Movie 1 - The Man of Tomorrow Main Cast Clark Kent/Superman: David Corenswet Lois Lane: Anya Taylor-Joy Jimmy Olsen: RJ Cyler Lex Luthor: Billy Zane Metallo: David Castañeda Kara Danvers/Supergirl: Logan Browning John Henry Irons/Steel: Mamoudou Athie Amanda Waller: Kerry Washington General Sam Lane: Tom Hanks/John Malkovich This story arc follows an inexperienced Superman, and... Continue Reading →
A Choice Through the Frost – A Short Story
Out the window, cascading down the glass, I could see them streaking. They were racing, and my eyes traced their paths for well over the millionth time. I stood there looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows in my bedroom naked before a shower. I had just returned from my nightly run and just needed to feel... Continue Reading →
How To Rap: Why Vocal Delivery is More Important than Lyrics
There have been so many great hip-hop projects that have come out this summer. My personal favorites are: J. Cole - K.O.D. (Does this count as a summer release if it was like 80 degrees in April?) Jay Rock - Redemption Drake - Scorpion While these are all great projects, each one of these rappers... Continue Reading →
Friday Night Tights – The Mini Bus
It was an overcast Tuesday afternoon as I drove some of the wrestlers to a (semi-optional) summer league wrestling meet at our rival high school after our own summer wrestling camp. Let's call them School P. I've recently learned that I am supposed to despise School P. This is kind of weird for me for... Continue Reading →
The Blacker the Barry
They say the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice They see the darker the flesh the more uncouth They say your black is beautiful but we can’t deduce Why only the fairer forms are shown to the youth He was the first black president but let’s tell the truth ... Continue Reading →
Friday Night Tights – Intro and Team Captains
I'm a TownKid. If you don't know what that means, just know that I have an immense sense of pride in the city where I'm from. That's why it was so hard to leave and coach wrestling at a high school about 20 miles away from there. About 2 months ago, I was named the... Continue Reading →
A Review of J. Cole’s KOD: Meditate, Don’t Medicate
As someone who can recall memories of listening to J. Cole’s The Warm Up while throwing my leg over my bike seat and riding off to school at 5:30am for a workout, it’s crazy to think that almost a decade ago the conversation around J. Cole is about the same as it is now. Furiously... Continue Reading →
After College 👩🏿🎓🗽
After college, after college Who would've said They'd look so blue after seeing in red After college, after college Now begins the wait For when realize we may never graduate After college, after college Death draws near They lit more torches to evoke more fear After college, after college Push came to shove Now the... Continue Reading →
A Vindication of the Benefits of Sports
"I think sports are stupid." - A whole bunch of people in the world have probably said this. In my short period of time being a high school English teacher, wrestling, and football coach, as well as being a high school athlete once, I have seen many young athletes who come from various backgrounds. Some... Continue Reading →
Why “Black Panther” is an important movie…but not a great one
"As a black man - it is almost blasphemous to say that after seeing Black Panther that it was just 'aight.'" - Me, a few minutes after seeing the movie. Thursday night, I left work excited to see Black Panther with my wife (Shout out to Annie for buying the tickets like a month in... Continue Reading →
The Culturalist 