June 2011
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“Greg Tate, on the $: “The double standard is fascinating n...”
– Josh Kun quoting the forever on-point Greg Tate on Gaga on Twitter. I think this also sort-of correlates to how many [straight white male] reviewer dudes were bored by the Beyonce album (which I like quite a lot), but more on that later. Or not!
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“LARRY: “Artie, you shouldn’t be up, you just had surgery.”...”
– -I am so, so happy the “Larry Sanders Show” is on Netflix streaming. Never saw it before, highly recommended if you’re into acerbic chutzpah and/or a meta-show about making a television show that was birthed into the world when Sorkin was still a promising young politically minded...
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Anonymous asked: Waiiiiiiiiittttttt. i am a (new) contributor for music blogs.
SHOULD I BE GETTING PAID??? i never asked the editor about $$$$$........
SHOULD I BE GETTING PAID??? i never asked the editor about $$$$$........
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“John Singleton first approached Ice Cube for the role of Dough Boy while...”
– Brent Rollins aka America’s babeliest* designer (sorry sorry) (but I mean come on) made the logo for definitive ’90s gangland flick Boyz N the Hood. Over at ego trip, he spilled the Gs on some trivia about the making of the film that you might not know*. Must-read.
*he’s also one...
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“Cocksure online opinions are not a new or shocking phenomenon, but something...”
– Just in general, I like Nitsuh Abebe’s writing a super lot, and in part it’s because of pieces like this —- he has the ability to be calm, adult, rational and often right, when the rest of the internet/world is peeing their pantitos.
As noted before, I like Kreayshawn, and have...
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“slang terms for purple drank include: “Sizzurp, Lean, Syrup, Drank, Barre,...”
– -AZ PD internal memos, leaked in anti-racist, anti-SB1070 data dump by hacktivist group LulzSec, who I am newly in love with (and like seven years late cuz me not know compu-pu)
[Sort of related: if you are in fact Zanning and Leaning, I have no respect for you and 2. you are probably going to die...
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Of Another Fashion: The Daily News titled this... →
ofanotherfashion:
The Daily News titled this photograph “Mexican American Female Gang” when it ran the photo in 1942 but the systematic criminalization of Mexicans in the 1940s as a justification for racially-motivated attacks (especially directed at zoot suiters) makes me a little wary of the title. In any…
SO MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE 1942! Anyway, agreed… these chicks are intense...
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FIRST THINGS FIRST, I SHEEDA/MESS AROUND WIT NO...
So I PONTIFICATED on the BET Awards, lady rappers and carving out a feminist space for more women in the hip-hop industry in my latest Riff City column. I am mad/sad! READ IT
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http://legendaryballroomscene.tumblr.com →
dopegirlfresh:
go. NOW.
UNNNNGHGHHH.
I wrote a piece on the next phase of New York ball culture in the Fader in Sept 2008, which is issue 56 and had Busy Signal and The Tough Alliance on the cover in case you actually have that sitting around. Why is it not on the goddamn internet? Anyway, I delved deep into both the midtown/old-school/drag scene at Escuelita off Times Square, and in the...
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dalatu asked: I just read your piece on Da Drought 3, and just wanted to say that it was great. It just reminded that no rapper today who base their identity in drugs was on the level of Lil Wayne just a few years ago ("I'm so motherfucking high I can eat a star", too good of a line).
Sorry, this is not really a question.
Sorry, this is not really a question.
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MACHO DUDES BEEF MORE THAN 8TH GRADE GIRLS
Chris Brown vs. Odd Future, the irony and the agony. Brown and Ocean both acting like mark ass butt hurt babies. Still, this is kiiiiind of the best dis ever.
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“The Attorney-General’s kind remarks are noted and appreciated. I’ve spoken to Ed...”
– The Wire creator David Simon, in an e-mail to the Times of London responding to Attorney General Eric Holder demand for an additional season of the acclaimed HBO series.
[digitalspy / thanks adam!]
(via thedailywhat)
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Anonymous asked: how did u get your start as a writer?
roxycottontail asked: Did u see this? Thought u would love! XO http://www.karmalooptv.com/2011/05/roxys-bday-w-rare-andre-nickatina-interview-and-more
gaysagainstgaga asked: We are so honored that you are following us. You are one of our very favorite writers. Plus you wrote some very nice things about our boyfriend's band back in 2003 when no one else really seemed to give a shit.
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