bowl - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-29T00:09:06Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/bowlRickey Smiley and Earthquake to Headline Comedy Bowl Explosion Super Bowl Week in Houston, TXhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/rickey-smiley-and-earthquake-to-headline-comedy-bowl-explosion2016-12-26T16:30:00.000Z2016-12-26T16:30:00.000ZVELMA TRAYHAMhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/VELMATRAYHAM<div><a href="https://www.jotform.com/uploads/vtrayham/form_files/FullSizeRender%20(6).154.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.jotform.com/uploads/vtrayham/form_files/FullSizeRender%20(6).154.jpg?width=560" width="560" class="align-full" alt="FullSizeRender%20(6).154.jpg?width=560" /></a><p>All-Star Comedy Lineup Welcomes Football Fans to Houston, Laughing All the Way up Until the Big Game!</p><p>HOUSTON, Texas – Texas Southern University announced today that it will host the 2017 “Super Comedy Bowl Explosion" on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at the HP&E Arena (3100 Cleburne St, Houston, TX 77004). More than 8,000 are expected to attend the show, which will feature nationally acclaimed comedians Rickey Smiley, Earthquake, Michael Blackson, Tony Roberts, Ali Siddiq and Billy Sorrells. Other Surprise Special Guest will soon be announced.</p><p>The Super Comedy Bowl is one of the premier highlights of an expansive list of events to be held in Houston during the week prior to the Big Game. A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit Tom Joyner Foundation and the Mack Performing Arts Collective (MPAC).</p><p>“We’re excited to bring a powerhouse lineup of comedy talent to the Houston market during one of the most exciting weeks of the entire year for local residents and the thousands of sports fan who will be descending upon the city,” said Velma Trayham, founder of ThinkZilla PR & Consulting Group, the event public relations and marketing agency. All of the comedians on the show are legends in their own right, and we know that they are going to deliver a must-see performance.”</p><p>Headliner Rickey Smiley is the host of “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show,” the number one syndicated hip-hop radio morning show in the country and stars in his own reality television series on TV One. For over two decades, he’s turned everyday observations into comedic gold. He’s especially known for the variety of characters he plays during his acts and his comedic prank calls.</p><p>Earthquake is a veteran comic, actor, voice artist and radio host who has appeared on Comedy Central, Showtime, BET, the hit sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris” and many stages across the country. He is recognized as one of comedy legend, Whoopi Goldberg’s favorite comedians.</p><p>Additional heavy hitters joining the tour include Michael Blackson, Tony Roberts, Billy Sorrells and popular local Houston comedian, Ali Siddiq. Blackson, known globally as “The African King of Comedy” has been featured on HBO, BET and in the hit movie “Next Friday.” Siddiq, who launched his career while in prison, is the winner of Comedy Central’s “Up Next” competition. He has appeared on numerous major networks and is preparing to release his fifth album. Roberts is an award-winning comedian, actor and rapper who have gained national attention from appearances on HBO, “Comedy Central” and “It’s Showtime at the Apollo”. Sorrells is the self-proclaimed “Kasanova of Comedy” and a social media sensation. His hilarious character-driven viral videos launched his career, which includes a role “Funniest Wins” on TBS and roles in pilot shows for Oxygen, BET and VH1.</p><p>The “2017 Houston Comedy Bowl Explosion” will take place at Texas Southern University in the HP&E Arena. The show will begin at 7:30p.m., preceded by a red carpet event for special VIP guests and media. Tickets start at $55.00 and will go on sale December 27th via Ticketmaster or <a href="http://www.vipcomedyevents.com">www.vipcomedyevents.com</a>.</p><p>Radio One and Houston Forward Times Newspaper are official media partners.</p><p>Sponsorship opportunities are available. Don’t miss the opportunity to expand your brand's reach, contact: Velma@itsthinkzilla.com or advantcomm@msn.com</p><p>ThinkZILLA PR & Consulting Group<br /> 888-509-1145</p></div>Beyoncé, Media Hype, 2016 Super Bowl Madnesshttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/beyonc-media-hype-2016-super-bowl-madness2016-02-11T18:27:00.000Z2016-02-11T18:27:00.000ZNana Baakan Agyiriwahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/NanaBaakanAgyiriwah<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bs9L_SDAS6Y/Vrug3AqOduI/AAAAAAACWXc/mq9REaRukv4/s1600/Beyonce%2Band%2Bher%2Bgang%2B2-2016.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bs9L_SDAS6Y/Vrug3AqOduI/AAAAAAACWXc/mq9REaRukv4/s320/Beyonce%2Band%2Bher%2Bgang%2B2-2016.jpg?width=320" width="320" class="align-center" alt="Beyonce%2Band%2Bher%2Bgang%2B2-2016.jpg?width=320" /></a>Beyonce and her Girl Gang</p><p><b style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;"><a href="http://nanas-rants.blogspot.com/2016/02/beyonce-media-hype-2016-super-bowl.html" target="_blank">NB Commentary:</a> </b><span style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;">I enter this discussion kicking and screaming and swearing to myself that I am not, and I mean, am not gonna fall prey to the hype. But today, I had to come forth with another blog post. I was compelled by the comments under many of the pictures posted of her and her girl gang at the Super Bowl and how some folks were actually seeing it as a Powerful Movement, a statement about Black Power, a high five to Malcolm X, and the insane indicators of it being an Illuminati ritual. But what really took me to the top of the clock was the actual lyrics, which in no way seem to reflect any of this, in fact quite the contrary. So here I am again, with something to rant on about That!!!</span></p><div style="font-family:cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L_Hgh7sPDLM?wmode=opaque"></iframe></div></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Let me begin my rant with a shout out to <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/116641976893492443919">Cookie Couture</a> who posted the lyrics to <span style="font-size:18.6667px;">Beyoncé</span> song.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i style="background-color:#eeeeee;">"Thank you for this. You know how you witness something and something inside you goes off and tells you that there is something wrong with this because inside of you, you can feel it going in all kinds of different directions. Well, thanks again, I really appreciate you posting those lyrics!!"</i></blockquote></blockquote><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Nowadays, we cannot take lightly the impact of the media. It's in your face in an instant and manipulating you and brainwashing you in the millisecond. Nowadays, it's more dangerous due to the advance technology they can use to grab your brain and do all kinds of trickery with it.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The invention of motion pictures and later television, herald the beginning of an epic age, where the minds of the masses are in the hands of the elite controllers who can massage, manipulate, brainwash and control the narrative to such a degree that people believe that what they see is real and true.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">People identify with the character on the screen so much so that they protect them as if they have an intimate relationship with them, all because of what they see on the screen. People project themselves into the personification of a made up image on the screen and it becomes their alters. For that matter, fans are as much MK-Ultra slaves as much as the people they Idolize and Adore. The Cult of Personality has replaced the Gods and Goddesses of ancient times.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">The people on the big screen are fallible human beings, but the masses need Gods so they elevate them to the status of "Gods" and defend their "Persona" as if it's real, or actually means anything. The psychological irony of this is that their "Persona" does mean something for the hungry masses, but 99% of them won't use this power for anything other than maintaining the status quo of the Elite Moguls who control them from behind the scenes. Their true creativity is eclipsed by the greed, avarice and debauchery that is the world of celebrity. If they step out of the mold that was designed for them, they will fail or meet a worse fate. Thus the hype is just that, hype, form no substance, yet the impact of such superficiality is as deadly has a thousand poison arrows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8wbZGjMckHw/U1DGC-hE4aI/AAAAAAACUUU/C0hvEqFCnhI/s1600/banner%2Bcopy.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8wbZGjMckHw/U1DGC-hE4aI/AAAAAAACUUU/C0hvEqFCnhI/s320/banner%2Bcopy.jpg" width="320" alt="banner%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">And Now to the Lyrics. You decide, how progressive these are.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LrCHz1gwzTo?wmode=opaque"></iframe></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /> What happened at the New Wil’ins?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Bitch, I'm back by popular demand</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Refrain: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Y'all haters corny with that illuminati mess</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I'm so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin')</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Earned all this money but they never take the country out me</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Interlude: Messy Mya + Big Freedia]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Oh yeah, baby, oh yeah I, ohhhhh, oh, yes, I like that</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I did not come to play with you hoes, haha</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I came to slay, bitch</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I like cornbreads and collard greens, bitch</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Oh, yes, you besta believe it</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Refrain: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Y'all haters corny with that illuminati mess</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I'm so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin')</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Earned all this money but they never take the country out me</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Chorus: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I see it, I want it, I stunt, yellow-bone it</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I dream it, I work hard, I grind 'til I own it</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I twirl on them haters, albino alligators</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">El Camino with the seat low, sippin' Cuervo with no chaser</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Sometimes I go off (I go off), I go hard (I go hard)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Get what's mine (take what's mine), I'm a star (I'm a star)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Cause I slay (slay), I slay (hey), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">All day (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">We gon' slay (slay), gon' slay (okay), we slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I slay (okay), okay (okay), I slay (okay), okay, okay, okay, okay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Prove to me you got some coordination, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Slay trick, or you get eliminated</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Verse: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">When he fuck me good I take his ass to Red Lobster, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">When he fuck me good I take his ass to Red Lobster, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">If he hit it right, I might take him on a flight on my chopper, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Drop him off at the mall, let him buy some J's, let him shop up, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I might get your song played on the radio station, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I might get your song played on the radio station, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">You just might be a black Bill Gates in the making, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I just might be a black Bill Gates in the making</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Chorus: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I see it, I want it, I stunt, yellow-bone it</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I dream it, I work hard, I grind 'til I own it</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I twirl on my haters, albino alligators</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">El Camino with the seat low, sippin' Cuervo with no chaser</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Sometimes I go off (I go off), I go hard (I go hard)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Get what's mine (take what's mine), I'm a star (I'm a star)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Cause I slay (slay), I slay (hey), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">All day (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">We gon' slay (slay), gon' slay (okay), we slay (okay), I slay (okay)</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">I slay (okay), okay (okay), I slay (okay), okay, okay, okay, okay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Prove to me you got some coordination, cause I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Slay trick, or you get eliminated</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Bridge: Beyoncé]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation, I slay</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Okay, ladies, now let's get in formation</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">[Outro]</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Girl, I hear some thunder</div><br /><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Golly, look at that water, boy, oh lord</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8wbZGjMckHw/U1DGC-hE4aI/AAAAAAACUUU/C0hvEqFCnhI/s1600/banner%2Bcopy.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8wbZGjMckHw/U1DGC-hE4aI/AAAAAAACUUU/C0hvEqFCnhI/s320/banner%2Bcopy.jpg" width="320" alt="banner%2Bcopy.jpg" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><i style="background-color:#eeeeee;"><b>AND NEXT,</b></i></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><i style="background-color:#eeeeee;"><b> TRENDING ON THE OTHER END OF THE MASS MIND CONTROL SCALE</b></i></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><i style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:14pt;"><b>COMES THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.</b></i></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><i style="background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:14pt;"><b>BELIEVE IT OR NOT????</b></i></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;"><b>FEBRUARY 10, 2016</b></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in;text-align:left;">ARE BEYONCE’S ‘FORMATION’ LYRICS ANTI-COP, PRO-BLACK OR JUST PLAIN PERFECT?</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/author/zachary/">ZACHARY VOLKERT</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;">The lyrics and video to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/18/jay-z-beyonce-baltimore-ferguson-protests-bail-money">Beyonce’s new single “Formation”</a> shouldn’t be surprising to any fans who have been closely following the political leanings of the pop artist and her husband Jay-Z. While the power couple have often tried to keep it quiet, they’ve been huge financial supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Last year, activist Dream Hampton revealed that the couple had poured in tens of thousands of dollars in bail money without a second thought when Baltimore and Ferguson protestors were jailed. After those tweets were deleted, he later suggested that they didn’t really want to largely publicize the fact, reported <span style="font-style:italic;">The Guardian.</span></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;">That attitude seems to be shifting when peering into the video, performance and lyrics behind Beyonce’s “Formation.” Just as she gained accolades for aligning herself with feminism on her 2013 surprise self-titled album, Beyonce has once again recognized the power of pop and the cult of her own artistry to send a message. This time, it’s about the police violence faced by the black community.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;">Read more at <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/2782102/are-beyonces-formation-lyrics-anti-cop-pro-black-or-just-plain-perfect/#hMszhuT7eD83CMiW.99">http://www.inquisitr.com/2782102/are-beyonces-formation-lyrics-anti-cop-pro-black-or-just-plain-perfect/#hMszhuT7eD83CMiW.99</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:left;"></div></div></div>