The New 5 Mile House is a weekly live broadcast on Saturday’s for Magic from 11 pm – 1 am with Randy Dennis and Dj Biskit.

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From the aches of Langston Hughes rises 70’s socially conscious and political Poet

Producer and rapper, Kanye West paid tribute to the man many call the Godfather Of Hip Hop, Gil Scott Heron at a memorial at Riverside Church in Harlem. He performed “Lost in the World,” which sampled Gil Scott Heron’s song “Comment #1.” AllHipHop reports:

 Gil Scott Heron.  This lyrical genius approached racial turbulence in America and Apartheid in Africa. While Marvin Gaye was singing “What’s Going On” and Curtis Mayfield telling people to get ready, Gil Scott Heron was warning you in 1974 that “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, one of his most prolific pieces.

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An open dialogue on war, drugs, homophobia political corruption, and socialism to economic-ism Gil Scott Heron speaks on every level of one hundred. Some have viewed him as the Black Militant of Poetry. An intellectual mind intertwined in everyday scenarios in the land of the free!

As we  journey through the personal public files of The Original Black Poet from the first 15 track LP Small Talk On 125^thand Lennox … to his first studio album in sixteen years “I’m New Here” Gil Scott Heron is still that genius of Spoken Word the only difference, he is not ahead of his time but in his time.

The Gil Scott Heron I remember echoes from a dusty studio LP on the campus of Morgan State University. Tall slim racially imbalanced brother with a red afro dressed in a Dashiki and jeans. Voice flows like chilled champagne cues up the song, closes his eyes and kisses the mic with these words … here’s the Best of Gil Scott Heron … my ears heard , my mind received.  This one’s dedicated to you … Love You Gil!

Gil Scott –Heron intellectual ability of combining hip jazzy musical expression to political and social awareness. His music spoke loud and proud for Black America. He was our Soul School teacher with base who lyrically seduced the mind, prepared you for the revolution and reparation. A conscious thinker that saw life as he lived “In The Bottle” trapped with hallucinates, sexual stimulants that devastated the strength of a man.

Gil Scott- Heron the beginning 1949 but never the end 2011 … 

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Baas Productions Shelia A. Brown is an upcoming local Playwright who tells it like it is in her new hit stage play “She’s A Dog Too”. The play takes a vivid look into the lives of women who cheat. “She’s A Dog Too” genuinely explores deception, love and lust while exposing the men and children affected by the emotional turmoil of cheaters.

Shelia A. Brown even examines the sociological and mental state of a female cheater … her needs beyond physical attraction and sex. Whitney (Ann Della) is a Diva addicted to a pampered lifestyle of maids Angela (Meyressa Hauser), cars, designer clothes and other material things, until she meets sexy trainer Mark (Roderick Palmer). Things begin to spin out of control in a world of cover, humiliation and deceit. What is she willing to sacrifice to be fulfilled?

So engaged in the developing story line my heart cried out for the unsuspecting and loving husband Randolph (Parris Watkins) father, provider and protector. Would he ever find out and if so, what would be the devastating repercussions. Sitting on the edge of my seat a heart beat away from tears and a smile away from laughter. A frightening voice of reason from beyond speaks out John (Mack T. Smith) a womanizer who died from aids in the Shelia A. Brow play, Mr. Man, Mr. Dog.

The energy started back stage with a cast of notable actors, models, singers, directors and over all talent. Naturally transcending on stage and touching everyday lives with realness and light humor.

I give “She’s A Dog Too” a ***** Star Review noteing:  wardrobe, elegant set design, sound, lighting, music and theme song (writers performers Jean Allison & Floyd D. White Jr.) and of course an outstanding cast. Including new comers Roderick Seward, Eddie Allison, 13 year old Dominique Riddick, Mack Allison IV and Steven Newman. Special mention to my girls Shenninta A. Newman and Dawn Fields.  To Cory Walker, Krishna J. Burrell II Mr. Muscles …Jerry Brown Sr and Barbara Phair job well done.

You can’t be of this world and not be affected by “She’s A Dog Too”

 A CERTIFIED HIT!