I have reached the conclusion that, in some ways, stand up comedy share a lot in common with journalism! How, do I hear you ask? Well, they both involve communicating with an audience, albeit in different media. But whereas the stand up comedian’s job is to make that audience laugh, the journalist’s chief task is [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 14:48:53 on March 31st, 2007 in Comedy
No Comments »Something totally amazing happened last night: I experienced the power (and glory!) of being able to captivate an audience with the power of sheer talent!
This is not a bragging trip, but a revealation and discovery of yet another talent I felt I had but had never before explored. I’m talking about, of course, the ability [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 14:51:35 on March 30th, 2007 in Comedy
No Comments »Tonight is a special night in BlackMan’s life: I make my debut as a stand up comedian! I’ll be performing at the BBC Club Woodlands in London and to be honest, I am nervous and apprehensive as can be.
I won’t be doing any culture specific jokes (it’s not the right audience) but it should be [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 07:42:40 on March 29th, 2007 in Comedy
No Comments »I have to say hats off to journalist Toyin Agbetu of the African rights organisation Ligali for making a protest against the so-called anti-slavery abolition commemoration attended by the Queen, the UK Prime Minister and members of his government, on Saturday.
As a piece of protest it was so inspiring in its execution that it surprised [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 01:28:20 on March 28th, 2007 in People
No Comments »It has become really fashionable for Black people to deny their cultural ancestry for fear of being seen as having a chip on their shoulders. Fortunately, quite a lot of others don’t subscribe to this school of thought and I’m one of these.
When people of other races say stuff like: “Slavery was 200 years ago, [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 13:55:59 on March 27th, 2007 in Culture
No Comments »On Saturday night/Sunday morning, people in the UK (and most of Europe) marked the beginning of spring by putting their clocks one hour forward. It’s a kind of “playing with time” ritual going back to World War 2, I believe. They sometimes call it “daylight saving.”
The basic idea is to fool people into thinking there’s [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 13:40:24 on March 26th, 2007 in Culture
No Comments »A few years ago the singer Prince was so unhappy with the exploitative relationship with his record company that he called himself “Symbol” or “AFKAP” (Artist Formerly Known As Prince) and refused to be called or recognised as Prince. We all applauded and thought “how weird” or “how inventive”, depending on our perspective.
When he started [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 09:34:04 on March 25th, 2007 in Society
No Comments »The problem with the England football team is not the amount of money international players get or make. It is mainly tactical and administrative: Steven McLaren has so far not delivered in this department.
People have been quick to laugh at Sven’s achievement as manager, but at least under Sven England won games and scored goals. [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 10:01:47 on March 24th, 2007 in Sports
No Comments »Out of the clear blue sky retired Metropolitan police chief Sir John Stevens has made a sensational revelation.
Interviewed in today’s News Of The World (NOTW) he has come out and ‘revealed’ that there are as many as 200 Osama bin Laden trained terrorists in the UK and that the government should do whatever it can [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 06:07:51 on March 6th, 2007 in Relationships
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