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  • Watching

    The Batman

    5/22/22 By Joy Lynn Clark Robert Pattinson is the new Batman and although all of these films are dark, Pattinson is a different kind of dark and it’s pretty cool.

  • Journal

    Grown Up Firsts

    By Joy Lynn Clark May 22nd 2022 Before I met Tez and Shystie I did lots of promo while in college. However, my first gig was in a pizza spot/bar on the north side of Chicago where I also went to school. I mention school a lot but, I was at city College studying liberal arts. There I met a cool guy who did lots of promo work outside of school. I loved getting into all of the hip-hop, dance Hall, and dance music  shows.  In addition to that, he also helped me get a job on campus and, we were on school clubs together. I was thrilled when he got an offer to do…

  • Early Music

    The Camera

    May 21st 2022 By Joy Lynn Clark Tez, Shystie and I went lots of places together. We did spring break in New Orleans and Miami. We did different night club gigs, Shystie and I both modeled, Tez and I performed in addition to our promo jobs and, of course I had school too. I usually took the camera that my granddad gave me to events to take club pics. I noticed that because I am always shooting, I am never in any of them. I reached out to a fellow art school kid in the photography program and she came and shot our runway show. My little camera came up missing like…

  • Journal

    2001 or 2002-ish (A crucial year)  

    By Joy Lynn Clark 5/20/2022 I  met Tez and  Shystie in 2001 at a Ghostface show. I was invited by a promoter friend of mine and I was scheduled to perform at a venue nearby in a couple of weeks. I was glad to meet my friend and he passes me a VIP lanyard and we go upstairs. We see the show and then my friend wanders off to go and schmooze afterwards. I grab myself a drink and decide to go and do my own mingling. As I head downstairs, Tez tries to stop me and introduce himself but I have really got to go and I dismiss him quickly and then I practically run to the…