It’s 3pm.   The cursor is blinking at me.  I really really hate the pulse of a cursor on a blank screen; but this is where we are at.   I just interviewed one of the most revered and loved DJs on the planet; and yet my ink has run dry.  “There ...

“Tssst!”   “What is that?” “Tssst!” “What are you doing?” “I’m just doing this” *He eases his foot off of the hi-hat pedal, just a little bit, and taps the cymbals with the stick before closing the two cymbals tightly once again* “That’s called a hi-hat sizzle.” To this day, I ...

In the eyes of many, the 80s belongs to pink scrunchies, hair spray, leg warmers, overdone make-up, all on a caucasian pin up styled mannequin or a caricature of blackness with a chunky chain, chunky rings, shell tops, a fresh cut.  But if you actually lived it –or you’re too ...

Shortly after this interview, I observed a car with a gentleman ( seemingly in his mid 40s) playing what sounded like it could’ve been some mid to late 90s hip hop.  This was the stuff I grew up on, albeit reluctantly.  Gospel was the state/household enforcement musical diet; and when ...

Undefeated 20-0 NABO-WBO Super middleweight boxing champ, Edgar Berlanga returns to the ring for a highly anticipated bout against 20-2 Irish juggernaut, Jason Quigley on Saturday, June 24th at Madison Square Garden! The road to boxing stardom and financial freedom has been a long one for Berlanga.  Starting at the ...

The word “Humanitarian” can often be an incredibly lofty word.  It gets tacked on the end of 3 or 4 more titles.  Almost everyone knows what it means but it’s amorphis, hazy, a throwaway.  I’m not going to insult Mr. Negron with a throwaway word you put behind “actor” “author” ...

In journalism, I’ve always felt this sense that there is a hands off decorum in the interview process: The subject is there. I am here.  My questions are a bridge between us; but, really, there’s less of a camaraderie and more of an air of a research facility.  I’m just ...