“Bruce and I grew up watching the same TV shows. Roy Rogers used to say ‘Yippee ki yah, kids.’ So it had to become ‘Yippee ki yah, motherfucker’ in the movie. That line was from me. Whenever you think you’re writing a line that’s going to catch on, it never does. A lot of people, […]
When it comes to writing on Queer film and studying its history, you have to become an archaeologist— dig through archives of film, and like an excavator— discover a small piece and somehow place it among the rest of the pieces in order to analyze the foundations of it. Film studies of Queer representation is […]
Hip-hop, the aesthetic lifestyle of breakdancing, street art, and rap music has always been a celebration of the culture around it, namely the culture of Black America. Rap music, in particular, became a cultural doorway that allowed African Americans to deliver their message to the world around them. At the same time, rap was always […]
“I was in the living room of Dondy Bastone’s house, I was 15 and it was 1977. The song that he put on was Psycho Killer and I absolutely freaked out, it was like nothing else I had ever heard and made me feel things I had never felt… Some very strange things happened to […]
“But listen, you don’t need to be worried about these Alt-Right guys. They don’t want to fuck with Black guys. They just really hate the Jews.” It is one week after 32-year-old Heather Heyer was struck and killed by a James Alex Fields with his silver Dodge Challenger while protesting the White suprematists’ rally to […]
Star Trek: Discovery premiered Sunday, September 24, 2017 to less than stellar reviews. Set a decade before Star Trek: TOS (The Original Series), Discovery follows the exploits of the USS Discovery during the Federation/Klingon Cold War. (For the uninitiated, the Federation is a sort of interstellar United Nations, while the Klingons are, well, the bad […]
“You go through things like we went through as a band, and people started to split apart, become more like oil and water. But early on, you see the sweetness that was there. It was the three of us against the world, trying to establish ourselves, and that’s the experiment of a band.” – Andy […]
“Musicians are like politicians. They’re the last people who should be making music, just like politicians are the last people who should be running things.” -Nigel Godrich It sounds “busy.” It sounds “layered.” It sounds “sparse.” It calls to mind this band or that band, and it sounds like something new and different. Something integral […]
In the previous article, I discussed the theme of James Cameron’s catalogue of movies involving humanity vs. technology. Cameron goes back and forth about how the use of technology can be both a benefit and a burden for mankind, and we as an audience will know how he will pose technology in the movie depending […]
James Cameron burst onto the scene in 1984 with The Terminator, and two years later in 1986 he released his second feature, ALIENS (to pretty much near-unanimous praise); thus Cameron had already begun a love/hate relationship with technology. As a storyteller and a director, he was well aware of the possibilities of technology, both as […]
“You’re driving in a hurricane and you see three people at a bus stop. One is an old lady and she’s sick. One is your best friend and he saved your life. And the third is the lady of your dreams. Now check it out, you only have room for one in your car, which […]
I was watching the new Showtime series, White Famous, this past week and this line jumped out at me… “Diversity’s real important to me right now.” There’s something so funny about it. Though it’s spoken quite earnestly, the intent is very clear… Diversity is only important because that’s what networks and large conglomerates think the […]
“People were literally scared of my records. There have been so many rumors about me and my records. People got the first album, and they would just make up stories. They’d get into an accident and be like, ‘I got into an accident because I was playing that tape.’ It wasn’t like we helped ourselves […]
“My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.” -Allen Iverson It’s a hot day in September, New York’s frenetic energy is juiced by […]
To get myself in the mood to write about the impact of bloghaus on pop culture for a real-life magazine (SHOUTOUT CONTROL FOREVER)… On Saturday night August 5th, instead of schlepping out to HARD Summer to see the breakout superstars of the beloved musical era, I went to Echoplex to check out a $10 bloghaus-themed nostalgia […]
“Everyone calls it hip hop, but we aren’t hip hop. Our records are always like “yeah that UK Hip Hop”, we are like grime music, its a completely different thing.” -Jelacee, Stooki Sound Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr. has made it. Last year he charted on the UK billboard top 10, wen’t #1 with […]
Spike Lee is a legend; straight up. This is the guy that made thought-provoking films in the form of Do The Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcom X, and the list goes on. So, last weekend when Lee’s critically acclaimed BlacKkKlansmen came out, I was in point-blank. I couldn’t put my finger on what bothered me about BlackKkKlansmen because structurally the movie […]
“CHANEL (GO GET IT)” This week Young Thug released a track called “Chanel (Go Get it),” enlisting the help of Lil Baby and Gunna. As far as chemistry, this track is everything you could expect from them (in the best way), and there isn’t anything done that feels overdone; even the lyrics are solid. If […]
Welcome to Neon Black where we talk all things pop culture, music, art, and film. This is a special episode as it marks our 40th episode, and to celebrate we have a two parter for you. Part One: We talk about the comedic merits of Tiffany Haddish – The Azealia Banks, Grimes and Elon Musk […]
“Chain Of Fools,” “Respect,” “Think,” and “(You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman.” Those are just four songs she sang, but I could go on and on…“Freeway Of Love,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” You see what I mean. There’s a reason why she is called the “Queen of Soul” because she really was. She did it with grace, […]
I wanted to do a “stream of consciousness review” for this movie, but in order to do that, you must be able to walk into a movie and take it on its own terms without any baggage. I couldn’t do that with this movie. To be fair, this movie sets out to be nothing more […]
Vix and TKay share insights about who they are, get real about what they suck at, share mom moments, and what’s to come for L I V E F O R E V E R
The Motion Picture Association of American film rating system goes something like this: G: General Audience. Essentially, Disney movies. PG: Parental Guidance. The “clean” version. PG-13 : Parental Guidance for kids under 13 years old. The “explicit” version. R : Restricted for kids/teens under the age of 17 years old without an adult. There’s probably […]
The genre that Revenge (2017) falls into is one that has been around since the 1970s, the days of exploitation films. However, coming from a woman director, Coralie Fargeat, the film feels much more personal, and the tough demeanor displayed by Matilda Lutz, who plays Jen, is complex despite a minimum amount of dialogue. Rather than […]
The film and television business moves at a mile a minute, so keeping up with the latest news can be a little daunting. Not to worry—we have your back. In Hollywould, we’ll round up the industry developments you need to know. Here’s what you may have missed: Backlash Forces Ruby Rose Off of Twitter Actress […]
