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A few years ago, in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, my nerd-pop culture mind...
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A few years ago, in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, my nerd-pop culture mind...
One of the nice things about this time of year is how, as winter descends and TV shows take a winter hiatus, it gives...
These past couple of weeks, more than usual, have been about music. So much music. For me, it’s inevitable come January. After five weeks...
As 2015 draws to a close, we’ve continued to see the dialogue around identity and the fractious reality of living out our differences together...
I didn’t know how much I needed The Wiz Live! in my life when it premiered December 3. I just though it looked kinda...
There was a very interesting moment on Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago. Sure, it already was a very special episode; comedian Tracy...
Those fingers in my hair, that sly come-hither stare, that strips my conscience bare, it’s witchcraft. That’s how the song “Witchcraft” goes, as Frank...
I recently celebrated the high holy days of my marriage: my wedding anniversary and wife’s birthday are four days apart in October. Go ahead,...
You guys: Ta-Nehisi Coates is going to write Black Panther. TA-NEHISI COATES – Pulitzer Prize-winning author at The Atlantic, America’s premier writer on race and...
One of the downsides about being a pop culture geek is that, over time, you see and read and listen to so much that...
Today, I want to talk a bit about pop culture irony. Not irony in pop culture, which we’ve long had enough of. But ironic...
Square up with your partner, knees bent. Now, step the left foot back. Plant that right foot. Kick the left foot forward, then step...
On the day this column is published, we will be living our first day on the planet Earth after Jon Stewart finished his 16-year...
As I come up on a year since my father died of cancer last August, I have been reflecting on what this past year...
What do a cybersecurity expert with a penchant for hacking, and a producer for a reality TV dating show have in common? They both...
I’ve spent four years writing about life as a black nerd and analyzing pop culture through that lens, and now the moment of truth...
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In comedy, sometimes you can get a lot about a character...
Mad Max: Fury Road is the first film I’ve constantly thought about in a long time. I saw it at a Thursday night preview,...
It’s a calm Sunday as I sit in the backyard of a house built into the woods of New Hartford, Conn. Spring is here...
The Last Man on Earth currently is one of my favorite shows on TV. Ice-T likes it too, as he said on his podcast,...
The past few days, I’ve been listening to Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings film scores. Often music without lyrics or singing work better...
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Those are Arthur C. Clarke’s words, the third of the science fiction author’s Three Laws of...
“Who’s the biggest asshole in the room?” Jon Taffer, the big-time nightlife consultant hosting Bar Rescue (Spike), yells this at a bar’s owner in...
“Hey, honey, Smitty’s at a toy show today,” my wife says to me as she lay in bed Sunday morning, while I shake off...