Thankfully, new releases are spread out rather evenly throughout the year, unlike films loading up on the end of the year as Oscar season approaches. As a hip hop head, 2008 was not a bad year, but a rather disappointing one for the three albums I most looking forward to: Chicago's own Common and Kanye West, as well as sophomore effort from ( Read more... )

And these two lips might soon eclipse your brightest hopes.I know I just posted yesterday, but Saul Williams (a truly great poet/MC from where else, Brooklyn) wrote a fascinating letter to Oprah ( Read more... )

Al Capone. Michael Jordan. Pizza. Hot Dogs. Cold ( Read more... )

It's nearly 3am, I just watched American Splendor, which I loved. I'm sitting in the office, with the window up enjoying a beautiful spring night in Georgia. Now, the apartment complex in which I currently dwell is full of your typical Emory students; obnoxious JAPs and the like. Loud music often bangs from above or below, within or without, like a ( Read more... )

Anyone want to go to Chicago, for free? Sunday-Thursday? Road trip! You would get to meet my family---two sides of them (well, maternal father's side, maternal mother's side; fraternal side is dead to me). And see the 2nd most beautiful city in the country! And travel through 5 states!

Good article from The Nation on hip-hop:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=171315

"Hip-hop needs artists like Dylan..."
Possibly the most amazing segment of The Roots concert from last sunday was their cover of Dylan's "Masters of War."  Very moving, as they incorporated The Star Spangled Banner, Taps, and a drum n fife piece into Dylan's ( Read more... )

Bear Down

My phone broke. :(
I had it since spring break of freshman year...oh well.
My reception on it sucked, so now I can get another!

Some people I used to love, why I ain't show them that?
...It's starting to get clear, I got to go and grab
To y'all it's a shame but life is what we know it as
Waiting, navigating the plot, without plans
In the car, it's hard to read as a clock with no hands
-The Roots, "Clock With No Hands ( Read more... )

Rarely do I have dreams. And even rarer still do I remember them. It seems when I am sick I have more vivid dreams; I don't why this is, that's just how it is ( Read more... )