Misstra Knowitall
I love Funk, basketball, books, politics, chess, and writing. That's what I'm talking bout. I'm the former editor of Indiana Review and a high school teacher in Chicago.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Way Mulattas Make Me Feel on Oct 30, 2009 in Shah Maat White men gone wild Street Nahledge See You At The Crossroads Lurnin
After reading all of these good reviews about the new Michael Jackson movie, I think I'm going to jump over the cliff like the rest of the lemmings and go see it. I wrote a post about MJ's iconic Black or White video a couple months back and that lea...
- Max = Not Marriage Material on Oct 18, 2009 in Reviews White men gone wild Invisible Men Hide it in a book
When I was in kindergarten my dad taught me how to feed insects to ants. In the backyard of our house we squatted down, looking for bugs and swarming ant's nests. If you found the right size bug and the right location in an ant's nest, you'd have a s...
- Nobel Swagger on Oct 10, 2009 in Politricks Judgment Daze I drop the mic and strke the Heisman pose Hereos Nobel Savages Amazing
So what if he hasn't earned it yet. Your president has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Pop some bottles and stop all that vacillating, b*****s!But seriously, the Nobel thing does seem a bit ill-timed. Obama's got a major decision to make about tr...
- You may have guessed... on Aug 25, 2009 in Amazing
School started, y'all. Your homie is staying funky, but I gotsta get ready for these chilruns. In honor of the season:Get it? They're bears.
- Rick James & The Mynah Birds on Aug 11, 2009 in Street Nahledge Funk Issues Amazing
Did you know that Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together back in 1965, long before the days of Super Freak? Strange, but true. The Mynah Birds featured James as frontman and Neil Young and Bruce Palmer on guitar. Apparently Rick was in lov...
- Rock Sex rocks! on Aug 7, 2009 in Reviews Funk Issues Amazing
It's Friday, so you should do yourself a favor and check out Rock Sex, a blog I stumbled on that charts the connections between blues, funk, rock, soul, and whatnot. Basically, it tracks how songs get adapted by different artists across different gen...
- Where everybody knows your name... on Jul 31, 2009 in Politricks Amazing The man with a plan
I'm working on a Cheers metaphor for Obama Beer Summit 2009 (of course Cheers didn't have any major Black characters, so that makes this difficult). Sorry, Nick Tortelli doesn't count.Well, they did make it a little easier by adding Joe Biden to the...
