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Def Poetry Jam, Lets Think!

April 30, 2007

Russell Simmons Def Poetry is a 30 minute poetry series with a similar format to and in the mode of Def Jam Comedy, hosted by Mos Def and currently in its sixth season. This is an interesting and vivid look at the use of the spoken word or poetry to express all types of issues personal, [...]

Another Def Comedy Jam Maybe The Bad Boys of Comedy!

April 30, 2007

This is a 30 minute comedy stand up series and format made popular by shows like Russell Simmons Def Jam Comedy and hosted by Doug E Fresh. The comedy series features upcoming comedians and comediennes from all walks of life. Watch out for Ronnie Jordan, in episode 2. P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy TV show season [...]

Eddie Griffin – 2nd To Prior?

April 20, 2007

Acclaimed as the greatest comedian of our time (by Richard Prior), Eddie lives upto the expectation. Hehas an edge to him that if you listen closely enough, you’d think this was a young Richard wth a bit more energy. Besides the mid-90’s cameo in Hip Hop & R&B Videos (Bad Boy’s “been around the world” [...]

Strange Aint It, The Media!

April 12, 2007

We are sleep walking into the unknown when we let this media dictate to us. They present a one sided and sometimes a skewed view of the news and events, what will fit the medium[s] agenda. On numerous occasions the newsworthy stories for these medium[s] are the ones that enables the paper to sell, the [...]

Another day, Another dead teen!!

April 10, 2007

Each week it seems that we have to hear about another child has been mudered on our streets of london. “A 13-year-old boy has appeared in court accused of murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm after an alleged group attack which left one teenager dead and another seriously injured. The boy, who cannot be named [...]

The Katt Is Out Of the Bag!

April 8, 2007

Comedians put you at ease dont they! For instance after a stressful and frustrated day, one may like a release or an escape route (temporary) from the daily woes and problems in life. The comedian may help whether at a live show, on DVD etc with their made up jokes and scripted one liners that [...]

Patience! what’s the rush?

April 7, 2007

While driving through streets of London, along with other very temperamental and “rush crazed” citizens, I had to make a u-turn (3 point turn), and not so much to my surprise, the driver approaching (who would end up behind my car) wasn’t in a mood to wait that extra 5 seconds. He made gestures that I [...]

Russell Peters! Come[in]dian with a difference!

April 1, 2007

I don’t know what it’s been recently, but I seem to be drawn towards comics with the talent to switch voices. All credit given to Aries Spears (see comedy category), but you can not beat this guy here when it comes to accents – especially the Chinese. While Russell Peters acts may be considered as [...]