The son of Odin has returned, yet again, with a resounding thunderous crash but this time with a more lighthearted, warmer and almost sillier flash. “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) is an oddity in that, while the third sibling, it is its own standalone from its Thor predecessors. “Thor: The Dark World” (2013) was almost always too … More Thor: Ragnarok (2017): Movie Review
The South Asians are freaking out. The Lankans are freaking out. The Americans are freaking out. Okay fine, maybe I’m just exaggerating, a bit. Or maybe I’m not. Let me ramble. The girls have it bad. Bad-der, correction. The brown girls have it worse, or what I mean here is everyone from the brown lands … More The Singles’ Anxiety: An Invisible Pandemic (Part 1)
Long time since I did a music video review; but when Queen Bey drops a nuclear musical bomb like this – errbody needs to be on high alert! This is not a drill; this is Code Black. Critics are raving, law enforcement is cringing, Right white conservatives are shrinking, and the black rights movement is … More Beyoncé’s "Formation" (2016): Music Review – The Beyoncé Politic
So I’ll admit, I’ve been a bit tardy. Some readers have complained (and I’m flattered) that they are yet to know what I’ve thought of Mad Max (2015) and Jurassic World (2015). Two days ago a message came in for “Straight Outta Compton” (2015). Hold your horses I haven’t even thought of that one yet, … More Movie Mini-reviews: Mad Max, Ex Machina, Jurassic World and…
Nazran Baba, Chief Creative behind the Literartist, was among a handful of artists selected to feature in AOIS21 Publishing, LLC’s inaugural yearly literary magazine: “AOIS21 Annual.” The magazine has a wide circulation and describes itself as “a compendium of poetry, short stories, book excerpts, photography and art” that features thirteen contributors from around the world whose works … More AOIS21 Annual Literary Magazine
A sonic interrogation with a bang! “INTERROBANG” (2014) by local D.C. artist Navid Azeez (“Navi”) is a potent, purposeful mash-up of quip raps, quick beats, and a whole lot of indie funk. Needling through its musical fabric is a sort of loud lament (both vocal and textual), a longing call, for our attention to focus … More INTERROBANG (2014): Music Review
Commons – WikiMedia For being the designated underdog of superhero movies, “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) comes out swinging like a top dog—putting to shame some of the larger more well-known Marvel superhero flicks like “Iron Man 2” and “Thor 2”—sequels that lumbered to the ground from the weight of their own overblown egos. We … More Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Movie Review
“Hey, Macklemore! Can we go thrift shopping?” squeaks the excited little darling at the thought of being taken by the grownup to the thrift store down the road to shop for secondhand treasures. For a song about being cheap “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis went on to be the most successful track on … More Shopping Thrifty in our Shared Economy
You will have to see the above video (if you have not already) for the background of this post. If you have not seen this video before this post…please check your pulse. Now listen, I’m not going to be mean. Okay, I just lied. Let’s try that again. Now listen, she isn’t all that bad. … More Beiber Fever VS The Black Plague: It’s on, Bitch!
Oh you little superficial stalker. Pity. Your home page refreshes and you see one of your friends has walled another, writing nothing but “inbox”. In protest you let out a nasal snigger of disapproval. You grudgingly think the only reason Jack wrote “inbox” on Jill’s wall was to let their notification starved audience know they … More Walling "inbox" on Facebook: The True Reasoning
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