Urban Honking

You all can quit your arguing. I am the new Primo. At least when it comes to political punditry. At least when it comes to biased opinions. My friend said it was so! Proof that my brain is not just Beyonce factoids and overexcitable punctuation: I wrote Will an email about the Democratic debates, and […]

I took a shower for this, even though my sunburn hurt. Except, the J train to Summer Jam broke down at 86th and Lex. A tragedy, it was, my umbrella and extra-cute jumpsuit and extra-extra-cute smartitude – all so prepped to pop, drop and lock on 80,000 hot rap’n’B fans from NY and NJ – […]

This is what my life was like in Portland?

NUEVA YORK! Noriko’s Dinner Table, the unavailable-in-America prequel to the incredible / surreal 2001 Japanese horror film / suicide mystery / cultural critique Suicide Club… the prequel which allegedly ties up many of its open ends, such as Who is the cryptic cougher/caller in the underage pop band Dessert? From whence did the Ziggy Stardust-like […]

Beyonceitis. Has it affected you? A little heavy handed on the tone, a little enamored with the quasi-cleverness of the term Beyonceitis but it’s got some truly hilarious moments, this. To wit: “Before Beyonceitis crippled her, Ashanti enjoyed a brief period as “The Princess of Hip-Hop Soul”, which was an easy title to achieve mainly […]

Just Blaze posted an old Penthouse cover on his blog and my mind is blown. 1987 was a crazy year, que no? Not just cause of the line “Rapping it Up with Run-DMC” or the cover subject’s proto-Bjork neon fashion style – but at the features: AN ANDREA DWORKIN INTERVIEW IS THE TOP STORY?! Also […]

This video for the song “ข้อความที่เซฟเอาไว้ในมือถือ” (“kau kwarm”) by 11-girl Thai pop group Preppy G really captures those moments when a dude texts you something cryptic and you’re like “WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN?” but you can’t figure out how to ask because texts are a truncated, amputated form of communication. I don’t know what […]