Chrisco Spins

Do black folks know that Tavis Smiley has declared himself their king? I’ve been asking around and most everyone I’ve spoken to barely remembers him from his days as a BET talk-show host. I should qualify that, most people don’t remember him at all. Of the people who recognize the name, not one person has admitted to seeing Tavis as a “black leader.”

So why is he going after Barack Obama for essentially “not being black enough?” (more…)

I’m conflicted by a film that stopped through Atlanta. It’s called Tearoom and it’s part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Essentially the movie is surveillance tape compiled by police during a 1962 sting operation in a Mansfield, Ohio public restroom.

In just under an hour, I witnessed more gay sex than I have in my entire life. Now I’m sitting at home thinking about whether what I saw was art (as it has been called by many critics) or voyeuristic porn. (more…)