Poetry on the Plaza: Jazz Poetry - Harry Ransom Center - February 7, 2007

The first Poetry on the Plaza event of the year. The Harry Ransom Center starts the year off with Jazz Poetry this Wednesday @ noon, in conjunction with The American Twenties exhibit. Featuring the poetry of Langston Hughes and other.

Tight right?!? Check it out if you've got time. I unfortunately will be at work. :(

Dude... so going to lunch today... we frequent Tan Tan on Peyton Gin. Well we were taking the Peyton Gin exit off of 183 South and this driver, right in front of us, literally right in front of us, swerves left to get off the exit ramp, then changes his mind and swerves immediately right to get back on the ramp. He loses control of the car and runs into the right barrier... then runs into the left barrier. Crazy!



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Poetry on the Plaza is a monthly noontime reading series sponsored by the Ransom Center. It is generally held on the first Wednesday of each month and features the works of authors whose papers are housed at the Center. Past poets read include William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Anne Sexton, and Dylan Thomas. Readers are drawn from the local community and have included professors and students at the university as well as local actors and authors.

The readings take place on the plaza directly east of the Ransom Center's main entrance. The Center is located at 21st and Guadalupe on the southeast corner of the university campus. Poetry on the Plaza is free and open to the public. In inclement weather, readings will be held in the Ransom Center's Lobby.

Big Daddy Kane - The Parish - February 27, 2007

Dude... 2007 is turning out to be a good year. And guess what? It's another Scion event. And you know what that means... Free bitches!

Big Daddy Kane! @ The Parish on Tuesday, Feb 27th. With Connie Price & The Keystones, DJ J.Period, and Reach. RSVP here!

Just resetting my sleep clock... tired...



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Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. During his career, he has worked with artists including Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Teddy Riley, Rudy Ray Moore and Barry White. Heavily influenced by Grandmaster Caz in his earlier years, he continued to improve his fast flow and freestyle battle techniques. Part of Marley Marl's legendary Juice Crew, he also penned lyrics for fellow members Biz Markie and Roxanne Shante. Kane was responsible for jump-starting and being the archetype for the career of Jay-Z, now a hugely commercially successful rapper who got his start as Kane's hypeman.

Black Sheep - Emo's - February 15, 2007

M.O.S. of Crew54 wrote in to tell us about a bomb ass show! Black Sheep @ Emo's on Feb 15th! SWEET! Poise, Crew54, Notion and the Dirty Pirates Crew also holdin' it down. Thanks M.O.S.!

So I'm outta Zurich tomorrow bitches! Back to the motherland. It's been 3 f*ckin' weeks. I'm so glad to get back... home sick. You can't even understand the craziness going on here. Updates in coming days. But I will tell you this... I now know why cats (ie. ODB) go insane in the pen.

See you fools at home... and at the shows. Can't wait.



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Black Sheep is an alternative hip-hop duo from The Bronx, New York, consisting of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. They were a part of the Native Tongues Posse, which included The Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. They debuted in 1991 with the hit song "Flavor of the Month" and later released their first album, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, which gained them praise and recognition in the hip-hop community for its unique rhythms and intelligent lyrics.

A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1992 with "The Choice Is Yours" (#9), and "Strobelite Honey" (#1). Black Sheep were also featured on Vanessa Williams' album, Work To Do (#8).