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As the title infers, we're a few weeks away from our usual Grindhouse Mashup broadcast, but since we preempted our last show, let's give our audience as much fun, facts and fire as inhumanly (a term Black Bolt can only whisper) possible.  So join Dburt, Daryll B. and Capt. Kirk this Saturday at 6pm to unfurl the following pop/pulp/political topics: the highly anticipated Aaron McGruder Black Jesus project raises the ire of Christian Groups; three cast members from Marvel's Ant-man have left the (ant)"farm" ; the team finally weighs in on the NYPD choke hold death of Eric Garner; waxing on an Esquire blog piece entitled Are Blacksuperheroes Good for Black People?; Dburt laments the emergence of rapper, Bobby Shmurda and ponders why isn't "innocence" marketed to people of color; New York Knickerbocker, Carmelo Anthony starts a venture capital firm for tech startups; ESPN sports analyst, Stephen A, Smith dared to give a "deconstructed" viewpoint about domestic violence in the wake of the Ray Rice controversy and

Welcome to the latest installment of The Grindhouse, courtesy of Afronerd Radio airing this Saturday at 6pm (EST). Our Grindhouse broadcast, not unlike a 70s cinematic presentation, is a "double feature" audio experience with The Comic Shoppe and Afronerd Radio airing at 6pm and 7pm, respectively.  For The Comic Shoppe, the crew uses their own "electron microscopes" to illuminate the following issues: Comic Book historian, Prof. Bill Foster joins the crew to discuss the past, present and future of Black representation in comics; Marvel Comics' print division makes history (and controversy) with switching the gender and race of Thor and Captain America, respectively; Xbox Entertainment Studios lays of 18,000 workers after announcing new TV shows in development a few months ago and lastly, our thoughts on the release of new shows (or leaks)-Constantine, Extant, The Strain, Legend of Korra. Call us live at 646-915-9620! And batting clean up, we have Afronerd Radio airing at 7pm.  Join Dburt and Capt. Kirk as th

What's shaking, folks!  Welcome to another fact finding expedition commonly known as The Mid Week in Review, courtesy of Afronerd Radio.  Setting your clocks for 7:30pm will enable you to listen to your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt wax on the following issues:  our thoughts on the latest installment of the reimagined sci-fi franchise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (i.e. the racial underpinnings, the 50+ history dating back to the French novel, future sequels, etc) ; a rookie NJ police officer gets killed in an ambush and his killer's wife wishes he killed more cops; some Chicago activists are accusing President Obama of kowtowing to the Latin community regarding undocumented youth crossing the southern border versus addressing the Black victims of urban violence in the Windy City and lastly, a young woman of color has started a crowdfunding campaign requesting 135K in an effort to gain "White privilege" (really?....no campaign for ceasing urban violence or addressing regressive Black imagery?).  You can call

Howdy, people!  The dog days of summer are truly upon us but you can seek solace with a cool refreshing dose of the liquid truth, courtesy of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review broadcast.  Pull up a chair and listen to Dburt and Capt. Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm tackle the following current event laden issues:  The Root highlights a viral meme that critiques Black Women for wearing weaves to the benefit of Korean fiscal advancement (you mean that's not true?) ; continuing with The Root, another piece puts the focus on Black credit invisibility and how it can affect homeownership, employment and a myriad of financial opportunities;  Dburt analyzes the (over)use of the term "struggle" in communities of color; for our Blue Area segment, a YourBlackWorld.net piece zeroes in on a former prison inmate who developed a million dollar funded web business with 10 employees entitled, Pigeonly; should the Obama administrations My Brother's Keeper initiative include girls?; and lastly, does a Minneapolis restaurant's ne

Hello to our loyal Afronerdic citizenry!  Why not listen to the pulp, pop cultural and political musings of our monthly "mixtape" broadcast, The Grindhouse Mashup?  Again, the lines become truly "blerd" when the "Uncanny " Daryll B. sits in on a the Mashup (hence a combo of topics for both The Comic Shoppe and Afronerd Radio) show.  The funs begins this Saturday at 6pm!  Join Dburt, Daryll B. and Capt. Kirk as they utilize their cerebro helmets to unravel the following mysteries: our thoughts on the critically panned but financially viable, Transformers: Age of Extinction; and speaking of Transformers, is Mark Wahlberg really being considered for a Six Million Dollar Man reboot?;  are polls accurate in assessing President Obama as the worst President since World War II? ( what Tricky Dicky doesn't rate?) ; Shadow and Act highlights  a one time Hollywood proposal (pre Chris Nolan) to have the Hughes brothers direct a the Batman reboot with Clint Eastwood as the lead (no one thought Batman Beyond would be a bet

Due to those infamous time constraints, this week's show listing is going to be straight with no chaser.  Check out Dburt and Capt. Kirk for this week's latest Mid Week in Review broadcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm sharp. The topics to be discussed are: are the BET Awards certifiably a minstrel admiration program? ; what exactly is the current interpretation of "the (Black) struggle?"  And is the struggle more perilious for the millenials or generations past; ; a Black NJ prep school class president loses her title for mocking the White student body; a Florida GOP congressional candidate who happens to be Black recently experienced a very disturbing case of racial discrimination; The Root finally addresses the apparent dearth of female rap artists; a Facebook data scientist admits to enacting a psychological experiment aimed at approx. 700,000 of the social network's members and lastly, Breakingbrown.com highlights Dr. Adolph Reed's book, Class Notes, which places a microscopic lens on class distinction

Salutations (with a side order of cornbread and crumpets) go out to our loyal listenership!  Our passion for the show and respect for our listeners continues to grow to brobdingnagian (wow hwat a $20 word) proportions!  Set your clocks for 6pm this Saturday and make sure  to listen to your Comic Shoppe hosts discuss the following topics:  What do British Blerds and writer, Gail Simone have in common?  The belief that diversity must be promoted in comics.; top flight casting alert! Rosario Dawson goes to Netflix's Daredevil and Nathan Fillion may get the Nova nod in GOG this summer; and now legendary artist, John Byrne weighs in on the cinematic racebending debate; Dburt attends Long Island's second annual Eternal Con and lastly, our thoughts on Marvel's upcoming (October '14) print reboot of Deathlok.   And now for the second half, check out Afronerd Radio airing promptly at 7pm eastern.  Your hosts Dburt and Capt. Kirk will unravel the following issues: missed from Wednesday's show, Dburt discusses cryptocu

We had a few preemptions, but we're back, live and in full effect! Welcome to our infamous Mid Week in Review broadcast, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm-courtesy of Afronerd Radio.  Join Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they unravel the following current event centric topics:  a brief overview pertaining to the passing of a legend-actress, Ruby Dee leaves us at 91; director, John Singleton believes that today's Black cinema should exhibit more "negritude"; Dburt laments the nonchalence displayed toward Black fatherhood (think no petition against Happy Father's Day, Mom cards vs outrage for Blu Ivy's alleged unkempt hair); what exactly is "cryptocurrency" and should folks of color invest in it; Dburt finally gets around to discussing Swedish TV's Real Humans and how the sci-fi series eerily relates to American Slavery; the New York Post highlights gentrification from a unique perspective.....hence, the "Williamsburg effect" and lastly, hip hop legend, Chuck D takes issue with urban radio programming and gets disrespect

Join Dburt, Daryll B. and Capt. Kirk for this Saturday'sGrindhouse Mashup broadcast (The Comic Shoppe+Afronerd Radio) at 6pm as they discuss the following pop, pulp and political topics: Dburt discovers Showtime's Penny Dreadful series; The Root website highlights visual artist, Sanford Biggers' controversial depiction of a White woman wearing a Morehouse College t-shirt.  Is it really controversial?; More Marvel concerns-will Ant-Man get a director after Edgar Wright's departure?  And how many actors are on a short list to portary Dr. Strange in the fast tracked film adaptation?; Is CNN's Don Lemon right about Blacks being responsible for Justin Bieber's past racist remarks? ; more on the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity; actor, Don Cheadle's Miles Davis film crowdfunding campaign; a Fox News guest suggests that astrophysicist, Neil Degrasse Tyson is mostly "fawned over by White liberal nerds" and if time permits, our take on the proposed Magnificent Seven remake with Denzel Washington an

Greetings to our ever loyal and enlightened listenership.  Don't forget to set your clocks and mark your calendars for the latest installment of Afronerd Radio-The Mid Week in Review edition airing this Wednesday at 7:30 pm (EST).  Listen to your hosts, Capt. Kirk and Dburt use their sonic stethoscopes to diagnose the following societal ills and events:  the team discuss what may potentially be the next "must watch" fantasy show, courtesy of Showtime, Penny Dreadful; another concubine of color is making claims of racism against (former/present) owner of the L.A. Clippers, Donald Sterling (as he is welcomed at a Black Church); are we hallucinating or has there been a spate of extremely violent and noteworthy incidents (Virginia teen kills parents over iPod, Elliott Rodger, 3 Brooklyn youths are brutally stabbed by madman, two 12 year old girls stab "friend" multiple times due to an imaginary cyber demon, Slenderman); Arsenio gets cancelled after one season; is it wrong to expect an athlete to look.....athletic

Hey! Hey! Hey!  It's The Grindhouse, folks!  We have our infamous double feature shows (The Comic Shoppe and Afronerd Radio) airing back to back this Saturday starting at 6pm eastern. First up, there's The Comic Shoppe, featuring your hosts, Dburt, Capt. Kirk and Daryll B. who will be discussing the following pop/pulp concerns:  is Marvel really cancelling The Fantastic Four comic (and by extension not allowing FF character usage in other books) as a protest against the upcoming Fox movie? ;  and speaking of Fox, is 2015's Hieroglyph the next Sleepy Hollow?  And can a show about ancient Egypt succeed without casting actual Egyptians?; can DC's reimagined world's third smartest man (aka Mr. Terrific) remain intelligent without falling into a tattooed thuggish trope? And lastly, time constraints not withstanding, we will address some of the issues left on the cutting room floor from last week's show (e.g.  David Goyer vs She-Hulk, TV expansion on to alternate formats and Youtube's Street Fight series).  Call in

Welcome to The Grindhouse, courtesy of Afronerd Radio productions airing this Saturday at 6pm (EST). For the first segment, commonly known as The Comic Shoppe-your hosts (Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) will utilize their Holmesian magnifiers to discuss the following pulp concerns:  the crew gives their reviews of X-Men: Days of Future Past; and speaking of Marvel films, we speculate why Edgar Wright left the director's chair of the upcoming Ant Man movie; Bats vs Supes gets a formal title-Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice; the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly highlights the expansion of TV programming formats (i.e. Yahoo, NY Times, Time, Amazon, Youtube, AOL, etc); and speaking of Youtube, the live action Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist is available and lastly, it appears that MOS writer David Goyer was caught in the blast of a gamma bomb after his comments about She-Hulk hit the cyber webs.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620. And then there's Afronerd Radio par deux, airing at 7pm.  Listen to Capt

Konbanwa to our learned and metaphysically fit listening audience!  Welcome to another fiery fact finding mission, courtesy of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm.  Join your hosts, Dburt and Captain Kirk as they discuss the following current event laden issues:  Dburt finally checked out Godzilla and they became great friends; Chirlane McCray, the First Lady of New York causes a stir when she disclosed that her foray into motherhood was not a natural fit (and did NY media report her story fairly?) ; and in yet another local NY/Long Island political dust up, a liberal Nassau County legislator is being called to resign for stating that an adjacent neighborhood was bad "because African-Americans live there”; a Black Voices piece reports that the job market discriminates against recent AA college grads;  hopefully (and finally) we'll get a chance to discuss a NY Times article that highlighted a proposal to add PC coding to the elementary school curriculum; Ahmir Thompson aka Questl

Hey loyal listeners!  Be sure to check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio'sGrindhouse broadcasting live this Saturday at 6pm (EST).  The first segment, commonly known as The Comic Shoppe with your "Podcast Enterprise Crew" (Daryll B., Capt. Kirk and Dburt) will utilize their metaphysical spectrometers to analyze the following pulp/pop issues: MOS 2 director, Zack Snyder finally gave comic book fans a glimpse of the new Batman costume along with the revamped Batmobile;  the CW also had their own unveiling moment with a 5 minute trailer for their upcoming Flash TV series; a brief Bleeding Cool piece highlights the noteworthy distinction that The Eisner Awards nominated four Black comic writers for 2014; the Godzilla reboot is released and appears to be a blockbuster; Chris Nolan's Interstellar trailer hits the net and lastly, is a Submariner film in the works?   And then at 7pm the fun continues with Afronerd Radio featuring your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk.  The issues to be discussed are:  The Root del

Keeping matters terse, welcome to the latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review! Join Dburt and Captain Kirk this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST) as they unravel the following topical mysteries:  picking up what we failed to address from our last broadcast-the Bring Back Our Girls campaign as it relates to the vicious Nigerian kidnapping tragedy (as well as the media, FLOTUS and Ann Coulter's involvement) ; football player, Michael Sam made history last week, as the St. Louis Rams made him the 249th overall choice in the 2014 NFL draft...but not without controversy; and dovetailing off of the Sam controversy, just what is the state of Black masculinity from image to reality (can traditionalism be preserved without trampling over the rights and agenda of other protected classes?); Batman vs Superman director, Zack Snyder reveals the Batfleck suit and Batmobile via tweet; we begrudglingly discuss the latest in minstrel affairs-the Jay-Z/Solange Knowles tiff (a very brief discussion); Dburt revisits the dum

Hey folks, we are back live and in full effect (it's not memorex until the show is recorded, of course).  Welcome to our vaunted Grindhouse Mashup show (featuring your hosts-Daryll B, Captain Kirk and Dburt) where the broadcast lines blur between The Comic Shoppe and Afronerd Radio-airing this Saturday at 6pm. And as custom, the Uncanny Daryll B. joins us for the entire show! The issues to be viewed under our electron microscope this week are:  the crew gives you their review of The Amazing Spiderman 2 film; Dburt actually liked Johnny Depp's Transcendence movie; Almost Human and The Tommorrow People get cancelled; more fallout over cross-racial casting and representation over the new Wally West in The Flash and Dr. Franklin Storm in the upcoming FF cinematic effort; we finally provide our overview of the L.A. Clippers racism scandal; noted feminist scholar and author Bell Hooks likens singer, Beyonce to a "terrorist" ; SNL writer Leslie Jones cracks unwise in a "slavery draft" skit and lastly the tragic Nige

After several preempted episodes, Afronerd Radio returns with a vengeance! By the way, salutations with cornbread and crumpets to our loyal listenership. Remember to mark your calendars and set your clocks for this Wednesday's Mid Week in Review broadcast, when we welcome Angel Del Villar II, better known as Homeboy Sandman to our show.  Sandman, who is a Queens, NY native-received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently enrolled in the Hofstra University School of Law. He left law school to pursue his career as an emcee and is currently signed with the legendary indie label, Stones Throw Records.  Sandman is paying a visit to Afronerd Studios to discuss his hip hop career, aspirations and his recent controversial Gawker article entitled, Black People are Cowards in response to the recent L.A. Clippers racism scandal.  Again, this is certainly not the show to miss.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.  Imperius Rex, folks!

Howdy, folks!  Our Grindhouse Saturday broadcast (with Afronerd Radio) has been preempted and will be returning next week at the same Afronerd time-same Afronerd channel.  So check out our extended Comic Shoppe show today at 6pm EST and call in live at 646-915-9620.  The topics to be placed in the "blerdic" cyclotron this week are: Season 2 of the UK's In The Flesh returns next month and Dburt wonders is it the thinking man's Walking Dead; and speaking of returning shows, the crew gives you their thoughts about tonight's Orphan Black; getting back to last week's scheduled issue-what about that Amazon-Comixology purchase, anyway? ; famed director, Bryan Singer gets sued for sexual molestation just in time for the reboot of the X-men film franchise; are lesser known comic cons gaining in popularity because of the bigger ones?....case in point, Anaheim's Wondercon is in full swing this weekend; the team got a sneak peak at DC Animation's latest release, The Son Of Batman and lastly, does possibility of a Black S

We're back in full effect, folks!  Let's really keep it tight, truthful and terse. Welcome to our Grindhouse Saturdays broadcast with The Comic Shoppe at 6pm and Afronerd Radio batting second at 7pm EST.  For The Comic Shoppe segment, listen to Capt. Kirk, Dburt and Daryl B. defrag the following hard drives:  Bruce Timm's Batman 75th anniversary animated short, Strange Days hits the syberwebs; latest reports affirm that Marvel has their cinematic universe planned up to 2028-and some are concerned; Dburt receives Dark Horse's Sky Man, Max Brooks' Harlem Hellfighters and Gail Simone's Leaving Megalopolis books in the mail; Amazon acquires digital seller, Comixology; is it strange for Battlestar Galactica to be re-imagined for a third time?; and a Kickstarter campaign is underway to raise $50 million to bring back Stargate: Universe for a third season..whoa.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620. And then after The Shoppe, there's always Afronerd Radio airing promptly at 7pm.  Check out Dburt and Captain Kirk as

Again folks, this upcoming episode will be one for the annals of history! Afronerd Radio welcomes legendary MC, Brand Nubian member, music producer, actor and self-described Hip Hop conservative, Lord Jamar to our Mid Week in Review broadcast.  We will, of course, discuss his past, present and future endeavors as it relates to his place in the pantheon of Hip Hop culture. Always an engaging and insightful figure, Lord Jamar has been quite outspoken pertaining to the current state and influence of commercial Hip Hop music.  THIS IS NOT THE EPISODE TO SLEEP ON.  And there's still more show (i.e. Is French president, Hollande actually getting lessons in American Gangsta Hip Hop posturing?......Does the Russian presidential advisor, Vladislav Surkov, actually have a portrait of Tupac next to Putin in his Kremlin office?) as we readdress some of the topics left on the table from this past Saturday's Grindhouse airing.  Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.  Excelsior!