MUSIC,READING,FASHION,MOVIES, DIFFERENT CULTURES.
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ARTISTIC, INTELLIGENT, AND ALL AROUND GOOD(RELATIVE-LOL) PEOPLE...
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Music:
BOB MARLEY-MUCH RESPECT!!!,
THE FUGEES/LAURYN HILL,
WYCLEF JEAN,
COMMON-I AM FEELING HIM SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!
ALICIA KEYS,
KANYE WEST-NEVER GET TIRED OF LISTENING TO HIM!,
JOHN LEGEND-ORDINARY PEOPLE [RENEWED MY FAITH IN BLK RADIO],
JAY Z-SO COOL,
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC,
N.E.R.D.,
BOB DYLAN (AND MY UNCLE SAM LAY
THE DOORS (REALLY INTERESTING)
U2 (INSPIRING)
PRINCE (FAB) 'STRANGE RELATIONSHIP', 'BALLAD OF DOROTHY PARKER', 'LITTLE RED CORVETTE','LET'S GO CRAZY'-I COULD GO ON!
SOUL - ARETHA F., MARY J. , AL GREEN, JAMES BROWN, OTIS REDDING, LENNY WILLIAMS,CURTIS MAYFIELD,ETTA JAMES,
R. KELLY -(FREAKY BUT TALENTED :],
KELIS (NEW WAVE HIP HOP)
MISSY ELLIOT,
PETER TOSH,
THE POLICE ,
LENNY KRAVITZ (SWEET RETRO ROCK & SOUL- AND SO SEXY!)
THE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (VERY FUNKY) ,
ERYKAH BADU (SO FAB)
THE ROOTS,
A LITTLE COUNTRY IE. JOHNNY CASH,CHRIS ISAAK,
BASICALLY IF IT'S MUSIC- I LOVE IT!! :]
I HAVE MOST OF MIMI'S RECORDS! - YOU KNOW MARIAH!! AND I REALLY LIKED THE 'GLITTER' SOUNDTRACK, CHARMBRACELET-,ATL/DIRTY SOUTH- T.I., OUTKAST-BIG BOI & ANDRE 3000, LUDA,
LOVE SONGS: TERRENCE TRENT D'ARBY 'LET'S GO FORWARD' (OH SO ROMANTIC!),
SADE 'YOUR LOVE IS KING' (SO FAB), MISHELLE N'DEGOCELLO (ALL HER RECORDS), PETER GARBRIEL 'IN YOUR EYES' (SO SWEET),DAVID BOWIE 'CHINA GIRL' (I LOVE IT!!),
GNARLS BARKLEY,MOS DEF (EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER PRINTS MY COMMENTS-I LOVE 'BLACK ON BOTH SIDES', A LITTLE BEYONCE , AND SOMETIMES I'M REALLY FEELING STEVIE NICKS!
Movies:
LOVE JONES-A RARE GREAT FILM ABOUT BLACK LOVE-FUNNY, REAL, SWEET -(I HATED BILL BELLAMY IN THAT FILM!LOL)-GREAT CAST THOUGH W/ NIA LONG AND LORENZ TATE.
BLACK SNAKE MOAN-SOME WIERD,FUNNY ISH (IN OTHER WORDS-RIGHT UP MY MOVIE-WATCHING ALLEY -LOL !-SAMUEL L. JACKSON IS SOMETHIN' HUH?
I LOVED DREAMGIRLS!! J. HUD DID HER THING (SERIOUSLY)... AND OF COURSE EDDIE MURPHY AS 'JIMMY (JIMMY GOT SOUL, JIMMY GOT SOUL -LOL) EARLY' THAT FILM WAS A REAL TREAT.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS W/ WILL SMITH AND HIS ADORABLE BABY JADEN-HARD TO WATCH, BUT INSPIRATIONAL AS HELLI LOVE TO WATCH COLIN FARELL. HE SEEMS SOO PASSIONATE IN
ALL OF HIS PERFORMANCES- I.E. THE NEW WORLD, ASK THE DUST,ALEXANDRE THE GREAT -MY EYES ARE JUST DRAWN TOO HIM IN ANYTHING HE DOES.
TWO OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES ARE SANAA LATHAN AND GWYNETH PALTROW. I COULD WATCH THOSE TWO READ A BOOK. THEY MAKE WHATEVER PROJECT THEY'RE IN WORTH WATCHING.
MOST QUENTIN TARANTINO FILMS- JACKIE BROWN, KILL BILL 1 & 2,
MOST SPIKE LEE FILMS- GIRL 6, SHE HATE ME(A SERIOUS TRIP REGARDLESS OF WHAT SOME CRITICS SAY), SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT,25TH HOUR, CROOKLYN(SO SWEET AND HEARTBREAKING-FAB SOUNDTRACK, AND I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I LAUGHED WHEN 'QUEENIE' DIED! , AND YES SCHOOL DAZE!(REAVEALED A LOT ABOUT YOUNG BLACK LIFE)! INSIDE MAN (I LOVE MOVIES LIKE THIS!-BRILLIANT!) HE GOT GAME-I WISH I WAS AS ALLURING AS 'LA LA' AKA MISS ROSARIO DAWSON-MY TWIN SIS BY THE WAY-LOL ;)
JOHN HUGHES -SIXTEEN CANDLES, BREAKFAST CLUB, FERRIS BUELLER- MADE ME LAUGH IN MY TEENAGE YRS.OF COURSE FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH,VALLEY GIRL, AND THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN ARE 80'S TEEN 'MUST SEE' FILMS!
CLINT EASTWOOD FILMS- UNFORGIVEN, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, PLAY MISTY FOR ME (A REAL TRIP!!!), THE BEGUILED -(AN EVEN BIGGER TRIP!),
1970'S- RICHARD PRYOR-WHICH WAY IS UP?, BLUE COLLAR
PAM GRIER- COFFY, SHEBA BABY, FRIDAY FOSTER (SHE LOOKED
SO FAB!)
MAX JULIAN - THE MACK (REAL INTERESTING)
HUGHES BROTHERS - DEAD PRESIDENTS,
HORROR FILMS-JEEPERS CREEPERS (PT. ONE AND TWO-SO SCARY!!! THAT THANG LOOKED REAL TO ME PE0PLE!)LOL SAW(THOSE ARE REALLY CLEVER AND SCARY. THEY ALWAYS KEEP YOU GUESSING), THE RING, THE SKELETON KEY,
GANSTER FILMS- GOODFELLAS(CLASSIC!!),THE GODFATHER 1-3,
MOST AL PACINO FILMS ESPECIALLY THE ONE WHERE HE WAS A DRUG ADDICT'THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK' , BLADE RUNNER, STAR WARS-THE FIRST ONE AND EMPIRE, TURNER CLASSIC FILMS-MOSTLY ANYTHING STARRING MS BETTIE DAVIS-MY FAVES ARE 'WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE', 'NOW VOYAGER', AND THERE WAS ONE WHERE SHE PLAYED TWINS.. 'YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN'-I LAUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME I WATCH IT !!! , MILLITARY MOVIES LIKE 'FULL METAL JACKET' -CLASSIC , 'JARHEAD' - VERY REAL,
AND 'PLATOON'... I LOVE JOEL AND ETHAN COHEN MOVIES TOO..UM FARGO, THE LADYKILLERS, BLOOD SIMPLE, I LOVE THE WOODY ALLEN MOVIE 'RADIO DAYS'-I CAN WATCH IT A MILLION TIMES, 'CLOCKWATCHERS'-A MOVIE ABOUT SECRETARIES ON IFC/SUNDANCE-I CAN RELATE PEOPLE!.....ALSO I'M A LITTLE ASHAMED TO SAY THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMEDIES IS 'DR DETROIT' WITH DAN AKROYD! THAT HAD ME LOL SERIOUSLY! ....
'THE USUAL SUSPECTS' -KEVIN SPACEY WAS GREAT AND THAT FINE BENICIO DEL TORRO (COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD HE SAID-LOL)...., AND WHO COULD FORGET LASSIE? THAT DOG MAKES ME BOO-HOO A STREAM!-LOL ,
Television:
ANDERSON COOPER 360, MTV,BET,NIP/TUCK,OXYGEN,SCI-FI CHANNEL-THEY NEED TO GET SOME BETTER HORROR MOVIES,THE BOONDOCKS-I NEVER THOUGHT I'D FIND SOMETHING THAT MADE ME LAUGH LIKE CHAPPELE'S SHOW !
I LOVE 'LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIAN' 'IN THE YEAR 2000' IS STILL CRACKING ME UP!
I ALSO LIKE OLD SITCOMS. I GREW UP WATCHING (IN SYNDICATION OF COURSE-I'M FAR TOO YOUNG-LOL) ALICE, THE JEFFERSONS, GOOD TIMES, WHAT'S HAPPENING' -THOSE AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS IN THE 80S WERE THE BOMB!, SOLID GOLD-I USED TO LOVE THAT PUPPET 'MADAME'(HE-HE),THE MUPPET SHOW, SANFORD AND SON, AND OF COURSE SATURDAY MORNINGS WITH 'SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK'!
Books:
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD-ZORA NEALE HURSTON, THE GRAPES OF WRATH-STEINBECK, THE BIBLE, I REALLY LOVED JUDY BLUME BOOKS AS A KID AND MAD MAGAZINE.
Heroes:
GOD,MAMMA P, MLK,ROSA PARKS,NELSON MANDELA,BOB MARLEY, BONO, OPRAH, TINA TURNER...
