Cyberspaces 1 Feb 05

Sweet baby Larry.

"if you see a brown boy
whispering psalms into the air
for a turned-back god
and its hands-tied son,

know

that beneath that mahoganny skin
tailored shirt
and shined shoes
he's an everyday casualty in a war
where no one fights fair"

From "If" by Larry D. Lyons, II

EJ’s waning gibbous moon offers The Weekly Vibe: Hip Hop Collaboration I. Go check it out.

Lynne links to a story about Universal Music Group not providing music videos to on-demand businesses. They want money for what were formerly thought of as promotional tools. Jeez. Get all the Launch.com, and the rest, you can get now because it all may be coming to an end very, very soon.

Heru considers the culture of fear. Don't be scurred. Go look and see.

Bernie cooks up thoughts about his impending career change, being single and the culture of couplehood.

Philippe celebrates New York's first major snowstorm in photos. Beautiful images. You are really doing it up, Mister!

Maurice likes dem HBCU bands.

James, was tagged by EJ and gives us some very interesting answers to Mr. ATL's qs. You might get tagged next....

Kevin has a clip of the (stupid-assed) song that got Miss Jones and her co-hort from Hot 97 canned.

Is Bernard a sadist? You decide.

Ryan gives some interesting commentary about Halle Berry and N'bushe Wright. Ryan, your critique of Berry is interesting. I'll be over to your site to comment this week...

The Love Hater unfortunately lives in a place comparable to a club.

Charles honors parks, bathrooms, streets, glory holes, subway stations, movie theaters, bookstores, and on and on. Let us keep our rituals. Let us continue to be our own best things.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 @ 04:53 PM