jill scott / mary j. blige / anthony hamilton / india.arie / anthony david / musiq / the roots / outkast / john legend / erykah badu / amel larrieux / valencia robinson / nas / luther vandross / al green / angela johnson / kindred the family soul / miles davis / rahsaan patterson / leela james / algebra blessett / dead prez / stevie wonder / aretha franklin / lauryn hill / tracy chapman / talib kweli / robin thicke / nina simone / n'dambi / mos def / joi / gaelle / rachelle ferrell / me'shell n'degeocello / van hunt / donnie / angie stone / t.i. / heather headley / vivian green / jay z / raheem devaughn / john coltrane / thelonious monk / carol riddick / brown baby girl / common (thanks, jesse, what the fuck was i thinking??) / quest. / latoya london / alice smith / deemi / amy winehouse / oleta adams / karen bernod / billy miles / brand new heavies / jazzyfatnastees / eric roberson / omar / chaka khan / res / sunshine anderson / lupe fiasco / dexter myers / anthony dixon / albright ft. vivian sessoms / darius booker / rahbi / melissa young / twinspirit / kimberlynichole / myoshi / mika / shit...almost everyone on my myspace friends list. would be easier to go check that out....
電影
love jones
電視
lost / 24 / girlfriends / brothers and sisters / grey's anatomy / oprah / the l word / ugly betty / ellen / the boondocks / sleeper cell (damn, have you seen michael ealy?) / the cosby show reruns / roseanne reruns / living single reruns / the west wing reruns / the new adventures of old christine / america's next top model (yeah, i know...) / everybody hates chris / men in trees / the closer / the jeffersons reruns / designing women reruns / the amazing race (like, twice a season) / i love new york (haha...i can't help it; it's so fuckin' hilarious!) / the riches / dirty sexy money (such a guilty pleasure) / 30 rock / my name is earl (love, love, love jaime pressly) / weeds
書籍
beloved / invisible man / their eyes were watching god / the bluest eye / disappearing acts / reading lolita in tehran / america's best short stories (every year) / song of solomon / i know why the caged bird sings / the farming of bones / the joy luck club / native son / jazz / tell me how long the train's been gone / singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like christmas / the women of brewster place / just give me a cool drink of water 'fore i die / most shakespeare / breath, eyes, memory / invisible life / just as i am / the namesake / sula / the works of august wilson / the works of suzan-lori parks / waiting to exhale / krik? krak! / b-boy blues / white teeth / sons / race matters / never drank the kool-aid / how stella got her groove back / mama / cookbooks, i like cookbooks (any and all, but i do prefer ones with pictures; helps create the aesthetic expectation) / ALL...A Love Poem
偶像
my parents, of course. and everyone who has ever closed their eyes and jumped, knowing deep down in the pit of their stomachs that everything would be okay.
about joseph riley land
I'm re-writing it. This is my old shit.
Who is Joseph Riley Land? Besides his boyish good looks and his innate sense of humor, Joseph is the author of absolutely no books, although he is working on correcting that; he can't play poker for shit; he has an insatiable thirst for making the mundane interesting; he has been on entirely too many dates that have ended with a little puffy balloon over his head that reads, "what in the hell was I thinking?" and he loves the written word. That, my friends, is why he decided he wants to be a writer when he grows up. Hopefully, that is soon, as he is 30.
Joseph grew up in Olive Hill, Tenn., population: What? Six hundred? Maybe. On a day with no funerals and lots of births. He is a 1998 graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South, with a Bachelor's degree in English, a very strong minor in Political Science (missing a second BA by just one course credit) and a concentration in Black Studies. After graduating with that impressive resume, he went on to wait tables at Tony Roma's, followed by a slew of other odds and end jobs that both bored and frustrated the living hell out of him. In 2006 he decided to make some changes, packed up his life and left Atlanta for New York City. Harlem to be exact. And that is where he is today, living and loving and writing and doing that whole starving artist thing to some degree. And, as always, looking for more work. Anybody need a freelance writer?
And as an addendum to this bio, I would be remiss not to mention that Joseph not only loves music, he breathes it. Check out any artist he has listed as a friend and you will discover a new world, if you don't already know the likes of Brown Baby Girl or Albright or any of the myriad of artists he supports so whole-heartedly. He doesn't like shitty music either, so you can be assured that if you're following his suggestion, you are not making a misstep. As a good friend of his used to say all of the time until Joseph stole it from him, "Get into it."
Oh Joe..you know how folks iz...one day red..one day blue..very few keep their interests..marriages get boring - friendships wane, people switch to whichever team is winning..always looking for something new and never getting satisfied...you know how 'they' do. LOL
you can add jones in my bones - it's in my music player - just click "add" - and did you get my text about the cakes? what cake place is selling your cards? i might want to get a cake from them for my birthday - and are they good?
