"I was so afraid to go there. We loved what you did there. Thank you."
-A diner patron in Cedar Rapids, Iowa upon meeting U.S. Presidential Candidate and Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).

Manchildblack's "To The Sky"

Good morning.

I found a link to Manchildblack's youtube video in my ebox this morning. I see this kat all over bohemian haunts, like Fort Greene's Soul Summit Music Festival and of course at his LES dance cipher, Libation.

Not ever actually having the opportunity to hear his music, however, from this youtube I'm digging his sound. Next time I dig through the bins at Discorama, I'll look out for his Westend 12" - Awake in a Dream. And if "To The Sky" is there, I'll pick that vinyl up too. If it ain't, I'm sure though it'll be there soon enough.

P.S.
Word on the net is that the video will be airing on BET J, soon. Nice.

At risk of my blogger account sinking into a black hole of yesterday's blogs, I'll copy and paste this quote I stole from a very intelligent young man's profile on a site that is popular among the black gay (and "bored") set. $5 dollars to the first person who guesses for what bored is a code word. But sshh, don't say it online, this is a PG-site after all! What about the chillens!? Oh and in memory of Don Imus, I've bleeped out the profane language. Thanks, you're great, Andre.

"N***** are like apples on a tree. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Lazy n***** don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt or putting forth any effort. Instead, they tend to just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right n**** to come along.

Oh, how profound indeed.

Is Barack Obama the Answer?

She said, "I am married to the answer."

After a week in which a certain prominent blogger posted an entry with an irresponsible and tabloid-esque B.O. headline (which I intentionally do not link here), I'd like to shine a little light on The Answer's partner in crime: Michelle Obama.

Though I didn't go to this event, there's a good YouTube floating around that takes you to the scene in Harlem where Mrs. Obama stumped, spoke, and downright preached to a gathering of Women for Obama '08. For those, like me, familiar with Michelle's "funny name" stump speech: the first part you ain't going to learn anything new. BUT after that obligatory warm up piece, she rhetorically begins asking how is it that a man with Barack's experience (Harvard Law Review President, Community Organizer, State and Federal Legislative Experience) could he be called inexperienced? Only in this country, she said, could that happen.

The largely black and female audience's call-and-response energy let it be known that they had an answer to Michelle's question.

Check the YouTube: