January 2011
16 posts
“It has become obvious that capitalism has not brought us what it promised. Short...”
– Alec Empire
“Most of the people in the Arab world are aged 25 or are younger. They have known...”
– Mona Eltahawy
music. *sigh*
I’ve probably written about this before, but I’m going to do it again.
I can’t put an exact date on when I decided irony (or the perception thereof) was killing music. Yes, my perceptions are clouded by the social climate of the city in which I’ve spent the majority of the past decade, but if nothing else, this means I’m a bit closer to the pulse of the...
Da Bears.
Even I’ve been surprised (and pleasantly so) at the controversy surrounding Jay Cutler and his early departure from what was, arguably, the most important game in Chicago Bears history. I think the best piece on the subject was Michael Wilbon’s ESPN bit from the other day; in it, he takes the time to detail the Bears’s history of underachievers under center, roast the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Flying Lotus (314)
Solex (118)
Yuck (77)
Portishead (61)
Gonjasufi (47)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
since I can't post it here... →
in which I write about my beloved Chicago Bears, and their shitty quarterback, whom I hate…but not for the reasons you think.
Technology.
I’m trying to post my Chicago Bears rant, but tumblr for some reason won’t let me use the html editor.
“If ending the disastrous, expensive, immoral and racist drug war gets booed at a...”
– Alex Pareene
Last.fm Tumblr
I find it funny when something ceases to work for so long that, when it does randomly do what it was supposed to do (a week late), it’s more annoying than delightful?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Solex (112)
Portishead (88)
Sparklehorse (61)
Torche (34)
Lhasa de Sela (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Conservatives like to argue that these are isolated incidents carried out by...”
– Jonathan Alter, on the recent Tucson shooting.
“My love of Huckleberry Finn is great. I would sacrifice every video game in...”
– Roger Ebert
LONG MLK-inspired race rant.
NOTE: I’m well aware there are other, just-as-pressing cultural concerns in U.S. American culture today. I’m not trying to deny or undermine the struggles of many non-Black people in this country. I am, however, taking time to randomly ejaculate thoughts on the myriad Black experiences in this country, because that’s the experience I have.
“In a sense we’ve come to...
The idiocracy is upon us. →
Either a lot of girls aren’t reporting a ton of sexual assaults, or I can think of a lot of girls who need to PUT THE DICK DOWN.
a comment.
Context: At the exact moment I’m typing this sentence, it’s 12:21 PM Pacific Time. CNN’s playing in the next room, and has just played President Obama’s statement regarding today’s unfortunate events in Arizona. I’m almost completely certain there are going to be other, better, more articulate and profound responses to today’s events than this one, so if...