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Books
“Put The Needle on The Record” And Enjoy This Book of ’80s Photography (Reading is Fundamental)
Now that vinyl is making a comeback, it’s good to see folks appreciating the art of the album cover again, even though a recent article I read somewhere (and am too lazy to cite for reference) says that album art is shrinking as we move further into the digital age. Matthew Chojnacki’s new book, “Put The Needle On The Record”, takes us back to the glory days of the eighties, when not only album art was the rage, but many […]
Reading is Fundamental: Scott Poulson-Bryant’s “The VIPs”
Scott Poulson-Bryant has graced the pages of this site before. The award-winning journalist is a seminal figure in the emergence of the hip-hop generation in popular culture, having been one of the founding editors (and coining the name) of Vibe Magazine, serving as a contributor to Spin, co-hosting a VH-1 panel show, and authoring “Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of the Black Man in America”, as confrontational a book as has ever been written about the topic of black male sexuality […]
Reading is Fundamental: Tom Acox’s “Got Junk?”
Over the years, I’ve become hopelessly addicted to memoir-type books. I’m not much for fiction-I find real life much more interesting than stories. Over the year and change we’ve been running this thing, I’ve posted reviews on solid memoir-type books by NBA journeyman Paul Shirley as well as regular dude/fellow blogger Jason Mulgrew . Both books were highly enjoyable. You can now add another book to that list-“Got Junk?”, a book by our very own Tom Acox (he also runs The Unqualified Economist . Go take a […]
Jermaine’s Writing a Book? Let’s Get Serious
Yep, you heard it first (well, actually…you probably didn’t hear it first), Jermaine Jackson will be writing a memoir about his brother Michael, to be released this fall. You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother’s Eyes is the title of the tome, and you have to wonder how much credibility this book is going to have. I mean, let’s face it: Jackson books have generally not been very forthcoming- I’ve read Moonwalk, Michael’s autobiography. I read Katherine’s book. I […]
A Moment With: Scott Poulson-Bryant
The music-writing bug hit me pretty early in life, but it didn’t strike me as a viable option (for various reasons) until I was in my mid-teens. Starting with the creation of The Source, young urban culture finally got a voice in the print media mainstream, It was closely followed by Quincy Jones’ magazine venture, Vibe. From the first issue of the magazine I saw (with a striking photo of Treach from Naughty by Nature on the cover), I was […]
Pass the Popcorn!: Popblerd Reviews “Howl”
When the opportunity arose to attend a premiere of the new movie “Howl”, I jumped at the chance. Not only was the opportunity to see a movie for FREE.99 a great deal, but after doing a little research on the film, my curiosity was piqued. I had a basic knowledge of Allen Ginsberg and the whole Beat Generation/San Francisco scene from reading several interviews with him (including one in Rolling Stone circa 1995 or 1996 that was really good), and […]
"Everything is Wrong With" Jason Mulgrew (and Probably You Too)
The internet explosion has unleashed thousands upon thousands of amateur writers on an unsuspecting world.-hell, this very site is proof of that. Able to perfect their craft on anything from consumer review sites to personal blogs, some of these writers have enough of a gift that they’re a natural to go on and get professionally published. Blogger Jason Mulgrew is one such writer. The hilarious observations on life featured on his blog have won him a committed following, and that […]
Paul Shirley's "Can I Keep My Jersey?": 4 Years in the Life of a Journeyman
Let’s face facts here. Professional athletes are not generally known for their wit or candor. Not only does being sped through school for your athletic process not generally allow for the development of any kind of analytical thinking (or the social skills required to be funny), but no one wants to mess up their next endorsement check by saying anything that might be potentially inflammatory. So, we sports fans nowadays are stuck with either entitled idiots (like, for example, Terrell […]
