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01.02.06
Happy New Year, Faithful!!
So glad to have you back for yet another year (and welcome to all newcomers) . . . ’05 was quite a year for your boy - spinning, traveling, and working on all types of things! Hopefully, ’06 will be a little more consistent (yeah, right!). I’ll keep it short so you can read the statement for the month. Good luck in the upcoming year!
- Thurman Murman
"2005: A Little Of Everything"
Last year’s list became an instant classic. Don’t know about you, but I appreciate routine . . . So, thoughts for 2005:
The Top 10 Parts of 2005 I’m Not Going To Miss:
(Although I’m sure some will be back in ’06!)
(Although I’m sure some will be back in ’06!)
10. “Uber” – guess this is the “Gate” of the day . . . enough already.
9. Any “With The Stars” show – truthfully, I haven’t watched any, but I am tired of reality television
8. Paris Burning, London Bombing, Pakistan Quaking, Katrina Devastating, Bush Watching
7. Harriet Miers – was that even for real?
6. R. Kelly and his real-life and video sagas
5. Cheap promoters, managers, and owners – DJ’s are not jukeboxes; VALUE the vibes we create
4. Steroids Conversations, Terrell Owens, and Lance Armstrong
3. Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices
2. Paris Hilton - random tidbit of info: Most searched words on AOL in ‘05 were “lottery” and “horoscopes”; Paris was the most searched celebrity (your thoughts on what this says about our society are welcomed)
1. The NYC Transit Strike – not because I was inconvenienced . . . I just couldn’t take listening to Roger Toussaint speak anymore!
The Top 40 Reasons 2005 Mattered
(I was going to do 31, but . . . I’m monkish – are you?
(I was going to do 31, but . . . I’m monkish – are you?
40. Brad Pitt’s single - I mean, you know . . . well, it matters to half the population!
39. Shabba! – (and, Vybz Cartell & Sizzla)
38. Important Deaths (more to follow): Shirley Chisholm, Ossie Davis, Sandra Dee, Johnnie Cochran, Terri Schiavo, Lyn Collins ("You’d better think!"), Frank Perdue, John Johnson, Don Adams (Maxwell Smart!), August Wilson
37. Reggie Miller – As a Knick fan, I was required to hate him, but he balled . . .
36. The Gates Exhibit
35. 2nd Favorite Quotation of ’05, Simeon Rice on himself: "I’m blue-collar, hard-working, with a little pizzazz. I enjoy life. I enjoy being myself. I really love it. Every morning I wake up, I’m me again. It’s a beautiful thing." ("SI Players," Sports Illustrated, October 31, 2005)
34. Mo-Bay
33. Free summer events calendars
32. My new barber
31. Indictments – time for the truth to surface
30. "Welcome to Jamrock!"
29. Marc Smooth & Stone – Something good is brewing @ Star64 . . .
28. Blue Christmas Trees
27. MJ, not guilty, that’s how they found he
26. NetFlix – get "Crash" if you haven’t seen it
25. Wes Mail – who knew?!
24. "I looking some Nookie Tonight . . ."
23. Vinyl Voyage
22. Everybody Hates Chris, The Office, Bernie Mac, My Name Is Earl, The Colbert Report
21. Favorite Quotation of ’05 – When asked how he learned to move like that, 11 year-old said, "When I hear music, it all makes sense."
20. Lost icons: Luther Vandross, Johnny Carson, Nipsey Russell (who wants peanut brittle?), Pope John Paul II, Peter Jennings, Rosa Parks, Bob Denver (Gilligan!), Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi?!), and the one and only Richard Pryor
19. Phoenix, Vegas, & New Mexico
18. Weddings: Cassie & Jesse, John & Michelle, Nadine & Quentin, and Karen & Marcus . . . And, the babies Jordyn, Aizha, Maya, Soleil, Nadia, Khari, Aja, and Bruno
17. Napoleon Dynamite – I know it was last year, but my lips hurt really bad!
16. D.C. – I see my "hint, hint" carried weight from last year . . . Glad to have you all on the East Coast!
15. iPods
14. Dane Cook – If you don’t not know my man, do yourself the favor . . .
13. Common & Big Daddy Kane – PLEASE tell me you saw that performance!!
12. Dashy
11. Soduko
And, The Top 10
10. The QW – Once again, my e-mail’s Question Of The Week graces the Top 10: the best included Take Your Picks (always), Rap group to reunite, lyrics you botch, whom do you resemble, and favorites (black movies & TV shows, quotations, slow jams, movie lines, games, commercials, and words)
9. Lapzilla – Can you say Scratch Live?
8. The Faithful – You all make what I do worthwhile . . . In particular, thank you Kamiya and fam for always supporting a brother. You truly made ’05 a success . . .
7. The Honeymoon. - Might have to do it again next summer . . .
6. The Jalenator – "And, I’m getting mad big, right?" Yes, yes you are . . .
5. !!UNC!! – Go Heels!
4. Hurricane Katrina – And, all that surfaced from the flood
3. Positivity – once again
2. Mom Dukes – now, THERE’s a trooper . . .
1. Paper or Clocks – an’, me too . . . (szechuan lobster for year 2?)