Yeezy Break

April 21, 2009

  “I am SO DISAPPOINTED that I cannot see me perform, except for on playback. My greatest pain in life is I will never be able to see me perform. So you are welcome to know a pleasure that I will never know.” -Kanye West on VH1′s “Storytellers.”

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Stephon Marbury Break

March 7, 2009

BECK: Are you comfortable being Steph these days? And is it fair to say you’ve grown in that regard? MARBURY: Man . . . I grew so much. I mean, I had so many people that was praying for me and pushing for me. My sister been praying for me since I was born — [...]

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A Reminder

March 6, 2009

In case you want to hear my musings in a more consistent fashion, it’s a great idea to follow me on Twitter. Most of the people who read this blog know that already, but I just wanted to make sure there were no excuses.

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vinson@theredumbrella.com

March 6, 2009

It’s been a year and a half since I started owning this domain name, but I’m just now setting up the email and other cool features for it. I now have an @theredumbrella.com email address! [above] You gotta revel in the small stuff, folks.

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Sunday Morning, Yellow Smile

January 31, 2009

Today (Saturday, that is) marks the last full day of my New York adventure. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Sunday morning I’ll be packing bags and heading back to the city with that dome in the middle. At least for this week. Today I got a little closer [...]

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Housekeeping

January 26, 2009

Hi everybody. I’ll skip — if you don’t mind — the usual excuses and apologies (they are, respectively, never true and never sincere, anyway) and just get back down to work. I hope to update my link list and blogroll pretty extensively over the next few days of rest: some of my favorite writers, including [...]

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