Articles by Chris James
Chris J The Genius is a 1L at Tulane University Law School. He's also a hip-hop enthusiast/purist and fancies himself a stand-up comedian in his own right. Chris J likes to consider the messages that our cultures and generations send/receive about themselves through mainstream media, fashion, politics, and the arts.
Apparently plenty of people think you can. Supposedly, pheromone parties are all the new rage these days and are stealing some of the spotlight from speed dating. Of course, pheromones are chemicals secreted by the …
There are rappers and then there are true MCs. In an industry that sometimes has trouble distinguishing the men from the boys, there is absolutely no mistaking the status of Queensbridge-born living hip hop legend …
So it’s been awhile now since we heard that Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, among others, would be starring in the forthcoming Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained.
Just on the strength of those three names …
It seems to have been eons and ages since Katt Williams put an unmistakable stamp on the world of stand-up comedy with his wildly popular HBO special, The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1. In actuality, it’s …
Bobby Petrino, former head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, seemingly had it all. Unfortunately, like so many in such a position, he has lost it very quickly. Petrino was able to help Arkansas rise to …
We’re not making it up, folks. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has distributed some 55,000 rubbers which are… special. While they don’t enhance the actual experience in any way, they are fitted with QR …
TBS has started limited promotions for a new comedy that’ll be airing just in time for graduation. Men at Work has a nice little buzz right about now, a testosterone-driven show about a group of …
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…
If those opening words don’t ring a bell to you, you probably should’ve spent more time paying attention in Literature. Of course, they are the …
When Dwight Howard signed on to play with the Orlando Magic for at least another year, it seemed like Florida’s other NBA team had its troubles behind it and was ready to move forward and …
For all you early adopters out there, the future is now. Picture a phone that you wear on your face. That phone brings up any information you might look up on a smartphone right before …
By now, whether you have the iPhone 4S or not, you’ve heard of (and have probably experimented with) SIRI. An acronym which stands for Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface, the innovation has rendered the smartphone …
If there’s one thing society should have learned within the last few years, it is that just because we can share our personal thoughts and words with millions of people, it doesn’t mean we should.
Now, …
Just in time for Black History Month, here’s a shining moment that was recently unearthed. A freed slave, one Jourdan Anderson – who had relocated to Ohio with his family and began to earn a …
What happens when you put together aliens, spaceships, and Confederate army soldiers? A Newt Gingrich presidency! One hell of a movie premiere, that’s what! John Carter is an upcoming Disney film about an Earthling (a …
Ladies across the world are going topless… for a cause no Girls Gone Wild! See the picture above? We see this type of thing everywhere, right? In PETA ads, on magazine covers, you name it.
However, …
Although Common and Drake have been feuding of late, they have one thing in common: a healthy respect for President Barack Obama. Of course, the Toronto-born rapper/singer made a foray into acting on Nickelodeon’s Degrassi: …
Well, they say all good things must come to an end. Such is true even for the show formerly known as what came on before Heroes Chuck, a hit NBC show that paired comedy with …
Who’s Jan Brewer, you ask? Nobody special, really. Brewer is the governor of Arizona, who has gone at President Barack Obama many times over their political differences, but has really taken the cake with her …
By the looks of things, Sam Worthington is going to become a household name one way or another this year. He already has the starring role in the upcoming Man on a Ledge and will …
We used to think that scrambled letters and crossword puzzles were to keep old ladies busy during soap opera commercial breaks. Leave it to social network gaming developer Zynga to show us that we couldn’t …
