy, I've got a great idea for you.

Roll on over to New York's Fashion District (around 38th street & 7th avenue) and buy a fox pelt. I got mine about 3 years back for about $40 bucks. Not every fabric store around there has then but just roll on in and ask if they sell "whole animal pelts". My tag read, "Rio Negro Foxskin".

Looks like road kill, huh?

I prefer getting the whole ones because they are cheaper and you can cut them to your liking and can use any scraps for other projects, like a fur cuff or to accent a pair of boring shoes. Be ready to see a tooth or a paw or something so woman up and just trim that stuff off.

Guess you can tell I'm no P.E.T.A. person...they throw some paint on me and I'm skinning them and rocking them next season!

Anyway, you can either pin the fur to one shoulder or sleeve of a cropped jacket or vest or wrap it around your shoulders for a "stole effect'.

For this look you'd need about 3 pelts

but you could pull off the look from the video with just one.

Now get out there and Run This Town Tonight!

Way Back Wednesday...Crush on You

For some reason Crush on You by The Jets, makes me think of summer.

Well they do say the summertime makes people frisky &
all that so head out in this HEAT WAVE and find your newest crush...

Way Back Wednesday...Hi-Five!

Hi-Five's - Kissing Game!

What's Your Kissing Game Memory?

Tangy Tuesday...Private Dancer!

This mug wont be homeless for much longer.

Someone's going to spot this talent and make him their PRIVATE DANCER...

DANCER FOR MONEY!

He'll do what you want him to do!