December 2008
18 posts
Love, American Style..and other cancelled shows.
I tried to write What I’ve Learned 2008 3 times now. Nothing flows. flows like wine. wine like Amy Winehouse. who loves crack. LOVE! This post will be about what love has taught me this year!
Neglecting the unusual fact that I had a girlfriend for a large portion of the year, I learned a lot about what I’m looking for/not looking for when it comes to the fairer sex.
For example,...
Well...
After this one, Mr. Nash only needs 2 more hits to pass Teddy Riley in the “I sure am meh as an artist, but GOD DAMN, can’t I write a hit?”
WatchAs if on cue….Yeah, I’m gonna see it.
Christmas 200great.
It’s time for another installment of “Shit you don’t know about Ernest”
- I’m not a big Christmas fan. I love that people I care about are happy and smiling, but I seriously just have never been up for it. I abhor that there are only 12 Christmas songs, with variations ad infinitum. Plus TV stops, and that’s not cool either.
Now that we’ve gotten that...
Apparently, I'm not a very nice person.
You know you’ve made it when a girl you drunkenly hook up with blogs about you.
Randomly went to high school friend’s birthday because he invited mutual friend (music contact). Turns out boy was having life crisis involving birthday. Proceeded (all involved) to get quite intoxicated. Saw (name taken out to protect innocent), who I hadn’t seen in eons. Determined she is fabulous...
The 10 best songs of 2008
Some of these may have dropped at the end of ‘07, but I didn’t hear them until ‘08.
Let’s go!
Honorable mention:
Dey Know - Shawty Lo (I couldn’t admit to liking it after hearing his verse on that Slim from 112 song)
Time to Pretend - MGMT
Independent - Webbie (Anything teaching kids to spell, I’m all about it.)
Killer Mike’s WHOLE IPA2TG:2.
Shake...
Why I stopped doing comedy
From when I was 10 until March 2007, I was a comedian. Studied it, Practiced it, Performed it, LOVED it. But for some reason, I quit cold turkey and haven’t done it since. I know why now.
I started doing comedy the same way everyone of interest started: To not get my ass beat. Moved to the burbs from Chicago, and started telling jokes so people would like me. Strike one.
It got to a...
The Love Affair is Over, Let's get paid.
So, I may be late with this one, but record labels turned into ad agencies without realizing it, and now missed the boat.
So what’s the next step?
Run a label like an ad agency. A&R becomes Creative. Legal n Business are the exact same thing. Get a team in-house that specializes in catering to the market. If 2001-2008 has taught us anything, it’s that the song itself is no...
Creative juices are flowing, and the flavor's...
The last few months since losing the Def Jam post have been filled with sleeplessness, and a whole lot of lethargy. I had a conversation with the ex recently, and she put me on point(as usual) about what I was worried about(everything I can’t control) and what I can do about it(nothing). It made me stop being a bitch, for lack of a better term, and get back to creating. She suggested looking...
"Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few...
- I took my Gramma back to Selma, Lord Selma today.
For such a monumental part of American history(If you don’t know what I’m speaking of, read on it), It can be very depressing to see the lack of progress and lack of focus in the town these days. But you can’t expect too much progress when you can witness a crack deal at 1:12 pm on a Saturday in the middle of the street.
John Malkovitch is a crazy summumma bitch.
-Watching SNL now, and yeah. That boy ain’t right.
Little Whizzer →
I want this for X-mas. NOW.
