February 2012
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OKAY SERIOUSLY THOUGH I WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS NEW VIDEO PLEASE WATCH IT.
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occupyvday:
When I was 25, I vowed to love him until the day he died. And I did. When I was 33, I married the other one.
January 2012
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D’Angelo, January 29th 2012 in Paris:
Jay Smooth, January 29th 2012 in New York:
Are we really trying to figure out if "It Was A...
andyhutchins:
Quick, go figure out what day Cube got killed in the “Natural Born Killaz” video!
This was an admirable attempt at researching that historic day, but state records clearly indicate that the message “Ice Cube’s A Pimp” stopped appearing on the Goodyear blimp in 1989, so the dates just don’t add up.
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This Week's TEDxTalks Playlist
tedx:
Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website weekly.
Each Tuesday, we’ll choose four of our favorites, highlighting just a few of the enlightening talks from TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
The brain is about the same size as the liver, but...
“Twitter is really the worst possible thing for performers,” he said with a...”
– Lin-Manuel Miranda
““As surely as Ron Paul speaks to a real issue—the state’s...”
– ta nehisi
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December 2011
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More reasons to lament NBC passing on 17th...
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thehappysorceress:
Stockard Channing & Eamonn Walker in major roles.
That’s right.
A woman over 20 & a black man heading a show by Ron Moore.
I am so over you, NBC.
You probably ditched this (& Maria Bello in Prime Suspect) for the return of Fear Factor.
How in all of the Nine Realms…
Wow I didn’t even know about this, that show looks (like it would...
Esoterica: Tell me racism is dead when... →
liquornspice:
Never forget the fact people enjoy racism and sexism. People engage in it for pleasure.
And those who engage in it for pleasure will also gladly explain that their very enjoyment is the reason you have no right to object. “Oh come on, we’re just having fun!”
(see here for context)
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necktomace:
jsmooth995:
“I feel like noZ has a lot of people shook in the industry. Cause he got such an encyclopedic brain on the hip hop thing he can intimidate certain mainstream writers. Some people who I believe are shook are sasha frere jones and nitsuh abebe. I was shocked to see nitsuh bow at noZ feet in his Tyler album review. As soon as noZ turn on yellow ninja it’s over for rap...
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“I feel like noZ has a lot of people shook in the industry. Cause he got such an...”
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-comment on Noz’s best songs of the year post at cocaineblunts
1. Much as I love Armond White in his own way, and much as I was inspired by his hip-hop writing in the 80s, comparing White’s current schticky contrarian persona to Noz is a disservice to Noz.
2. Was this just some...
I love this Merrill Garbus video where she’s sharing some of her favorite Youtube clips from 2011, and I love it even more for the onslaught of thumbs down votes and “WTF who is this weird lady” comments it drew out of the Youtube denizens.
Five years ago tonight James Brown died, and on that night right around this time, I felt moved to bring something creative into being, to (in whatever clumsy little way I would) put that energy of creation out into the world in his honor. So I downloaded some random video clip from Youtube and opened up Sony Vegas, to experiment with editing video for the first time. After 5 or ten minutes of...
Following the stream of tonight’s #GodIsNotGreat hashtag on Twitter gives a perfect illustration of how to make a great (or evil) trending topic: it elicits a passionate response from people who get its context, and an equally passionate response, for totally different reasons, from people who don’t get its context.
(and I have to think Hitchens would be delighted by the spectacle.)
Not sure why Canibus crafted his apology to J Cole into this surrealistic jumble of outtakes, but I love it because it looks so much like my video making process. I have to do a lot more re-writing and mumbling and staring into space though, he seems to have it mostly figured out already. (Backstory on the apology here)
In Defense of "Baby It's Cold Outside" →
thingsisawthatilove:
So can we stop talking about how “rape-y” this song sounds now?
This is a great perspective, and it’s a great point that a lot of her lines could be taken as worrying about the day’s oppressive societal norms rather than expressing that she herself doesn’t want to stay.
But I will say my sense of the song having creepy undertones (if you’re...
Urgent message for every department store and...
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knitmeapony:
jsmooth995:
Joni Mitchell’s “River” is NOT A HAPPY CHRISTMAS CAROL. It does not bring me holiday cheer that compels me to merrily buy your products. Have you ever even listened to that song? It’s an achingly sad song about lost love that fills me with melancholy and regret every time you play it.
Well, okay I guess that makes it the perfect holiday song,...
Urgent message for every department store and...
Joni Mitchell’s “River” is NOT A HAPPY CHRISTMAS CAROL. It does not bring me holiday cheer that compels me to merrily buy your products. Have you ever even listened to that song? It’s an achingly sad song about lost love that fills me with melancholy and regret every time you play it.
Well, okay I guess that makes it the perfect holiday song, actually. Nevermind, carry on!
For those who do not follow my twitter feed (which for your sake hopefully means you, in this instance), the previous post was in response to the #OWS discussion going on there today.
I still support & root for OWS as much as ever, but sometimes these discussions of its inclusiveness remind me of Chris Rock’s lament about hip-hop: “I love it, but some of y’all make it hard...
“…I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who...
November 2011
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Amy Winehouse - “Halftime”
“to the group that never was. at least we got one off the ground. thanks Salaam” -?uestlove
This makes me sad both that Amy’s not still with us and that the Soulquarian era didn’t last longer.
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