CA Podcast #58 – The “Moonlight” Episode
In this podcast, Cypher Avenue co-founders Octavius Williams and Nick Delmacy give a SPOILER-FREE review of the new critically acclaimed LGBT film, “Moonlight.”
Moonlight: A Spoiler Free Review
In addition to this spoiler free review of Moonlight, I will also post a separate essay detailing my reflections about the film along with my assessments of a couple of mainstream reviews, some of the language used in those reviews and discuss some social media musings. I…
CA Podcast #57 – The “Instagram Thirst Trap” Episode
In this podcast, Cypher Avenue co-founders Octavius Williams and Nick Delmacy discuss if Overly Tattooed Men Are Sexy or Just Gross, Misleading Thirst Trapping Instagram Personal Trainers, Sexual Hangups & Anxieties and activist Ocky’s recent issues with Black Lives Matter as a Gay Black Man.
Bruh – Stop What You’re Doing and Watch the GET OUT Trailer Right Now!
Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones and Catherine Keener; this suspense thriller is written and directed by Jordan Peele (yes that Jordan Peele from Key and Peele). Props to Peele’s creativity because this looks completely bat-shit crazy and the racial undertones…
Luke Cage: A 15 Point *Spoiler Free* Review
I almost feel like there is nothing left to say about Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix that already hasn’t already been said. There have been some very positive and glowing reviews of the series – created and executive produced by Cheo Hodari Coker – which upon…
What if Only Black People had Super Powers?
Black Mask Studios had a successful campaign raising over $95k earlier this year to help create their new comic Black. From their website Black is described as X-Men meets The Wire. They do on further to state: “In a world that already hates and fears…
Did You Know There is a Not-So-Secret Racist Twitter Code?
White supremacists, white racists and the alt-right has created a racist code in attempts to dodge censorship and reporting of offensive language on Twitter. Well the racist decoder ring has been discovered. Of course the racists and “baskets of deplorables” have put the code to…
Director Tim Burton’s Comments on Diversity Draw Criticism
I personally have never been a Tim Burton fan but that doesn’t mean I don’t think he is a great film maker or director. Years ago during Beetle Juice and Batman, I noticed the lack of non-pale ghostly looking folks in his films. So as a…
Throwback Thursday: 90’s Male R & B Groups
The 90’s were the golden age of truly talented R&B male groups. Not only could these men “sang”, many of the song lyrics were passionate, fun with a mix of soul, new jack swing and hip hop. Below are some of my old favorites. What 90’s male…
CA Podcast #56 – The “WTF is Going On With Frank Ocean” Episode
In this podcast, host Nick Delmacy is joined by critically acclaimed gay rapper LASTO to discuss the status of his music career, the LGBT music scene (including newcomer Young M.A.) and an in-depth discussion on The Man, The Music and They Hype surrounding Frank Ocean’s latest albums ENDLESS and BLONDE.
The 2017 Range Rover Evoque Convertible Review
The summer is over now and not a minute too soon as Land Rover has just took the veil off the North American production version of their new 2017 Range Rover Evoque Convertible. Now a picture may be worth 1000 words (Thank God for that)…
American Horror Story: Roanoke
I recently watched American Horror Story’s season six premiere “Roanoke” and I must say I enjoyed it. Even though I actually hate the show after season two, I do like the idea of the show paying homage to and mimicking the popularity of reality…
I’m Not a F**king Queer
As I’ve notice in the last couple of years more and more African-American bloggers have latched onto and adopted the term ‘queer’. Personally I cannot overstate enough the disdain and disgust I have for this word. I understand the not-so-distant history behind the usage of…
Yung Joc – The Gift Meme that Keeps on Giving
I’ve read the social media posts and commentaries from gays berating toxic masculinity for ridiculing rapper Yung Joc for styling his hair in what some deemed to be a “white” or “gay” or what I like the call the “Anita Baker Rapture” hair style. But the…
The Push by One Blogger to have an R. Kelly ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Video Game
Telltale is a video game developer who monikers itself as the “Next level in storytelling, through engaging narrative experiences where your choices tailor the story to make it your own”. With visual comic book like cell shading styles for title like The Walking Dead and…
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