March 2012
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“Twerk Team: If you don’t get it, then you ain’t with it.”
– Real Talk Thursday.
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Finally: A $tarlito compilation!!!!! →
The Martorialist compiled some of the my favorite non-famous rapper of the last two years. Listen to this if you like rap.
Love to Yung David Drake for the find.
February 2012
59 posts
Tumblr: America needs to stop being racist and sexist, pay more attention to women and PoC ok
CBS: Hey guys guess what we decided Watson should be played by a Taiwanese, female actress in our version of Sherlock Holmes
Tumblr: NOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT HOW DARE YOU I AM BOYCOTTING YOUR SHOW I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED
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thegrapeape:
NEW Calvin Black - “Salute”
More...
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“Look, I understand that it can be hard to keep up with who all these...”
– I broke down the ‘12 XXL Freshman list for people who don’t know what any of those previous words mean.
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WatchDick Gregory x Paul Mooney = Instant watch
“I can dance. But there’s a time and place for that. And I don’t think that it...”
– Derrick Rose, on this year’s All-Star game intros. (Skip to around 4:48 to see what he’s talking about. Coach Thibs and Luol Deng make appearances too.)
M.V.P.
(via redeyechicago)
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“If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of being black-friendless, you...”
– Baratunde Thurston, How To Be Black
Seeing him live tonight, at The Hide Out, 7-10pm. Wanna come too?
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
It’s going down. I’m hosting. Be there.
What The Hale.: Networking & Mixers & "Doing... →
whatthehale:
I swear to god I like people … but not the kind of people who promote networking, go to mixers or ask you to “do lunch” for business purposes.
See also: “let’s connect.”
I went to some Lincoln Park Young Professional events when I moved here in ‘06 thinking it’d be a good way to meet people…
Real Talk Tuesday.
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I'm looking for a second team to root for this... →
Only rules:
No Cubs.
No Marlins (too soon!)
No AL teams. I don’t know crap about the NL other than the pitcher has to hit.
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Generation X: Stop whining. Love, the Millennials
EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that the original post was written in October. I received it today. It changes nothing about my statements below.
To Mr. Mat Honan, who wrote a post today last October lamenting Millenials like me and to all Gen X-ers who read his post and couldn’t agree more:
Allow me to start by offering you a hug. Seriously. You sound like you all need one....
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Ricky Gervais: The difference between British and... →
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If you use Spotify, check out the Aldous Huxtable... →
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“Well a motherfucker might be broke and shit
And then collecting no dough from...”
– Sir Carl Terrell Mitchell.
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Phasing out the skit: How hip-hop outgrew one of... →
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Whitney Houston, celebrity worship, and how we're... →
Been getting a lot of comments on this one today. Let me know what you think.
Anonymous asked: What is the best song to get everyone to sing on the Mega Bus? You are not allowed to answer Tiny Answer by Elton John.
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“I’m always leery of people my age who try to sound cool by saying things like...”
– My buddy Samir is doing something new and you should read it. He’s from England, see? And while he was in England he had a music blog before anyone did and hung out with Noel Gallagher while I was listening to Coo Coo Cal. He’s writing about shows and things he used to listen to, so go...
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“I want to get hyped about some of the Perry’s Stage acts (M.I.A walking...”
– A “leaked” list of Lolla 2012 acts came out today. I went ahead and provided some knee-jerk reactions.
Stairway to Kevin: Adderall: A Short Film →
slaneofthought:
INT: Bedroom. KEVIN sits at his desk, surrounded by dirty laundry. To his left is a vial of pills, to his right a giant glass of water.
KEVIN (to himself): Ok, get it together, Slanerino. You need to make a doctor’s appointment, do some laundry, work out, send in that job application, and for…
12 Producers for '12 →
somanyshrimp:
Special thanks to David Turner, Jordan Sargent, Tyrone Palmer, and especially Scott M., who did the graphic design.
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WatchThe “Niggas in Paris” visual is live.
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I wrote a quick thing about Earl Sweatshirt being... →