Poez's "The Monotone" Illustrated

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I was wandering around the web when I lucked into finding this vid of poet Poez's spoken word piece "The Monotone" which I find both lovely and haunting.
Paul Mills a.k.a "Poez" is a New York City based spoken word/performance poet who started performing poetry in Boston and New York in 1976. Poez retired from the world of poetry for about 20 years but has recently started performing again. He frequents the Bowery Poetry Club regularly. Yippee!

You can check his website out here.

NYC Observation

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So I went to go see the Yankees rip the Padres a new hole tonight. Anyway, this guy was waiting outside the stadium. Apparently he was a Padres fan.

Oops I'm a go, Nails like whoa

Sphere: Related Content Everybody knows you gotta keep the nail game strong, but when you are an ADD nail-biter like me its hard to keep your head from exploding at the nail salon. I hate walking into a packed salon and not being able to do anything but either sit or waddle for at least an hour.

I'd rather pop into Rite Aid, a random beauty supply store, hell Shop Rite for that matter, and get me a pack of glue on jump offs!




Now I know some of you are hatin' right now but don't knock it till you try it. I like my nails flashy-n-classy but they have a little something for everybody. I usually use "Kiss" or "Revlon" brand because of the quality but "Fingrs" always has that little bit of pizzaz that says "Alas, I am still an avid fan of Jem."

If you are a little more adventurous/creative, you can create your own personal masterpiece set with clear nails that can be filed down or left long and painted. They usually come in a huge set which allows for more uses then pre-painted/filed sets.

This nail glue came with the prepainted set and works ok but I prefer a stronger glue made by "Revlon" or "Kiss". They come in squat little jars rather then thin tubes and are usually a stronger hold so you don't have to be afraid of your nail popping off in the swimming pool or in that hot guy's hair.



Three essentials for nail creation: Acetone, Cottonballs and Nail Quick Dry Spray. Because you will screw up and you will wish that shit would dry faster. My spray smells like baby powder...ahhh

I also like to keep a couple of cheap files around as well as a cuticle trimmer and pusher so it doesn't look scragly and half ass.



Here are a couple of polishes I use. They rock.

So please...don't tell me your broke, can't stand being in public spaces for long periods of time without your paxil or don't like to tip. Head down to the store, pick yourself up a package of glue ons (not those weird tab thingys) and step up your nail game before I buy up all the damm nails in the place.

Can Pluto get some respect?

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For all of you who are still fucked up about Pluto no longer being considered a planet, this ones for you.

As per the International Astronomical Union, all similar distant bodies in the solar system will be called "plutoids" from now on. The union made the official announcement of the decision on Wednesday after they met in Norway.

The group demoted what was once the ninth planet to "dwarf" status in 2006 but the new policy allows Pluto to be the standard for a whole new category of what are presently being called "dwarf planets".

Pluto and another dwarf Eris are the only two in the new catagory. Dwarf planets have to circle the sun but be too small to be considered planets yet be big enough to have a level of gravity that keeps them in a near spherical shape. Plutoids also must be farther from the sun than Neptune.

The discovery of Eris in 2003 is what got Pluto demoted but astronomers expect more plutoids to be discovered in the future.

The union's first choice for the catagory was pluton but that name was already used by geologists so they scrapped that and dubbed it plutoid.

The astronomers' action makes Pluto more important says IAU president Catherine Cesarsky, a French astrophysicist. Instead of being a "puny" outer planet, Pluto is now a "prototype of a new type of fascinating objects," she said.

Alan Stern who advocates Pluto-as-a-planet and is a former NASA space sciences chief and principal investigator on a mission to Pluto was not pleased and implied that a rival group could be formed to the IAU, which he said was too secretive in its decision-making.

"It's just some people in a smoke-filled room who dreamed it up," Stern said. "Plutoids or hemorrhoids, whatever they call it. This is irrelevant."

Ok so that rhyme we all said to memorize our solar system is a little different now: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies.

Solar system=Planets 8, Plutoids 2. Read more about it here.

Luniz's Numskull not the brightest crayon in the box

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So check it. As per TMZ, Rapper Numskull A.K.A Garrick Demond Husbands has been charged with twelve counts of felony. Come on, remember the rap group Luniz? He was half of it. Anyway, according to Alameda County Superior Court documents, Husbands was charged with twelve felony counts of assault, that include shocking charges of sodomy, corporal injury and possession of a firearm. No comments have been made from Numskull's camp. Numskull was slated to release a new album called "It's Numworld" which was slated to drop June 26th of this year. Luniz became famous with the hit, "I Got 5 on It" which became a certified platinum single in 1995. Let's hope Numskull and his crew have more than 5 on a lawyer! Check the full story out here at TMZ.

Everybody put in in your 5 and cop this on Digital Gravel.

Jersey City how do I love thee...

Sphere: Related Content This past Saturday, my boyfriend and I abandoned Newark's annual Portuguese feast for a trip to Jersey City. We were tired of the usual drunken chaos and more importantly we were broke and couldn't afford to piss away money on beer and sausage sandwiches.
We decided to get out and get some sun at Liberty State Park, Jersey City's "free, green and non-commercial, urban waterfront oasis" which is kept that way by the friends of LSP apparently.
We wound up taking a little tour though "The Heights" and the surrounding areas I called home for 18 years of my life.


That's how it usually starts once I'm in Jersey City's vicinity. A trip to the mall. A train ride into the city. A visit to my dad's house. Whatever it is that I'm doing usually gets derailed for a couple of moments while I reminisce over my part of "The Sixth Borough".

John and I laced up our kicks and jumped out of the Trailblazer to enjoy the blazing hot summer weather and soon as my feet hit the floor I knew I hadn't put on enough sunblock. It was around 4:00pm and the park was in full effect with people everywhere barbecuing and making mountains of food. One family had five metal chafing dishes on sternos heaping with food and four grills all smoking with fervor. The sound of Lil' Wayne's "Lollipop" filled the air. Ahhh summer in J.C.

Our aim was to walk along the long path that faces Ellis Island but John's foot was developing a blister and we were both about to pass out from heat stroke so we just got back in the car headed for Harrison. We were making our way through J.C's Greenville section when I suggested the ride up to "The Heights".

The gentrification that is so apparent on Jersey City's waterfront hasn't spread to other parts of the city just yet and so it's still the city that I remember which both comforts and upsets me. The first time I saw the new "Harborside Financial Center" and "Harismus Cove" I nearly keeled over in shock.


In one hand I welcome it's freshness. I can't fault new residents for being attracted to the waterfront after it's makeover. Residents see Jersey City as a new Williamsburg with lively, edgy neighborhoods and easy access to Manhattan. On the other hand, I feel as if it's not really Jersey City anymore over there.

I've never been one against change but in the "bad old days" everyone I knew would laugh in your face if you said Jersey City was a new Manhattan. Cool artists, yes. Bad ass music scene, no doubt. Urban underground, you betcha. Hipster haven? Not so much. I mean it just feels so right yet so wrong.

I guess that's why it's refreshing to go back to my old stomping grounds just to see what's good. The old place looks like a fucking wreck. I mean who's idea was it to paint my old apartment building on 44 Beacon burgundy?! More people have moved to the block but other than that everything is the same. All the buildings look shorter in a way and I have to wonder if that's because of my perspective when I was living there. All in all, It's good to go back to the old hood once and a while so I don't ever forget where I came from, what I am and what I have become.

First things first: The Debut of The Preposterous Rhinoceros

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There has to be a first for everything right?

Toddlers go from crawling around helplessly to taking wobbly, "domo arigato, Mr. Roboto" first steps. Six year olds attend their first day of the first grade only to find out that nap time has mysteriously been 86ed (seriously wtf is up with that?). First fights and first kisses are rites of passage that awaken feelings of trepidation and bliss in the hearts of sucker ass corn balls and dope bombshells alike.
“Firsts” are both exciting and agonizing and we never forget them because they force us into unfamiliar situations where we have to gain our footing to avoid looking like jack asses.
That being said, I generally try not to look like a jack ass if it’s at all possible so I hope the following mission statement doesn’t suck:

The Preposterous Rhinoceros is a collective blog comprised of audacious, unique and interesting concepts expressed through art, literature, fiction, poetry, essays, film, fashion, and other forward-thinking, bad-ass ideas and media. Finally, all the cool kids officially have a place to kick it.

I hope to bring all things new, fresh and enlightening to your door step.