Thoughts on the Sarah Palin Email Thing

A) All parties involved aren’t that bright. It’s stupid for any public figure to use a Yahoo account for anything that you might want to keep private, like say potential government-related business. It’s equally stupid to break into the email account, regardless of where it’s hosted, of a Vice Presidential candidate. That tends to attract [...]

Afro-punk Vids!

Tip o’ the hat to PurpleZoe. I hadn’t been to the Afro-Punk site in a while. Shame on me. Now I see that they have been busy uploading tons of video over there. Noice. You need to go check it out.
This got me thinking about The Bellrays, leaders of the soul-punk revolution. As they [...]

This Is Your Brain On Priviledge

Via Eric:
By Tim Wise: This is Your Nation on White Privilege
For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to [...]

David Foster Wallace, R.I.P.

David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, has passed on.
David Foster Wallace, 46, a novelist, essayist, teacher and story writer whose effort to come to grips with the America of his time resulted in the huge and hugely successful novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead Friday at his home in Claremont, Calif.
Wallace’s wife found [...]

Uncle Barack, President?

You’ve got to be kidding me? I did not just read this? Did I?
Y’know there’s a reason I so frequently take time off from the internets. Shit like this is gonna cause me to have a heart attack.

Ahh…there we go again with that intent. Doesn’t matter that you acted like a racist asshole [...]

Old School Friday

Oh yeah, it’s Friday, and the Old School is on! This week’s theme is Girl Groups.
Ok, let’s take it back to the origins. The release of “Maybe” in 1958 by The Chantels, which introduced the classic Girl Group sound of the ’60s.
And also, The Emotions - “Blind Alley.” Yep, this is where Mariah Carey and [...]

Today

I’ve wanted to post all day today, and yet I haven’t been able to muster anything. I feel a profound sense of loss today, and when I feel this way, I inevitably find myself falling back on music and words. My comfort lies in the rhythm of art and passion. In the midst of memory, [...]