i'm a fan of Danyel from now until forever but i felt this particular newsletter *hard*. she will always be a role model for me

First Take struggles with Jalen Hurts and the Eagles. Credit will not be given.

When the cake is sliced, the scarlet berries, so neatly spaced in the cream between vanilla layers, stare out, both accusatory and generous. They scent the room with their little deaths. Your new edition of SHINE BRIGHT HQ is here #booksky shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/only-now-w...

They treat him the same way they treat Jayson Tatum, nothing but disrespect and minimization of his talent/accomplishments.

First Take struggles with Jalen Hurts and the Eagles. Credit will not be given.

truly!

as he told me recently: "I want to be a major player in terms of having a voice + influence w/regard to people we select to run our country. In my perfect world, I’d be pushing candidates forward for America to look at as opposed to trying to push myself forward" www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

too many. A Different World. Boardwalk Empire. Roc. Foyle's War. Season 1 of Luther. The Game. Season 1 of Dark Winds. The Gilded Age. Season 1 of Euphoria. Six Feet Under. Girlfriends. More.

Batman: The Animated Series. Schoolhouse Rock

on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie helping Det. Mervin Wilson and the gang solve mysteries on Season 14 of Death in Paradise.

regular people cooking. what are y'all chopping. why is a sauce so often being made. flour as a fun game. Weekend breakfasts being made on weekdays.

Frank's Place, Dharma & Greg, Snoops. Thirtysomething, ZOOM, The New Odd Couple

as he told me recently: "I want to be a major player in terms of having a voice + influence w/regard to people we select to run our country. In my perfect world, I’d be pushing candidates forward for America to look at as opposed to trying to push myself forward" www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

May she be blessed and protected while she looks out for her people🙏🏾🙏🏾

so very often its why did Kansas City lose — rarely why did the sitting champion Philadelphia Eagles win, AGAIN

watching the Penguin for the first time and I'm into it but distracted by how is that Colin Farrell

SNL over Bey and Kendrick is WILD... WILD. #emmys

back to life

back to life

Non-fiction: "Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop Music" by Danyel Smith "Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll" by Maureen Mahon Fiction: "Some Sing, Some Cry" by Ntozake Shange & Ifa Bayeza "The Final Revival of Opal & Nev" by Dawnie Walton

Just spent an entertaining 13 minutes listening to @danyelsmith.bsky.social talk about Foxy Brown feeling every kinda way about the Vibe cover article she wrote about her. themoth.org/stories/foxy...

If you thought that with the retirement of Serena Williams, tennis was going to struggle, you would be wrong open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...

we like what we like we love what we love open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...

Malcolm James McCormick died September 7 2018, about a month after the successful release of Swimming shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/tay-townse...

a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ...

Clooney / Pitt ‘Wolves’ or ‘Wolfs’ or whatever is a no for me 🫥

On September 13 1994 Christopher “Biggie” Wallace released his debut album. On September 13 1996 Tupac Shakur succumbed to multiple bullet wounds in Las Vegas. Big and '‘Pac are linked for ♾️ in life, music, and death shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/objects-in...

On September 13 1994 Christopher “Biggie” Wallace released his debut album. On September 13 1996 Tupac Shakur succumbed to multiple bullet wounds in Las Vegas. Big and '‘Pac are linked for ♾️ in life, music, and death shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/objects-in...

a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ...

chicago out here like yoooooooo! that being said, go birds 🦅 #NFL

whatever for all of this. Go Birds

Malcolm James McCormick died September 7 2018, about a month after the successful release of Swimming shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/tay-townse...

your new all-curation extra special weekend edition of SHINE BRIGHT HQ is here: shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/tay-townse...

the hell ?!

yooooooo!!

what did i miss? there was spitting? in Eagles v Cowboys?

oh okay, it's testy out there tonight i see #NFL #goBirds

blessed to have the woman i’m named after

-ai works pretty well

Reskeet the spectacles, nerds 🤓 [very rose-colored yet very trifocal]

Write it down on real paper with a real pencil with real intent and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell. -- Erykah Badu

*sigh* everybody's being real loud about me working on this short today, huh

i do. CA native here

qq: when you are you *not* currently experiencing high call volume? and if you are *always* experiencing high call volume, then can some changes be made with regard to the staffing situation

Write it down on real paper with a real pencil with real intent and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell. -- Erykah Badu

tomorrow the series i co-curated on hurricane katrina “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” opens at MoMA (aug 27-sept 21). as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.

somebody is paying these mosquitoes extra

your new edition of SHINE BRIGHT HQ is here: shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/danyels-ne...

somebody is paying these mosquitoes extra

music moments that have me in a [research] chokehold right now shinebrighthq.substack.com/p/danyels-ne...