This episode features a looong overdue review of the movie Thor. What? You don’t care what Vernon and Kamau think about the movie Thor? Well, don’t worry your nappy little head, as always, they veer waaaaay off topic (or on topic depending on your perspective) and tackle the subjects that you know them for. Vernon also finally recommends some music, as he exposes Kamau to some Tyler, The Creator. This is our most EXPLICIT episode ever! Thanks, Tyler.
- Has Samuel L. Jackson had the Super Soldier Serum?
- How come Vernon doesn’t want a black Spider-man?
- Is Tyler, The Creator and his crew the NEW Wu-Tang or the anti-Wu-Tang?
- How is it that in killing Osama Bin Laden that the US finds a way to be racist to Native Americans?
- Kamau’s big (soon to be bigger) news!
Vernon is back from his tour in Berlin and therefore the dynamical duo is BACK! For all of you who missed Vernon on the last episode this episode is back to regular. This episode features…
- Vernon’s beef with America’s radio sweetheart Jesse Thorn.
- President Barack Obama squashing his beef with Osama Bin Laden… literally.
- Vernon pitches his new religion, POI, to Producer Alex’s bemusement.
- Vernon has insider knowledge to the reign of NYC drug kingpin Nicky Barnes.
- Vernon makes it clear he’s not voting for Newt Gingrich. Surprised?
- Kamau sends Vernon a surprising E-mail. You’ll just have to guess what it is.
- And finally Urban Dance Squad gets some much overdue love from FNGTAC!
OK, look assholes! I have a hot tip for you. This is hotter than a tip on Apple Computer stock in 1990. Hotter than an iPad 2.* Hotter than fresh-out-of-the-oven chicken potpie filling. HOT! Hannibal Buress is headlining for the first time THIS WEEKEND at the Punch Line here in San Francisco!
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Kamal, you recommend comics every week. I get it. He’s a friend of yours and you think he’s funny. Enough with the hard sell.”
Okay. First of all, my name is Kamau, not Kamal.
And second of all, this is not the usual KKK endorsement, THIS is a warning of things to come. A warning of the inevitability of how stupid you will feel in a year or two** when Hannibal is one of the biggest comics in the country and you missed your chance because you didn’t heed this warning to get in on the ground floor of the next big thing.***
Hannibal has already been feted by Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, and Variety. He’s working on getting his late night talk show card fully punched, and is one of the few comics who each year who manage to crack the inscrutable code of appearing on David Letterman. He has written for SNL and 30 Rock. His 2010 debut comedy CD, My Name Is Hannibal, was lavished with praise, making multiple 10 ten lists, including ones by iTunes and Punchline Magazine.**** He’s appeared on the podcasts WTF with Marc Maron and The Field Negro Guide to Arts and Culture with guitarist Vernon Reid from the band Living Colour.
Vernon is away this week and he’s sure gonna be mad he missed this one. Kamau is in Portland, OR and sits down with scorching hot comedian, Hannibal Buress. Hannibal has been feted in all the hip-making mags like Rolling Stone, Esquire, Variety, and Entertainment Weekly. And he has been called, “The funniest young comic I’ve seen in years.” by none other than Chris Rock. Kamau and Hannibal have some comedian shoptalk, talk about Hannibal’s brief writing career on Saturday Night Live and his hopefully soon to be longer writing career on 30 Rock. And in the grand tradition ofg FNGTAC they of course have a meta discussion about Hannibal’s self-esteem and whether or not he’s being type cast. Hannibal also breaks a brand new genre or YouTube vdeos. Watch out MMA!
Enjoy it! Even though we don’t know if you deserve it!
This episode is a classic FNGTAC podcast. It is pretty much the template for why the podcast exists in the first place. It’s a freewheeling, off-roading, much encompassing conversation the type of which Kamau and Vernon reguarly had before the podcast began. Today begins with a few Twitter hashtags but doesn’t limit itself to something as small as what is on the Internet. And this is probably (Kamau says hopefully.) the one and only FNGTAC mention of one Carlos Estevez AKA Charlie Sheen. Also…
* Vernon is tense about a possible Blade Runner remake.
* They both go into detail about George Lucas and the prequels. Guess what they think.
* They go into geek nirvana by deconstructing the Matrix movies. Guess which 1 of the 3 they liked the most.
* They wonder if 20 years after the Rodney King beating we are gettig along any better.
* Vernon busts out his adult language. Singularity anyone?
* Vernon, once again, has an idea about resurrecting a classic movie franchise. Today, it’s Alien.
Yup, a typical episode of sci-fi, police brutality, more sci-fi, and finally #TigerBlood.
Connect with Vernon on Facebook, Twitter @vurnt22, and www.livingcolour.com
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Connect with Producer Extraordinaire Alex on Twitter @AGThornton
And you can connect with the Podcast on Twitter @ThatFNGuide
This episode features Vernon & Kamau geeking out on all things superhero. Superhero movies (past and future). Superhero costumes (good and bad). Sueprhero TV shows (only one good one). Kamau explains why there will never bee another good Superman movie, and then Vernon pitches how he would make a good one. (Take notes, Christopher Nolan.) They also discuss whether or not there has ever been a credible black superhero. And then they discuss whether or not there has ever been a credible African-American superhero. (They get deep even with the ridiculous.) Producer Alex adds his musical and sound wizardy to the mix. Yup, these three use their big brains to dissect one of America’s greatest contributions to the world: SUPERHEROS!
Also, they briefly cover all the problems in North Africa, which Kamau attempts to make even briefer by trying to make one the most awkward segues of all-time!
On this episode Vernon & me finally have our long awaited Obama conversation. It happened minutes after Obama’s second State of The Union Address and there was much to discuss: Obama & technology, Obama and Michelle, Obama and his new theme music, Obama and Black people, Obama and crazy white people, Obama Now vs. Obama Then. Yup, it’s Obama on and on until the break of dawn. (Say that last sentence out loud. It sounds really cool.) And on this episode, Vernon & me also have some special guests in the form of several other of America’s “first Black presidents.”
In the tradition of epic filmmaking & epic story telling, Kamau has one doozy of story to tell about his last three weeks. And in classic FNGTAC fashion, Vernon takes the conversation waaaaaaaaay off road in a beautiful way. This episode features several epic battles of Good vs. Evil: Kamau vs. Sacramento, Kevin Avery vs. Hollywood, Vernon vs. Hip Hop, Vernon vs. Quentin Tarantino, and even Vernon vs. Apollo Creed(?). And during this epic tale Vernon & Kamau finally have the N Word conversation, and we’re not talking about Zen meditation. It took seven episodes for these two black guys to have that conversation. WOW! Maybe instead, they are actually “Far Afield Negroes”. This one also features a surprise ending which portends good things to come, and also we finally get to find out exactly what percentage of Vernon that Kamau is. May the force be with them!
Connect with Vernon on Facebook, Twitter @vurnt22, and www.livingcolour.com
Connect with Kamau on Facebook, Twitter @wkamaubell, and www.wkamaubell.com
And you can connect with the Podcast on Twitter @ThatFNGuide
This episode is a SUPA-SIZED episode all about FIIIIIIISHBONE!!! (That’s how you have to say it. You’ll hear me demonstrate it several times over the course of this podcast.)
This is an EPIC episode for FNGTAC. I don’t know when we’ll do another one like this. It took weeeeeeeeeeeeeks and without our new producer Alex Thornton, it wouldn’t have happened at ALLLLLLLLLLL.
We probably put too much in here, but I had no idea when – if ever – I would get a chance to be a part of something like this again. So if it overwhelms you, listen to it in parts. It’s overstuffed, eager, at times repetitive, but I believe it’s worth it. It was definitely made with love.
It features some thoughts on the band from us, from their fans, from Chris Metzler – co-director of the new documentary on the band called Everyday Sunshine, excerpts of the film itself, and finally you’ll hear the band themsleves, founding members, Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore.
If you are a fan of Fishbone, I know you’ll dig this episode. If you do know them, but aren’t a fan, I have a feeling you may change your mind. And finally if you aren’t familiar with them, sit down, press play, and enjoy.
Also check out Fishbone’s website and the website for Everyday Sunshine. They both may be coming to your town soon, and the film is definitely coming to your DVD player.
In conclusion, FIIIIIIIIIIIIIISHBONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This episode features a looong overdue review of the movie Thor. What? You don’t care what Vernon and Kamau think about the movie Thor? Well, don’t worry your nappy little head, as always, they veer waaaaay off topic (or on topic depending on your perspective) and tackle the subjects that you know them for. Vernon also finally recommends some music, as he exposes Kamau to some Tyler, The Creator. This is our most EXPLICIT episode ever! Thanks, Tyler.
Vernon is back from his tour in Berlin and therefore the dynamical duo is BACK! For all of you who missed Vernon on the last episode this episode is back to regular. This episode features…
