What’s happening?
I have some regular post coming up this week. I think I’m done with the whole John Wayne series. There are 2 more post on the subject, but I think you get the point. I’m working on what I feel will be my masterpiece, think of it as the hip-hop related blog post version of “Why” by Jada. Stay tuned! Until then, here’s a little sumthin’, sumthing for ya to keep you busy.
My real life schedule is killing me, thus the limited posts. More tomorrow I swear!

News
Iraq Vote Bloodied by Attacks; 22 Killed
Interesting article on Ecstasy being used to treat cancer.

Mental Food
PBS article on the Lost Tribes of Israel

Entertainment
Prefix Magazine
D-Nice Blog!

Games
Poker
https://www.pokerroom.com/home/
Ashlee Simpson lip synch game
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/games/ashlee_dance.asp
Canyon Glider
http://fullscreengames.com/canyonglider.html

Window Shopping
Must have!!!

The Technics SL-DZ1200 Direct-Drive Digital Turntable
Other must haves
http://www.digitalgravel.com/itemdetails.cfm?prod=3887&cat=1&vndr=all
http://www.digitalgravel.com/itemdetails.cfm?prod=4409&cat=1&vndr=all
http://www.digitalgravel.com/itemdetails.cfm?prod=4580&cat=1&vndr=all
http://www.digitalgravel.com/itemdetails.cfm?prod=5198&cat=6&vndr=1008

Quote of the Day
“What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? “-Marion Barry

~I wonder if KRS gets mad everytime he hears someone says “One” ? ( he dissed Nelly for less.)
~Who is your daddy and what does he do?
~It was in bad taste, but how can Stern get away with a fine, while Lukewarm 97FM “suspends” the entire morning show?
~Speaking of which, didn’t Miss Jones do her research and listen to Robin“If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, ‘We shouldn’t have free speech.’ “ Quivers and learn how to be a fence sitting shock jock without losing her great work benefits?
~What is the sample behind that damn John Legend song saying? Sounds like “Throw your hands in the air….dont F’ around” The song is annoying enough with low vocal samples messing with this ex-studio engineer’s head.
~Isn’t weird how Lil’ Kim can look hot in one post plastic surgery picture and not in another one? (Cue the aforementioned god awful John Legend track)
~Isn’t the desecration of Iraq’s historical sites by our armed forces a sign of The Great Tribulation? If so, shouldn’t we be scared sh!tless right about now?
~If McNabb and the Eagle do the damn thing, will Rush Limbaugh take back all that crap he was talking last year and admit to the world he is nothing but a pill popping, pervy, punk who doesn’t know what he’s talking about!
~Do you think 50 Cent mania will still be strong enough to help Tony Yayo when(if) his album ever comes out?
~Who will be the first rapper that Irv Gotti signs when(if) he goes to jail?
~Why does Nia Long make my chest hurt everytime I see her?(Same goes for “Las Vegas” star Marsha Thomason….daammnn!)

What’s happening!

It’s Friday and Fridays are only good for web-slinging! In case you don’t follow the Canhead vocab to tough, “web-slinging” is what I call surfing the net. I never surfed before, and Spider-Man is..well, the Man! So in Canhead land, we call it web-slinging. Got it? Good. “Lettuce……..go!” (let’s see if your OG enough to know what TV show I stole that last quote from.)

Tons of stuff online these days, I can’t keep up. Here are a few stories out there that are keeping me from doing more productive things online. Give in to the peep pressure and abandon your work for a second and travel the net with your homie-stromie El Q Tha Griz8! Buckle up for safety kids.

~Def Poetry Plugged In is tonight!

~~Tons of articles on the Hot97 story floating around cyber space. Here are few link that I haven’t posted before that cover it.
http://www.whudat.com/homepage.html

~Here is a interesting essay on hip-hop and Islam. A little dated but a decent read nonetheless.
http://comp.uark.edu/~tsweden/5per.html

~Speaking of Islam, here is the odd Bible quote of the day.
I get these from “Can These be the Words of God?”. I am not Islamic. I am baptized as a Christian and believe some of the Christian doctrines. I got love of Islam too, so you can see how it can get confusing sometimes. A lot of good and bad points are in both religions but the leaders of the countries that each religion represents uses said religions as weapons and tools of propaganda. Because of that, I exercise my civil rights and boycott going to church on Sunday. Well, not really, but it sounds better than I’m too lazy to get up that early on a Sunday.

Bible Verse of the Day
Exodus 21:7-11 (New International Version)

If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. 8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, [a] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.

Now compare that to this one, a mere 6 verses down:

Exodus 21:17 (New International Version)
17 “Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.

So if I was a female, chillin’ in Egypt, being oppressed by Pharaoh Monch and his pyramid building schemes, I would be up sh!t creek without a paddle, in a leaky raft if my broke azz dad wanted to sell my fine young behind! To add insult to injury, if I cursed his azz out for putting my booty on E-Bay (Egyptian Booty Auction Ya’ll!) I’d be beheaded or worse, stoned to death! (Not in the backstage with Capelton and Elephant Man at the Bob Marley festival in Miami way either!) I gotta stop picking on the Old Testament. It’s too easy and makes me look like a blasphemous apostate. Ohh well, I think Jesus (and Mohammad) still love me.

~Whoa….Jennifer Johns!
http://www.jenniferjohns.com/home.html

~Ok, what is up with this mofo. First of all, being one of the few brothers in the NHL, you can’t afford to make to many mistakes. But when you pull a stunt like this, to say it like my man Will Drayton say, “I can’t do nothing for you, man!” Damn cuz!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1975106

~I meant to post this link a while ago. X-Factor Video is a producer and distributor of some of stunt DVDs and they have some clips of their movies. If your into sport bikes, roadbikes, motocross, import cars, quads, snowmobile or watercraft, you’ll find tons of great DVD titles here.

~To even out the racial tension going on the airwaves and internet these days, I give you this fine site!

~Saw this on Tofu Hut…words from the enemy!
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=168804

~Bubblewrap
http://www.nonstop.lv/files/bubblewrap.swf

~Freaky Friday’s Oldie but Goodie MP3 Pick Of The Day aka The Long Music Title
“Knock On Wood” Wilson Pickett
Reminds me of home. Mama had a BIG crush on Wilson Pickett back in the diz-ay. Thankful, he never did a show in Clarksville, TN. and stole her away from my pops. (She didn’t hear about the concert in Nashville!)

I’m out. In closing I like to say to all the hip-hop “shock jock” radio DJs out there.
SPREAD LOVE DUKE! Or shut the hell up and learn how to mix! You’re F’ing it up for everyone. Act like you know(how to act that is.)

One Ya’ Self before you catch Two!

Hot97 is knee deep in another scandal. The station is fast on it was to being so last month, with their consistently bad morning show programming and poor judgment. Recently, the station aired a parody song entitled “The Tsunami Song” during their morning show, hosted by Miss Jones, which mocked the tsunami victims. Many were outraged at the station’s insensitivity but it didn’t stop there.

Taken from Hiphopmusic.com

“On this tape you hear them introducing the “Tsunami Song,” then Miss Jones and co-host Todd Lynn launching into an abusive tirade against Miss Info when she voices her objection to it. Miss Jones finally tells Info she’s only complaining because “you feel superior, probably because you’re Asian.”

Then, after Miss Info has said the song is offensive to Asians, co-host Todd Lynn informs her: “I’m gonna start shooting Asians.” Yes, he really says that. It’s at 3:37 on the mp3. “

Sine then, several things have happened. Miss Jones has been suspended from Hot97, Jin made a Hot 97 dis record, and a petition is circling around the internet. As I am in the Cap City of Albany, I didn’t hear this firsthand, but the story and mp3s are everywhere! I suggest you go to the source and read all the info yourself. Check out Jay Smooth, (damn, 2 mentions in a week). There are two viewpoints to everything, as Byron Crawford shows here!

Hot 97 issued a press release in regards to the “Tsunami Song”. Wanna read it, here it goes! (Forgive me, I’ve been watching “In Living Color”, look for my review soon!)

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ –

Miss Jones and the HOT 97 Morning team have been indefinitely suspended for the airing of a song that made light of a catastrophic event, as well as for comments made at the time the song was aired. Earlier this week, Miss Jones said on the air: “I apologize to all who have been offended by my poor decision to go along with playing that insulting(to say the least) Tsunami song. I should have known better and I didn’t. So I’m sorry and hopefully we can move forward from this, or I can move forward from this being a better hostess, because I am better than that, and I know better than that — and you deserve better radio than that.”

While Miss Jones has apologized on the air, in the media and on the HOT 97 website, station management felt that stronger action was necessary to demonstrate the severity of the situation. Emmis Radio and Hot 97 will not tolerate such derogatory and racially insensitive content. This incident in no way reflects the spirit of HOT 97. The station has a long-time and well-known reputation for communityinvolvement and support. Emmis Radio President Rick Cummings said, “What happened is morally and socially indefensible. All involved, myself included, are ashamed and deeply sorry. I know the members of the morning show are truly contrite. They know their actions here are inexcusable.”

SOURCE WQHT-FM

Personally, I think the song is foul, but I am a black man who listens to Howard Stern (who all other morning jocks try to imitate) so I may not be a good person to ask an opinion. Nothing really bothers me, and I don’t have time for the rest of the world’s hang-ups, I’m too busy with my own thanks. I will say this much. Getting mad at Hot97 for this song is like getting mad at the clouds when it rains. This is an offensive song true, but have you listen to most of Hot97’s play list? If this is the first time you’ve been offended listening to Hot97, then you must be loosing your hearing or something. As a hip-hop head, I am offended by what songs they consider to be hip-hop, but that’s another issue.

They have kept it really real on the annoying b.s. broadcasting tip for a long while now. Don’t get me started with hip-hop lyrics these days, emcees with an 8 bar multi-syllable verse that doesn’t really say anything, the ongoing Tupac-B.I.G. cloning, or the hypocrisy in the industry. If you’re going to be mad at Hot97 for anything, be mad at them for continuing to water down the culture by promoting thoughts and perceptions that are not “gangsta” or “hip-hop” in anyway, shape, or form. These fools don’t even really contribute to hip-hop music, and that’s bad because they are DJS! (boring talk over, pause-play djs, not Q-Bert, Jam Master Jay, Mix Master Mike, Grandmaster Flash, real type type dj’s)

Who else remembers the time when Star and Bucwild (also in the news this month for racially offensive material) played that clip after Aaliyah died? They couldn’t even finish the show before EVERYONE in hip-hop started calling them telling them to fall back. Jay-Z wasn’t happy about it. Neither was Ms. Jones. She got into a argument with Star and Buck and I think she left the show that day. Fast forward a few years, Jonzee is running things, and what does she do? She blast Ms. Info on air, starts talking a little too much, and draws the entire world’s attention on herself and her Hot97 crew in downtown Manhattan.

HOT 97 TSUNAMIS SONG = ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR THE TEAM KIDS!

Check the links, sign the petition, make a Hot97 dis mp3, and show the world hip-hop is not dead. What other form of music has it’s fans demonstrating and petitioning against their own when they step out of line and go to far? Hip Hop Rules!

http://www.petitiononline.com/endhate/petition.html

http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/world/20050126-0.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/274679p-235203c.html

http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/topstoriesny_story_025160857.html

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/nyc-nytsun254125015jan25,0,2022540.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-tv

It’s snowing like mad, and I am holding it down here at work. In case I didn’t tell you what it is I do to pay the bills, well put it like this.
I’m something like the police. Respect the badge, punk! Top Flight Craig!
If you still don’t get it, here’s my final hint. I know my job sucks, it’s a good thing I have a music making, blog writing super hero alter ego to combat the evils of reality. Anyway, one of my partners was smart and refused to drive to work in this mess, so here I am. I will post the follow up to the John Wayne articles tomorrow and review some of the CDs I bought over the weekend. Thanks to everyone who has emailed and showed loved. Thanks for the input, look for your name on my blog list soon! So this post is basically mindless web slinging stuff. Enjoy.

Quotes of the day
“My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate.” -George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2004

“You’ve done a nice job decorating the White House.” —Pop star Jessica Simpson, upon being introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton while touring the White House

Dumb Joke Of The Day
Why did Ron Artest leave the game early?
So he could beat the crowd
(Don’t front, your giggling now, right?)

Video
Some classic material from Dave.

Links
~Link to the PBS Special…I may have to do some research on this myself.
http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/

~Hip Hop Music.com has been one of my favorite website for a while now. They are one of the tightest sites out, giving a balanced overview of hip-hop, politics, and anything important to the hip hop culture. You need to check them out. Their coverage on the Hot97 tsunami incident is excellent. (That song is foul. I will comment more on this later)
But I am feeling their audio page right about now. It’s loaded with archived sets by Jay Smooth, Monk One, DJ Spinna, DJ 3D, and special sets by DJ Babu, Chairman Mao, and Easy Mo Bee. Check them out daily, ya heard!

~Over at Loosie.com they have a column with House of Pain’s Everlast. Hey, you think when he wrote “Jump Around” he was telling us what he would do with his musical styles for the rest of his career? B.D. should have asked him that.

~All true hip-hop heads pay respect to the man! “Rap Wars” is what’s really real!

~Rick’s Picks Phat Beets.

And finally, this girl has a really hot ass! (Cue “On Fire” by Lloyd Banks)

Peace!

“The Searchers” had blatantly racist scenes and dialogue. Wayne’s character seems to be blood thirsty, driven to find his captured niece from a band of rogue Comanche.

He views the Indians as ruthless and will kill them without a second thought. Although he is the most vocal of the group, his co-stars all seem to understand his view and attitudes, even if they don’t share all of them. He is driven to find his captured niece Debbie, who was kidnapped by marauding Comanches. Only thing is, he plans on killing Debbie once he finds her. She has been used by the “Comanche buck” as he says, so she doesn’t deserve to live. He also has a mysterious past, he is a ex- Confederate soldiers who never reveals how he rescued Martin Pawley or how he knows so much about Comanche and speaks their language.

The amazing thing about this particular Wayne vehicle is how much it alone influenced cinema and pop culture. In his review of the movie, Roger Ebert explains the reach of “The Seachers” influence. He says “Ethan’s quest inspired a plot line in George Lucas’ ”Star Wars.” It’s at the center of Martin Scorsese’s ”Taxi Driver,” written by Paul Schrader, who used it again in his own ”Hard Core.” The hero in each of the Schrader screenplays is a loner driven to violence and madness by his mission to rescue a young white woman who has become the sexual prey of those seen as subhuman. Harry Dean Stanton’s search for Nastassja Kinski in Wim Wenders’ ”Paris, Texas” is a reworking of the Ford story. Even Ethan’s famous line ”That’ll be the day” inspired a song by Buddy Holly.” (Ebert, Roger Chicago Sun Times 11/2001)

During the early 1940’s, he was seen as hostile to Asians. America was at war with Japan, and the sentiment in America on a whole was the same as Wayne’s. He is seen as racist and still remains the hero of his movies.

One of these movies is “Sands Of Iwo Jima” The racist attitudes of the country during this time were clearly reflected in “Iwo Jima”. The tension between America and Japan resulted in movies that depicted America’s animosity toward our wartime enemy. The movie almost comes off as a war time pep rally on film, with the American’s fighting incredible odds and surviving.
It is interesting that Wayne plays basically the same character in this movie as in some of his earlier films. In “The Searchers” he plays sort of mystery man, with a definite military past. He continues to play the solider in “Iwo Jima” and several other movies.
John Wayne triva bit: … The final scene of “The Searchers” was ad-libbed by Wayne as homage to good friend and fellow actor Harry Carey who had recently died. As Wayne stands in the doorway he grabs his right arms and stands there for a minute. This was Carey’s signature stance. Thus the above picture.

I decided to view several movies staring John Wayne. I thought he would be a good actor to examine, as he stared in hundreds of movies. I didn’t realize how much his career influenced American culture. John Wayne is the perfect example of a star echoing the mood and viewpoint of our country as a whole. Following his career, you can get a very good idea of how the average middle age White male though about himself, his country and the world.

John Wayne’s movies and characters showcase contemporary American thoughts and attitudes during the time that they were made. Sometimes these attitudes were very racist. Although we were required to view three movies, I found myself viewing much more than that. My research turned up several movies that I wanted to screen for this paper, as they were noted as fine examples of the transition of racial and political attitudes in America from the 1930s clear up to the 1960s.

When examining the ideological concerns and values of the wider culture of the time period that the John Wayne represents, we see a man who seems to be molded to symbolize the image of the American male. Early on in his career, Wayne is the tough cowboy that stands firm on his beliefs or the military leader who is willing to kill and die for his country and its virtue.

His example of how to be an American helped John Shalikashvili, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he learned how to speak English by watching Wayne’s movies. (Willis, Gary “John Wayne’s America”) Waynes is the image first thought of when you mention the word “cowboy” as he practically perfected the role. His portrayal of the American cowboy and his tough nature is one that foreign leaders have said that our leaders copy.

Wayne played the role of the no nonsense, tough as nails Tom Doniphon in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”. This was a interesting movie as it featured him and another big star at the time, James Stewart. Stewart plays U.S. senator Ransom Stoddard, the lawyer who moves into a lawless town. The two form a friendship and help steer their lawless town to order by facing the town bad guy Liberty Valance.

To further complicate matters, Wayne has made plans to marry the town sweetie Hallie, played by Vera Mills. He just hasn’t told her yet. When Stewart arrives, Hallie soon falls for him, much to the displeasure of Wayne, who almost kills himself by setting his house on fire in a drunken rage. Wayne’s character is a bit grumpy to his black servant Pompey, but it is clear that Wayne depends on him, up to his death. This movie isn’t nearly as racist as some of the other movies John Wayne would go on to play.

~to be continued~

Additional links on the subject:
http://www.xeromag.com/v2i2ed.html

http://www.salon.com/july97/wayne2970711.html

What’s up ya’ll,
~So I didn’t go to Washington DC for the inauguration like I wanted. I realized last week that I could not get the day off. So I’m here trying not to spend money today. It’s gonna get ugly tho’ as lunch time is here and I’m starving! (Maintain Q, spend NO money!)
~The Drama experiment (see post below) is off to a great start as I have already been hit with a few emails regarding the subject. This could be interesting.
~Shouts to Wonder Woman at Jamz 96.3 for the fire mix-set today (She let Method Man curse twice on “All I Need” play…cool! Lots of O.G. material today, EPMD, LOTUG, En Vogue ) Blog up to everyone at Jamz actually, I’m always just shouting her out but I got love for the whole crew, Biz, Bear Sr. and Jr., and of course the man Walt Baby Luv (that’s right) and anyone I forgot!
~Maybe I’ll drop a little science later, I have tons of c-rap to do. I did come across a few links for you.(Q can’t come to the party empty handed.)
~Music News
California’s Latest Sound: ‘Hyphy’ (See you soon K-Beatz!!)
~Videos
“Take Me Home”-Terror Squad
“Let’s Get Blown”-Snoop Dogg w/ Pharrell (love that house!)
“What They Gon Do”-Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz w/ Lil Scrappy
~Audio-
“Knuck If You Buck” remix- Crime Mob Ft. Gangsta Boo, Daz & J.Dupri-off DJ Smallz S.S.# 12 mixtape
“Shot Down” remix- 50 Cent w/ DMX & Styles P-DJ Kep remix
“Rising to the Top” -Game Tight - Agallah, Sean Price
Ludacris Interview on Hot 99.5 FM
~Shopping
Obie Trice’s couch on Ebay.
Q.Rock639’s 12″s,CDs and movies on Ebay.
~Quotes of the day
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The dream of Huey Newton that’s what I’m livin through
The dream of Eric Wright, that’s what I’m givin you
Who walked through the White House without a business suit
Compton had jheri curl drippin on Ronald Reagan’s shoes”
The Game aka Chuck Taylor

I hope your days are filled with love and your nights are warms and quiet. Ahhhhhh……..that was nice.(no homo)

Don’t ask me why I just said that or where it came from. I’m in a pretty pissy sh!ttY mad azz phuck at u kind of mood so it’s surprising I could actually type that line without pukin’ up my Heineken. (Can blog writers get paid for product placement? Let’s see…… bs jscode :”begin subliminal experiment # 639ez$$$//&gt
Anyway, I’m sitting here, mad at the world, typing on my MS WORD on WINDOWS XP($$$) trying to come up with something witty to post on this dang blog. It’s a pain because I have to much b.s. to deal with to mindlessly surf the net for funny photo-shopped pictures of Russell Simmons and Martin Luther King at Freak Nick. I have been avoiding getting too real with ya’ll on this blog. I could pull an Usher and start with the Confessions($), but the hell with all that. I didn’t even really do anything this time (I swear!) and it still got all f’ed up. Plus I’m not that big on my business being in the street. But this isn’t the street, it’s the freaking information super highway! And all this not talking about the elephant thats taking a fat steamer on the imported rug in the living roon is getting on my nerves.

So as I’m trying to do the freelance writer thing and come up with yet another snappy little hip-hop article to post as a work example, it hits me. Why don’t I do a “Sex in the City” style article, just this once? I have tons of material, and questions. And it could be a good way to meet some of the other blog writers I’ve been spying on. Why not? I could vent anyway and my sh!t is much more interesting than the latest hip-hop gossip anyway (I swear I’m going back to house music!)

So how about this. I want to hear from all of you who have drama. Look at it like an experiment or a casting call. If you have some real relationship drama that you would feel like confessing, past or present, I would love to hear it. But I want to hear the real deal break up dirt, not the MARIE CLAIRE($$$) version. I want the real reason behind the break-ups and the fights. The honest dirt though. Don’t be afraid to admit your faults. I really want to hear from those of you with kids and have to go through the baby momma and daddy drama (That’s right ladies, I wanna hear from you too!) I want to hear how you worked it out, if you did that is. If not, I really want to hear that.

I hope all of you who I send emails to will get back to me on this one. You don’t have to say much, just tell us a little bit about yourself and your situation. Then if enough people get into it, we can build on the topics and get some serious convo going. I really could use your help with this one people.

My ex always says that one line, you know the one…”If you ask anybody, they will tell you….I’m right!” So now I really want to ask anybody, and that means you. Give me a shout, tell me your baby mamma drama (or for the ladies, “that’s just my baby daddy’s trifilin azz!”)

Thats it. I’m going to go watch “COLLATERAL” and “IN LIVING COLOR” on my “X-BOX and maybe later play some GAMECUBE before I go to sleep on my SEALY! ($$$$$$$)

Post comments, I like it when you post comments….

Update: Found this link the day after I wrote this..kind of fits…

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/quiz/couple_quiz.asp

According to Liquid Generation, me and the X are like these two. I don’t know wheter to laugh or cry.

~Shalom!

There is a lot of noise going back and forth about hip-hop being dead. I tell you what’s dead, people talking that hip-hop is dead sh!t. That’s muerto! I hear you, hip-hop like it used to be is dead. So do something about it. If you don’t like what you hear, go make something that you do like to hear. Then put it out so the rest of us can hear it too. There won’t be a movement in hip-hop until people actually move. It’s like everyone is afraid to be independent these days or something.

With all the technological advances that have been made that enable us to become self contained businesses from our bedrooms, why not do the damn thing for real? Make noise! (Didn’t Greg used to be in a group back in the day?) And the thing is, I know most of the people who comment on this issue, at the very least have some turntables and a sampler of some kind sitting around. Make a beat already! If you don’t I will! (But until I do, you can always show love by checking out my last CD release on Ebay, see below. ) Put your MP3 online, promote yourself, do shows in shi!tty little bars, attend conferences, do anything just put more hip-hop music out there!

That’s all I got to say about the matter. I know hip-hop sucks these days, but it’s still hip-hop. Don’t give up on it. And there really is some great stuff happening out there. Even the bad stuff is better than listening to bad pop music.

~
Make sure you check out this exhibit in Manhattan(thanks Sonja) when you get the chance. Renowned photographer Martha Cooper has a new book out called “Hip Hop Files-Photographs 1979–1984”. It is on Powerhouse Books and the exhibit is held at the powerHouse Gallery from January 13–March 5, 2005.
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Creative Thrift Shop has the goods to make your apartment look like you listen to more than hip-hop and watch more than BET and ESPN. And you can get off your lazy azz and go see some of the flyness, if your in the city.
~
Ever since the tsunami, my boy Silent Bob aka Ray J has been going around work talking about, “The world is coming to an end!” I for one started saying that when they let the Terminator win the election (come on pay attention), but I’m always glad to see someone else pick up the banner and lead the charge. Now another disciple joins my flock. Say it with me..Arm..a…gedd…on!
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In case you have been living in a cave, Jeff Chang is about ready to drop another “must have book in my bathroom magazine rack”. “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” is just about set, with several events planned to mark its official release. Yo Jeff, what’s a brother gotta do to get a signed copy? Holla at me!
~
LED Belt Buckle-http://www.icedoutgear.com/BB58.php
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Did I hear right? Grand Daddy I.U. is about to drop another one? Wow, I was this close to posting my mint condition copy of “Pick up the Pace” 12 inch on Ebay. Maybe I’ll wait awhile on that.
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Oh yeah, I got a few 12 inches, DVDs and VHS tapes on Ebay. Nothing to earth shattering, just cleaning out my crates. Bids start at .99 cents. Check me out! I post a few new 12”s daily.
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And last but not least, the Jets have a new player to get rid of in the off season. I swear they should have gave this guy 24 hours to get outta town. I hate to dump on a guy when he has a bad game, but this was not the time to have a bad game. Give him something to think about, fire him!

BOO THIS MAN!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I gotta go lie down, all this boo’ing and the sobering thought of the end of the Jets season is making me light headed.