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...so does that mean we get the Aresenio memoir review 😁? By the way @aka Contrarian did you read the book or listen to the audio?

No biggie. We can move on from Arsenio Hall's memoir and black women's sentiments about white gold diggers. It ain't that serious as far as I'm concerned.

To date, the public does not have any verifiable proof of anything these people claim as it relates to UAP/UFO/ET. At a certain point, the talking points of the images & files seem to come from the same playbook. Just like any form of entertainment & drugs & alcohol, these distractions provide people with another form of escapism from their routine lives. As long as there are customers/consumers for anything, there will always be pushers/producers...people who now how to capitalize on providing that something.😎

Interesting to consider it truth when there is no verifiable proof. I've watched Ross Coulthart a number of times interviewing on the subject of UAP/UFO. Seems to be how he's earning a living as a journalist. As long as they are not bringing hurt, harm or danger to other people, I do not begrudge how someone else makes their money.😎

I have periodically checked out the rest of the site. However, I'm not that interested in Arsenio Hall's memoir.😁😎

My photo timestamp says 2013 🤔

@Delano you have a good memory. I saw Nona Hendrix a couple of times. The last was Summer Stage a Central Park and Black Rock Coalition event, but I don't recall if you or Jasper was at that event. Speaking of Jasper, I'm not sure you are aware of his transition. Dyson and West are always informative and entertaining. I liked Dr. John Henrik Clarke. I saw him speak once. I thought Minister Farrakhan, in his prime, was one of the most powerful speakers I ever heard. I hear him give a lecture on Cornel's Campus back in the early 80s eye opening. Our course Malcolm X. The Nation trains their ministers well. There are many others. One of the things I miss able NY City was the abundance of lectures one could attend--often for free.

Using the Truth as a form of Distraction.....isn't very smart but extremely fortunate for those of us wanting theses info Most Interesting to me is Time stamp 9:19 - 10:40 Latest UFO clips show ‘we’re not the apex predator anymore,’ Ross Coulthart says | CUOMO 'They saw GREEN ORBS!’: New UFO files released by War Dept spark massive ALIEN BUZZ

@Mel Hopkins I’m glad you were serving him drinks and not the other way around. @Pioneer1 welcome back!

This Administrations is releasing real military recordings of possible alien design platforms.....that is not a distraction. Calling the release of formerly secret files a distraction.....is the distraction England has been releasing UFO files and documents since 2008.... Brazil started in 2005... Russia started in the 1990.. Mexico never really kept it a secret....they had transparency* The list goes on........ Sure it could be a test China Just Released The Clearest Video Of Them Shooting Down A UFO .......The Pilots who fired the tomahawk seems to not have known it was a test. I have no doubt that we have the technology.....I do not think it is owned by the US government. Maybe owned by a Syndicate of National and International Legacy Corporations and Individuals (MJ-12)

Good to know you are back and in the space.......

What?! If I gave you the impression that you of all people her tail your post in anyway please forgive me! Plus God knows we can use some Bookreviews around here. Please do share shoot. I’d love to post it on the website proper! All I was doing was voice in my perspective on your comment. It would be interesting, however, to take a pole and find out if black women took that story about white chicks, snatching up the wealthy black men. I would be willing to bet a substantial portion, if not, a majority aren’t pleased with the “news.” What?! 😳 please check out the rest of the website occasionally if you visit the homepage once a week, you’ll discover a bunch of new books by Black Writers and you definitely would’ve seen his book: https://aalbc.com/books/arsenio-9781982191368

It's been a while since we've mentioned what Black folks need to do.😁 For the most part, Black folks are doing a great job of sitting on the sidelines & watching POTUS OJ & the GOP run amok. A couple of non-white dudes have either gotten arrested or unalived for supposedly trying to get at POTUS OJ. We're not claiming those clowns.🤣 Pop culture works too. I remember Arsenio Hall having a successful late-night TV show & acting in a few movies. Didn't know he released his memoir.😎

@Troy I think sistas are more amused than riled up by the article in question. Black women nowadays take the hook-up between black male celebrities and white women, in their stride. They are, however, still interested in dishin' the dirt especially if it's funny and catty. I sometimes inject juicy gossip tidbits into the mix here as a diversion from the drone of the same-ol-same-ol grievances about the dreaded media and what poor ol mistreated black folks need to do ... I had intended to give a review of Arsenio Hall's newly released memoir which I just finished READING but nevermind since apparently the "culture" preferred here is not of the "pop" variety. źzźźzzz.

Sista @Mel Hopkins ...all is well on my end. Hope you're also doing well especially after passing your history class.😎

I'm not sure but it appears we can no longer post updates on our profiles. This is a really good site. I'm glad you didn't dump the forum 🙏🏽

Don't forget "Joy (what else? what else?) and Pain".....lol. May our good brother rest in peace and power.

Starting back in 1988 up to present, this song has been played everywhere. No party or cookout or gathering is complete without this song. Rob Base born Robert Ginyard passed away from cancer @ 59 years old. RIP.😎

When Troy said that, it was a foreshadowing of future events. He knew I'd be locked out of the forum for nearly 2 months....lol. .....man, them Harlem niggaz is somethin' else. They'll set you up to be murked with a big SMILE on their face...lol.

Sounds like a mixed up man with mixed up interests driving him to do what he did. It seems as if "whoever" or "whatever" is driving some of these cats to make their moves heard the chatter from the Black community about how most of the shooters have been White and how we said it's not out business. They heard the Black community say "It's White on White crime and we're staying out of it." So they found some "off white" or "half white" dude and put a battery in his back to go on a mission. When Black folks said he wasn't Black enough and insisted on not claiming him, I guess "they" (whoever "they" is) decided to send a SHO'NUFF Black man on the mission. This latest dude they claimed tried to run up on the White house and got neutralized....there's no mistaking whether HE'S Black or not. Now the question is, is he FBA?

Brother Malik Shabaaz (Malcolm X) is one of my favorite Black intellectuals. He was usually sharp on on point as well as witty with both friends and foes. Neely Fuller Jr. is another favorite of mine. Again, usually on point and sharp....even in his 90s.

The First Chapter celebrates impactful storytelling, featuring Malaika Mutere's Bantu Waltz, where music, identity, and colonial survival intertwine through a powerful, evocative narrative. Bantu Waltz : Nya's Archangel Story by Malaika Mutere Reviewed by MELEvery writer knows: the first chapter is a promise. It’s where you bring your best pen forward. And if done right, that first chapter becomes a map, a mood, and a motive. That’s why I bring to you, The First Chapter, a feature dedicated to honoring the artistry and ambition of Chapter One. Our inaugural entry belongs to Bantu Waltz: Nya’s Archangel’s Story by Malaika Mutere—a novel that doesn’t tiptoe onto the page but dances in with rhythm, rage, and reverence. Mutere’s prose is at once a celebration and a lament, a reminder that the stories we tell about music, memory, and colonial survival are neither linear nor light. They’re layered. Underneath the first chapter’s sun-drenched opening scene—students dancing, families gathering, a new year rising—lurks a tension that is anything but decorative. In a flashback, the protagonist, Nya, shares a memory that recalls British invasion music floating over Kenyan airwaves; the reader is reminded that even joy carries the echo of conquest. It’s not just a song; it’s a symbol. That static hums with identity theft, cultural interruption, and ancestral resistance. And like any song worth listening to twice, this chapter delivers a syncopated truth: music in the wrong hands is deception. But in Mutere’s hands? It’s a key. A call. A coded language meant for the descendants of Bantu lineage—those with the ancient mitochondrial DNA to decipher the message carried in the melody. I read this chapter before Black Music Month slipped away, and I’m glad I did. Because what Bantu Waltz makes clear is that Black music is more than a beat; it’s a genealogy. And sometimes, a first chapter is more than a beginning—it’s a remembrance. So if you’re looking for fiction that blends Soul, Sorrow, and Sound into one artful opening, I recommend Bantu Waltz to readers of Soul/R&B fiction, social anthropology, and cultural memoirs dressed as novels. Because The First Chapter isn’t just a feature. It’s a feeling. Originally posted Art intersects MEL June 30, 2025

The Black man who killed my father while he was trying to prevent a robbery of his uncle store was convicted with life with no expected parole. He is free today and has been for some time, so I suspect there are a lot who are free today. But that crime spree back in the day - sent me fleeing NY so, I'm not mad at that crime bill that saved other Black families who couldn't leave New York. If there were people falsely imprisoned my heart breaks for them and I hope some liberal project got them out. But it wasn't like Black people caught up in that bill were innocent. They left a lot of Black families without fathers, sons, mothers and daughters. In other news, Hi @ProfD ! I hope you are doing well on this Memorial Day!

Mel Yep...lol. I'm curious. Do you remember what year that picture was taken? I'm sure it was before he was incarcerated. Sometimes I like to look at people in pictures and wonder what's on their minds and whether or not they have any idea of their future and what lays ahead for them. When he was sitting there smiling for that picture, I'm sure going through the legal problems he was about to face was one of the furthest things from his mind.