1. Issue04 Music: I'm New Here
(Reviews/Reviews)

... you feel as if you are moving in and out of the depths of Scott-Heron's soul.  He begins and ends the album redefining the "broken home," introducing us to his family structure and the way he was raised; ...

2. Issue03 Music: What's in a Video Girl?
(Blogs/Blogs)

... have already broken into) is that of a dancer.  Regardless of how much or how little clothes they have one, these women are talented dancers (like Celestina in Prince's Black Sweat music video, who had ...

3. Issue03 Fiction/Poetry: Retail Job
(Fiction and Poetry/Fiction)

Issue03   2010-02-23    Retail Job By Tierra Rich Broken confidence gave away to hate-me... Distilled in a lil bottle of self, left on a shelf to be grabbed, only left there to expire. Registered as ...

4. Bollywood Bums (Part 1)
(Blogs/Blogs)

... discover that it wasn't in any better shape than my room. Instead of looking like a chamber, it looked like a scene from Saw I. The sink was broken, not as in the water didn't work, but as in half of the ...

5. NFL Week 7 Picks
(Blogs/Blogs)

  So, it's time for my Week 7 NFL picks but I need to explain the method behind the my successful madness. Some riles can be bent, other can be broken, but a select few go as the Unbreakable Rules of Football ...

6. Letters from Lauryn: Is Maxwell Onto Something Here? The Meaning Behind the Music
(BE Blog/BE Blog)

... your regrets, yeah, or baby call out my name, I'll be where you are, I'll be very still, step down to my heart and mend this broken." (Track 8 Playing Possum) My Thoughts: Communication, Communication, ...

7. Reflecting on Michael Jackson
(Articles/Articles)

... playing ANY black artists, and music magazines would not even put black artists on their covers. By 1983-84 artists like Prince, Lionel Ritchie and Whitney Houston had broken through and received some ...

8. Failing Lily
(Fiction and Poetry/Fiction)

... upside down. Food was scattered across the floor, shattered fragments of glass were spread around the room. Paintings and pictures her were broken. I methodically and tentatively made my way through the ...

9. Eminem Has A “Relapse”: Blood! Guts! Guns! Cuts!
(Reviews/Reviews)

... mind of a psychotic, pill-popping, drug addicted menace (i.e. Eminem). But once again, Eminem walks a very thin line here, and by the 5th song Eminem (or the “protagonist”) has already broken out of rehab ...

10. Broken Toy Cars
(Fiction and Poetry/Poetry)

Beautiful Joe plays guitar at parties. Has people crying cartoon tears on TV pavement, beer in one hand, friend in the other walking home sober in street lights...caravan of teenage confidence. We watched ...