My Fair Silver Maiden

Miko - Silver (S. Pierre Price Photography)

Oh my fair silver maiden
I see your eyes in the stars that light the dark,
Your hair in the swaying summer grass,
Your smile in the majestic sunrise
Oh my fair silver maiden
Your scent is always on the next wind
Your sweet, intoxicating scent.
Oh my fair silver maiden
Tell me where you are
So that I might find you
And my heart be complete.
Oh my fair silver maiden
How I long for you
How I cry for you
How I search for you.
Oh my fair silver maiden
Always beyond the next wind.

Silver

Tell me where you are
So that I might find you
And my heart be complete.
Oh my fair silver maiden.
cameron bird

(march 11,1991 / Carrollton, Texas)

S. Pierre Price Photography

Model – Miko

Taking Entertainers to the Next Level

Char Epting

Entertainers are always looking for an outlet and some sort of platform to be seen.  Char Epting, publicist and owner of My Lil Pink Book, is providing this service to clients throughout the Chicago area and beyond.

She is serious about her work and will quickly write off anyone that undermines her ability and talents.  Often it is those people that are dying to get exposure that set their own traps for failure.  That’s why Ms. Epting makes it clear from the jump that she is about business and though she is out to improve the image of her clients, image of her organization is priority.

Epting is working with artists like Troy Man, winner of 106 & Park’s Wild Out Wednesday, Gem Avery, LAX Boyz, Kenan the Great, Black Kadafi and Glenn Gordon to name a few.  She also represents radio personalities like Jerry Butler and Jim Starr who have already made a name for themselves in the windy city.  Obviously she is on her grind and will stop at nothing to prove that she is the woman for the job.

Her humble beginnings as a single mother of three on welfare who struggled working many jobs to support her family are the fire behind her drive.  She explains that “The ability to visualize something so much that you can taste it…” is what motivates a person to wake up each morning and face the day head on.

So she opened My Lil Pink Book with little money and support.  Based out of her home, she faced criticism and discouraging words as she tried to chase her dream.  But without doubt, she continued her journey, and within a year had a clientele of over 12 artists and other entertainers.

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Backpack Loaded – Advice from My Lil Pink Book

Notes from Char Epting (My Lil Pink Book)

Hood Rat Radio

You just finished your demo or mixtape loaded them into your backpack, and as soon as you run it down to your local radio station you will be on your way to stardom!

Every dude with a home studio, a MAC, and some ambition can produce a mixtape or demo tape. You’ve seen them, the backpack dude with the personal music that you must have at the low-low price between $3 or 2 for $5. Let’s see, I can download an album from a known artists for $6.99 or I can buy your music off the street not knowing exactly what quality of music I am about to pay for. This is an everyday occurrence around the world, talented individuals dreaming of a music career, but not knowing how to move their works to a bigger platform.

As a publicist and owner of My Lil Pink Book, I am challenged with the tasks of deciphering who I can help, who I want to help and are they ready for the bigger spotlight. Most folks focus on the SHOW, I am about the BUSINESS. The entertainment industry has one primary goal which is to make money. The reality check is that if a Record Label does not see where they can immediately package your talent, for exposure to a larger audience, so that they can make money (not the artist/group), then there isn’t a snowball chance in hell that they are going to sign you to a deal. With that said, never did I make a statement about your talent, or your ability to perform.

I would ask aspiring artists/groups to prepare better for an opportunity to achieve the stardom they dream of.

My Lil Pink Book – Profile

The My Lil Pink Book agency brings a uniquely personal, yet substantive approach to the vast world of public relations; specializing in publicity, media management and event planning.

With a background covering the entertainment, educational, corporate and non-profit arenas, My Lil Pink Book tailors the approach to the client’s needs. Our customized efforts insure concrete results.

It’s been said, “Image is everything.” Well, Image is our thing. We put your best face forward to the media and therefore the world at large. We take pride in the fact that when we represent you, we are representing ourselves.

Our priority focus at this time is Internet radio, record pools and college radio. I know everyone would love to have their music played on a mainstream station, but I have built relationships with show host and DJs in my priority areas.

My promise is to provide you with as much exposure as I can. I not only network every day I network on your behalf the client. Because when I am blessed with a good resource I can pass the blessing on to you the client to help benefit your career. Now that I have told you that let me explain what I do.

Char Epting - Lil Pink Book

As a publicist, my objective is to give a client the maximum exposure they need. I give a client the necessary and appropriate exposure to various outlets. Publicists get you into the entertainment industry through magazines, newspapers, television, web, and radio interviews. Publicists do not secure your employment. Securing your employment is the job of a manager or agent. However, through my dedication to you and your career, and by working with time proven methods and using various outlets, in time, you will eventually get more bookings and higher pay rates.

Char receives a lot of questions so here is a little advice.

• Learn how to communicate via the phone and via email. Before you call a publicist or anyone in the entertainment business.
• Please…. Please do NOT send out music or any other material if it is not professional.

Now, if you have a relationship with someone at a label that is different. If you are not ready, meaning you do not have a press kit, photos and etc., please don’t bother people about helping you until you take care of your business. I wish you guys the best of luck.

Char Epting

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Kellita Smith of “The Bernie Mac Show” takes to the stage

Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) – “Don’t get it twisted. I’m not the same woman you knew twenty years ago,” declares Samantha Cooke, played by Kellita Smith in One Woman, Two Lives making its world debut July 17, 2009 at The Imagined Life Theater.

Kellita Smith - Bernie Mac Show

In One Woman, Two Lives the strikingly beautiful Smith, (The Bernie Mac Show, King’s Ransom, Three Can Play That Game, Best Supporting Actress NAACP Theater Award Winner – “Feelings”) magnificently portrays Samantha Cooke, a complex and conflicted woman torn between two worlds fighting to sustain and protect her family from a past that threatens to undermine her almost perfect present. Married to Jonathan, a successful mega preacher, portrayed by an equally talented Thomas Bell (Cupids Arrow, The Message), Samantha has been voted First Lady of the Year. However, the accolade causes the mother of three to doubt herself and her worthiness. In spite of receiving encouragement from her family and neighbors, Michael portrayed by Sammie Wayne and Belinda, portrayed by Karen Malina White (Cosbys, A Different World and Malcolm and Eddie), Samantha can’t seem to shake the uneasiness that has begun to envelop her. As the play takes on surprising and startling twists and turns, her doubts and worries unfortunately become warranted.

Three time NAACP Best Director Image Award recipient Denise Dowse is the director of this intriguing and ground breaking stage play. No stranger to taking the written word from the page to stage in creative and talented fashion, Dowse, a veteran actress, (Ray, Coach Carter) elicits beautiful and memorable performances from this ensemble cast which also stars veteran and award winning actors Esther Scott (You Got Served, Dreamgirls, The Geena Davis Show) who plays the outspoken mother-in-law Edna, Billy Mayo (Desperate Housewives, The Traveler) who plays a deliciously duplicitous Melvin Foster and also features child actors Diamond Summers, Sarah Nanko, Lavaunte Jackson and Evan Thurman.

Kellita Smith

One Woman, Two Lives, is written by Alretha Thomas who has penned several other plays produced in the Los Angeles area including NAACP Theatre Award winning play Civil Rites (2004), A Shrine to Junior
(2002) nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award as well, Grandpa’s Truth (2006), Sacrificing Simone (2007) and her first novel Daughter Denied.

Performances of One Woman, Two Lives, on Friday’s and Saturday’s are at 8pm. Sunday performances are at 3pm; from July 17 through August 23, 2009 at the Imagined Life Theatre, (formerly 2100 Sq Ft) located at 5615 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019. General admission tickets are $25.00. For reservations, group sales and more information regarding One Woman, Two Lives produced by Diverse Arts Collective, please call 626-858-1907 and or go to www.onewomantwolives.com. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketweb.com and or by calling 866-468-3399.

DJ Showtime Changes the Game

DJ Showtime

Miami’s music scene is on fire and has no plans of cooling off whatsoever.

DJ Showtime, the infamous and hard grinding promoter, producer and rapper is putting in rigid and consistent work trying to increase his city’s exposure. Hosting countless events throughout Miami and its surrounding areas, he has been able to attract all types of talent from multiple genres to come together and provide audiences with the unseen treasure that is ready to blow up in the inferno.

Rick Ross, DJ Kalid, Flo Rida, Pitbull, etc. are just a few of the artists that are doing huge things in the music business and have undoubtedly provided a platform for other artists out of Florida. And there are tens of thousands of artists here ready to grab their piece of the pie. From gutter underground groups to hard hitting sexy female emcees, DJ Showtime is reaching out to anyone that has something to say and gives them the chance to be seen.

His promotion company, Team 1, is producing parties like the Sunday Jet Ski in North Miami, showcases at clubs on South Beach and he is making regular radio appearances pumping his artists and events.

Behind the scenes, DJ Showtime’s operations are lead by his go gettin hot girls Crystal and Juno who bring the organization sex appeal and sheer intelligence. These ladies work day and night putting out the word which is bringing in the exposure that is taking Team 1 to the next level.

DJ Showtime and his crew’s work and dedication to the game has uplifted the South Florida entertainment community and threatens to change the direction of the entire industry for sure.

By R.L. Burney

Miami Mojito

Miami is the shit, huh? Y’all got the best women and I’m drinking the best on South Beach, you say?

Ok. You might be right.

Miami Mojitos

Before heading to a talent showcase at South Beach’s Club Living Room, my mentor and I strolled historic South Beach. I was shocked at the diversity of people that came to experience the magic of this area. The arc deco architecture of the hotels and business that lined the avenues reminded me of the many movies and books that portrayed the lifestyle and excitement of past eras. And with the thousands of men and women from all over the world dining, mingling and partying there, I was sure that South Beach and Miami as a whole had not lost its place as a top destination.

Walking down Ocean Drive, we came across a restaurant called Casablanca. In fact, the waitress that stood in front of the place was the one that silently lured me to the door. Her beauty and offer of two for one Mojitos was the perfect compliment to start my night.

Mojito. The adopted drink of Miami night life. My first ever was bomb! The bartender cut up limes and graciously added sweet mint to the rum that would show me what this city was all about. The spice and sweetness of my drink finally defined for me where I was and what was in store.

By R.L. Burney

Pick up lines – Verbal Arsenal

Chokkklit Shop – Pick-up lines

Shama3, Kal Cauthen - Cotton Mill shoot

The art of the pick up line seems to be in play more often in the Summer time than any other time of the year, but Spring is a good time to get an early start. Maybe has something to do with the heat, maybe the increased opportunities as the season heats up and we all tend to do more outdoor socializing. The trip to the beach, the picnic, cookout or concert; wherever there are men and women mingling you know it’s game time. Call it game because women act like they don’t want to be hollered at, but they put themselves in the direct line of attack; why?

You know as a woman that if you step out your door and go to an event, the fellas are going to try to spit game. Game, it really is a game; how do you win or loose at this ritual, right of passage of picking a mate. Women want the attention, the affirmation that they’re attractive. Men are looking for the best possible mate, or at least some action; she may not be the right one, but she can be Miss Right-Now!

Game on!!

Men have an arsenal of verbal missiles trying to penetrate any defense a pretty woman may try to put up. Like fishing men use their words like bait, and the woman approached has the options of ignoring, gagging or swallowing the bait. As Spring begins many of us are still wondering about the last fling that we hoped would turn into something more.

How do you know when a guy you’ve never met is being sincere, or if he’s just feeding you a line? If it flows off his tongue as he looks deeply into your eyes, and your heart flutters at the thought of taking him up on what he’s offering, but you’ve only known him for 2 hours, it’s probably just a well rehearsed line. You tell your girls about him, how the whole scene played out and they begin to tell you how some other guy used that same line on them and you want to think they’re just jealous because you’ve finally found the “one”. A month goes by and the two of you fall into a comfortable dating pattern. You have lunch once a week, dinner and movie on Fridays, and you find that you’ve become his late night Wednesday appointment. Just when you want things to heat up more than they have, he turns cold.

On the other hand, if you’ve known him for several months and you’ve been spending a considerable amount of time together, and he says something that makes you melt… Then there’s a good chance that he’s sincere and the words are from his heart.

Shama3, Kal Cauthen - Cotton Mill shoot

Categories of Pick-up Lines

• Straight to the point – illicit an immediate response
• Innuendo – line that imply, rather than directly ask; try to be slick
• Cheese – just stupid to get a react, then the secondary attack begins
• Flattery – can be honest admiration, but anything positive to break the ice
• Smooth – that practiced tried and true, you know he has been practicing in the mirror lines

Photos from Cotton Mill Shoot – Kal Cauthen (model), Shama3 (model), Reno Valentine (stylist), John Washington (photography), Michael Davis (photography)

Going Down South on Detroit Public Library 2009 – Top 10

The Detroit Public Library, encouraged by the positive response to this annual publication, continues the tradition of the African American Booklist for 2009. This bibliography provides a select list of books by and/or about African Americans. This booklist includes works of fiction and nonfiction for adults, children and young adults reviewed and recommended by librarians of the Detroit Public Library.

The Booklist began in February of 1926 to commemorate Negro History Week. Since that time, the African American Booklist has continued to feature the accomplishments of African Americans in the literary world and had become an annual tradition in the community.

2009 Detroit Public Library – African American Booklist (pdf format)

Detroit Public Library 2009 – Adult Top Ten

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The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive

Marvelyn Brown with Courtney E. Martin – Amistad, 2008

Going Down South

Bonnie J. Glover – One World, 2008

On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

Charles Cobb, Jr. – Algonquin Books, 2007

Rhythms of Grace

Marilyn Griffith – Revell, 2008

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist

Nancy Goldstein – University of Michigan Press, 2008

Street Judge: A Novel

Greg Mathis – Strebor Books, 2008

Shameless Hoodwives

De’nesha Diamond; Meesha Mink – Touchstone, 2008

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

Van Jones – HarperOne, 2008

Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave.

Leonard Todd – W. W. Norton, 2008

Gather Together in My Name

Tracy Price-Thompson – Atria Books, 2008

Cotton Mill – Euro_Urban Style

Kal Cauthen recently had a HOT photo shoot at the Cotton Mill in Atlanta. Here is a sneak preview of some of the photos. NottHeads is in the process of creating a DVD of the shoot, but wants your input as to what you think looks best.

More photos and videos to be released SOON!!! The draft videos do not include intro/exit voiceovers and finishing graphic inserts.

Draft 1	Draft 1b	Draft 1c
fast cuts and transitions	medium cuts and transitions	slow cuts and transitions
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Vote your favorite in the poll on www.kalcauthen.com !!

Kal Cauthen - Cotton Mill

• Stylist: Reno Valentine
• Photographers: John Washington, Michael Davis, Jamel
• Music: IsReal
• Video and Editing: NottHeads
• Manager: Toshia Barnes – Georgia Peach Entertainment

CT – Yankee Fan

Yankee Fan - Kal Cauthen

Kal Cauthen has long been a Yankee Fan, why not! The pain and suffering that shows in his emotions are worth the years of cheers and jeers that all Yankee fans have to endure. Over the span of 162 games each season a picture can tell you exactly what’s going on. Kal’s love of the Yankees is captured in this series of Color This; but in the end Kal is a Yankee Fan and he wears it on his hat, face and chest. The Yankess have more Championship rings than any other baseball team; haters can talk about payroll, we talk pennants.

Kal Cauthen is an actor and model; photos by Michael D Images – graphics by NottHeads. More images available in the gallery –>> Yankee Fan photos.

Kal Cauthen

Kal Cauthen

Kal Cauthen

Yankee Fan

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Original photos – Yankee Fan – Kal

Color This

NottHeads wants to give the visitors an opportunity to be interactive with the contents of the website; so you get Color This. Color This will present visitor submitted adaptations on some of the art and photographs currently embedded in NottHeads.

With the advent of digital photography people have become familiar with editing tools. Not surprising with the use of these tools, you quickly begin to see that you can modify the look feel, texture and emotion of a photograph. I ask you to share your artful play with the NottHeads audience.

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New sample photos will be added regularly. Have fun!!