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The Black Spot: Real Estate

May 13, 2011

I was trying to remember 2006. Really, though, I was trying to remember if Ryan and I were actually as funny as we thought we were on the Black Spot back in 2006. We were. Sort of. I found this clip of the two of us bantering back and forth on voices and infomercials and [...]

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The Black Spot: Returns

May 12, 2011

This would be a semi-clever title if it were a sequel to a podcast about finance or anything business related. It isn’t. I used to have a little weekly radio show up in San Francisco, a talk show, with my buddy Ryan. It was called The Black Spot and it ran Monday nights from 10-midnight [...]

Racist MythBusters

February 11, 2011

Are Mexican’s lazy? Are the French always rude? How well endowed are your black friends, really? I didn’t get a chance to discuss these myths with Myth Buster, Jaime Hyneman, the other night at a Q&A with him that I attended (by “didn’t get a chance” I mean I didn’t dare to even stand within [...]

Why Black-Belts Are Useless

January 10, 2011

Here’s the trouble with having a black-belt in karate or any other martial art: It’s the only goddam belt. People tout a black-belt as though there are levels of belts to go through, as though having a black belt were the pinnacle of some great journey and that, having attained a black belt, there is [...]

Black and White Makes A Photo Classy

October 5, 2010

There’s nothing classy about color. That’s why I’ve switched to taking only black and white photos. I like how striking they are, how direct and bold the contrast is. There’s a somber quality about them too that implies a sort of immediate nostalgia, a quality of history, an authenticity if you like. Color is too [...]

Other Ways to End the Slavery Blame-Game

April 23, 2010

Hear my thoughts on an article on reparations for slavery. I was surprised to read about reparations and ending the Slavery Blame-Game in an Op-ed piece today by HenryLouis Gates, Jr. I was surprised because I didn’t know the idea of reparations was still being actively discussed and because I hadn’t realized that, as seems [...]

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The Muppet Show: Behind the Scenes (audio) -EXPLICIT

February 24, 2010

WARNING: This audio clip is disturbing, even to its author. It is distasteful, probably a big liability and should not be listenened to by anyone. I’ve always loved the muppets, so I apologize for the following- Sound Quality: Please pardon my lack of popguard. Back in the days of our old radio show, The Black [...]

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“Everything’s Coming Out Bright Eyes” – Bright Eyes Parody Song/Tribute

February 23, 2010

This is a parody of then semi-popular, infamously morose Bright eyes. This was back in the Black Spot Radio Show days. It first aired in August of 2006. As with all things Black Spot, please pardon the poor quality of recording and lack of popguard.

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Names That Will Ruin Your Baby’s Future

February 19, 2010

“His parents must have hated him.” Hate your kid? Why waste eighteen years on pent up resentment and exhausting emotional abuse, when you can pretty much wreck any chance of a successful life with one cavalier swipe of your pen across the Birth Certificate name-line. Here’s a few ideas for how to ensure your kid [...]

How the ‘red eye’ to Harlem gave me an STD

September 3, 2009

(You can listen to this story in ModernPodcast) Seven hours after I boarded the red eye flight to New York, I was pretty sure I had an STD. Everything hurt; everything felt ‘heavy.’ Imagine weights between your legs, only, the weights are you. This must have been four or five years ago, when I was [...]