Author Archives: Julianne

Is this the only time I will ever post a Roots video? No matter. This was filmed in our office. The empty coke machine in the kitchen makes a cameo. So do many of our officemates! I actually like the … Continue reading →

1. Pete’s and my interview with Ab-Liva and Sandman of Re-Up Gang is up now. Sorry guys, I didn’t ask them anything about: record labels, the industry, beef, Pharrell, producers, mixtape stans, rap business school, or digital vs. analog. I … Continue reading →

I am live-blogging Brokeback Mountain which I am now watching for the first time. IN particular, as a Wyoming native, I will be addressing issues of accuracy. Six minutes in, I would like to say: the shots of the sky … Continue reading →

Rebecca Walker, thank you for going in on the “feminist infighting” that has arisen in the Hillary vs. Barack debate (via Jack & Jill politics). I’m convinced the Democratic primaries are, perhaps inadvertantly, a defining moment in the future of … Continue reading →

~ two things from melena ryzick’s badu profile today in the times (we will ignore her somewhat cornball / questionable “earth mama funk” characterizations) : “I think Erykah is one of the few artists that truly does have a movement,” … Continue reading →

This is Alex’s (XXXCHANGE) remix for Santogold’s “L.E.S. Artistes.” I have been dying for it to be out all official like – I put it on my last year’s top 10 singles list because A. it is fucking awesome and … Continue reading →

I didn’t watch the debates (I was at work until 11 pm!*) but SERIOUSLY??? Um, maybe the press is giving him “preferential treatment” because he is the first candidate that people actually FEEL OKAy about voting for and actually LIKE … Continue reading →

Pete and I had a terrific (and funny!) interview with Re-up Gang’s Sandman and Ab-Liva* today. Watch for the video up at the sugar shack sometime soon but one interesting moment we didnt catch on camera was sandman, positing that … Continue reading →

Hot Abs, I forgot, is out of town doing dance workshops and choreography or something, so we had a sub who taught us a really great dance to “Low.” But even the interminable soda-pop-fizz of T-Pain did not put a … Continue reading →

With all brain-juice funnelling into my new post, where I am HBIC partly because I am the only BIC and partly because I am so fuckin H, time for anything but work-related typing is rarer than your fatty toro. And, … Continue reading →