Urban Honking

I could only fit 25 on the Urge jam: a longer, more extensive playlist (not omitting J-Shin and T-Pain) to follow. 1. Mary J. Blige: Real Love 2. Ghost Town DJs: My Boo 3. Aaliyah f. Timbaland: Are You That Somebody? 4. Destiny’s Child: Jumpin’, Jumpin’ 5. Ciara f. Ludacris: Oh 6. Nivea: Parking Lot […]

We watched the film “The Last Shark,” otherwise known as “L’Ultimo Squalo” in honor of its production home in the cheap country of Italy. This is a film John Afryl has been searching for for many moons, after reading about it in one of his “online webzones” about “films.” It was made directly after Steven […]

I am about to bid adieu to a long and turbulent decade. It’s no coincidence, perhaps, that concurrently I feel a certain dire attraction to irresponsibility. I am maintaining my basic concerns of eating right 4 my blood type, working out every single day, fresh flower arrangements and showing up for work on time. Beyond […]

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As Chris was saying tonight, we have no idea what America will be like in two years, a simultaneously terrifying and uplifting thought. But the immigration rights movement will have a profound and glorious impact on the landscape–yesterday I descended on Union Square to one of the most overwhelming experiences I’ve had maybe ever– thousands […]

I finally saw ATL last week with deep-posseist/ dun linguist/Sabres torch-singer Will G.C., and two days later, compelled still, he composed the most extensive text message I have ever received, two paragraphs in length, during business hours, when I did not answer my phone, excerpted as follows (with permission): “Remember the way the camera would […]

AHHHHH! thank you to tara henley at XXL mag for taking the time to iterate the women-as-music (hip-hop)-nerd lifestyle dilemma with: ” the top 5 reasons that female hip-hop heads are a rare breed. (Alternately, this list can be read as tips on how to step your game up. Cause, really, it must be hard […]

an edifying and enlightening musical cartoon about american politics–FUN FOR ALL AGES!

Also, Nelly Furtado’s “No Hay Igual (club mix)” is the bangingest of holy effitude. Timbo and polyrhythms are my boyfriends