Monthly Archives: January 2007

Well, maybe the dubstep klonapin dance is just how the Britons get down (or, more likely, the BBC). Watch French people get crunk at about 4:00 in, in footage shot at a live Vex’d DJ jump in Paris (I would … Continue reading →

BBC Documentary about Dubstep. It’s pretty basic and not edited well (more party footage, people!) but it’s interesting to hear the perspectives of top producers like Skream and Kode 9, all teeny tiny and pasty-paste, and how, grime having passed, … Continue reading →

I love this performance: the production is subtle and the costumes are over the top (tho latex brastraps were de rigueur in ’99) Too much booty in the pants, not enough CDs as accessories. Ay papi, the choreography!!

Just got this in the inbox from color of change: “Last week, the Democrats launched their “100 hours” agenda–a plan to begin a “new direction for our country.” Sadly, it says nothing about Congress’s continued abandonment of those left behind … Continue reading →

Feeling like a eulogy. Above video: Soulja Slim’s funeral procession, December 2003: The Lady Buck Jumpers Second Line.

Listening to PR on the train en route to work and realized the rap&R&B-spoofing SNL staffer should probably get with our dudes from the MIA stat. “Grind with Me“: Step one: You kissing on me Step two: Girl you killin … Continue reading →

In Slate’s Year-End Cultural Round-up, David Simon, with his unequalled sense of the epic, writes a eulogy for the crumbling American newspaper: “David Simon, executive producer, The Wire; former metro desk reporter, The Baltimore Sun: In the year past, we’ve … Continue reading →

The untold morbidity of Color Me Badd: “We can do it ’til we won’t wake up.” Do they wanna sex u up or put ur lights out?

From my R&B blog on urge.com, which is wholly unknowable to you unless you are pushing a PC (I see you, dad): A conversation I had with Brandon T. Jackson, star of Roll Bounce and host of the N’s Brandon … Continue reading →

Last week, I drove from IL to OH in one day with this wildman and it’s exactly as he says: “i listened to the last barr record in a car in ohio this week it is great it is catharsis” … Continue reading →