Dawson's Ink

It’s DAY TWO of ROUND ONE, as MARCH MADNESS is just starting to get good. We’re proud to be celebrating Women’s History Month with this unique challenge, and after over 200 VOTES from you yesterday, it seems like you’re feeling it, too. Please know that you can continue to vote for your favorite artists from [...]

Welcome to WEEK ONE OF MARCH MADNESS!
It’s Monday, which means we’re focusing on ROUND ONE of the EAST bracket, or as we’ve dubbed it…
THE WHITNEY HOUSTON DIVISION

As Whitney welcomes you into her home, we do the same as we celebrate Women’s History Month through the artistry of the songstresses of R&B. For the rules/criteria, [...]

March is Women’s History Month, and with a hat tip to the college basketball tournament that takes place each year, we’ve decided to celebrate all month long with our version as
Dawson’s Ink Presents… MARCH MADNESS!
Except…instead of b-ball taking center stage, we’re flipping the script and honoring our favorite ladies of R&B from across the world. [...]

[This was originally posted on SoulBounce by some cat named Harlem. Heh.]
“We Are The World” wasn’t the only thing to turn 25 this year. Another hallmark recording hit that milestone on Valentine’s Day of this year, when Whitney Houston’s eponymous debut logged in a quarter of a century. With all of the bad press that [...]

So many reality shows, so little interest. Seriously, with the amount of supposedly unscripted shows careening into our television screens like NASCAR wrecks, just as if the wrecks actually happened every week, over time you couldn’t help but become numb to it all. That’s how it is with these shows.
Think about it: we’re already loaded [...]

Thirteen, in the ninth grade*. A year younger than everybody else. Barely 5 foot 2. A year shorter, too. It may have been the other side of Queens, but it felt like a world away.
First time taking the train alone. First time outside of the circle of friends that followed one another through elementary [...]

Hopefully, by now you know how this all works. On any given Friday, I attempt to come up with a few stories (usually four), each made up of 50 words. The catch? They’re all fiction. All. Of. Them. Then, I challenge you to do the same. Deal? OK, cool.
Let’s GO!
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He made the painful decision [...]

About this time every year, I descend upon the city of New Orleans for work, visiting Xavier University and speaking to their students about life after school. This year, when I go, I’ll do just that, and also take a moment to remember Louis Daniel Armstrong, who died a month before I was born, his [...]

Sometimes, there are certain songs that you just can’t escape, no matter how much you might try. I promise, there are times I’m driving (outside of NYC, of course) and a song will come on the radio, and before you catch yourself, you’re nodding your head to the beat. Or worse yet, *gasp* singing along [...]

[The following was a Five Word Challenge. I had to use the words bookshelf, mantel, shampoo, slinky, tinker toys. Here's how it went down.]
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He was just about done packing all of his things when he stopped in his tracks, gazing one last time at the mantel where their family portrait sat.
Theirs was a love [...]