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Markus, the artistic hustler

Enter the Mind of a Pop Culture Geek

About Me

A decent, God-fearing guy with a love of comics, some anime, wrestling, music, acting, and most things involved with the 1980s.

My Interests

Comics, Basketball, Music, Acting, Writing, Karaoke, wrestling...I am an multi-disciplined, pop culture geek.

I'd like to meet:

Common, The Roots, Lupe Fiasco, Dennis Haysbert, Tribe Called Quest, Nia Long, Quincy Jones, Rudy Ray Moore, Kelly Rowland, Jay-Z, and anyone who is friendly and cool. I'm not picky.

Music:

Gospel: Fred Hammond, Tonex, Kirk Franklin, Tye Tribbett and GA Hip-hop: IMC, Ptah, Cosmo, Sperichal, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, Kanye West, Common, Consequence, Little Brother, Justus League, Game, Styles P, Ghostface Killah Singers: John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Gavin Degraw, Fall Out Boy, Five for Fighting, Amy Winehouse,etc.

Movies:

1. Clueless 2.Ferris Bueller's Day Off 3.Cornbread, Earl, and Me 4.Secrets of My Success 5. Grease 6.Crash 7.Slam 8.Transformers the Movie 9. Hollywood Shuffle 10. Breakfast Club

Television:

Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, The Unit, Lost, Desperate Housewives, One Tree Hill, College Hill, ECW, Ghost Whisperer, The Closer, Las Vegas, 30 Rock, The Shield, Dirt, Smallville, etc.

Books:

Have a Nice Day, Foley is Good, The Broke Diaries, From Q With Love, Life and Def, Where The Wild Things Are, and various graphic novels

Heroes:

God, Jesus, my parents, Spider-Man, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Paul Giamatti, Denzel Washington, Dave Chappelle, Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Eddie Murphy, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, my great-grandma, Jamaal "Cornbread" Wilkes, Laurence Fishburne, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Al Green, and many more cool people. Also, anyone that does things for the love and hopes that the money will follow, and people who try to leave things better than it was when they got there.

My Blog

Readings, Recordings, and Films: The Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday:I got off work and made it to a table reading for David:Valley of Shadows. I found out that Keenon (not Nikita), a fellow actor, was in the film, as was Jean Henderson, who attended the Unive...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Tue, 06 May 2008 04:23:00 PST

Gifts, Karaoke, and Movies: The Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday:I went to the comic book store, then to Hastings on my side of town. I bought my (step)father the Lonesome Dove miniseries on DVD. Hey, he likes Westerns. I write (step) father like this beca...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:11:00 PST

RIP Soul Singer Al Wilson

Soul singer Al Wilson, who topped the U.S. pop singles chart in 1974 with "Show and Tell" died on Monday, local media reported.Wilson succumbed to kidney failure in a hospital in Fontana, a city about...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:36:00 PST

DVDs, films, and NBA: The Weekend Wrap-up

Friday:I went to this store on Germantown Parkway called Hastings. This store is awesome!! They have new and used CDs, DVDs, keyboards, funny t-shirts, blank CDs and DVDs (for recording), magazines,...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:17:00 PST

New Videos I like

I came across these, and I liked them, so I'm sharing. The first video is by Playaz Circle, a group affiliated with rapper Ludacris. Joining them on this song is Phonte of the group Little Brother. Al...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:11:00 PST

A Recap of the Last Few Days.....

Wednesday:I went to a cast and crew premiere of a local film that I was in called Curbside Confessions. The film was directed by Arnold Edwards II. The film starred a lot of loca actors: Hardy McNee...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PST

Open Letter to My City (Memphis)

Well, the University of Memphis Tigers were unsuccessful in the National Championship game. We can blame several factors: being outhustled most of the game, missed freethrows at the end, and failure t...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:32:00 PST

RIP Charlton Heston

Heston Left Cinematic, Political MarkApril 6, 2008, 5:47 PM ESTLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nancy Reagan was heartbroken over Charlton Heston’s death. President Bush hailed him as a "strong advocate for ...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:35:00 PST

Grizzlies, Tigers, and Films (Oh My!!): The Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday:I had won two tickets to a Memphis Grizzlies game a few weeks ago in a drawing. I could not find anyone to go with me, so I decided to exchange my two $55 tickets with a "scalper" (they are l...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PST

RIP Frosty Freeze, Breakdance Pioneer

Breakdance pioneer dies in NYCBy ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 46 minutes agoNEW YORK - Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost, a hip-hop pioneer whose acrobatic performance with the legendary R...
Posted by Markus, the artistic hustler on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:22:00 PST