MUSIC VIDEO SHOT OF THE DAY: BLKKK SKKKN HEAD
Love him or hate him (or just hate him) Kanye West is creative. I must admit I am not the biggest fan of Mr. West; however I am always down for something “different” in a rap music video besides the norm…booty, hoes, cars, jewelry, popping bottles and barking pit bulls.
MiXOLOGY: Lemon Tom Collins
Cypher Ave is bringing you a lemon twist on the Tom Collins. This one is simple to make and definitely refreshing for those hot summer nights.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: ESPN’s Body Issue 2013
This year’s Body Issue has some very artistic, playful and impressive photos. A few of the athletes featured include John Wall, Colin Kaepernick, and Giancarlo Stanton. Be sure to check out the pics below and tell us your favorite. Do you think this edition was the best yet?
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on Steroids?
Yep you heard it. So because a man has a great physique, he must be cheating or doing something illegal to obtain his results?
10 Misconceptions Straight Men Have of Masculine Gay Men
The ever creative Nick Delmacy always brings the fire with “The Lists” and this one was no exception. I was thrilled when this particular list was released because it most certainly allowed us to get some shit off our chest.
WATCH: A Bitter Pill – Would You “Cure” Your Sexuality?
{rating} Whoa, talk about pointless and melodramatic. This short film, A Bitter Pill (directed by DiJon Delonté), asks the question, “Would you take a pill to make yourself heterosexual?” So even though it takes months of chemotherapy to drive Cancer into remission, one pill is all…
Arriving in 2014: The Cadillac ELR
Great to see that a Hybrid car has finally been made that doesn’t scream HYBRID (in its appearance) everywhere you go.
Question Of The Week: Do You Agree With Cornell West?
President Obama is a global George Zimmerman because he tries to rationalize the killing of innocent children, 221 so far, in the name of self-defense…
Being Traditionally Socialized Men in Nontraditional Relationships
I enter this dialogue as a young, black, masculine, gay man in a committed, deeply revolutionary and life changing relationship with another young, black, masculine, gay man. My dude and I have spent much of the past two years laughing, learning and loving and just as much of the time crying…
WATCH: The Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer
If you know anything about me, I have a bad habit of watching movies, black gay web series and TV shows that are popular yet plain awful. The Walking Dead is no exception. Bad writing and acting plagued the under-budgeted first three seasons of the…
TRAILER – Steve McQueen’s Django Chained
You flocked out in droves to see Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, the FAKE American slavery movie written and directed by a white filmmaker where the N-word is used 213 times. Will you do the same for a REAL American slavery movie written and directed by black men, based on the autobiography by an actual African American slave?
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: President Obama Speaks on Trayvon Martin
After a week of debate, anger, frustration and denial over the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, President Obama came out Friday give an informed and needed 18 minute speech on the topic.
“What The Black Community Needs To Do Is”
The most used phrase from the black community in the last couple of days is: “What the black community needs to do is…” At what point is enough, enough? We have surpassed enough being “enough”, decades ago. Yet still, here we are. In the United States…
The Cypher Avenue Theater
We wanted to highlight one of the best new features of the website: The Cypher Avenue Theater. Here you’ll find all of our favorite short films, web series, comedy sketches, gay content, workout videos and randomness we find on the internet.
The 2013 EMMY Nominations – Do You Even Watch These Shows?
So the 2013 Emmy Awards Nominations were announced this morning. A few of my favorites were nominated. There were some head scratchers here too.
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