Todd S Burroughs
What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrtong’s Later Years. Ricky Riccardi. Pantheon. 306 pp. $28.95. He told Benny Goodman where to stick some contracts, and referred to him in 12-letter language. He told his white manager—the one who most music historians believe controlled him—that if he didn’t set up with the police and everybody [...]
Okay, so I read a few pages of ”Justice League” No. 1, out on Aug. 31. (And boy, DC must be desperate to pull a “Harry Potter”esque midnight release!) It’s great. But at 43, do I really want to see the Justice League form AGAIN?!? Do I want to read (as in, BUY, READ AND COLLECT) Clark Kent [...]
……because she really knows how to cover superheroes for the radio!
Since I loved “Captain America,” with its desegregated (!) military, I’m on no moral ground to criticize this movie. (Although, having said that: did we really need to see a film about a grown up Scout? LOL! All these people don’t think so. So, now, in 2011, The “Magic Negroes” are now maids? AUUUGGGHHH!!!!) I did, however, enjoy [...]
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THANKS to The Final Call for this! And THANKS to Malik for forwarding me this!
O-Kay. Well, I guess if a Black man can be Nick Fury, then why not?
Public Enemy posted the following on Youtube: This is a polite respect call to the troops , to continue to inspire but reflect the people better. OTIS Redding was a humble country man from Macon Georgia who bought a jet to work in, not flash. He perished in that plane. Heres to hoping that [...]
Grant Morrison’s misses in comics are better than most people’s successes. He is a brilliant creator who wrote Possibly The Best Superman Story Ever. His run on Batman, not yet over, is quite good, too! So I was happy to find out that this was on Hulu.
Nope. Still not obsessed. Not even a little.