In the immortal words of one of my heroes, Cab Calloway, "Hi De Ho," people! Welcome to another illustrious edition of The Grindhouse, courtesy of Afronerd Radio. Join us this Saturday as we broadcast our infamous auditory double feature, starting with The Comic Shoppeat 6pm and ending with Afronerd Radioat 7pm. For The Shoppe, check out how your "Podcast Avengers" scrutinize the following pop/pulp culture topics: Dburt finally gets around to talking about Robert Kirkman's excellent Thief of Thieves; our thoughts about Marvel Infinity crossover event storyline as well as DC's Forever Evil villain centric issues; a Comics Alliance op ed reviews the "Black/Minority" inspired Mighty Avengers #1; Marvel's Ant Man film gets moved up a few months and lastly, what's going on over at DC offices relating to a Harley Quinn suicide inspired art talent search (huh)? Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
And then there's Afronerd Radio featuring Captain Kirk and Dburt airing at 7pm eastern. The topics up for grabs this week are: after CNN's Don Lemon got it right about Black dysfunctionalism and then pimp slapped "Hustle" Russell Simmons he falters on The Tom Joyner Show; The Arsenio Hall Show returns after a 19 year hiatus; between 2 Chainz on MSNBC and Nas' Harvard fellowship, minstrelsy appears to be winning (damn); more on Vladimir Putin's NY Times op ed, Syria and Obama's alleged ineptness and lastly, Dburt talks about being a conservative person of color voting at a Black Democratic polling center.