Dawson's Ink

Like A Song. . .

Will — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:24:44 +0000

Like everything else in life, this week–this historic week that’s somehow and subjectively been “bigger than everything”–comes back to music. It’s been equal parts melody and harmony, a sweet-sounding pitch, undeniable power and a ridiculous pace. It’s been the perfect verse over a tight beat. Indeed, the election of Barack Hussein Obama, the first-ever African [...]

#AugustWillSon:LA (Day Fourteen)– Clip Show

Will — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:00:41 +0000

On television, a clip show is an episode where, instead of new material being used to forward the story, clips from previous shows are interspersed with characters reminiscing. It’s usually done to save on production and location costs during a season. For me, today, half of that was true. Outside of a meeting in Santa [...]

#AugustWillSon:LA (Day Thirteen)– Just Cause

Will — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 02:36:21 +0000

There’s a group of people who get together every Wednesday from 12 noon to 2pm with one goal in mind: to feed homeless people living down on Los Angeles’ Skid Row. They do it every single week, rain or shine, without suitable transportation some weeks. They’ve been pelted with food, swung on by vagrants, yelled [...]

#AugustWillSon:LA (Day Twelve)– The Perd’s The Word!

Will — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:00:17 +0000

Today was very casual. Met Michelle–who has been hanging all #AugustWillSon:LA long and I appreciate it so much (!!!)–for brunch at NOLAS, which is located in downtown LA on East 3rd Street. After checking online, I knew that their menu was set up New Orleans-style. But, that’s all I knew. Man, there was so much [...]

#AugustWillSon:LA (Day Eleven)– Just Say Bucket!

Will — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:45:43 +0000

One thing you need to know about me is that I have a healthy fascination with singers. Most of the interviews I conduct with them either start with, or end with, trying to figure out how they do what they do so well. Two months ago, I spent four straight days in the presence of [...]

#AugustWillSon:LA (Day Ten)– Show Time

Will — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:30:51 +0000

Friday was a good day, and one I’d been looking forward to for a while. For those that don’t know, I’m associated with the spoken word/live performance show Verses & Flow, now in its second season on TV One. I came aboard soon after Season One was shot late last summer, and while I saw [...]