You may be familiar with Elon James White from his ‘this week in blackness’ videocast… we thought this little essay was both amusing and quite to the point. Guess what? Black people are not a monolith. Yup. So now you know.
(editors’ note: in order for this story to work you must commit to the sound effects. out loud is best.)dun duN DUN DUNNNNN!
its time for adventures in the back yard with Pierre Bennu!
…the sound of the eco friendly electric hedge clipper cutting hedges with NO gas or carbon…hooray environment!
…the sound of the eco friendly hedge clipper cutting its own wire & a tiny explosion
…the sound of all the uncut hedges & all the birds & insects who saw me catch that “L”
…the sound of me cursing the birds and bushes laughing at me & swearing revenge
…the sound of me on craigs list seeing if any one wants a double dutch rope that used to be a very long electric cord
…this concludes this episode of “Adventures in the back yard with Pierre Bennu…brought to you in part by ‘eco stuff sometimes sucks’ & ’sometimes city boys need to just hire someone to do their yard’
The early bird gets the worm! We have A VERY LIMITED supply of these tees at the store this weekend and you’re not the only one reading this! ;o) Comes with an amazing live FUNK set spun by the one & only King Britt 
& for all you SUPER OYIN FANS we have a special one day only in-store sale on JUICES& BERRIES, one of our most popular products. Plus free samples samples of upcoming product HONEY WATER! Our address is: 2103 north charles st. ground floor, Baltimore Maryland… see you there 
My son just turned one. The reason I haven’t put up a baby blog in so long is that my son just turned one. Once you think you’ve figured him he topples your expectations. I guess if they are here to replace us they have a lot to learn very quickly.
I present to you THE TAO OF O - reflections and little wisdoms gained during my son’s first year of life.
- S******g on your self is not the end of the world
- there are things outside of our understanding and it’s sometimes better that you don’t get what you want
- pennies are delicious
- don’t fight sleep
- you can forego learning to walk properly in order to run but be prepared to fall A LOT
- music and dancing can stop you from crying
- if someone tries to change you pee on them
- you can get away with so much more with a smile
- dance naked
- pulling other people down is not a nice way to try to get up [Read more]
- dear white cat. Please just give it up. No matter how slow you creep or how fast you pounce they see you coming a mile away. I hate to sound racist, but yes it’s because you’re white. you stand out against almost any background. PS the sound you hear as they fly away is not chirping it’s laughter.
- note to self: when you fall down in public again (and you will fall down in public again) DO NOT pop back up as fast as you can! Laughter directed at your pain and ripped clothing hurts your feelings instead… lie motionless for as long as possible hold your breath and when you can no longer do that roll your eyes to the top of your head and twitch violently till some one calls the ambulance. If you can muster up some drool that’s a plus. Then when you hear the paramedics, that’s when you pop up as fast as you can, dust yourself off and walk through the crowd surrounding you and off into the sunset. PS Remember to wipe the drool off.
- dear wife: 10 years! WOW that’s cool. but isn’t it kind of random how they only make a big deal on anniversaries that are divisible by 5? I say after this, let’s celebrate on years that are prime numbers.
- dear guy with one eye working at that place: I would think (seeing as how someone poked out your eye and you have no depth perception and you wouldn’t make a good eye witness and no one is really gonna see what your saying) that you would be a nicer less rude person…oh well guess I was wrong. I got my eye on you. [Read more]
On Monday, on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show, Rosie Perez discussed the G word — gentrification — in Manhattan and in her childhood Brooklyn, specifically in Fort Greene and in Clinton Hill, where she now lives. You could say that Perez is on the anti-gentrification side of the ongoing citywide debate about how to preserve the old NYC while embracing the new. She complained that her neighbors don’t say hello to her. “When I walk out of my house, I used to know everyone on my block in Clinton Hill. I walk out there now, people move away from me because I’m a person of color and then once they recognize me, they go, oh. That’s a horrible feeling. That’s a feeling I didn’t grow up with,” she told Lehrer. This morning, at WNYC’s flashy new Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, the conversation continued, with Perez’s signature feistiness in full force. She hosted a broadcast debate in which community activists and city-landmark officials argued over the nature of this changing city. “Let me tell you, since I said that [on the radio], now everybody is saying hello to me,” she told her mostly amused audience (many of whom seemed to be from Fort Greene). “Be careful what you wish for.” [Read more]
Bullsh*t or Fertilizer, our 2001 self-help book, is back on our site by popular demand!
Originally self-published, this book was the reason we first built the site and ventured into e-commerce, back in the dial-up days in summer 2001. It was picked up and reissued by a US gift book publisher in 2003 and made available nationwide in a brand-new edition; in 2004 it was even translated into Japanese! Click here to enter the book’s site for info, reviews, an inspirational column from author Pierre Bennu, and photos.
Original copies are available at this page; leave a note with your order if you’d like it autographed by the author.
The show “all things considered” on NPR had a broadcast on about the history of BoomBoxes. For some reason it really struck a chord with me and I was actually quite moved by it. Read the article but be sure to watch the video.
One of my favorite filmmakers is putting out a follow up to his 1st collection of shorts&videos. If you live on the left coast and have nothing to do tomorrow he is having a screening that i would love for you to go to for me :) ITS FREE! [Read more]
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