(Akiit.com) Technological changes in the last decade made it so that you could fit your entire music collection, thousands of songs, into a contraption the size of a credit card. But beyond the boom of MP3 players, iTunes and the Internet, pop music itself changed dramatically, especially the sounds that ...
(Akiit.com) After having viewed the latest box office hit Avatar, themes which seemingly resonate timelessly, find their expression once again. The story takes place on the distant planet of Pandora. This planet is bountiful in its natural resources and in particular “Unobtainium.†This precious mineral is highly coveted universally, as ...
(Akiit.com) If I hadn’t already seen the movie Couples Retreat I would not have spent my precious time doing so after hearing the latest about the people in charge of marketing the movie. In case you haven’t heard, advertisers have been accused of using poor judgment at best and being ...
(Akiit.com) Last week Oprah finally made it official. “The Oprah Winfrey Show“, as we know it, will end in 2011, rounding out 25 seasons of national syndication. It’s not as dismal as it sounds though. Oprah isn’t retiring; she’s actually upgrading. After all, black women don’t score their own network ...
(Akiit.com) Now I’m gonna say, right out the box, this might not be a column you want your children to read—or maybe you will. I know my publishers usually don’t like profanity laced commentary, and Lord knows black people have had a reason to cuss lately, but I’ve always been ...
(Akiit.com) He’s just not good enough for Ntozake Shange. Getting his hot little hands on Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was coup of the year for Tyler Perry. Not only will he produce and direct the upcoming film version, ...
(Akiit.com) Lately I’ve been thinking about the man accused of killing Michael Jackson. I try to imagine what his life has been like since June 25. Can he savor a meal? Is there such a thing as a “good day?” How do you lose yourself in a movie, the Internet ...
(Akiit.com) President Obama on rapper Kanye West: “He’s a jackass.†Amen to that, Mr. President. But it took you four years to realize it? Didn’t West’s outburst from 2005 give you a clue? Allow me to refresh some memories. In late August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf ...
(Akiit.com) When I first heard about rapper Kanye West’s latest episode of public bad behavior–insulting pop star Taylor Swift on the stage of a televised awards show as she attempted her thank you speech–I was immediately filled with wild, vindictive glee. He’d really done it this time, finally illustrated in ...
(Akiit.com) As I write this, I haven’t heard “I Look To You,†Whitney Houston’s new CD. Perhaps I’ll get around to it. Maybe I’ll hear a piece of a song on television; or a melody will waft out of the car next to me while I’m sitting on a light. ...
(Akiit.com) Dr. Conrad Murray must be sweating bullets. Now that Michael Jackson’s death has been officially ruled a homicide, the physician who administered the drugs that killed him will almost certainly wind up in court. Even if a grand jury decides not to charge Murray with manslaughter (I wouldn’t bet ...
(Akiit.com) Websites, blogs and chatrooms pulsed with garish cracks about it. Legions of commentators and news reporters snuck it in every chance they got. More than a few of Michael Jackson’s fervent admirers and supporters made a dismissive reference to it. Even President Barack Obama in a cautious acknowledgement of ...