Writing (poetry, scripts), acting, directing, reading, Madden (I know ... it sickens even ME how much I can't get over this freaking GAME, dood ...), collecting music (my CD collection freaks MY ass out ...), collecting DVD's, reading sci-fi novels, collecting comic books, baseball, football, basketball cards (I like taking care of the inner child in me, sue me ...), playing basketball (though I'm really not quick enough to hang with these young whipper snappers these days), trying to get back into playing chess, charades (it's an addiction), judo, going out on the town and having a few ...
Sammy Davis, Jr. He was one INTERESTING cat, man. And think about the time he lived in and was BOYS with FRANK SINATRA! Does life get any better than that?? I would've LOVED to have been a fly on the wall for ANY of his experiences.Richard Pryor. How a person can turn so much pain in his life into RIP ROARING COMEDY is beyond genius. Man ... I was SO sad when he passed on.Malcolm X. Just to pick his brain about the issues blacks face with EACH OTHER.LBJ. I'd LOVE to know how THAT dude evolved. His journey through life must have been amazing.
LITTLE BROTHER, Kanye West, Common, Prince Po, Organized Konfusion, Kool G Rap, Main Source, A Tribe Called Quest, M.O.P., Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, N'Dambi, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Blakalicious, Masta Ace, Mos Def, Talib, Black Moon, Nas ...I'm very much into jazz ... mostly old school bebop. Hank Mobley is the cat you'll always probably catch me bobbing my head to when it's chill time in the car or crib. Miles (of course), Coltrane, Art Blakey, Rollins (as in Sonny), Gillespie, Monk, Hubbard, Joshua Redman (he's new school ... but got old school roots, I'm telling you ...), some of Max Roach's stuff is dope, Mingus, Chambers. I could go on and on ...Rock n' soul is my thing. Black Crowes (yeah ... I said it!!), the BellRays (they're AMAZING), Chambers Brothers (old school), the Black Keys (damn right!), Foo Fighters, D'Angelo (it's about fucking TIME for a new record, nigga!!!), Sly & the Family Stone, GCS (Graham Central Station), Gap Band ... I'm kinda venturing into FUNK now, aren't I? Oh well ...
The Matrix Trilogy, The Big Lebowski, Whale Rider, Hero, Iron Monkey, The Incredibles, North Country, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (the original), In The Heat Of The Night, Twelve Angry Men, Bottlerocket, Black, White And Red All Over, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Autofocus, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Clone Wars, The Untouchables, The Jason Bourne films, Traffic, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Revenge Of The Sith, The Terminator, Shaft (original), Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Five Deadly Venoms, Finding Nemo (I thought Shark Tale was WACK), Batman Begins, X-Men I & II.
NEWS, Boondocks, Justice League, Inside The NFL, Deep Space Nine, Meet The Press, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Chappelle's Show, The Batman, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Insomniac w/Dave Attell, Scrubs.
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, The Crack In Space, No More Prisons, Always Running, Fist-Stick-Knife-Gun, Doing Time, The Colonizer And The Colonized
I have many people I consider heroes ... and my dad isn't one of them. Luis Rodriguez, Mumia Abu Jamal, William Upski Wimsatt, Philip K. Dick, Rakim, Chuck Dixon, all young people in Amerikkka's streets trying to find their place in a society that villifies them, REAL POETS/EMCEES, my sister, Nightwing, Black Panther, most New York Football Giants players, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, Lou Tice, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, HANK MOBLEY, Jeffrey Wright, Angela Bassett, Cecily Tyson, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Mos Def, Al Benoit & Phil Bernardin.