Bol speaks

A couple of weeks ago (actually, the same day that DJ Haze was having that bizarre conversation with himself in the comments section to this post), the hip hop journalist jimi izrael came down to the STL to interview me for a story he was working on about Blogging While Black.

I remember being kinda tired and hung over during the whole thing and I've yet to really get used to speaking to actual journalists, as if I was Bobby Brown or somebody. Also, I think jimi might have come into the interview with a lot of preconceived notions just based on the kind of writing I do here. For example, I noticed he managed to find a way to work the word "motherfucker" into every other question he asked me, which is kind of odd because even though I use it a lot in my writing, it's not really something I throw out too often in the course of regular conversation.

Sez jimi izrael:

I fully expected a big, bad muthafucka with an entourage of bodyguards, naked girls and pit-bulls to bum-rush the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel out by the airport where I was staying, shattering empty bottles of Kristal onto the floor.

But the funny thing is, he looks just like he sounds.

Byron Crawford, 24, strolled into the lobby alone, wearing a black t-shirt and shorts, as I remember it (no homo). He’s quick-witted, articulate and almost shy. We talked about Byron Crawford.com, his whiteness, Mazslow’s Hierarchy, the blog-war with O-Dub, getting dooced and the future of blogging. It was a short meeting, but we bonded.

Perhaps in the future I actually should work on cultivating some sort of image, you know, outside of my "Internets" image. For example, whenever you see Matt Drudge (no homo) on TV, he's always wearing one of those ridonkulous hats that reporters used to wear in the movies. Maybe next time I have to go speak to a journalist, I'll bring a couple of half-naked sluts from the Eastside and some other gully looking jigs carrying around my stash.

You can check out the full text of the interview here.

Comments

[djxplicit]

am i the only one who finds it funny that google filters this picture?

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/220/1359/320/ByronCrawford.jpg

nhjic

[flyno20]

>Nah, I don’t do anything for shock value. I put things out there to see how people react to it.

hmm....

I guess this izrael guy is black, cuz he sounds sorta "uncle tom"-ish

[Dude]

hey Bol, I understood that picture u used in this post to be a photo of some graduate student, yet u only attended undergrad..

[alchemist]

>It was a short meeting, but we bonded.

Bol, you should have DEMANDED a "no homo" on that one.

>Maybe next time I have to go speak to a journalist, I'll bring a couple of half-naked sluts from the Eastside and some other gully looking jigs carrying around my stash.

Hilarious.

[jimi]

Yeah, I'm clearly an "Uncle Tom" . . . lol

>>It was a short meeting, but we bonded.

Bol, you should have DEMANDED a "no homo" on that one.<

A "no homo" actually DOES immediately follow that comment in the text.

[Geekbird]

gotdamn bol, you couldn't answer my questions like that? Gotdamn cracka.

[alchemist]

^ thanks for the clarification jimi. I guess I'll read the article, then comment.

[jimi]

I wouldn't take it personal, geekbird. First thing, I'm a pro. Second thing is, we were face to face (no homo). E-mail interveiws suck, as a rule, unless you use IM technology. SOme subjects, liek Bol, are reluctant to do that(BOl said "IM address? That shit's for High School kids"). You really need the volley back and forth (no homo) to pull off an informative QnA with any subject. Bol and I were going to do a IM joint, but as it turned out, I was in STL on other business, and it just worked out. We wwere gnna have coffee, but I was too cheap to cop for it. besides, from start to finish, the whole sit-down was only 30 minutes. Bol was visibly tired but animated, so I tried to respect that.

In the future, Geekbird, can I suggest an IM approach to internet interveiws?

And hey Bol . . . I cuss alot in real life, man . . just like my muthafuckin' blog. Ha.

[Geekbird]

>BOl said "IM address? That shit's for High School kids".

LOL

>Geekbird, can I suggest an IM approach to internet interveiws?

I will take your suggestion, but i doubt he would have given me his sn

>I wouldn't take it personal, geekbird. First thing, I'm a pro.

I dont take it personally. your interview was top notch...wait, are you calling me amateur? Those were some legitimate questions i asked (on further review of my questions, they were not legitimate but merely an attempt to push traffic towards my site).

[djxplicit]

> an attempt to push traffic towards my site

i find it funny that we all pretend to care how many people visit our shitty blogs

[Geekbird]

>i find it funny that we all pretend to care how many people visit our shitty blogs

I really do care. I'm just that narcissistic

[dame]

That was tight. i love reading good intervrews.

that's right up there with:
Defari
Bizzy Bone
Bobby and Whitney
Mike Tyson

[dcoy]

that was a great interview and you gotta love the pic or "byron"

[djxplicit]

> you gotta love the pic or "byron"

no homo. and that is really byron crawford.

[jimi]

>> you gotta love the pic or "byron"

no homo. and that is really byron crawford.<

uuh . . . no it's not.

or is it?

[djxplicit]

it is A byron crawford

http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/student/lead/2004Alumni.htm

9th from the top, no homo.

[reese]

>meeting a guy in the lobby of a hotel out by the airport... This is definitely a ‘no homo” situation

LOL. Bol, i was definitely thinkin that when i read it. Good interview tho, you seem like a real chill dude, nhjic.

[dcoy]

That's not THE byron crawford but it is a byron crawford. what are the odds that there would be 2 black guys named Byron.

[djxplicit]

> what are the odds that there would be 2 black guys named Byron.

yup. the fact that fitz used that image in his page confused some blog readers a short while ago.

[natalie]

> He's quick-witted, articulate, and almost shy.

Wow! If I wasn't scared to death of you, I could easily fall in love. Those traits are rare and damn near extinct.

[brownie]

> Wow! If I wasn't scared to death of you, I could easily fall in love.

Natalie, out of curiosity, what is it about him that scares you?

[natalie]

Brownie, I think I would just be intimidated by him. Just reading his words, sometimes I feel like he has this larger than life presence. I don't think he is evil, but he does have some bully like qualites. I don't know I would just be scared of him. The way he comes across on this site totally contrasted with what the interviewer said. So maybe underneath all that steel, he is really just a teddy bear. I don't know.

[halle berry]

Help! Help! Bol, or somebody please tell me what to do. I just went to Dcoy's site, and he posted both of my quotes. Omigod! I couldn't believe it! But Dcoy is cruel because he had to post the most babelicious picture of Jason he could find with his shirt off.
My friend tried and tried but she couldn't post on his site. It kept saying that she had to be a blogger to post. Please tell me if we are doing something wrong because I really want to post over there. Is it okay if I send the pictures to your email and you give them to Jason?
And since you are his brother maybe you can help me. I have naked pics and some in my bikini. But, I don't want to turn him off, or offend him. He might not like the type of chick who would send naked pics. If that is the case, I can send my swimsuit pics or even the ones where I am fully clothed. And Dcoy, if you ever read this, thanks a lot because I can't get that shirtless picture of Jason out of my head. That was such a tease!

[HOHOS]

Man I am confused because when i typed in byron crawford this white guy shows up everywhere. Someone please help me out here.

[burnplant]

Jimi says >>>Cause there are people getting canned from good gigs for blogging.

Um, yeah, does Jimi have an example of that...or is that just crap? Cause I'm kinda thinking it's crap...

[beserious]

LOL. If you look at the info next to that Byron's picture, it says he's captain of the Golden Gargoyles. I dunno about the sex of gargoyles, but I think a no homo is required.

[geekbird]

>Um, yeah, does Jimi have an example of that...or is that just crap? Cause I'm kinda thinking it's crap...

There are several instances of people getting fired for blogging. The term "dooced" is a term now common for being fired due to having an online journal. It came from a person with the site with that name (dooce.com or something) who was the first person to ever get fired for such a thing. look up the term dooced...i'm sure you'll get your examples there.

[Dude]

So no one else thinks its suspect that Bol is using a fake picture and claiming it as his own?

[geekbird]

he never claimed it to be him in any serious way. We've all seen that picture before. He also posted a picture of a white byron crawford before too dude.

[Captain B]

I'm not even gunna commdnt here...shit, I just did. Fuck.

[jimi]

OK . . . re: the picture. I may be the only one here that has met him face to face. I can say with some degree of authority if that is him or not. But I won't. I will say that if you read the interveiw carefully, he doesn't establish his ethnic identity. He merely talks about writing from a black guy's persespective. This is a valuable clue, wouldn't you say, Bol?

[djxplicit]

> I may be the only one here that has met him face to face.

im pretty sure d-coy has seen him (no homo) face-to face.

[WarriorMentality]

>>> He's quick-witted, articulate, and almost shy.

>Wow! If I wasn't scared to death of you, I could easily fall in love. Those traits are rare and damn near extinct.

...i'm wondering, when girls say stuff like this about dudes, can we still utilize a no-homo?

[djxplicit]

^are we even sure the person who said that is a girl?

[WarriorMentality]

^^^^indeed, young sir.

but then again, since we're still not sure whether or not this guy's a negro...

[beserious]

>>>He merely talks about writing from a black guy's persespective

Per..what? And this man is a professional.

[HOHOS]

He loks like a fag. That can't be him.

[strawberry]

This is probably gonna come off evil and mean, but fuck it I'm an evil bitch. Halle Berry how would you feel if I snuck and sent Jason naked pics? Because trust me if he saw them he would want to fuck. How in the world are you not able to post on that other motherfucker's site?
It seemed pretty simple to me. It didn't tell me I needed to be a blogger to post. I went over there to see what all your groveling was about, and you're right he is fuckable. So much so that I'm going to send him my pics (I know I'm terrible) and see what he thinks. You're at a disadvantage anyway, because if you look like Halle Berry, well you're a black chick.
It's common knowledge that this dude lives in an affluent part of MO. So probably all he fucks are white chicks. So why even waste your time. If this is making you sad or despondent, don't worry after I fuck Jason, I'll fuck you to make you feel better. Later I need to work on those pictures.

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