Urban Honking

Some of you may remember 1992 as the year you entered middle school, or the year that William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States of American. Today, February 29th, also marks the 4th leap year anniversary of The M.O.S.T. being the first arts group to land on the moon. Labels: MOST

~ 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,” said Sylvia Rhone, the president of Universal Motown. “Her music has changed, but she’s been […]

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 B. when Alex played it for me right after he completed I made him replay […]

I just read a pretty fascinating and disturbing article in the New Yorker about water torture techniques used by American soldiers in the Philippines–following the war against the Spanish in 1902 or so–during the fight against rebel forces. It more or less involves forcing water into someones body until their stomach is grotesquely distended and […]

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 since Bill Clinton’s first run. AND! Maybe “clips of Mrs. Clinton increasingly illustrate the tale […]

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 the aftermath of Obama’s hopefully imminent election will be akin to Y2K – everyone’s hoping […]

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 damper in the Mary J Blige “Just Fine” running dance-class obsession streak – wherein it […]

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, much of said typing would be either redundant or completely boring for anyone but the […]