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BG Speaks to the People . . . Quickly
Puttin' heads to bed like Hennessy and NyQuil
Sep 07
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Sep 06
Knowshon Moreno leap | ajc.com
Yeah, you’re going to need to post the video when you find it.
Sep 05
During part of McCain’s speech last night, it looked like he was again standing in front of a green screen for some reason. However, when the camera pulled back, you could see that his was standing in front of a picture of some sort of mansion, with the green portion being the lawn. Turns out that building was actually Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood. And since there was nothing in his speech at that time that would give a reason to have a picture some random middle school behind him, the only logical explanation is that they meant to have a picture of Walter Reed Medical Center. McCain/Palin, still not so hot with the Google. (via TPM)
Shit, Jon Stewert is going to eat this up.
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If you are a fan of instrumental hip hop and DJ Shadow in particular, you should definitely check out Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. It’s no Endtroducing …, of course (in the sense that it’s nowhere near as complex), but it’s still really good.
If your name is
Ike, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky or Wilfred
… you could be a hurricane this year. Wow, looks like the names have already been picked up until 2013.
If it happens, i bet Hurricane Omar will be the most popular hurricane on Tumblr.
Thule Trail is an updated version of the classic Oregon Trail where instead of playing the role of a pioneer family traveling from Missouri to Oregon, you’re taking a road trip from Chicago to a music festival in San Francisco. It’s a pretty faithful recreation too. They even have the hunting mini-game, except this time your hunting for tacos instead of wild game. Which is better, i think. Check it out, it’s a pretty sweet way to kill some time.
Good cause, dear child
On 124th and Lenox, a woman in a benefit tee-shirt that says:
GET CRUNK AND CRANK OUT SYPHILIS!
I think i know what Mindy’s getting for Christmas. A sweet ass shirt!
» L.A. Music Publisher's Suit Against Lil Wayne Threatens to Rewrite Rules on Mixtapes
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This is kind of a long read, but if you have any interest in the future of the mixtape, sampling law or (ugh) Lil’ Wayne, it’s definitely worth your time.
“Cool It Now” by New Edition
Dance Party Friday!
Let’s do this!
Damn it, i was going to post this today. Honestly, i was. Early bird gets the New Edition video, i guess. Young Michael Bivens always kills me.
Sep 04
An opinion is only as valid as the reasoning behind it.
This is something that i touched on in the comments but i wanted to bring it onto the front page because i’ve been thinking about it a lot recently. The Internet is great at exposing us to a wealth of different opinions on pretty much any topic you can imagine. And thanks to sites like YouTube, Tumblr and Twitter, it’s even easier for anybody to get their voice out there. The downside of this, to me anyway, isn’t that there are too many opinions out there and not enough tastemakers to help weed through the nonsense. The downside is that there are too many opinions out there that seem to be based on absolutely nothing. Don’t get me wrong, everyone has the right to their opinion and i respect that right, but if your opinion goes no further than “this sucks” or “this is awesome”, it’s hard to take it seriously. Now, i’m not expecting people to post a disertation everytime they want to let people know they love/hate something, but if someone makes a post about some new song that they like and i make a comment asking them what they like about it, even a simple explaination like “it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it” would be better than “cause it’s the shit!!”
See, believe it or not, i’m actually interested in learning why people feel the way they do and hearing views that differ from mine, assuming there’s some hint of thinking behind them. People have been complaining for years about how today’s media is dominated by “soundbite culture”, and i feel this is the Internet equivalent. But i don’t think it the war has been lost yet. Maybe this is naiive of me, but i actually think the internet is more than a just a collection of fan boys/girls and trolls. If you really like something, don’t you think it deserves more than just a quick “this is great” or “so best”? And if you don’t like something, don’t you think you should at least respect the time and effort that went into it and give it more than a curt “Shit is lame”, if nothing else than to serve as a more effective warning for others? It’s the same thing when it comes to polotics. The issues we face right now are too important and too complex to be addressed like you were respondinging via text message.
I hope this post doesn’t make me sound too much like a grumpy old man, though i fear it might, in spite of my best intentions. Better luck next time, i suppose.
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The secret:
Step 1. Draw a dog covering the thing you can’t draw.
Genius. The examples are pretty hilarious
New York has some amazing pictures of the new Jet Blue food court at JFK that unfortunately opens up just a week after we’ll be there. Not you’re traditional Manchu Wok/Sbaroo set up, that’s for sure. (via Tomorrow Museum)