Billi Pod’s Report Card On THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION

Billi Pod wants to start this 700th posting with his report card on last night’s entertainment event ...

THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION==>A<==interesting, entertaining and awesomely performed.

Canadian Baba Brinkman creates an entire hip hop show about evolution, with the wit, poetry, and charisma of a rapper and the accuracy and rigor of a scientific expert. He examines the origins of hip-hop and reflects on gender relations and inner-city violence.

He concludes with his solution to all of our problems==>DON’T SLEEP WITH MEAN PEOPLE:

“Don’t sleep with mean people, that’s the anthem

Please! Think about your granddaughters and grandsons

Don’t sleep with mean people, pretty or handsome

Mean people hold the gene pool for ransom.”

So my loyal and faithful readers in the metropolitan New York City area, put aside any misgivings you might have about the rap genre and see this show==>NOW!! It has an open-end run at the SoHo Playhouse downtown.

The Yankees basically sucked with yet another so-so performance [giving him the benefit of the doubt] from Phil Hughes. The hapless Mariner’s finally broke their 17-game losing streak behind stellar pitching from their ace King Felix Hernandez. They won 9-2.

The Bronx Bombers have the day off. On Friday the Baltimore Orioles come into town for a 3 game series.

Damn, the Boston FuckSox just keep on winning. Their offense is explosive.

As the trade deadline approaches there in still nothing about the Yankees. We need help in the starting rotation, make no mistake about it. Are you listening Hank Steinbrenner?

Billi Pod’s entertainment schedule is something a bit different for a Thursday ... first ...

3:00==>CHICAGO - “Broadway’s 5th longest running show, Chicago, tells the saga of chorus girl Roxie Hart who murders her lover and with the help of a shady lawyer becomes a vaudeville star.” (Broadway - complimentary ticket).

Yes, that is the correct day and time. Several long-running Broadway shows are experimenting with matinees on Thursdays and/or Fridays.

Of course Billi Pod has seen this show several times over the years but who can pass up an opportunity to see a Broadway classic with a comp. ticket? No one. Oh, I am relatively certain that my seat will be in the nosebleed section but no matter ... being there is what is important to Billi Pod.

And then tonight is ...

8:00==>SOUVENIR STORIES - “Eight original short plays that explore how simple objects can capture our memories and hold our meaningful experiences.” (Off Broadway - $9.00 TDF ticket).

This is playing at a theater on my block.

So, everyone out there in cyberspace, I think you will agree that this is a pretty interesting day for Billi Pod ... but ... remember ...

I only report - you decide.

Oh, I will close by observing that this is the 700th posting to Billi Pod Blogs since its creation on April 6, 2008. Who would have thunk it? The page-views for the past 11 months have now reached 13,000+ ... how about that!!

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”