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aLLENiMAGERY

Member since 01/07/2008

"A picture is worth a THOUSAND words...
An artist is worth a MILLION." -aLLEN iMAGERY

Where do I start? I am a servant of God, photographer, poet, publisher, graphic (and t-shirt) designer & promoter. Needless to say, I been everyday hustlin' before there was a Rick Ross. To whom much is given, much is required. I guess I owe God a lot? He continues to amaze me, as I continue to trust in Him.

I learn new things about myself CONSTANTLY. I have been a photographer for the majority of my life... I had this secret desire to play with cameras since I was young-my step father ALWAYS had one with him. After meeting Gordon Parks when I was about 15, my destiny was solidified. I mean, I was completly amazed by the things that his lens was able to capture. The contrast in his black and whites, his rugged style. I knew that this was for me! And God blessed it. I never have been ...um, well... NORMAL. And thank God, neither is my eye. I worked in a cell-I mean, studio for 8 years and 5 days, before I finally left to do bigger things.

Poetry came to me as an assignment in my Senior Composition class... and I haven't stopped yet. Let me paint this right. I HATED school. I mean, if I could have just showed up for the social club, I woulda been cool with that, and my grades reflected that-until that poetry unit. I started, and God blessed it. (Notice a trend here?)

Area/city:
Indianapolis
Occupation:
Full-time Graphic Designer, Full-time Poet, Part-time Super Hero
High school:
Cathedral... then Lawrence Central
College:
International Business College
Activities:
April 2004: Released debut book of poetry and photography: "WaterMelanin". November 2005: Released self titled album with poetic collective FREEdumb UNIVERSITY, who also released chapbook titled: "Emancipation Proclamation". May 2007: Released self titled album with Soul/Poetic union Organic Soul. July 2007: Released my first solo CD: "LIVE FREE and SPIT HARD" October 2007:Formed Fighting Words-A label for poets, and immediately signed nSAYchable, one of the dopest poets in the region. 2008: Destined for greatness.
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Music rights group targets Indy's Ice Lounge

Music rights group targets Indy's Ice Lounge Star report Posted: March 24, 2008 A group that said it represents music publishers today announced that it ...

aLLENiMAGERY in Nightlife, Culture, Music at 02:03 PM on 04/09/08 | 25 Responses
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The PACERS so bad that Donnie Walsh is leaving?

Donnie Walsh leaving the Pacers By Mike Wells Posted: March 24, 2008R Indiana Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh announced today he is leaving the franchise. Walsh's ...

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Obama coming to Indiana SATURDAY

Obama to hold Plainfield town hall on Saturday By Bruce C. Smith bruce.smith@indystar.com PLAINFIELD -- Presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign visit to Indianapolis on Saturday ...

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Romantic Valentine's Day Ideas

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I am trying to think of something unique to do... My wife and I have been married for ...

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KARMA works both ways...

Okay, so we all want to get a little good karma in our lives right? But what happens when the karma gods at indy.com notice ...

aLLENiMAGERY in Things to do, Dining, Culture at 05:34 PM on 03/10/08 | 40 Responses
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it's lonely at the top...

its lonely at the top... especially when its a new month and indy.com has reset our points... The only problem is that after 1500 points, ...

aLLENiMAGERY in Things to do at 04:27 PM on 03/02/08 | 8 Responses
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Barack, Hillary, or BOTH?!

So I was sitting around with a few colleagues about aweek ago, and we were discussing the possibilities of a Democratic powerhouse ticket of Hillary ...

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Tish Lyndsey LIVE

TISH LYNDSEY, accompanied by the phenomenal Dan Holmes Group, will be performing TONIGHT at the INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART. Bring a special someone and fall ...

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spoken SOULfood sundays

It's not Blue Moon but Sunday Night Poetry is Back! aipoet.com and visABILITY Marketing present: SpokenSoulFood Sundays at the Midtown Arts & Coffee Lounge. SpokenSoulFood ...

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Best TV show theme songs of ALL TIME

OKAY... this will be a heated debate I'm sure. I am kinda old school, so my list reflects that as you will see. What is ...

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i've been wondering what is a chapbook??

nSAYchable on Jan 14, '08 at 02:48 PM
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A chapbook is a small collection of poems, usually 32 pages or less. Chapbook dimensions are usually 5&1/2" by 8"; however, there's always some one some where doing something different and calling it a chapbook.

MomJara on Jan 14, '08 at 04:33 PM
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nSAYchable wrote:
i've been wondering what is a chapbook??

MomJara is right on point. Very easy to do... Basically it's a one chapter length book... aka ChapBook.

aLLENiMAGERY on Jan 14, '08 at 04:39 PM
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So according to my information, you tried to "defan" me....is that so....hmmm....

nSAYchable on Jan 15, '08 at 09:42 AM
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i just discovered your comment in my guestbook and i just had to come say something cause them be Fightin Words!....i truly, truly, truly do appreciate the love i've been shown....it means so much to me, you'll never completely understand....thank you...thank you for believing in me and thank you for seeing that spark in me and that ability for greater things in my horizen, when i know others were still 'napping'....and more than all that, thank you for signing me and giving me the priviledge of being the first artist on Fighting Words!!! Please believe we are about to takeover! Let's get it...

nSAYchable on Jan 15, '08 at 03:47 PM
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It's great how many poets and spoken word artists are on the site! We appreciate your participation. If you have any questions about the site let me know.

Ben Neff on Feb 01, '08 at 11:56 AM
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Yes Ben, we exist, and there are so many more of us!! the poetry scene is alive, well, and most of all: THRIVING!

aLLENiMAGERY on Feb 03, '08 at 11:00 AM
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(Responding to this)

There's a way to do it now, but it involves playing around with URLs a little bit.

Essentially, do an event search that should match and pick a date range. That'll give you a page with a URL like:

http://www.indy.com/events/list?eventdate%5Benddate%5D=2008-02-09&scrollup=true&event%5Bcategory%5D=&event%5Bsubcategory%5D=&eventdate%5Bstartdate%5D=2008-02-03&venuelocation%5Blocation%5D=&venuelocation%5Bzip%5D=&event%5Btext_search%5D=king&event[category]=Live+Music

Just change the eventdate%5Bstartdate%5D=2008-02-03 bit to a date in the past.

Keep in mind that, unless the event has a review, it'll drop from the system in a month.

We're working on getting the date range box to include past dates as well, but that won't be until our next update (which might be a while to be honest).

Hope that helps.

Chris Vannoy on Feb 03, '08 at 11:17 AM
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Thanks a million Chris... In the mean time, I will just race home to upload pics and reviews BEFORE midnite :) I DID however do an event seach and pull one up...

Thanks again.

aLLENiMAGERY on Feb 03, '08 at 12:54 PM
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making the world go round is just one of my jobs :)

the.zigs on Feb 03, '08 at 02:28 PM
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Thanks for finding us, and for the guest book comment!

Rising_Star_Photography on Feb 03, '08 at 02:31 PM
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THANKS FOR THE HOWDY...........ARTIST AND SONGWRITER HERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,EX-RODEO COWBOY......WORKIN AT FEDEX NOW..........LET'S WRITE SOME SONG LYRICS AND GET FAMOUS............LOL..........FIND ME AGAIN AT www.wildroseranch.2003@yahoo.com">..www.wildroseranch.2003@yahoo.com............WILD MAN

WILD_MAN on Feb 03, '08 at 07:54 PM
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wait. now I am confused.??! which pic do you mean now? v.

vanessa.monfreda on Feb 03, '08 at 10:00 PM
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hey! whats shakin'? designer poet and super hero...what are your powers! tee hee!

saxy169 on Feb 04, '08 at 08:26 AM
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Thanks for the add! Nice profile. I'm a firm believer is 30 as the new 20. Hey, Jay-Z wrote a song about it...must be true. Ha! God Bless.

Leann on Feb 04, '08 at 08:35 AM
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Thanks for the add - hope to see you out and about sometime!!

Lisa

LemonWheel on Feb 04, '08 at 11:31 AM
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Thanks for the add! Great profile and pics!

Laura on Feb 04, '08 at 11:58 AM
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Thanks! I like what you have in your portfolio a lot. (And your kids are adorable.)

lisa_citymouse on Feb 04, '08 at 02:25 PM
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nice to meet you as well.

how old are you? i'm pretty sure we've met before.

photobynikkidahl on Feb 05, '08 at 12:34 AM
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i aint hating....i aint hating.....im just waiting....hahahah Good luck and good job....you know what im talking about....im so far from it, i won't even bother, so i'll just see if i can assist you in anyway.....hope this helps....

nSAYchable on Feb 05, '08 at 01:12 PM
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Love the Cosby Pic...lol....

nSAYchable on Feb 05, '08 at 03:50 PM
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nSAYchable wrote:
Love the Cosby Pic...lol....

u read the caption?? I put it up after you left the comment about what they did on the Cosby show... GEEZ, do you own the season dvds or what??? (I wish I did.)

aLLENiMAGERY on Feb 05, '08 at 06:01 PM
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yeah i read the caption...lol...i dont own the season and honestly....i dont know why not...i have to put that on my list of DVD's to purchase...right after Why Did I Get Married (Feb 11!!!)....but i love that show...still...and i know i have seen each one of them...i gotta get my weight up on that one!

nSAYchable on Feb 06, '08 at 11:59 AM
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You should grab yourself a copy of this week's indy.com magazine. Your Osama/Obama quote got some ink on page 4.

Braden Nicholson on Feb 07, '08 at 11:36 AM
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Braden Nicholson wrote:
You should grab yourself a copy of this week's indy.com magazine. Your Osama/Obama quote got ...

that's whats up... :)

aLLENiMAGERY on Feb 07, '08 at 12:24 PM
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I really like your biography!!!!

boombaby31 on Feb 09, '08 at 11:40 PM
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what do you say we put our differences behind us buddy?

randydaytona on Feb 16, '08 at 04:43 PM
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Hey guy, the funny thing is I wrote that right before realizing the meeting at starbucks last night...I just simply got up, got ready and went...although I didn't recite, it was my first attending and a step...I have never been around people more welcoming...I am proud to say I am nooooo longer afraid and felt like I had finally found my family I plan to be at the spot on Sun....and I have also invited some folks from my job.......see ya there

kimleamays on Feb 16, '08 at 05:01 PM
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Whats up is Organic Soul's song, "Missin you". I lost my father on 10/24/07....even as a poet my mind can not come up with words to say how much this song moved me...I shared it with my sis and fam back in Muncie..they thank you all as well for sharing one of your many gifts.....God has truley blessed you....guy....

kimleamays on Feb 20, '08 at 12:21 AM
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Sunday at Midtown was like going home for the holidays....I felt like I was around people who spoke my language...who thought like me...wrote like me and even if that hadn't been the case I would have still been welcomed...no matter what. That spot is the coolest set ever..the host and the crew seem to work extra hard at just makin you feel at home and much like a great movie, I hated when it was over..I told every and anyone who would listen at my job about it....for the musician its got music, for the romantic, it has that low-light neo-soul love like feel and I know I would be way smiling if someone took me there for a date...something different, clean fun and New Yorky....yes I made that word up and no Im not embarrassed by it.......anyway I loved it.....best invite with an exception to church I ever picked up......thank you and see ya Sunday"God willin".

kimleamays on Feb 20, '08 at 11:26 PM
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I'm here now!!! Just thought I'd make my arrival and presence known to this scene. Especially since M~Y~S~P~A~C~E is a "NO NO" where I work! So glad to find something new and I thoroughly enjoy reading and responding to such interesting comments! I still have a ways to go as far as getting my profile together...but I have to get back to work!

chrystyle on Feb 27, '08 at 11:36 AM
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Where's the gallery marked "Backbone of the Operation" better known as "Family Pics?" LOL!

chrystyle on Feb 29, '08 at 08:16 AM
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Thanks for bringing Indy.com up to people at your events as you brought up in the 'Karma works both ways' post. We truly appreciate it. Good luck with the karma prizes this month.

Ben Neff on Mar 03, '08 at 12:49 PM
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Thanks

rictor on Mar 03, '08 at 09:56 PM
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We've missed you aLLENiMAGERY.. great to see you back!

Ben Neff on May 12, '08 at 01:13 PM
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