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When I saw this, I thought whoa, Mitch, our friend passed away. Yet it turns out, this is the famous Mitch Mitchell, the one who played drums for Jimmy Hendrix. As much as he'll be missed, I wouldn't miss him as much as the Mitch Mitchell we know.
When I saw this, I thought whoa, Mitch, our friend passed away. Yet it turns out, this is the famous Mitch Mitchell, the one who played drums for Jimmy Hendrix. As much as he’ll be missed, I wouldn’t miss him as much as the Mitch Mitchell we know.
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Had lunch today with none other than Reggie Hudlin, a long time reader of GR. Know him? House Party! Yes, he's the man behind this flick starring Kid N Play, but he was also in She's Gotta Have It! The classic Spike Lee joint. His career definitely gets more current, with the Boondocks project. He was the president of BET for a few years, and now he's making it back into the fold of regular life....
Had lunch today with none other than Reggie Hudlin, a long time reader of GR. Know him? House Party! Yes, he’s the man behind this flick starring Kid N Play, but he was also in She’s Gotta Have It! The classic Spike Lee joint. His career definitely gets more current, with the Boondocks project. He was the president of BET for a few years, and now he’s making it back into the fold of regular life. He’s also writing comics, and is going to dip back into to making stuff again. Isn’t he handsome in this photo? Good job Sears!
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Whoa, I just met Yuhi Komiyama. He interviewed me for a web TV program that he does in Japan, and it turns out, he's been a long time reader of Giant Robot. Imagine, him in Japan, a fan of the mag, a recording artist who then told the label to promote him to GR. The Japanese label says, "yes, sure we will. anything you want." But no, they never did anything like that. I had to break it to him that...