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"Big" Al Cordery

Umjomo is my Swahili first name, Decorde is my Spanish last name

About Me

I am a (Biblical)disciple (not this crazy stuff you see on TBN!)of JESUS The Christ who loves the arts, and I am in the process of creating my own universe!; all you fans of science fiction, fantasy and comic books are going to love it! My baby mamma, (sike, she's the lovely girl who I somehow tricked into marrying me, ha, ha, ha!) whose name just happens to be Jacki (she's my Brown-Eyed Girl yaw), is a songwriter. I'm the happy proud pappa of Laila (my baby girl is absolutely hilarious, and she's just two years old! GOD help me!)! I've inherited another daughter too!, Whitney (also known as DaCosta Muriella, I think I spelled that correctly). Oh, and I can't forget my new children at John Welsh Elementary(4th & York St.), Southwark (9th & Mifflin), George Washington Elementary (5th & Washington Ave.), Reynolds Elementary (24th & Jefferson), and Cooke (Old York Rd.). Gwendolyn is my nanna, Al Sr. is my daddy, Ella Louise is my mommy, Candis Mercedes and Kelly Akua are my sisters, Jon The Baptist, Tyrone and Lamont (R.I.P.) are my brothers, Boo Boo is my niece, Mont and Mick Mack are my nephews, Chase (a.k.a. Junior) is my favorite cousin (I inherited so much family when I married my wife that I wouldn't have enough room here to put them all, but best believe, I loves dem too!), and (Jungle) Ant Britton is my best friend. YAHWEY has blessed me to where I've drawn two comic books the past two years for The Food Trust. The books promote healthy eating amongst inner-city youth, and have been distributed within the Philadelphia Public School system. I love music, and I believe their are only two kinds of music: good and bad. I'm a lyricist, and semi-retired Hip Hop mc(every once in a while I do a lil' somethin'). My musical influences Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Walter Hawkins, KRS-One, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Black Thought, John Coltrane, Johan Sebastian Bach, Chuck D, Earth Wind and Fire, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton, Gangstarr, Sara Vaughn, Donnie Hathaway, Wu-Tang Clan, Queen, Diz and Bird, Nina Simon, Curtis Mayfield, Beethoven, Bob Marley, Wolfgang Ammadeus Mozart and a host of others. And finally, I love to laugh, I mean I really love to laugh!, I mean I really, really love to laugh! Rest in peace my all-time favorite Richard Pryor, the comedic genius! When we use our GOD-given talents and gifts, we're all winners! Selah. Finally, my ultimate mission in life is to love people, --- not with Al's love, but with the love that descends from above, --- "the GOD kinda' love". Aunt Cattie, you've reached perfection!

My Interests

Old pro wrestling videos(1970's and early 80's), comic books, Biblical scripture, and any type of informative secret information(the stuff our government does'nt want us to know: there's a joke out there that states, "If you want to keep something from a nigger, put it in a book", selah.

I'd like to meet:

I would write The CHRIST, but I've already met HIM (ha, ha!), and soon face to face! Other independent comic book artist and writers (be on the look-out for my universe, it's coming to a comic book, television, and movie theater near you!) Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Stan Lee (Marvel Comics), Avery Brooks (my favorite Afro-American actor!) and Hakeem Olajuwon (Just my favorite center to ever play basketball!).

Music:

I love music, there are only two types of music, --- good and bad! Favorite albums: Bob Dylan "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back", Walter Hawkins "Love Alive", Earth, Wind and Fire "That's the Way of the World", Ella Fitzgerald "For The Love of Ella: Ella Live!", The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band","Abbey Road", "Let It Be", John Coltrane "Love Supreme", Bob Marley "Exodus", Ray Charles "The Genius of Ray Charles", Gangstarr "Step Into The Arena", Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsys", Fred Hammond "Pages of Life", Stevie Wonder "Innervisions", Marvin Gaye "I Want You", Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Random's "Art of War" featuring Ohene (yeah, my mc brethren are mad-nice!) and Van Morrison's single "Brown Eyed Girl (it was originally named "Brown Skin Girl", but the record execs made him change it, saying it was too risque').

Movies:

Trading Places, Godfather Two, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Love Jones, Predator, The Manchurian Candidate(original 1950's version), The Day The Earth Stood Still, From Here To Eternity, Finding Forrester, Batman Begins, American History X, The Chinese Connection, The Blues Brothers, You, Me and Dupree, and any Morgan Freeman movie with him playing Dr. Alex Cross (finally a Black man playing a mastermind!) don't sleep!

Television:

The Wire, Justice League, Samurai Champloo, Turner Movie Classics, Ghost In The Shell, The Sopranos, sports and PBS.

Books:

Thanks to Jamie Worthington, I'm absolutely addicted to the Harry Potter books!, Marvel Comics' Civil War is the best art and storyline that they've ever come up with!, Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body, and of course, that number one international best seller, the Bible! Look out for my first self-published comic book, I promised my kids!

Heroes:

John the Revelator, Malcolm X, Bruce Lee, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., my daddy--- Al Sr!, Donald Outterbridge Sr., Harley Race (his autobiography is awesome!) Richard Pryor, Ghandi, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Lennon, Mother Theresa, Bill Russell, Ozzie Davis and Ruby D (my role models for the classy, intelligent Afro-American married couple), James Rouse (don't get it twisted Jay, yo' pappa!), W. E. B. Dubois, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali (of course!) and my baby mamma, who just so happens to be my wife Jacki!

My Blog

THE GREAT SPORTS (ALL!) DEBATE!

HELLO AGAIN all ye who call yourselves "true" sports fans. Once again it is time that I educate all those who, suffering from delusions of grandeur, think that they are experts in the subject of ...
Posted by "Big" Al Cordery on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

The Plight of The Philadelphia Sports Fan!

"We the Idiots (Since the Declaration of Independence was signed here, I think that this heading is appropriate)Put down your pills, put down your drinksstop pulling out your hairStop rooting for your...
Posted by "Big" Al Cordery on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:15:00 PST

THIS TOP FRIENDS STUFF IS GETTING ME INTO ALOT OF TROUBLE!!!

Listen, if you're not in my Top Friends List plleeeeaaaasssseeeeee don't take it personally, I love all of you negro heathens (ha, ha, ha!)!!! Jacki is first because she's wifey and that means (well i...
Posted by "Big" Al Cordery on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:09:00 PST

We May Not Experience Death!

    When asked what will be the sign of your return and the end of the world, Jesus answered this in Luke chapter 21, verses 10 and 11: 1. WAR! Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and...
Posted by "Big" Al Cordery on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:25:00 PST