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I'm really enjoying tumblr.com I've said this before but I'm thinking about moving everything I do over there and maybe reposting here occasionally. It's probably better to do that than lie to myself and think I actually have a blog here. So untill next time so long...

News & Notes- Farewell to One of My Favs

One of my all-time favorite radio shows, NPR’s News and Notes is having its last show today. Too sad. I love this show!

News & Notes is a show that tells news from an "African American Perspective" and I catch it on Clark Atlanta’s jazz station 91.9 FM (a cool place to hang your radio dial). They tell stories about Hazel Scot, the first black woman to have her own TV show in the 1940’s (It didn’t last too long, she was blackballed by Hollywood. But imagine a black woman on TV in America in the 40’s and only in 2008 did someone write a book about her- News & Notes is where I heard her story). They profiled a movement of women in Liberia that went on to play an integral role in ending the violence ravaging their country in war time. These are only 2 examples of what I’ll truly miss about the show— the varied perspectives and points of view they brought to the table (and these 2 examples don’t do it justice— they really covered news and stories from every corner of black life. I"m just too lazy to list others).

It’s on NPR so I guess you could say there’s a bit of “liberal” slant if you’re one to categorize, but listening to the show I got the idea that there was no concern about advancing an ideology or a specific take on black life. They just wanted to tell true stories about the millions of people that are born black (however that manifests itself) and the world they live in. I haven’t seen any broadcast on tv or radio attack news and stories from such varied angles as this show. I know there’s always the internet/google, but News & Notes brought a myriad of viewpoints under one roof. Not to mention the host, Farai Chideya, is a class act who really knows how to get to the heart of any interview in very little time all while displaying a genuine interest in whatever the topic may be.

Sigh, it will be missed.

Nigerian Irish

Naija flag

Today I spell my name, O'Dinaka .

Top of the evenin to ya!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

PS Shout out to Ted Hendrickx

March 20 2009 - 8:00P
Make Me Laugh Comedy @ Relapse
380 14th St NW
Atlanta , GA
Cost: 7

April 1 2009 - 9:00 PM
Comedy Gold Open Mic
Laughing Skull Lounge
878 Peachtree St,
Atlanta, Ga

April 3 2009 - 9:00P
Laugh For a Cause @ Blackbird CoffeeHouse
114 W Hancock St
Milledgeville , GA 31061
Cost: 5

What is your Irish connection?

Pardon me...

Guy dresses up as a "Syringe Man"(?) comin' after Lance Armstrong- HILARIOUS!

At lunch yesterday my coworker mentioned black athletes accused of steriod use seem to be more quickly stripped of their credentials/liscensces, etc. than their white counterparts. She used Barry Bonds and Marion Jones as typical examples of this and said folks like Lance Armstrong & Roger Clemens don't seem to be put to the test as quickly or strigently and if they are, the punishment is less severe. Do you think that's true or is this another vicitmization thing?

Coming Attractions!

What up.

Tomorrow, ie Friday the 20th, I'll be hangin at the Relapse Theater performing w/ the Make Me Laugh comedy show crew & living up to the show's name.

Next week we'll be doing the second run of A.A.C.'s (Art as an Agent for Change) play "Where Hip Hop Lives" and I'm excited! It's a poetisical (think musical but replace the music w/ poetry...now throw away all the thoughts of corniness and you got the idea) surrounding 2 DJ's and their combat against their conniving boss, callers and themselves. I'm better at performing than explaining so come check it out. We'll be in Macon on Tuesday the 24th performing at Club 567's Poetic Peace show and then we'll be bringing it up to Atlanta next Thurs the 26th at the Relapse Theater.

I"ll be ending the month doing a guest set w/ my boy Eric McGee (who will be featuring) at the Gypsy Comedy Club in St. Augustine, Fl next weekend, Feb 27 & 28.

& I'll be doing the Funny Farm's regional open mic show on Wed, March 4th, 8 p.m.

All details are below. Feel free to holla. Peace

Friday, February 20, 2009 8:00 PM
¤ Make Me Laugh Comedy @ Relapse
380 14th St NW
Atlanta, GA
Cost: 7, 5 w/ student ID

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:00pm
Play: Where Hip Hop Lives
Club 567
567 Cherry Street
Macon, GA


Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:00pm
Play: Where Hip Hop Lives
Relapse Comedy Theater
380 14th Street N.W. Atlanta, GA 30318
Atlanta, GA

Friday, February 27, 2009 08:30 PM
¤ Gypsy Comedy Club
828 Anastasia Blvd
St. Augustine, FL 32080

Tue, March 3, 2009, 8 p.m.
Crash Test Comedy @ The Highland Inn
644 Highland Ave
Atlanta 30306

Wed, March 4, 2009 08:00 PM
¤ Funny Farm
608 Holcomb Bridge Road ,
Roswell, GA 30075

Thurs, March 5, 2009 9 p.m.
The Warren
818 N Highland Ave
Atlanta, GA 30306
$10 (but holla at me ;-)

FEAR

I hate when I let my fear paralyze me and I end up failing to do something or procrastinate for too long simply because I'm afraid I won’t be able to accomplish the task to my fullest potential.

Whispers in the wind

• Damion: It must be nice to be finished [w/ higher learning].
• Me: It is but I always have this nagging feeling that I need to go back.
• Damion: Hm?
• Me: This nagging feeling often manifests itself in the form of every older Nigerian I meet.
• Damion: lol
• Me: ...at least once a week