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BLITZ The Ambassador & The Bronx Princess

The combination of insomnia and web surfing would typically lead the less morally astute to smut. But noooo, not us! At The Toy Plane we pride ourselves on being home alone on weekends Wiki-ing the history of peanut butter and crusing for action on PBS.org.

Score! Stumbling on the documentary film 'Bronx Princess' was a treat. What this film lacks in complexity it makes up for in heart. With an amazing soundtrack and beautiful backdrop 'Bronx Princess' is worth a view. Relatively short, it's available to watch free online until November 24th.

Synopsis (via pbs.org) Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and she's no pushover. She is a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With freedom in sight, Rocky rebels against her mother's rules. When their relationship reaches a breaking point, Rocky flees to her father, a chief in Ghana. What follows is captured in Bronx Princess, a tumultuous coming-of-age story set in a homeland both familiar and strange. Her precocious — and very American — ideas of a successful, independent life conflict with her father's traditional African values. Reconciling her dual legacies becomes an unexpected chapter in this unforgettable young woman's education.

We also learned our BK comrade BLITZ The Ambassador composed the musical score for the film...DOPE! BLITZ explains the process and inspiration behind the Highlife sounds he created for the film.

Blitz the Ambassador on scoring PBS Documentary from MVMT on Vimeo.

P.S. Wow! I've seen him play but I didnt realize he was a "real" musician..dope.boy.fresh. Want to hear more? Blitz's Album on itunes

All I want for Festivus...

Lets be clear, I am not a sneaker chick. I wont even disrespect my dank basement in Chinatown digging, ebay searching, flown in from japan sneaker fiends and front like I'm into my footwear like that. But I do have a few STUNNER pairs I like to rock just for (insert bad pun here) kicks. I acquire a new pair about once a year and wear them 2 or 3 times at most, and I'm brand loyal like a mofo...ADIDAS are King and those babies above need to be my latest acquisition.

So Dearest Readers, If you got the drop or -if you wanna be my new bestest friend- and cop these I’ll love you forever and ever.

I’m a boys size 8

Amen.

Jeremy Scott Adidas=XOXOXOXOXO

"Indecent Proposal"

I'm in love with Netflix. I've got about 300 movies in my Que and I just keep adding them and adding and adding them. I never know what's coming until I open those 3 little lovely red envelopes in the mail. Is it another romantic comedy? That indie I've been meaning to catch? Will I now be finally able to say I've seen 'Love & Basketball'? 'Dream Girls'?

I'm seriously in love. My easy little heart never fails to go pitter patter. (I mean this is what love feels like right?) The excitement of it all is so..exciting. Netflix is so, so...dreamy!

and my boo has just gotten better. You see, I've been sending emails to my boy Steve over at corporate -he controls the whole Instant Play feature that Netflix has- cause I thought it downright scandalous that he was was not supporting me (and the 9 million other Apple Mac users) considering how long I've been loyal!

And you know what? He listened to ME!

Instant Play is now available for Macs.

and now I think I'm getting married!

xoxo

We Still Heart: Tricky - Is it Ska,Trip Hop, Punk, Shit MAYBE It's R&B? I (don't) KNOWle West Boy!!!

I don't know what I'm hearing but it bangs hard.

and thats good.

Dude, tour already!

http://www.knowlewestboy.com/

P.S. we are going 1/2 on a baby.

In the Que: Get Sweded

Fyi, We are total movie junkies! But somehow we never manage to see the "hot" films when we are suppose to. We are always a year or ten too late -we tell ourselves that we were too busy digging in the crates for "real" indie cinema .

So instead of trying to keep up with the Jones, we embrace our tendencies to be the last persons on earth to view American Gangster, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or 40 year old Virgin... And we can't be the only ones. So for all thoes out there like us , we are sorting through the fluff and providing you with titles from our que. This is what were are watching now and these films are the must sees of the MUST SEES.

And what better movie to set us off then "BE KIND,REWIND" starring Jack Black and our main man Mos Def. We hate spoilers so we won't even get into what it's about. See it, or see it again and let us know what you think.

God Bless Swedes and Long Live Netflix!

We are riding with shorty

The Flyest Sartorialisto

Fader style editor and designer/stylist Mobolaji Dawodu got hailed on The Sartorialist today. We have ~~a desperate unrequited crush on him~~ admired his hodgepodge of Lagos-meets-Brooklyn style for sometime now and salute Scott Schuman, for always knowing a good thing when he sees one.

This is the second time in as many weeks that one of our comrades (we saw you William, and thanks for NOT returning our calls punk!) has graced Mr. Schuman’s dazzling portrait collection of fashionable world citizens.

Real recognizes real. Keep clicking color. We love it.

5 propellers.

We H(ART) BLK JKS

If you were lucky enough to be there, kudos to you! If not,here it is. "Mzabalazo" performed live at Harriet's Alter Ego.

Toyi Toyi with us... and be sure to get dem knees up!

What a classic day!
(and lovely guys to boot!)

p.s. LAKESIDE is our official theme song. Find it, love it, buy it.

Sweet (face) Cheeba

Our favorite lopsided afro, word maker-upper, superb drinking buddy, and Designer-SLASH-Renaissance man releases his new jammies (We think he's got that word trademarked) just in time for summer.