UncomfortableTV: Tea Party Movement Convention 2010

(image from CS Monitor)

So I know Don Cornelius is tugging at your socks since there's a very special walk (or boogie) through time down the Soul Train line via VH1, but I would love it if you'd tune in--even for 15 minutes to watch the uncomfortable but I daresay necessary television that is occurring via CSPAN. Here is as historic a moment as any in present American History.

You can also view live via http://www.pjtv.com/v/3031.

bytwenty8 does not aspire to be a benign instrument or aloof pusher, if you will, of Black and Brown entertainment consumption. Instead, the intention, as stated at New Year's advent is to "get you woke, daily."

Here is one such occasion. Consider it a SPECspesh--that is, inspiration, motivation--to birth the thing we need to move us a little closer to giving all of us "us free."

I don't have any opinions or objections, pros or cons to offer, but I do think it oh-so-important that you make this a part of your Saturday night viewing.

(4/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow

By now, you should be ready to break glass.

BUT since that's expensive, dangerous and it'll still be snowing when you finish, I present...Mood 4.

For my Throwbacks/Barely-there-Booskie mood (this with a mild awareness of what month it is--Black, Boo-lovin' and all):
>> Love Jones (1997, Theodore Witcher)
>> Coming to America (1988, John Landis)
>> Set It Off (1997, F. Gary Gray)
>> Poetic Justice (1993, John Singleton...grr...)
>> Fame (1980, Alan Parker)
>> Friday (1995, F. Gary Gray)
>> She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee)
>> The Wiz (1978, Sidney Lumet)
>> School Daze (1988, Spike Lee)
>> Love & Basketball (2000, Gina Prince-Bythewood)

>> Brown Sugar (2002, Rick Famuyiwa)
>> Malcolm X (1992, Spike Lee)

>> How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998, Kevin Rodney Sullivan)

>> Waiting to Exhale (1995, Forest Whitaker)

(3/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow

And you STILL AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE...

So here's Mood 3 to stave off cabin fever.

For my Just Because mood:
>> The Informant (2009, Steven Soderbergh)
>> Capitalism: A Love Story (2009, Michael Moore)
>> Skin (2009, Anthony Fabian)
>> Miracle at St. Anna (2008, Spike Lee)
>> The Secret Life of Bees (2008, Gina Prince-Bythewood)
>> Sex and the City: The Movie (2008, Michael Patrick King *don't judge)
>> She Hate Me (2004, Spike Lee)
>> Burn After Reading (2008, Coen Brothers)
>> The Great Debaters (2007, Denzel Washington)
>> Obsessed (2008, Steve Shill)
>> Talk to Me (2007, Kasi Lemmons)

>> Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009, Buddy Giovinazzo)

(2/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Net-Flixing Moods You Might Borrow

Since you STILL AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE...

Here's Mood 2 to stave off cabin fever.

For my Oscar season mood:
>> 2010 Inglourious Basterds (Netflix)
>> 2010 Hurt Locker (Netflix)
>> 2009 Milk (Netflix)
>> 2009 The Dark Knight (Netflix)
>> 2009 Frost/Nixon (Netflix)
>> 2009 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Netflix)
>> 2008 Charlie Wilson's War (Netflix)
>> 2008 American Gangster (Netflix)
>> 2008 Juno (Netflix)
>> 2008 Bourne Ultimatum (Netflix; They're talking about a prequel minus Matt!)
>> 2008 Persepolis (Netflix)
>> 2007 Dreamgirls (Netflix)

(1/4) SNOWED IN: 4 Netflix-ing Moods You Might Borrow

It's looking like 2 feet and rising all Friday and Saturday.

THAT being said: YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE.

To stave off cabin fever, here are some rentals I'll be getting in once the thrill of snowballing and [my bro's] shoveling have grown wearisome.

I'm a moody televisual-cinematic consumer--so trust this list to be all over the place: 4 Moods For ya...

For my what's-the-hype/(or maybe there wasn't one...)/i-need-some-reruns TV mood:
>> HBO's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (iTunes)
>> NBC's Parks & Recreation (NBC.com/parks-and-recreation)
>> AMC's Mad Men (MadMenEpisodes.com)
>> NBC's 30 Rock (NBC.com/30-rock)
>> HBO's Entourage (Netflix)
>> CW's Girlfriends (*tear* Netflix)
>> FOX's Glee (FOX.com)
>> ABC's Ugly Betty (*tear* abc.go.com/shows/ugly-betty)
>> ABC's Lincoln Heights (iTunes)
>> Showtime's Weeds (Netflix)
>> Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta (iTunes--you knew it was coming :-D)