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Ricky Powell

Ricky Powell

About Me

Rappin with the Rickster_Episode One_2008 ..
STOOPID SPECIAL BULLETIN 5/3/08: Doing a slide show for my clothing company people ALTAMONT July 20th at The Silent Movie theater, I'll post the specifics when I get them..(It's gonna be 'Large'..SPECIAL BULLETIN 4/25/08: aNYthing Press is publishing my next book titled "Ïlly Funksters" It's being relaeased at the opening that I'm having at MILK Studios on June 3RD........... Yo yo, what the deals...? How are ya?....I'm perkalating actually, thanks to the Europeans', who have reached out to me and showed props, as well as cheddar. I'm shooting the new ad campaign and it's going well, It's actually Dickies Europe... And I'm selling prints of my Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat photograph from '85 at The Van De Weighe Gallery in Chelsea (on 23RD St..) as well(The opening of those two dudes collabs is May 8th) .....Hmm, what else...? Oh yes, The new Rappin'with the Rickster, it's on my profile page(THANKS DWELS!!!)now, peep it(I LOVE LIL' KIMMY MATALOVA, she's awesome looking in it, she fucks me up yo!).......What else...." Oh yeah, I have a new clothing line coming out this summer via Altamont Clothing in Cali...It's one of the finest lines I've ever put out and I'm very much looking forward to it's release...(I even made Ch.13 style tote bags(Slamming..)..for the sophisticated bums/bummy sophisticates...)And on a writing tip I just interviewed George Kalinsky, the 'Chief' photographer for Madison Square Garden since 1966, for Interview Magazine, the August/July issue...It was an amazing experience, he was cool peoples' to say the least.....I also have an interview running in Frank Magazine with Robin Leach, it's a hoot.....Still got the show at MILK Studios coming in June....You can still find my HEMP Chuck Taylor's on Ebay and Eastbay..Ok, enough spewing...but that's what's up? Till nextht time, hold it down and stay up, Ricky. 3/20/08 Ps...Support Jazz.....Oh Thit! I photographed Mr. Kalinsky yesterday in Times Square in front of his 3 new billboards...One is Elvis, one is Sinatra, and one is Hendrix)...It was fun....! What's up with Barbara Hershey Highway...? Props to Wax Poetics magazine.....................Anybody remember when I worked at the 8th St. Playhouse movie theatre in '81....? I'm looking to jump into other peoples' lay-up lines, let me know if you know of any...Check for my new skateboard, t-shirt, and coffee mug by Lush Life, they're off the handles...! Continuing 4/11/08: Oh Dip! Did an amazing gig with Fab 5 Freddy, Dr. Revolt and Walt Frazier for Puma/Yo! MTV Raps the last 2 days....Had a lot of fun!!! Thank you Harmeet9from puma), you're The Mango............Vegetarian Paradise 2 on West 3rd is my new spot, the 'beef' teriyaki is off the macadonion! 4/17/08 latest developments: I'm writing a column now also for Upperplayground's online magazine called 'The Citrus Report' and the website 'Psychopedia.com' My columns are titled 'Mental Observations of a Lazy Hustler'....And my photo exhibit is ON at MILK Studios, the opening is on June 3RD thru the 16th or something ..(THANK YOU to the Sponsors Dickies-Europe and Red Bull)!...Also doing an installation at F.R.O.G. at 71 Spring St.(Btwn Crosby and Lafayette St.)Opening is on May 15th or something)...Hung out with Zephyr the other day, it was fun remeniscing(sp?)! Big ups ...to Livingroom Johnston...Did an incredible/spectacular photo shoot with Dante Ross yesterday for the Dickies campaign. Also big ups to Mordechai, the Jewish Guido, got maad love for ya, you're an incredible photogarapher as well as a great model for the Dickies shoot..........Tittie balls in the house!

My Interests

Smoking good you know what and people watching while I listen to a cassette tape with funk joints from The radio show 'Across 110th St.' on WKCR(I actually used to co host that show for like 4 years..with Danny Rudder and Brian Linde...I eneded up getting banned for life, twice...but it was fun...)..taking pictures of regular street life...setting off stink bombs at affluent events, it's heart attack funny if you ask me....goofing on cornballs.., running into old friends that I grew up with in manhattan and snapp on new jack yake offs who act/think like they're from here...Just had a slice with my boy Ryan Sikorski at Joe's Pizza, it was extra terestrial.....!

I'd like to meet:

Angie Dickinson..Woody Harrelson..Oscar Madison...Dancing Harry..Thelma from Good Times..Tina Fey..Don Cornelius..Hubert Givenchy.....Tavis Smiley..Bridget Bardot..Billy Joel.A lot of the good ones are gone, unfortunately... real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools

How I made my profile:
I used Dave & Jay's amazing myspace profile editor .

Music:

Lou Donaldson quartet with Dr.Lonnie Smith on the hammond B organ....John Lee Hooker..Bo Diddley..The Concert for Bangladesh..Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique and Liscensed to Ill..Led Zeppelin..Charles "the Mighty Burner' Ehrlin..Freddie Hubbard..Deodado...Horace Silver..Linda Ronstadt..Jimmy McGriff..Etta James..Booker T and The Mg's..Dennis Coffey..James Browen..Betty Davis..Stanley Turrentine..Etta James..Jimi Hendrix...Ben Dizon..Ben Perowsky..Quincy Jones(Walking in Space)..Jimmy Smith-The Sermon and A walk on the wild side)..Brother Jack McDuff-(Screamin')...Lords of Brooklyn..Hank Williams..Patsy Cline..All Man Bros..Oliver Nelson w/ Jimmy Smith..Cannonball Adderly(Jive Samba)..Nancy Davis..The Shangrilas..The Ronettes..Dar Side of the moon..Sgt. Peppers..Wes Montgomery..Antonio Carlos Jobim..George Benson..Aretha Franklin(old stuff)..The Ramones..Thelonious Monk..Miles Davis..LL Cool J(the old stuff)..'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five..sLICK rICK(THE OLD STUFF)..vELVET uNDERGROUND(THE OLD STUFF)

Movies:

Mean Streets..Planet of the Apes..The French Connection..The 7 Ups..Annie Hall..Play it again Sam..Little Big Man..The Odd Couple..Mash..The Hot Rock..Raging Bull..Barbarella..Serpico..Bronx Tale..The Wanderers..One Flew over the cookoo nest..Style Wars..Good Fellas..Cool World by Shirley Clarke..The Godfather parts I and II..The kid stays in the picture, featueing Producer Robert Evans..Enter The Dragon

Television:

The Munsters..the King of Queens.. The Tavis Smiley Show..Independent Lens on PBS..The Odd Couple..The Dating Game..Soul Train in the early 70's..Johnny Sticato with John Cassavetes..Voyage to the bottom of the sea..Mothers in law..Batman..The Million Dollar Movie on WOR-9tv..Sports Challenge with Dick Enberg..DocumentRIES ON cHANNEL.13..The Odd Couple..Everybody Hates Chris..The McGlaughlin Report..Globe Trekkers on ch.13..

Books:

Slide Show by Helen Levitt..The Garden of Dreams by George Kalinsky..Greenwich Village by Fred McDarrah(1963)..Rockin' Steady by Walt Frazier and Ira Berkow..A matter of Style by Joe Namath..On the Run by Bill Bradley..Foul by Connie Hawkins..Female Perversions by Louise Kaplan..Back in the Day by Jamel Shabazz..Heaven is a playground by Rick I forgot his last name, sorry.

Heroes:

Geoffry Holder..Walt Frazier..Joe Namath..Dick Schaap..George Kalinsky..Richard Pryor..Pistol Pete Maravich,,Bill Adler..Earl Monroe..Oscar Madison..Connie Hawkins, Eddie Stanky..Bobby Murcer ..Casey Stengel..Dock Ellis..Thurman Munson..Tommie Agee..Cleon Jones..Dave DeBusschere..Hawthorne Wingo..Run Dmc and Jam Master Jay..Ron Gallela..Roy Gerella..Terry Hanratty..Jo Jo The pimp who gave me my first football..Robert Deniro..Sofia Coppola..Eddie Kendricks..Sandra Bernhardt..Dr.Revolt..Zephyr..Quik..Seen..Don Maynard..Maynard ferguson..Dancing Harry..Quincy Jones..Wax Poetics magazine..Panch Villa..Nancy Wilson..Lorraine Gordon the owner of The Village Vanguard. Joe Namath..Lee Quinones..Fab 5 Freddy..Charlie Ahearn..Patti Astor(I wanna bang her, so bad)..Bagel Buffet..John Cassavetes..Willis Reed..Dean Meminger..Ratso Rizzo..Phil Rizzuto, Ralph Kiner, Bridget Bardot..Cleavon Little..Steve Sabol of NFL Films..Sandra Bernhard..Marv Albert..Catfish Hunter..Roberto Clemente..Jerry Koosman..The Green Hornet..