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TONY SPIRES

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Thanks for coming through.I'm an independent filmmaker. I write, produce, direct and act in my own feature films. I love working on movies with other artists and my very talented friends. I'm also a poet (check out my Blog) and sometime musician. I'm a full-time personal manager of comedian/actors, aa freelance writer and I'm the founder and executive producer of the nationally acclaimed Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival, which helped launch the careers of superstars Jamie Foxx, D.L. Hughley, Nick Cannon, Chris Tucker, Mark Curry, Don "D.C." Curry and many more. I'd like you to get to know me and check out my work. There's more to me than mets the eye! I also look forward to hearing about yours.Yes, like so many others, I'm holdng it down and still grinding out here in Los Angeles, CA, where anything is possible yet it's highly unlikely, unless you have courage, unless you have drive, unless you have heart and remain single-minded and focus on your goal(s). I added that '(s) because, it's okay to have more than one! Talent helps when trying to "make it" but as all can see, by who's gettin' put on, it's not neccessarily a prerequisite.Please take off your shoes and come on in. Let's put one in the air and philosophize. Let's share views on the world. Let's get paid to do what we love doing. Better yet, let's pay ourselves! Let's stop letting ourselves and our artistic expression be defined by others. Let's do it ourselves. What makes someone in a suit, sitting at a conference table, more qualified than we are to determine our success-our destiny? The answer is nothing-only us counting ourselves unworthy.As you can plainly see, I'm basically a confident person-yet I'm still humble. But my nickname is "Phruishun," ('Fruition) Because by God's Grace, I get's the job done-through to... well, you feel me, right?Come here when you're ready. Come correct. If you're already here, let's "get it!" Just don't forget why you came to LA LA Land in the first place. It's easy to get caught up in this city of dreams. Watch out for the sharks who lurk in the shallows! "Hollyrock" is not for the squeamish! Those of you fortunate enough to be ballin' already-Don't stop, get it, get it!Please understand that I'm about truly about peace and love. After Jesus, I love my people most and pray they will enjoy a life of prosperity and peace. I start out having love for all people. Hopefully, it stays that way. I'm about freedom, artistic expression, the exchange of useful information and ideas in a constructive forum, and I'm about (by God's Grace) gettin' it done. That's why they call me "Phruishun" (Phru-ish-un).
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My Interests

God, Family, Film, Comedy, Music, Writing, Showbiz, Sports (basketall, football and boxing) World History and helping others to succeed.

I'd like to meet:



I'd like to dialogue with: other performing artists, other filmmakers, with comedians, actors, musicians and all enlightened artists who are interested in world peace, national peace, personal peace AND prosperity through artistic expression, mutual appreciation and understanding. I want to meet others who reject the status quo and are changing the game!

Music:

Funk: James Brown, Ohio Players, Cameo, Rick James, Roger and Zapp, Parliament/Funkadelic, Sly & The Family Stone, AWB, Pleasure, Brass Construction, Curtis Mayfield, BT Express, The KBs, old Kool And The Gang, Brick, Al Hudson and the Soul Partners (One Way), Polyester Players.Jazz: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Handy, Donald Byrd, Clifford Brown, Thelonius Monk, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Lonnie Liston Smith, Grover Washingon Jr., Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Roy Ayers, George Duke, Muata Kenyatta, Terrence Elliiot, Jaleel ShawLatin Jazz: Afro-Cuban All-stars, Chucho Valdez, Pancho Sanchez, Louie Cruz Beltran, Francisco Aquabella, Mongo Santamaria, Dianne Reeves, Will Downing, Michele Farrell.Hip Hop: Ice Cube (his latest is FIRE!), Tupac, P.E., Jay-Z, Snoop, Trick Daddy, Juvenille, Busta Rhymes, Dead Prez, Mos Def, The Roots, Paris, Twista, NWA, Beenie Siegel, Scarface, Sentury 21, Krushadelic, E-40. B-Legit, Too ShortContemporary R&B: Mary J., Jill Scott Erykah Badu, India Arie, Ashante, Beyonce, Keisha Cole, Amerie, Musiq, Dwele, Anthny Hamilton, Raheem Devon, Brotha BillSoul: Aretha, The Spinners, The O'Jays, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Patti, Luther, Regina Belle, Ray Charles

Movies:



TEARS OF A CLOWN, GodFather, Hoodlum, Deep Cover, Rage In Harlem, Boy's In he Hood, Menace 2 Society, Cooley High, Tombstone, TWO DEGREES, Blue Hill Ave., Paid In Full, Buck And The Preacher, Braveheart, Gladiator, Unforgiven, Dances With Wolves, Open Range, Ong Bak, Enter The Dragon, Love Jones, Which way Is Up?, Open Range, A History Of Violence, Black Ceasar, The Mack.

Television:

24, Sopranos, Entouraqe, The Wire, Brotherhood, Weeds, The Unit, Huff, NFL, NBA, Discovery HD Theatre.

Books:

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Worse Than Slavery By David M. Oshinsky, Black Indians and The Black West by William Loren Katz, Stolen Legacy by J.A. Rogers, Black Skin, White Mask by Franz Fanon, The Power Of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale, The Holy Bible.

Heroes:

My Father, both of my Grandfathers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Richard Pryor, Sidney Potier, Harry Belafonte, Cicely Tyson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Bill Duke, Spike, Lee, Morgan Freeman, John Sayles, Clint Eastwood.

My Blog

THE ISLANDS ARE NICE THIS TIME OF YEAR

NEGRIL SUNSETBLACK AND BROWN SILOUHETTESMAKE THEIR FINAL TURNSON SEVEN MILES OF OFF-WHITE POWDERTHE CALM CARIBBEAN FOREGROUNDSCATTERED WITH BOATS OF ALL SIZESWHORES FOR THE PIMPS OF TOURIST TOWNIN THE...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:31:00 PST

IF YOU HAVE EYES AND EARS AND A SOUL YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS ONE

DIABOLICAL(WE ARE NOT EXPENDABLE PART 2)About twenty one years ago I wrote a particular poem. I didn't know at the time that I would have to write a sequel of sorts, two decades later. Not because I...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:52:00 PST

THINKING OF THE JENA 6 TOOK ME ON A TANGENT...

RIGHTEOUS RANT(AFRIKAN SHORTAGE REDUX)This is 2007 and anything can still happen, At anytime to a Black man,Wanna be a Black hero when you grow up, son?When I say go, make sure you run,You could die v...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:19:00 PST

THE ANATOMY OF A SELLOUT IN ABSTRACT

AN OVAL IN THE MIDST OF CIRCLES AND SQUARES REDUXWHAT BECOMES OF AN ABSTRACT OVALIN THE SHADOWY MIDST OF CIRCLES AND SQUARES?WHEN HE MUST TAKE SIDES-HE'LL HAVE TO DECIDETRUTH OR LIES?FANTASIZE OR FICT...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:15:00 PST

"DISTRIBUTION DEAL" WHAT DOES "INDIE AND "INDEPENDENT" REALLY MEAN?

DISTRIBUTION DEALALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A DISTRIBUTION DEAL,I'M TRYIN' TO KICK THE REAL,AND TELL YOU HOW I FEEL,THEY WANT MY MOVIE FOR A STEAL,BUT I AIN'T DEALIN'I'M SQUEALIN' ON THEIR WHOLE LITT...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:28:00 PST

BRUTHAS AND SISTAHS, IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING OUT FOR FAMILY!

THE COLDEST DOUBLE STANDARDThere's a plague in the land,And it's killin' like cancer,I've searched high and low,Haven't found an answer,After all we've been through,I deserve an answer,Why we hold our...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:14:00 PST

A Message To My People: Love Begins At Home With Oneself

POPULAR BELIEF(Uncommon to popular belief:)Being Black was always coolIts blind to see it otherwiseBeing black was always coolSo hard to make us realizeOur true power never failed usNo matter what the...
Posted by TONY SPIRES on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:34:00 PST