The B Side Show Blog
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Dear Summer, I know you're gonna miss me...
Yup, it's time for a break. Summer's most definitely here and I'm going to take some time away from the blogging world to enjoy it! BUT DON'T GET IT TWISTED, I wont be far...
You can always find me here: www.thebsideshow.com (I'll have a new show posted soon)
or here: photos.thebsideshow.com (I'll be sure to update the site with all of my summer adventures)
and allow me to reintroduce my new bff: http://missshay.tumblr.com/ I won't dedicate this to media, this will be more personal, more random, more Shavon. So get fucking familiar 
This summer I'll also introduce a new feature on www.thebsideshow.com called The HYPE! ooooohhhhh yeeeeaaaaa, stay tuned for that!
Since it will be quiet around here for a bit but be sure to cyber stalk me at one of my other outlets lol.
New Shit: I'm tumbling...http://missshay.tumblr.com/
Not a music/news/entertainment blog, this is a bit more personal and waaaaaaay more random 
Check it out!
Check it out!
Pics from my trip to New Orleans
have been posted to photos.thebsideshow.com. That's my mom cautiously walking into the Voodoo Garden lol.
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!
Oh shit, this looks amazing!!!
FINISH HIM!!!!! Ohhhh I can't wait.
Humpday Tossback
In case you were wondering, Silkk the Shocker is back...
DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE ME but this used to be my jam! I actually had a huge crush on this guy. Now his music...ehhhhh...
SILKK THE SHOCKER FEAT. MYA "SOMEBODY LIKE ME"
while we're at it...
MYA FEAT. SILKK THE SHOCKER "MOVIN' ON"
Currently listening to...
Big KRIT "KRIT Wuz Here" mixtape
Mississippi stand up!!!!
Homeboy Sandman "The Good Sun"
Janelle Monae "The Archandroid"
All have been on repeat in my Ipod. Yup.
Subway Stories (Hollywood)
Oh please believe the Metro in California has its share of panhandlers, kids wanting money to pay for their best friend's cancer treatment (I gave her the MEAN side eye) and musicians! I loved the fact that this guy came on the train with a shopping cart that he LOCKED to the pole with a chain...can't make this stuff up.
I took the train a few times to Hollywood. Compared to NYC's subway system the Metro in California was quite pleasant. It was fairly clean and reliable but then again this is coming from someone who only took it a few times. I can say that compared to the dozens of lettered trains crisscrossing the 5 boroughs, the handful of colored Metro lines were a piece of cake to figure out. The announcements were computer programmed (in English and Spanish) making it super easy to understand. I'm not sure why the MTA has not figured this out yet. I understand that it will take lots of money to upgrade every train with this type of system but shit, I'll voice the damn announcements! Anything beats trying to decipher what the non English speaking N train conductor is saying over the PA system, especially on the weekends when NOTHING makes sense in the world of MTA.
Music Monday: Russian Rullet feat. Glasses Malone & Jyune "Street Poetry"
You know I'm fresh off my LA trip so this new song from my Cali homie Russian Rullet came RIGHT ON TIME! Check out his new song "Street Poetry" featuring Glasses Malone & Jyune.
RUSSIAN RULLET FEAT. GLASSES MALONE & JYUNE
If you don't know who Russian Rullet is, go here to listen to our interview and get fucking familiar!
My photography exhibit in NYC + Cali pics added to photos.thebsideshow.com
I updated the Travel folder with a few of my pics from Santa Monica beach. I'm just about finished with my photography class so I used the trip to get some photos to add to my final project that will be showcased next Thursday 6/10/10 at Photo Manhattan (51 West 14th Street #2R) www.photomanhattan.com/. I guess this will be my first photography show of some sort My pics will be on display along with others for all to see at from 7-9pm. My project is called "Life is a Beach: A Tale of Two Cities". I used Brooklyn's own Coney Island beach and California's Santa Monica beach as my subjects. The above photo is one of the Santa Monica flicks that will be featured. Enjoy and come out if you can, I've been told by my teacher that the final exhibit is pretty cool and there will be free drinks lol.
My pics will be on display along with others for all to see at from 7-9pm. My project is called "Life is a Beach: A Tale of Two Cities". I used Brooklyn's own Coney Island beach and California's Santa Monica beach as my subjects. The above photo is one of the Santa Monica flicks that will be featured. Enjoy and come out if you can, I've been told by my teacher that the final exhibit is pretty cool and there will be free drinks lol.
Fuck the police (LAPD version)
for arresting Cat Woman, Freddy Krueger and the yellow Transformer...I think his name is Bumble Bee...I refuse to google it.
I'm back with some Hollywood Walk of Fame vid!
"Cali, great place to visit..." Biggie
I had a ball in LA!!!! I will be returning soon, the state is way too big and there is soooo much more that I want to explore. I did go on a few tours of LA, I hit the beach, went to Universal City, went to a club in Long Beach (yes Long Beach), got to see a dope band called Homegrowne perform live and got to kick it with some of my Cali peeps. I traveled with my handy flip cam and decided to take you on a tour of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in 10 mins or less lol. In it you will see:
-me being attacked by Sponge Bob Square Pants
-a few "celebrities"
-and lots of stars
What you won't see in the vid:
-me at the club in Long Beach requesting Biggie songs (yes I did)
-the homeless man helping me out with the LA Metro system (yes he did and yes I gave him some change)
-all the the damn money I spent because LA is just as pricey as NYC
Haha, enjoy. I'll have more Cali posts coming up.
I'm going going, back back, to Cali Cali...for the first time.
Yup! I'm headed to the west coast this week. I plan on doing all the cheesy things tourists do since I've never been there before I'll be back blogging on my not so regular schedule when I return, until then feel free to catch up on older posts, check out the new show on www.thebsideshow.com featuring my Homeboy Sandman and Raye6 interviews or browse through my photos on photos.thebsideshow.com. Ohhhhh yeaaaaa, you can also buy my book!!!
I'll be back blogging on my not so regular schedule when I return, until then feel free to catch up on older posts, check out the new show on www.thebsideshow.com featuring my Homeboy Sandman and Raye6 interviews or browse through my photos on photos.thebsideshow.com. Ohhhhh yeaaaaa, you can also buy my book!!!
After the Dance: Conversations on Michael Jackson's Black America @ The Schomburg Center
Day 1:
Friday, June 4
6 p.m. Opening Reception
7 p.m. Opening Plenary with featured guests Nelson George, Author, Filmmaker, Television producer, and Critic & Touré, Music journalist, Cultural critic
9 p.m. Closing reception: Jackson Rhythms provided by WildSeed Music NY
** Sugested $10 donation at the door.
Day 2:
Saturday, June 5
11 a.m. Can You Feel It? A Multi-Media Collage of the Decades-Long Jackson Family Musical Career
Panel Discussions
12 p.m. To be White, Gifted and Black: Managing Acceptable Representations of Blackness as the "King of Pop"
Moderator: Esther Armah, International journalist, Published author, Public speaker, Radio host, and Playwright.
Panelists:Arthur Jafa, Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Writer; Dream Hampton, Hip Hop journalist; dj lynnee denise, WildSeed Music NYC; and DJ Qool Marv
2 p.m. Keep it in the Closet: The Historic Speculation Around Michael Jackson’s Gender Bending Persona
Moderator: Steven Fullwood, Schomburg Center
Panelists: Mark Anthony Neal, Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University, and Author; Asadullah Muhammad, Educator, Father, Poet, Writer; andDJ Reborn, Music Consultant and Teaching Artist; and DJ Selly
4 p.m. Black Ain’t Green: Honoring Michael’s Environmental Consciousness and Philanthropic Endeavors
Moderator: Walker Sands, Majora Carter Group
Panelists: Andres Carter, Sustainable South Bronx; William Thomas, Green Jobs Leader, Trainer, Business Man; and Anisa Keith, Sustainanble Business Committee, Co-founder
5 p.m. Closing: Jackson Rhythms
Trey Songz "Yo Side of the Bed" vid
LOVE it!!!!
Essence.com provided the world with the premier of possibly my favorite song on Trey's latest album. Having Miss Keri baaaaby in it didn't hurt at all. I love the fact someone decided to put some thought into the concept of the video instead of the bs that has been floating around lately. Notice I don't post as many vids as I used to, yeaaaaa most of them are not even worth the time anymore. Whomp.
Humpday Tossbacksssssss (California Love edition)
LL COOL J "GOING BACK TO CALI"
TUPAC "TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA"
DJ QUICK "BORN AND RAISED IN COMPTON"
and simply because I love this song...
For about $250, you too can learn to grow marijuana...
I watched a bit of a program on tv this past weekend about marijuana in the US and one segment featured a school in California that actually teaches people to cultivate cannabis. The school is called Oaksterdam University...dead ass. Here's an article from 2008 about the school. I'm sure that you can probably google "how to grow weed" or something and find everything you need to know online for free but I find it hilarious that there is a school teaching it. Anyone with an extra $250 laying around, please forward it this way...
(AP) You know you're in a different kind of college when a teaching assistant sets five marijuana plants down in the middle of a lab and no one blinks a bloodshot eye.
Welcome to Oaksterdam University, a new trade school where higher education takes on a whole new meaning.
The school prepares people for jobs in California's thriving medical marijuana industry. For $200 and the cost of two required textbooks, students learn how to cultivate and cook with cannabis, study which strains of pot are best for certain ailments, and are instructed in the legalities of a business that is against the law in the eyes of the federal government.
"My basic idea is to try to professionalize the industry and have it taken seriously as a real industry, just like beer and distilling hard alcohol," said Richard Lee, 45, an activist and pot-dispensary owner who founded the school in a downtown storefront last fall.
So far, 60 students have completed the two-day weekend course, which is sold out through May. At the end of the class, students are given a take-home test, with the highest scorer - make that "top scorer" - earning the title of class valedictorian.
Before getting to Horticulture 101, the hands-on highlight of Oaksterdam U, the 20 budding botanists, entrepreneurs and political activists at a recent weekend session sat politely through two law lectures and a visiting professor's history talk.
In the lab, Lee measured plant food into a plastic garbage can and explained how, with common sense, upgraded electrical outlets, a fan and an air filter, students can grow pot at home for fun, health, public service - or profit.
Lee explained to his students how to prune and harvest plants, handing the clipping shears to a woman who wasn't sure how close to the stalk to cut without damaging it. He offered his thoughts on which commercial nutrient preparations are best, as well as the advantages of hydroponics, or soil-free gardening.
During a discussion of neighbor relations, he warned against setting boobytraps to keep curious kids out of outdoor gardens.
Welcome to Oaksterdam University, a new trade school where higher education takes on a whole new meaning.
The school prepares people for jobs in California's thriving medical marijuana industry. For $200 and the cost of two required textbooks, students learn how to cultivate and cook with cannabis, study which strains of pot are best for certain ailments, and are instructed in the legalities of a business that is against the law in the eyes of the federal government.
"My basic idea is to try to professionalize the industry and have it taken seriously as a real industry, just like beer and distilling hard alcohol," said Richard Lee, 45, an activist and pot-dispensary owner who founded the school in a downtown storefront last fall.
So far, 60 students have completed the two-day weekend course, which is sold out through May. At the end of the class, students are given a take-home test, with the highest scorer - make that "top scorer" - earning the title of class valedictorian.
Before getting to Horticulture 101, the hands-on highlight of Oaksterdam U, the 20 budding botanists, entrepreneurs and political activists at a recent weekend session sat politely through two law lectures and a visiting professor's history talk.
In the lab, Lee measured plant food into a plastic garbage can and explained how, with common sense, upgraded electrical outlets, a fan and an air filter, students can grow pot at home for fun, health, public service - or profit.
Lee explained to his students how to prune and harvest plants, handing the clipping shears to a woman who wasn't sure how close to the stalk to cut without damaging it. He offered his thoughts on which commercial nutrient preparations are best, as well as the advantages of hydroponics, or soil-free gardening.
During a discussion of neighbor relations, he warned against setting boobytraps to keep curious kids out of outdoor gardens.
Students gave various reasons for enrolling. Some said they were simply curious. Others said they wanted tips for growing their own weed, although judging from the questions, a few were ready for the graduate seminar Lee recently added to the curriculum.
Jeff Sanders, 52, said he has been buying medical marijuana since 2003, but wants to open a dispensary in the San Joaquin Valley because he doesn't like having to drive up to San Francisco and paying the markup.
"I see it as a good thing. You are giving back to the community," Sanders said.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy, 37, said he started smoking pot regularly for the first time about a year ago to treat his chronic migraines, depression and anxiety. After attending class, he said felt more confident about growing his own, which he wants to do because the dispensary he frequents often sells out of his favorite strain.
Oaksterdam U draws its name from the jokey nickname for a section of Oakland where some of California's earliest medical marijuana dispensaries took root. The nickname in turn was inspired by the city of Amsterdam, in Holland, where pot use is tolerated.
Jeff Sanders, 52, said he has been buying medical marijuana since 2003, but wants to open a dispensary in the San Joaquin Valley because he doesn't like having to drive up to San Francisco and paying the markup.
"I see it as a good thing. You are giving back to the community," Sanders said.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy, 37, said he started smoking pot regularly for the first time about a year ago to treat his chronic migraines, depression and anxiety. After attending class, he said felt more confident about growing his own, which he wants to do because the dispensary he frequents often sells out of his favorite strain.
Oaksterdam U draws its name from the jokey nickname for a section of Oakland where some of California's earliest medical marijuana dispensaries took root. The nickname in turn was inspired by the city of Amsterdam, in Holland, where pot use is tolerated.
Today's song of the day is...
Manamana!
WARNING: This song will get stuck in your head lmao.
OMG!! An adult playground!!
Recess is the ONLY thing I miss about grade school. I think a lot of adults would be so much less cranky if they were allowed an hour to play after lunch.
and I still won't grow up, I'm a grown ass kid...
BIG shout out to the artist that decided to make a "tourist" lane in NYC...
I fucking LIVE.
This is something that I've been wanting for sometime now, working in midtown is anything but a treat when you are trying to get around hundreds of tourists gazing at buildings in the middle of the sidewalk. Super frustrating. Realistically this means nothing, I'm surprised someone even noticed it (probably a tourist).
Some rabble-rousing artists divided a stretch of sidewalk on Fifth Ave. into two lanes - one for tourists and one for locals.
The anonymous artists painted a white line down the middle of the sidewalk on the east side of Fifth Ave. between 22nd and 23rd Sts.
The words "Tourists" and "New Yorkers" were painted at the both ends of the block to identify who belonged in which lane.
"I'm walking right down the middle," Arthur Hillstone, 54, a corporate consultant, said yesterday. "I live in San Francisco but I work in New York City at least once a month. That puts me somewhere between tourist and New Yorker."
"I'm a tourist, but I want to walk in the New Yorker lane," said Melissa Pace, 22, of Ohio. "I might get away with it because I'm wearing new jeans that I got in SoHo."
Like the cars whizzing down Fifth Ave., some people didn't pay attention to the lanes and walked wherever they pleased.
"Real New Yorkers don't notice crap like this," said Rolando Gilbride, 33, of Brooklyn. "We don't look down when we walk. We look forward."
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