The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. Bear with me, I need to type that out again. The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. It’s been 27 years since the Knicks have made it to the final playoff series of the season. 27 years is one whole generationof people that have never enjoyed t...

It’s a fact that jazz is one of the most understated and overpowering art forms that the United States - and specifically, Black Americans - has ever produced. Music that is GUARANTEED to make you feel something, no matter your background or where you’re from. Anda that’s true wherever it takes hold...

Back at the end of February I got a chance to attend what’s been dubbed the “Coachella of Podcasts”, On Air Fest. It was a chance to check out a festival that’s been a keen eye into the world of streaming and podcast media for almost a decade. I just had to get through a morning snowstorm, two days ...

March 2006. I was out here just getting a paycheck working with a temp agency, working at one of the world’s top banks. New York City was beginning to change up, with Michael Bloomberg making his business acumen and an eye on maximizing the city for his cronies and tourist dollars shifting the atmos...

.Maritri. I’m starting this off in a way I think she would’ve liked, by posing a (paraphrased) musical question inspired by that famed song from The Sound of Music - “how to explain the light that was Maritri?” How, indeed. It still doesn’t seem real that my good friend has passed away. Not gonna li...