If you’ve got the tools at your disposal, why not use them? Gaudy in line-up alone, Kanye West may have just delivered the song of the year. Triumphant, well-packaged and commanding more attention than any publicity stunt or concert appearance, “All Of The Lights” is a conduit of empowerment from the uninhibited uber-celebrity into listeners who both love and loathe him. Read the rest of this entry »

Jasmine D. Is Ready For Action

Elton John Speaks On Helping Eminem Battle Drugs [RR]

Why Twitter Will Endure [NYTimes]

Social Shopping Networks: Blippy Asks You What Your Friends Are Buying [Trend Hunter]

‘Avatar’ Passes $300 Million Mark [Variety]

Four Year Old Boy Dies In Church From A Stray Bullet on New Years [Black Voices]

Urban Meyer Is In It For The Long Haul [With Leather] Read the rest of this entry »

Let us join hands around the Thanksgiving table and bow our heads for a few words. Shall we?

Lord,

So far as I see it, there are two options. Either Mike Ilitch decides his Little Caesar’s pizza franchise has room enough to house the Lions along with the Tigers and Red Wings, or Bill Ford Sr. gives the team a long, Fredo kiss-of-death “goodbye” and let’s them move onto greener, more winning pastures in another city. Read the rest of this entry »