To my net dawgs:

Kodefendant

Adventures in
DC

tank
green dot com

Saturnchild

digital.down.low

EightyFour26

Gourdsong

ChezPink
Lounge

Angry Robots

Dropheavy Version 2.0

NSA

HAPPY MASSACRE DAY!

Up above is the one of the reasons i hate pictures being taken of me, especially when i have just woken up and my hair is in the midst of be redone. What i was doing with my hand in one of them is beyond me. But that was from late september/early October.

Below is a pic of me and my "lo specialist"/friend. If u live in NYC and want ur hair done give me a ring.

Mental note from the Village Voice

Best Free Art Supplies - Materials for the Arts
City-sponsored agency MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS has a wildly eclectic inventory—chairs, old computers, fabric, paint, paper, mannequins, "industrial by-products," you name it—all donations from businesses, otherwise headed for the trash. So, for no charge, those eligible—including all NYC nonprofit cultural organizations, art programs, and individual artists "working with a registered cultural organization in a public setting"—get to come on down to MFTA's enormous warehouse in Long Island City for some picking and choosing. Applications, including a list of needed materials, are required; call for an appointment. -Hillary Chute

33-00 Northern Boulevard, Queens 718-729-3001

"You're A Nice Guy Rich"


One of Q-Tip's many collaborators, Raphael Saadiq

Last week on one of my semi-regular stops at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square who would I come across but the Lone Ranger -- Q-Tip. Although I was semi-starstruck I refused to follow him around the store as he shopped for CDs. Thankfully, some other fan took care of that, when I decided to go downstairs to see where he had gone to.

Of course it was the jazz section. As I muddled around "looking" for possible new jazz CDs (Courtney Pine's Underground and Modern Day Jazz Stories have been added to my must-get list), I glanced over from time to time to see the fan and Q in conversation. And I guess the fan noticed me and ran up on me with a camera and asked me to take a picture of him and Q. Being a nice guy I did and watched the fan give his goodbye dap and thanks.

This was my opening... I stopped Q as he walked by me and gave him a dap and a "What's Up and segued into a "I am one of the people who was fortunate enough to have a copy of your Abstract album." This he seemed to nod in approval to me having it and then I asked if it was rally not coming out. He said yes but that he garnered a deal with some other label. According to him, it would be more of the same but more "structured." He would still experiment and I responded with you should always experiment." Then I spontaneously pointed to the Miles Davis section (which is huge) behind us and said "look at him." Which was met with another nod of agreement. And then I let him go.

When I told my friend later that night about the incident he simply said to me: "You're a nice guy, Rich."

Today one of my kids from the afterschool program relayed this message to me from one of my students who got suspended from the program last Friday -- along with 3 others in my class.

Female student: Richard! richard I have a message from M****.
Me: Yeah? What is it?
FS: She told me to tell you: "She hates You"
Me: Oh that's nice
I promptly went back to doing my job after this was told to me. And it's somethign i expected for the girl to say. She is extreme like that. But still to say yo uhate someone is such a strong sentiment.