20th Anniversary Of Rodney King Beating

March 3 was the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beatdown by the LA po-po's that triggered the series of events that led the the 1992 LA Riots.



It also served notice to police forces everywhere that as the Rockwell song foreshadowed, somebody is always watching you.    Even with video cameras everywhere and cell phones being equipped with them, it still hasn't stopped some police officers from behaving badly even with it in the back of their minds that cameras may be rolling.

But it's just another one of those 'time flies' moments

Phil Donahue Show Featuring Grae Phillips

The Phil Donahue show was a groundbreaking talk show in the late 1980s-early 1990's that discussed topics in a reasoned, thoughtful manner.    Phil was the Emmy Award winning king of daytime television before Oprah, who at the time was just branching out from a morning talk shop on a local Chicago television station in 1986.

Here's a clip from a Donahue show with illusionist Grae Phillips.   Note the haters that called in

Flavor Flav Opens Fried Chicken Restaurant

Just when you thought that Flavor Flav couldn't outdo himself in being a walking cartoon character, now comes the news about Flav's latest business venture. 

A fried chicken chain.

The first of the Flav's Fried Chicken restaurants opened up in Clinton, Iowa on Monday.

 

Before y'all roll you eyes like I did when I first heard about this story and thought, 'There he goes again feeding stereotypes', Flav actually has a culinary degree he earned in 1978 and managed restaurants before finding music stardom as a founding member of Public Enemy.  

The Flav's Fried Chicken menu includes Flav’s specially seasoned fried chicken recipe, ribs, greens, and macaroni and cheese.

"I'm not scared to go against the colonel taste wise," Flav said. "Business wise, he's got me, because he's been here longer. But I'm about to catch up to the colonel."

Yeah, boyee!    I can see the commercial for this chicken joint already.

 FFC, coming to a 'hood near you.
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