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04.26.07 i turn on my radio

which would be my iBook G4:) i dont own a radio these days.. so yeah i've not really experienced dutch radio... except for my girl Bibi's show, DUS DAT (that's what's up) which you can catch on Lijn 5. she interviews Black Panther, David Hiliard on this week's show check it.http://www.lijn5.com/index.php/shows/136/Dus%20Dat

i've been listening of late to my old friend and former special guest on the basketball talk show i co-hosted with Bobbito, "Trash Talk"/"On the Fence," Ricky Powell! Also, of "Across 110th Street," and "Rappin with the Rickster,' fame, his new show, Forty Deuce Radio, on east village radio is the shit. here's what i learned this week:

- Dojo's on st. marks place just closed... wow. i'd heard rumors of pretty bad sanitary conditions but it was an institution.. nuthin like sitting outside, watching the village go by, while eating noodles and chicken wings...
- the yankees are only baseball team that dont have their names on their uniforms.. no 'i' in team yo...
- missbehave magazine was started by the girlfriend of adrian moeller of mass appeal-- i was wondering why they were everyone's top friend..
- walking down the street while eating is supposedly a new york city phenomenon
- the two top draft picks in NBA are white.. one a canadian, the other european
- ricky got screamed at in a biergarden near the station for smoking a doobie and his co-host misses being able to sit on the stoop with a brewski and a joint in ny.. i wanted to tell him they/we still doin it uptown.. did i just snitch? oh well, the cops drive by takin pics of us on the stoop anyway..

they also play funky stuff+teddy pendergrass and old peoples hip hop: http://www.evr2.com/programs/45/EVR-45-FortyDeuceRadio-04-25-07.mp3

oh, by the way--- not only does mark the spark ronson have number 2 record in UK.. but spun the hot (old) shit (plus teddy pendergrass as well- go figure..) on bbc's 'the basement' this past weekend.. check it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/basement/

By the way JOELL ORTIZ in stores now! I remember when he didnt have a deal (which was like yesterday), now he's got two... cop The Brick + his upcoming release on AFTERMATH. yessir.. the doctor is in!

oh-- i met, interviewed, and went shopping for his wife, with poet laureate of New Jersey, and founder of the Black Arts Movement, Mr. Amiri Baraka, this weekend. Was truly a blessing, a gift. I'm very full.. now i just gotta finish this thesis, yo.. peace y'all.

posted by z.a.k. @ 5:05 AM