Tonight I smoked a pipe, watched TV, gurgled and drooled a brainbender; my lips the dam overflowing with a violent purge of unparalleled dumbdom: "It would be really cool to watch this show." I shuddered, my eyes desperately trying to somersault, then slumped in the chair. My eyelids fluttered; I eased upright and returned to the pipe.

Leave it to the boys from the Triple 6 to enliven an otherwise dull, buttoned-down event:

When Three 6 Mafia's name was called Sunday as the winner of the Oscar for best original song, its members bounded joyfully onto the stage, where they offered shout-outs to friends ( Read more... )

Nobody can claim that every classroom experience is productive, and I rarely claim such. However, as a result of my near-constant classroom state of distraction, "zoning out," I've always enjoyed reviewing my notes for tests. Not because they are helpful - they certainly aren't since they rarely reflect class content or discussions - but because ( Read more... )

straight punk rock:

Care Bears Live : Caring and Sharing Friends
Cricket Arena
Charlotte, NC
Thursday, 04/06/06

sometimes when I'm drunk I flex in the mirror. that just makes me drink more. I also enjoy poops that break the regular schedule; what an unexpected treat.

...because I'm updating again. Actually, I quite enjoy writing here, where there are no expectations.
So, the other day I was thinking that people are way too wound up, always bustling about, spastic like trout. Yeah, I just thought a ridiculous rhyme felt appropriate at the end of that destinationless1 sentence. Anyway, people should do what I do ( Read more... )

[Excerpted from an ALLHIPHOP.com interview] Lil' Wayne is a straight shooter:

AllHipHop.com: With "Shooters," did you hear the original version by Thicke and just wanted to redo it?

Lil' Wayne: Yeah, hell yeah. I heard it years ago, on his album.

AllHipHop.com: Do you think that would surprise people, like, "Weezy listens to Thicke?"

Lil' Wayne ( Read more... )

It's nice to see any musician with a sincere appreciation for genres strikingly dissimilar, at least in sound, from their own. In this fantastic excerpt from an ALLHIPHOP.com interview, legendary rapper Bun B makes some keen observations about similarities between hip-hop and punk rock:

AllHipHop.com: Your musical tastes extend beyond Hip-Hop, ( Read more... )

"...but this is southern, face it / if we too simple than y'all don't get the basics."
A fantastic lyric from "The Shooter," a standout track on Lil' Wayne's genre-defining Tha Carter II.

I recently started writing again as part of an Independent Study in Writing with Will and Jeff McKinney. Hopefully we'll have a website/e-zine set up soon where ( Read more... )

Steve Smith sets it straight: "You throw me the ball, that's my job, to catch it. If I don't catch the ball, they'll get somebody in here who will. I've got four people at home depending on me to do my job. I can't go home with excuses. That's not in my nature."

The Panthers are back in the NFC Championship game. Enough said.