February 2010
12 posts
Adventures in the Venn Diagram of Style Hybridity...
It’s amazing how much one can learn by listening to a record they’ve never heard before – especially if said record happens to be as influential as Planet Rock: The Album, a 1986 compilation of singles by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force. The song for which this release was named is among the most popular hip-hop classics and, like many of its kin, exhibits influence by German...
My Bloody Valentine – “Soon” from...
Afrika Bambaata & Soulsonic Force –...
“Gotta watch those Louisiana men. They like yams you forget about in the oven,...”
– My friend Clay (a Louisiana man)
“You are worthy of somebody that you do not have to convince.”
– B. Scott | ”B. Scott Says Stop Convincing People of Shit!”
John Mayer's Stupid Mouth.
This now infamous Playboy interview isn’t the first time John Mayer has outed himself as an ignorant, racist, sexist douchebag.
Exhibit A: John Mayer, Miner of Comedy Gold | via Gawker, June 2006
In this failed attempt at stand-up comedy at New York’s Comedy Cellar, John Mayer allegedly called women “sluts,” stated that he lives “up on a hill, away from the black...
A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy. →
I wrote a review of the movie A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy for my other blog, Freak-Flag. Go check it out (and follow it if you’re not already)!
