Tim Burton!!

Halloween movies. Creepy movies. Ridiculously creative and off-the-wall movies.

Those all describe how I feel about Tim Burton and the movies he creates. Ok, so Halloween is not an accurate word to describe all of his movies...Alice in Wonderland for example.

Tim Burton's productions are beyond normal description. His movies often have almost a form of irony to them. It's almost as if you think they are going to be terrifying but then they are not. Creepy, yes. Scary, no. For example, I thought Sleepy Hollow was going to be decently scary, but then I watched it and Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane was ridiculous. His acting was wonderful and I loved the portrayal of Ichabod Crane as somewhat a sissy, but it was not what I was originally expecting.

Speaking of Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton production, they have worked together a large amount of times. Here's a list of their collaborations:

• Edward Scissorhands
• Ed Wood
• Sleepy Hollow
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (remake)
• Corpse Bride (I'm watching this on Family Channel right now!)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Alice in Wonderland

Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton's wife since 2001, also appears in a lot of his movies, including:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (remake)
• Corpse Bride
• Big Fish
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

I found a website of Tim Burton poems with illustrations. They're quite funny. Here's the link! HERE

Also, here's one of the poems that really made me laugh.

The Boy With Nails in His Eyes

The Boy with Nails in his Eyes
put up his aluminium tree.
It looked pretty strange
because he couldn't really see






Sorry this blog is all over the place today. I was just watching Corpse Bride and I really wanted to talk about the fact that Tim Burton is basically a genius....or at least I think so.

Have a great Halloween! Watch a Tim Burton movie!

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne is a fabulous artist. He was recently voted the second greatest rapper for the 2000-2010 years - second only to Eminem. He has released seven studio albums, twenty-three singles, and twelve mixtapes. It's not hard to debate that he is a hard-working individual.

Beyond his own music releases, he often collaborates with many different artists. A few include:

• Weezer
• Birdman
• Jay Sean
• Amerie

And quite a few more. Quite, quite a few more.

I like a lot of different things about Lil Wayne, but there are three things that make me respect him the most.

1. His work ethic
• As stated above, Lil Wayne seems to always be in the studio. Besides his own multiple releases, he also is the head of Young Money Entertainment, which includes such artists as Drake, Nikki Minaj, Tyga, Shanell, and a few more.
2. His lyricism
• The raps he comes up with have ridiculous rhymes I could never even imagine coming up with. Besides that, they just have a certain poet feel to them. Here's an example from "Runnin'" from his album Rebirth.
• "But if I fall, I fall up and let the clouds hug me.
• And if I fall down, I bet I hit the ground runnin'
• Bet you searched and found nothin', lookin' for the finish line
• Stop short cuttin', you're f***in' up your finish time
• Here's a link to the video if you want to listen to the whole song - Runnin'
3. His dedication to his fans
• Lil Wayne is currently in jail for having a loaded gun in his possession. Despite the fact that he's in jail he answers his fan mail and continues to thank them for his support. 
• He writes overall letters to his fans when possible, which are published on the website Weezythanxyou.com.
• I was reading the letters and I noticed that at the end of a lot of his letters, he went through and personally thanked people by name for sending him letters.

I hope you take the time to consider listening to a Lil Wayne song or if you already like him, yay!!

BET Hip Hop Awards

At 7 p.m. this evening the BET (Black Entertainment Television) Hip Hop Awards, hosted by Mike Epps, will air on channel 78 (if you have Mediacom Cable, that is).

Bah! I'm excited. I love hip hop and I think that awards shows are always exciting to watch.



Tonight Salt-N-Pepa will be honored.
This dynamic duo debuted in 1985 with their record "Showstopper." In 1987, they received a Grammy for their song "Push It," which is my personal favorite. That song never fails to have me jump to my feet and start dancing like a maniac.



Something interesting about the awards is that there is a "Best Hip Hop Blog Site" category. The nominees (links included) are as follows:

• AllHipHop.com
• Nahright.com
• Rapradar.com
• Thisis50.com
• Worldstarhiphop.com

All the categories for awards and the nominees for this evening's show can be found HERE.

The performers for the evening include:

B.o.B. 

Yelawolf and Big Boi

Digital Underground

Waka Flocka Flame

Rick Ross

Antoine Dodson

Soulja Boy

J Cole

Gucci Mane

MC Hammer

Cali Swag District

Now, the website does not list him, but my Trey Songz Facebook fan page says that Trey Songz will be performing tonight....so.....I am definitely going to watch and see if he does!

DeStorm Power - A YouTube Musical Genius

DeStorm Power is my favorite Youtuber.

I don't even know if that's the correct term or even a word, but it should be if only to describe this fabulous man.

I stumbled across him while I was searching for new YouTube videos to watch and automatically fell in love with his videos.

What DeStorm Power does is take challenges from comments on his posted YouTube videos and his Facebook page (probably other places as well) and makes songs.

For example, one of my favorite videos is called 20 Voices and it consists of him making a video using 20 different versions of his own voice. It is absolutely amazing. You should watch it by clicking HERE.


Your life just might be changed. I know mine was. Now I spend endless amounts of time during which I should be doing homework watching his YouTube videos instead. Whoops.

So watch that video! And please leave a link for your favorite YouTube video!