magazines(brit vogue, GQ, O, jane (pour out a lil liquor), lula), flicks, fashion, anything african-american or diasporic, traveling(while reading O Magazine), new restaurants, parks, academic discussions, music, photography, urban subcultures, SLEEP!
one of the greatest videos ever lies here...shout to BEY and the best dance in your house clip since "check up on it" (stop ruining jay's rap career...**shakes fist in the air**)
al green, big, les nubians, raphael saadiq, scissor sisters!, slick rick, the cure, the strokes, (early) thicke, the stylistics, white stripes, yyy's, oasis, me'shell ndegeocello, coltrane, (classic) janet jackson, gwen stefani, freeway, gorillaz, eric roberson, dr. dre, damian marley, consequence, peppers, beyonce, a.keys, angie stone (" pissed off" is a classic, yo), donny hathaway, dj quik (my eternal ho pass...), outkast, scarface, fiona apple, david bowie, madonna, daft punk, anita baker, bob james, snoop, cake, coldplay, nas, jay, 50 (when i'm in the mood), young buck, little brother, lupe fiasco, peedi peedi, common, jill scott (soul sister mascot!), the roots, erykah badu, mac mall, keak da sneak, 40 water, cam'ron, yolanda adams, smoky norful, rizen, buena vista social club, stevie wonder, luther, goapele, esthero, res, mos def, kelly clarkson, lots of disco!, classic rock (lynyrd skynyrd, led zepplin, rolling stones, elton john, joni mitchell, steve miller, the doors, the eagles...), kindred, theivery corporation, ray charles, india.arie, nuyorican soul, the killers, iggy pop, kane, mc lyte, bob marley, kanye, miles, thelonious, jamiroquai, prince, mary j, d'angelo, tribe, garbage, maxwell, maze, awb, beck, 'pac, BG, ghostface, sister nancy, lauryn hill, t.i., amel larrieux, morcheeba, u2, alexander o'neal, the jets, lil wayne, pharrell impersonating michael jackson, bun b, webbie (sorry mom), afi, incubus, eric roberson, kem, drama tapes, currency, the bangers, esthero, mickalicious, bill withers, telepopmuzik, postal service...alot of stuff guys.
snatch, chasing amy (love smart dialogue), dogma, all harry potter flicks, i heart huckabees, state prop 2, love jones, city of god, rockers (I RASTAFARI!!), harlem nights, coming to america, almost famous, goodfellas, hedwig and the angry inch, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, she's gotta have it, school daze, raising victor vargas, all lord of the rings , love & basketball, brown sugar (sometimes), out of sight, the depaaaarted, apocalypto, kung fu hustle
(usta be)VIDEOS_VIDEOS_VIDEOS!!!! bbc world news (yep, trying to sound smart),THE WIRE, everybody hates chris, 'prano's, (usta be, why'd it suck so much last season. boo hiss) the l word, ENTOURAGE (i KNEW medein was gonna suck!!!), vh1 soul, sex & the city, grey's anatomy, weeds...maybe i'll get into heros this year...
the alchemist, all shell silverstein poem books (where the sidewalk ends, the light in the attic, etc...), Beloved (toni morrison is gangster), they can kill you but they can't eat you (every ambitious woman must read this book),leviathan, the jump, Queens Reigns Supreme: fat cat, 50 cent and the rise of the hip hop hustler. The Four Agreements (gotta get my power back) Sex, drugs & cocoa puffs, (chuck klosterman is a funny dude). 48 Laws of Power, The Fire Next Time, Adrian LeBlanc's "Random Family: love drugs trouble & coming of age in the bronx"...its pretty good so far and it's an ill true story. actually it was depressing as hell...i need a new book, or i guess i could finish the Four Agreements right? nope...i picked up "how the garcia girls lost their accents" and i'm loving the way Julia Alvarez puts her words together. very fluid, very personable...finished that joint. now i'm thinking "everything you need to know about the music industry" or something else...we'll see. Scratched that and just finished Baldwin's "giovanni's room." can you say e lynn harris before there was "down low" yikes. now maybe some "white teeth." BORING. "Young, Fabulous & Broke" by Suze Orman. Yes, i've joined her legion of followers. hell, i want my money to grow too!!!
my parents...and my grandparents. my adopted aunties, ms. mccord, and ms. brown. dawn steel. they're the bomb.