I was doing some googling of my name to see what was out there,(We all do it and I'm not ashamed)and i found a mini-documentary created by some students from GW university on youtube...I got interviewed and they even open the doc with my Busboys and Poets Open Mic Invocation Poem. I was sick that day so my voice goes in and out. I sound like an old jazz musician! Check it!
Music
Whew. Where to begin? Well I'll say this. If you want to know what I listen to, check out the radio show that I co-host on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington D.C. Its called Soul Conversations and you can check it out every Friday Night/Saturday Morning from 12:30am to 3:00am. Pls you can hear us online at www.WPFW.org. We got a Myspace page too: www.myspace.com/soulconversationslive
But here's a sample: Blue Note Jazz circa late 60's early 70's, CTI Jazz early to late 70's. The Native Tongue family extended and other wise. De La Soul, ATCQ, Mos Def, The Roots, J. Rawls, Stone's Throw Artists: MadLib, Quasimoto, Yesterday's New Quintet, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Breakestra, Georgia Ann Muldrow, J-Dilla, Platinum Pied Pipers, Tiombe Lockheart, Burnt Sugar, Malene Younglao,Incubus, Nirvana, Roy Hargrove, DJ Smash, DJ Spinna, DJ Cam, Skalpel, Zero Seven, 4-Hero, Little Brother, DJ Two-Tone Jones, DJ Jamad, Roni Size, SquarePusher, Beady Belle, Alice Russell, Alice Smith, Me'Shell NdegeOcello aka Bashir Shakur, Deborah Bond, Nea'Posey, Muhsinah, Dub-Ell, Opus Akoben, The Cornel West Theory, Asheru, D.I.T.C, Sade, Susheelah Raman, Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Fields, Lizz Wright, GiGi, Nina Simone, Andy Bey, The Dirty Drummer, The Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Amos Lee, Lenny Kravitz, Betty Davis, Joi, Chokolate, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Scientist, Lee Scratch Perry, Beres Hammond, Lauryn...Ms. Hill, hell i really miss her. Jean Grae, Yerba Buena, Osunlade, Djinji Brown, N'Dambi, Jll Scott, Erykah Badu, Courtney Dowe, Monica and Marcia McIntyre,Billie Holiday....whew!!
Movies
Favorite Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Terry Gilliam, Spike Lee, Kasi Lemmons, Carl Franklin, Brian DePalma, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, John Singleton, The Hudlin Brothers, Charles Lane, Gina Price Blythewood, Malcolm Lee, Forrest Whitaker, Julie Dash, Steven Spielberg, Frank Oz, Jim Henson Theodore Witcher, Luc Besson, Wong Karwai, Ang Lee.
Films: The Goonies, The Last Dragon, Leon The Professional, The Antoine Fisher Story, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, The 5th Element, Boys In The Hood, Fresh, Enter The Dragon, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings,I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, The Hollywood Shuffle, School Daze, Clockers, Hell Boy, Blade I., Spider Man, Ran, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House Of Flying Daggers,Bound, New Jack City, The Brother From Another Planet, X-Men, La Haine, Kontrol, Nught Stalkers, Snatch, City Of God, Bomb The System, Wild Style, Beat Street, The Freshest Kids, Girl 6, Jim Henson's Storyteller, The Dark Crystal, The Chronicles Of Narnia, Love Jones, Hav Plenty, Love, Sex, and Eating The Bones, Loving Jezebel, 2046, Ride With The Devil, Misissippi Masala, The Caveman's Valentine, Love And Basketball, Ray, Braveheart, Howard The Duck ( I know, I know), Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Letter To The President, Fear Of A Black Hat,Bamboozled.
Television
Books
whew....I work at a bookstore, I have a library card...what more do you want!?
Heroes
Mom. Nana. All the Deans women who raised me. Bob Caison, Brother Yao, Tony Medina, Fred Joiner, Alan King, Venus Thrash, Ebony Golden, MLK, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Dorthy Baker, Toni Morrison, Cornelius Eady. Grandpa Hobbs (RIP), Uncle Don (RIP), Truth Thomas, Kali Ferguson, Mumia Abu Jamal, Muggsy Bouges, Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, His Holiness The Dali Lama, Arundhati Roy, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka and Noni Oloniyan..how could I forget you.
American University
Washington,Washington DC
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Creative Writing/Poetry,Fiction, non Fiction
2001 to 2004
Hampton University
Hampton,Virginia
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Broadcast journalism/ Mass Media
Minor: Theater
Greek:
Phi Beta Sigma
1994 to 1998
Swill Cosby Myspace..please forgive me for neglecting you. I'll be back promise!! Posted at 4:55 PM Jun 2 view more
About me: Me. Been living in the DC area for close to seven years after moving from North Carolina. I'll always be a Southern cat but I love DC for the most part...especially the people I've met up here who have become my family. Hmm... I'm a poet, a journalist, and a vagabond teacher of sorts. I also work in a bookstore as both a book buyer and a poet in residence. I've been published in several anthologies and Journals; DrumVoices 2005/ Warpland 2005/ BlackArts Quarterly 2006/ The Hurricane Katrina Haiku Anthology 2006/ When Words Become Flesh Anthology/ Capitol Beltway Online Journal 2006/ The Cave Canem 10 year Anniversary Anthology, "Gathering Groun... You can also check my work online at washingtonart.com/beltway/contents.html.
I've performed at The Captiol City Jazzfest Slam 2005/and have read at The Studio Museum Of Harlem/ Grace Church in Georgetown/ Joe's Place On WHUR..Howard University's radio station with Dr. Tony Medina/The Smithsonian Museum Of Natural History.
I also just released a new chapbook of poetry called "The Unscene" which you can order on through PayPal. Its only $5.00 bucks plus $2.00 shipping and handling. So if you've liked the poetry in my blog or what you've seen on the beltway poetry journal you should check it out. Or if you see me on the streets of DC you can get a copy straight from me. Guerilla style publishing Baby!!!
ARC AND HUE will be available at the NYC book party on Sunday, Sept.
20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY
10012. Between Houston & Bleecker, near the F & 6 trains.
Just dropping something off while on my travels.....
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. Pablo Neruda
Twerkin' on a coupla new songs. Don't know if they'll top 'Metro Crazies' or 'Neanderthal Jaws...'. It's more rock than anything. How come I get thee strangest inspiration over brunch esp. when we start pimpin' for pancakes, cheese omelets and cinnamon tea? Miss ya'.
I'm sorry to hear that sweetie.... my mother in law just passed and I know death isnt easy. But you'll get through it. Take care of yourself and take time to grieve.
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