So, um yeah… I don’t blog much. Sometimes it feels like I have 5 trillion things going on. I’m always busy and really I prefer it to be that way.

Well guess what?!?! I’m adding 2 trillion more things to my plate as I have decided to partake in the world of podcasting. Don’t know what a podcast is? Google it.

I guess one might ask themselves “what in the world could Jonnie possibly be podcasting about?” Hmm… I guess I’ll leave that one a mystery for now. Tune in this time next week to find out what all the fuss is about.

There other day I was in Big Lots and I came across the dvd of Pee’s Big Adventure in the $3 movie bin. I remember watching that movie with my buddy Freckled Redd while eating these nasty little frozen pizzas for lunch. I don’t know what brand those pizzas were, but thinking back they had absolutely no flavor…at all. It didn’t matter much then. To a 6 year old, pizza is pizza.

At my second home (Walmart) they all three Ninja Turtles movies in the $5 bin. Secret of the Ooze was the best one. I don’t know what it is about break dancing turtles that’s so damn intriguing to a kindegardener, but to 6 year old Jonnie, that was the coolest thing on the planet. I spent many a summer day eating those nasty pizzas with Freckled Redd.

Y’all have to remember that back in the day it took “forever” for a movie to become available on VHF in the store. So by the time you could buy the movie and watch it at home, you probably forgot what happens in the movie.

Anyway, browse these titles and see if this brings about any old memories:

Whats up fam? It been a minute so you know something very noteworthy has had to occur to get me up and posting again. Three things that I love dearly have come together, and not it a good way. Those three things are VH1…Hip Hop…and Scarface.

I cut for all three of things so hard that it troubles me that there is unrest between and betwix the three. Now, this is by no means late breaking news but I just now decided to weigh in on the matter.

The long and short of it is (former) Geto Boys front man Scarface (whom I lovingly refer to as Uncle Scarface) is upset that VH1′s Hip Hop Honors is “segregating” southern rappers from the general population of rappers as we know it. He feels that VH1 is going to perpetuate the sterotype of “living on a farm in the middle of a corn field, sittin’ on the front porch in ya over-alls eatin’ watermelon, drankin’ outta jelly jars, spittin water melon seeds out,” etc. etc. Thats some country sh!t for  ya, but I didn’t think it was enough to boycott the whole damn franchise over.

Initally, I felt Face was overreacting and being sensitive. Mr. Scarfaces’ long list of gripes are as follows:

1. He dislikes the label “dirty south”

2. He feels the southern rappers were lumped together as a conspiracy to get “southern rappers” out of the way so other non-southern rappers could be focused on for the next several years.

3.He fells the south isn’t as valued/respected/appreciated as the rest of the country when it comes to hip hop

I think I covered all of his complaints. I must say that I thought  Scarface was just over-reacting and being sensitive, but now I see his point….let me break it down to you: Whenever a a person or group is in the minority they usually have to fight hard to recognized and appreciated by the majority. In Scarfaces’ case and the rest of the southern rappers,

Its would be like Samuel Jackson being honored for being Best Black Actor. Everyone would be like, “WTF?” because we all know Sam Jackson is just a damn good actor period.

Or if Pam Oliver won an award for being best Female Sportscaster. She’s just good regardless of gender so an award like that is like a back handed compliment.

So, in conclusion I just wanted to say, I get it Uncle Scarface. I get it.

On behalf on Scarface and other’s that feel his plight: quit treating the southern rappers like Hip Hop’s country step child.

Thank you and come again!

Mac & PC Unity

Lets just get right down to it. I love my iPod Touch. In the early 2000s I vowed to never buy a Mac/Apple made mp3.  I thought Apple products were 35% frill, 35%fluff, and 30% funcutionality (these percentages are completely scientific by the way.)

Anyway, I’ve had my iTouch since Black Friday 2009 and my love for this device grows deeper with each passing day. I won’t get into specifics…I know y’all don’t care, but if you don’t have an ipod or iphone you should probably get one, your life will change for the better if you do.

There really was no specific reason for this post other than just to say:

iPod Touch, I appreciate you!

Brandy and Ray J have a reality tv show…together.

*sigh* I’m excited to witness the train wreck that is Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business. I’m excited to watch these has beens even though everytime I see Ray J, I still sing in my head “wait a minute…ain’t that Brandy’s brother.” And everytime I see Brandy I think, “heyyyy…its Moesha.”

The Norwoods

Judging from the sneek peak its gonna be a mess, but I think its going to be a good, fun, entertaining mess. As opposed to a Flava Flav/I Love New York “crispity, crunchity, coon-ery mess” [(c) Katt Williams]

My excitement for this show is just proof postive that I am a reality tv junkie. I mean, who else but a reality tv fiend gets excited about a show featuring an ex-teen star has been and her sex tape producing, reality show whore little brother. (Keep in mind that I say these things with the utmost respect.)

Anyway, y’all know where I”ll be next Sunday @ 8pm central. I can’t wait!

So my SO and I went to go see Brooklyn’s Finest on Saturday. First, of all, no this isn’t a movie review…(but while I’m at it…I give this movie a strong C+).

Movie Poster

Anyway, this movie Brooklyn’s Finest is one of those movies that delibrately tries to teach us a lesson. It didn’t even hit me that this movie was trying to teach me something until after we had shuffled out of the movie, fought our way out the parking lot, stopped at Denny’s, ordered our food, ate, tipped our drunk waitress and were about 2 blocks away from our house. (Better late than never I guess.)

Anyway, just in case you’re wondering, the “theme/moral/message/lesson” of Brooklyn’s Finest is “right-er and wrong-er.” Atleast thats what they want you take away from the movie.

What you should really get out of the movie is:
1. Being greedy will get you kilt. (Yes, I said kilt instead of killed.)

2. Beating a dead horse will get you kilt. (Yes, I said it again.)

3. Once you decided that you really just don’t give a flip about life you will finally do something worthwhile and heroric all because you were at the wrong place at the right time.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot the most important lesson to be learned from Brooklyn’s Finest:

4. Wearing ugly ass cornrows will get you kilt.

Anyway, there you have it boys and girls.

If you’ve seen the movie I’m sure you’ll know what I’m taking about.

If you haven’t seen the movie, it’ll make perfectly good sense by the end credits.

I’m outta here.

-Jonnie

So, there’s something you should know about me: I love a good cover. One of my favorite things to do is to listen to random folks sing random songs that I love.

One of my favorite songs right now is Neighbors Know My Name by Mr. Trey Songz so I went to youtube and listened to about a dozen covers of “NKMN” and I found two pretty good ones. So, first take a listen to the original version by Trey Songs:

Next listen to this acoustic guitar version of Neighbors Know My Name by KingChristian34. There aren’t any vocals in this version, but its a really mellow rendition and I think y’all will like it so give it a listen!

The second cover has nice vocals, a little acoustic guitar AND  backup singers. I don’t know know this woman, but I really liked her cover of this song so please forgive the  bad editing, the minor mess ups and whatever other imperfections to this otherwise good rendition. By the way her youtube name is anhaylarene and here’s her video:

Well, folks, thats all I got for today. If you enjoyed this videos please visit these artists youtube channels at KingChristian34 and anhaylareneand vote on their videos, leave them some comments and if you really enjoyed them go ahead and subscribe. Tell them Jonnie sent you!

Later.

-Jonnie

I’m talking about those reality shows were a bunch of women (or men) compete for the affections of some random RICH or famous man (or woman.) If you’re a celebrity you can give it a go multiple times and spend 2 or 3 television seasons blowing through dozens of desperate, gold digging memebers of the opposite all while “finding true love.” HA!

Daisy of Love

Why these types of shows captivate my attention so much, I can’t explain. The contestants on these “love” shows seem so fake…and if not fake, they seem desperate…and if not either of those they just see downright disgusting. It really can be exhausting to watch sometimes…but I just can’t make myself not tune in.

Whats even worse, is these shows are always so predictable.

-There’s always a single mom who should be at home tending to her kids and being a grown up instead of drinking and partying and competing with other women for a man.

-There’s the chic with a boyfriend/husband back home who always gets caught because she eiether gets caught chatting with her hometown sweetheart or because she tells someone else in the house and expects them not tell anyone else..yeah right!

-There’s always the alcoholic who drinks way more than she competes for love. In fact, said chic is usually there just for the free booze.

-There’s the chic who all the contestants and the audience love to hate, but who never gets voted off because she’s a ratings magnet.

-Then there’s the stripper. There’s always a stripper and she usually fares very well in the competition.

Chardonnay from For the Love of Jay J

Nevertheless, I can’t stop watching and I haven’t had my fill even tho I know its fake. In fact there are a few celebrities I would like to see try to find love on tv for my entertainment.

Jamie Foxx – Foxxy of Love

Jamie Foxx just strikes me as Hollywood Playboy/Dirty Old Man, so who would be better suited to entertain us by bedding a handful of fame seeking 20-somethings while cameras roll? Mr. Foxx of course. His Academy Award is proof enough he act. He should definitely put those acting talents to good use by pretending to catch feelings for multiple gold-digging, wanna-be-famous trollips.

Tyra Banks – America’s Next Top Boyfriend

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Supermodel Mogul Tyra Banks is probably one of the most eligible female bachelorettes in Hollywood. Tyra doesn’t mind making a fool of herself which is why she’s an excellent candidate for a show like this. Hopefully all her contestants are male supermodels and she can make them do ANTM-esque tasks like runway training from Miss Jay and photo shoots with Nigel Barker.

T-Pain – Love is Pain

Yes, I know T-Pain is married. No, I have no real reason for wanting T-Pain to have a “find love show” other than the fact that it would amuse me to no end to watch T-Pain annoy 20 women by talking to hem in autotune for the entire season. The thought alone cracks me up. How long do you think it would take before the contestants started voting themselves off?

Maybe I should write to VH1 and tell them my brilliant ideas.
Maybe I should start a petition.
What do you think?

-Jonnie

I love blogging, I really do, but no one can tell because so far I’ve averaged about 3 posts per year.. I started out at blogger  right away I had a few successful posts…then I quit. Then I picked it up over a year later…and quit again after two posts. Then finally I started a hip hop culture blog with a friend of mine…we both quit.

I decided to come over here to wordpress because I need a fresh start and because my oblivious mentor Cliff Ravenscraft prefers wordpress over blogger and I want to find out if the grass really is greener.

So if everything goes as planned and a stick around long enough to gain a following yuo can expect to get a whole lot of unsolicited opinions about nearly everything under the sun as it pertains to pop culture and black culture as we know it.

Thanks for stopping by.

-Jonnie