Posts in: Pop culture
- Before you say anything about “Stop Snitching”
- Ask yourself: Didn’t you hate tattletales as a little kid? Don’t criminals of every color adhere to a stop snitching ethos? So how is this a black thing? If snitching could get you and/or your family members KILLED, would you do it? Unless you can say with whole-hearted honesty that you would die to help the police put away [...] [28 Apr 2007]
- Have you read any good books lately?
- I’m seeking suggestions. I’m not looking for tech books (although, if you can recommend an amazingly kick-ass JavaScript book, I’d appreciate it). I’m looking for good stories with lyrical prose that leaves you in a mood once you close the back cover. Genre-wise, I’m open to anything but science fiction. I will make an exception, though, [...] [6 Apr 2007]
- ‘Hillary 1984’ and what might it all mean?
- UPDATE: Blog Exposes Creator of Ad Portraying Clinton as Big Brother (NYTimes.com, login required). Turns out the creator is a now-former employee of political consultancy that has worked with Obama’s campaign. UPDATE 2: Fears of a YouTube Swiftboat Wired News on why this is a big deal. I’m sure by now you’ve seen the Hillary 1984 ad [...] [20 Mar 2007]
- Rap All-Stars on Arsenio Hall
- Watch before it gets snatched down. Featuring Yo-yo, MC Lyte, KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, CL Smooth, the Fu-Schnickens, and Mad Lion. Possibly interesting tidbit: Mad Lion was the prom date of a girl in my high school class. When I heard Mad Lion was going to be there, I got all hyped because [...] [5 Mar 2007]
- Throw some cheese on it …
- You knew it was coming. By “(sand)Wich Boy.” And the original Throw Some D’s for reference. [1 Feb 2007]
- Music classification and iTunes (or Cape Verde ain’t nowhere near Latin America)
- I bought two CDs (yeah, I still do that :-)) by Cape Verdean artists* today, Rogamar by the legendary Cesaria Evora and Balancê by Sara Tavares. Now, for the geography-challenged, Cape Verde is waaaay over on the other side of the Atlantic, off the coast of Africa (roughly Senegal). Yet, weirdly, when it comes to the [...] [29 Jan 2007]
