Gibbons Versus Tigers

Watch the Gibbon pwn the Tiger!1

If you get this joke, you are a nerd. Welcome to the club. [↩]

Hip Hop Blogging

This first one is for my boy, Matt Bastard. Check him out at Bastard.Logic and Comments From Left Field.

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock (original video!)
I have to say, if you listen to Hip Hop and you don’t understand or appreciate the above, please stop listening to Hip Hop. Now. There is no hope for you.
The [...]

John Mellencamp Gets Jena Mayor’s Goat

Jena Mayor Calls Song Inflammatory
JENA, La. (AP) — A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the “Jena Six” escaped comment by this town’s mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, “Jena, take your nooses down,” he took issue.
“The town of Jena has for months [...]

The Common Elements of Oppression

[This is from the old Slant Truth. It was originally posted on 8 September, 2006]
I stole this from Eric Stoller’s Blog. He posted it a while back, but I think it’s important to bring it to the forefront again because some people just don’t get it.
The Common Elements of Oppressions
by Suzanne Pharr
It is virtually [...]

Transformative Politics — A Manifesto of Sorts (The Next Episode)

[This is from the old Slant Truth. It was originally posted on 19 September, 2006]
Continuing.
3. Definitions: 1
Transformation - an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed.
It is the idea of an act, a process that draws me to the notion of a transformative politics. To progress is to move forward and I don’t [...]

Transformative Politics - A Brief Departure

[This is from the old Slant Truth. It was originally posted on 22 September, 2006]
This is part of what I read this morning and I thought I’d share. Just some ideas to think about.
From an essay by Terry Eagleton on Georg Luk�cs1
Changing the world involved a curious kind of doublethink. For us to act effectively, [...]

Transformative Politics — More Quoatations (or Rigidity Means Death)

[This is from the old Slant Truth. It was originally posted on 26 September, 2006]
*I leave these posts not only to introduce or remind others of important writers who have or are currently influencing my thinking, but also as notes for future reference that I hope to draw back on (or critique) in the future. [...]

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