PE Billed Below Lupe (Still Goin, Though. It's The Law)

Bikinis x Chomsky's Collected Works x A Master's Degree

"Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object.

The difference is that is not all she longs to be."

- Betty Rollin

Epicly Obama'd

This is called "Epic Obama Face" and that's comical to me.

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BART.

Bay
Area
Rapid
Transit


Blasting
At
Random
Targets

Men's Heavyweight T-Shirt

Classic-Cut T-shirt for Men, 100% Cotton, Brand: Fruit of the Loom, black

When you wear this shirt, you can experience the feeling of being targeted--and possibly shot--by BART police. All proceeds will be donated to the family of Oscar Grant.

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Nino Brownnnn

Wesley Snipes a cert to play James Brown, says Spike Lee

But Snipes will not be singing in the Godfather of Soul biopic. Wesley Snipes is on track to play James Brown in a movie about his life, says director Spike Lee. Lee revealed at the Sundance Film Festival that the project is "going to happen", but that Snipes will not be singing in the flick.

"I want to hear James Brown's voice. That's just my personal taste," Lee told MTV News. "I know Joaquin Phoenix in 'Walk the Line', he did some of the singing. I'm a purist.

Lee bought the movie's rights with Paramount Pictures following the death of Brown on Christmas Day 2006, and Snipes has been linked to the role since 2007.

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"Men & women obscure in their labor"

reminds me of mah family.

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Drake ft. Lil Wayne & Santogold - "Unstoppable" (RMX)

I got a condo in Miami and my doormat is always sandy.

Diplooooooo...

8 Years In 8 Minutes

Keith O, I have a crush on your brain.

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt

Suckas Need Bodyguards.

I got a six-shooter and a horse named Trigger.

I'm wavin automatic guns at nuns.

Stickin up white boys on ball courts.


This is my Coachella garb. Oh how I miss you Coachellaaaaaaaa.

Trouble makin. Back breakin. Breath takin.

"When The Man murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the HonkyHouse."

-Link

"To turn to each other and not on each other."

Transcript of Rev. Lowery's Inaugural Benediction

Rev. Joseph Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., delivered the benediction at the inaugural ceremony. Below is a transcription of his address, provided by CQ Transcriptwire:

[*] LOWERY: God of our weary years, god of our silent tears, thou, who has brought us thus far along the way, thou, who has by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our god, where we met thee, lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee.

Shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand true to thee, oh God, and true to our native land.

We truly give thanks for the glorious experience we've shared this day.

We pay now, oh Lord, for your blessing upon thy servant Barack Obama, the 44th president of these United States, his family and his administration.

He has come to this high office at a low moment in the national, and indeed the global, fiscal climate. But because we know you got the whole world in your hands, we pray for not only our nation, but for the community of nations.

Our faith does not shrink though pressed by the flood of mortal ills.

For we know that, Lord, you are able and you're willing to work through faithful leadership to restore stability, mend our brokenness, heal our wounds, and deliver us from the exploitation of the poor, of the least of these, and from favoritism toward the rich, the elite of these.

We thank you for the empowering of thy servant, our 44th president, to inspire our nation to believe that yes we can work together to achieve a more perfect union.

And while we have sown the seeds of greed -- the wind of greed and corruption, and even as we reap the whirlwind of social and economic disruption, we seek forgiveness and we come in a spirit of unity and solidarity to commit our support to our president by our willingness to make sacrifices, to respect your creation, to turn to each other and not on each other.

And now, Lord, in the complex arena of human relations, help us to make choices on the side of love, not hate; on the side of inclusion, not exclusion; tolerance, not intolerance.

And as we leave this mountain top, help us to hold on to the spirit of fellowship and the oneness of our family. Let us take that power back to our homes, our workplaces, our churches, our temples, our mosques, or wherever we seek your will.

Bless President Barack, First Lady Michelle. Look over our little angelic Sasha and Malia.

We go now to walk together as children, pledging that we won't get weary in the difficult days ahead. We know you will not leave us alone.

With your hands of power and your heart of love, help us then, now, Lord, to work for that day when nations shall not lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors, when every man and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid, when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around...

(LAUGHTER)

... when yellow will be mellow...

(LAUGHTER)

... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen.

AUDIENCE: Amen.

LOWERY: Say Amen.

AUDIENCE: Amen.

LOWERY: And Amen.

AUDIENCE: Amen.

(APPLAUSE)

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I Insist You Call Me "Cybernetic Tiger" From Here On Out

Wu name generator!

Thank you, Pete Skidmore

Barack Obama, "Yes We Can", The Power Point Deck

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Animal Collective, "My Girls"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE SEEN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND I CANNOT GET ANY HIGHER. Jesus Christ, kids! Bliss in my headphones! This gets me excited, super sexually excited in a way you will never understand, and also convinces me I'm 6 years old, wearing a flowery dress, and running through a field of some sort after just having dropped L. Gotdayum Baltimore!

MINE.

Every day is Christmas, and every night is New Year's Eve.

Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes"

And I want to walk around with you/just you.
Charm Cit-aaaay, thank you times a hundred for this group of humans and the sounds they make.

Mos Def, "Quiet Dog"

FELA.

At the age of 19, heard the scene

a lot of MCs that do not come clean!

Main Ingredient, "Magic Shoes"

You Live At Home With Your Mom

and you'll be seeing me at the El Rey on Feb. 27. (Doctors Dooom and Octagon, respectfully).

I am getting laced because a certain male human would like to have intercourse with me, which is one small perk of womanhood.

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"There's numerous ways you could choose to earn funds"

Greg was like, "WORK IT" so I feigned some Varga girl confidence. M-F, 9:00-4:30.

"My name's Geraldine; I'm your social worker" - Glasvegas.

Talented Weirdo Who I'd Almost Let At It

Almost.

Merry Christmas, baby brother

Complete with commentary by The Clyzza!

I braved Cool Guy Central (Supreme) to make this purchase.
(Dudes were super nice, though--thanks, Jav!!)

I'm pretty sure this is why all the boys call me Breezy

Swagger Jack! Code Red!!

ASHER ROTH IS A PROBLEM FOR ME.

Ash, I liked you the first time I heard your suburban steez, when you were on my television and your name was John Brown. One of you in the universe is plenty so umm, please see yourself out. It's not fresh and/or irreverent cuz you know I seen a hundred you's at the Short Stop. You are an archetype within every major metropolitan area, including this one. There's 2 or 3 of you whenever I walk down Fairfax, and at least 6 of you whenever I go out to an establishment where alcoholic beverages are served. You normally go out with your boys on Friday, but for some reason you're there on a Tuesday and you come up to me when I'm at the bar and look at my frame and I tell you I have a boyfriend even though I really do not just so you will please stop. (Oh, also, I don't have a cell phone. And ummm...I'm just visiting from out of town). You're so psyched on your pants & shoes & bachelor's degree & smirk. Good job buddy, you found Undefeated and you know all the words to "Tried By Twelve."

Fall back, Morrisville. You know what, I loved college too--mostly cuz you weren't there with me.

For some reason I find this human next-levels-of-next-level annoying, like he personally borrowed my Portishead at Roseland vinyl and never returned it.

And Steve Rifkind, you should be ashamed of yourself, sir.

Clinton Sparks ft. Pharrell & The Clipse - "Still Got It 4 Cheap"

Goddammit if I don't LOVE some COKE RAPS
and those spare, icy beats
made by Pharrell's handsome, annoying ass.

The knocking-ness of this is undeniable. OMG, aural sex yet AGAINNNN.
Come tip me at Body Tap; I go on when the DJ puts this on.

MINE.

We got a lot of private jokes to share.

Oh Word?

A lil etymology never hurt nobody. Today's word: PARIAH!

"In prehistorical times much of southern India was occupied, apparently, by a black-skinned race of primitive people (sorry--the book is from 1950). Some time after the Aryan invasion, which may have been as early as 2000 B.C., these people were subjugated and forced into menial positions. Gradually, after the caste system was introduced, they became separated into different lowly classes. Among these people was one class known as Pariah, which, from the name, indicates that at one time they were the hereditary beaters of the drum (parai) at various festivals. Eventually they became agricultural laborers and, among the British, household servants. They are not the lowest caste, but are regarded by the Brahmans as "untouchable." Among the British, therefore, pariah became a general term for anyone of low caste, but especially for the lowest of the low, or for those of no caste at all. Hence, although the application is not strictly correct, any person (or animal) who is an outcast among his kind has become known as a pariah."

- Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950), by Charles Earle Funk

Sundress x sunshine x making out

Sugar - Stevie Wonder

Rum I love you but you're bad and you often hurt me

I am hung over but this kinda makes it all better.

It really happened, Pop

I have no words, I just don't.
Fucking amazing.

I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class

Waiting for the election is not killing it right now.

-MH

Thank you, baby brother

"The motor city's burnin" - John Lee Hooker.

Curtis Cross & Royce (175.26 cm). From the 3:30 point onward, let's just stop, listen, and admire...

Never Not Funny

Thank you, baby brother

That Pay Jay record is simply impossible to find without cyber-digging so I might have to cheat. It's ok as long as...wait for it...no one knows.

No One Knows - J Dilla

Oh Word?

A lil etymology never hurt nobody. Today's word: DEBAUCHERY!

"In the Middle Ages it was no more difficult to persuade a man to leave his work, perhaps for conversation or a convivial drink, than it is today. The French of that period had a word for that. It was desbaucher, literally, to lure from one's place of work or from one's duty to a master."

- Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950), by Charles Earle Funk

It's That Fiery Punch

...of corny humor and Wu lyrics

No Heartbreak In Sight

Get A Track Bike And Find Yourself

Smart, funny, nice Billy. First thing he said to me was, "Whaddup girl, you should really think about losing some weight" with a big smile and it's been lovely ever since.

Allen Toussaint, Make It Clap!

Hand Clapping Song - The Meters

Overrated (Because I Wasn't There)

Rock the Bells, Jones Beach. Nas, ATCQ, De La, Ghostface & Raekwon, Meth & Red, Mos Def, Afrika Bambaataa, the Cool Kids, Spank Rock.

-- Talib Kweli came out during Mos Def's set and they had a Black Star reunion. People lost their shit.
-- Jay-Z came out during Nas' set and performed "Black Republican" [and, according to Billboard.com, "Success"] with him. Everyone lost their shit.
-- Busta Rhymes came out during A Tribe Called Quest's set, right at the point in "Scenario" when Q-Tip says, "Yo Mr. Busta Rhymes, tell him what I did." People in China, Estonia, and Long Island lost their shit.

Slick Rick, EPMD, and Pharoahe Monch also stopped by. [Source]

"We Should Go Back to My Place and Do Some Math"

Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Or Something To That Effect

By Aaron Kaplan
May 2, 2007 | THE ONION Issue 43•18

Excuse me, beautiful, mind if I stand next to you and do some talking? I don't mean to intrude, but I couldn't help but notice that you were sitting all alone and enjoying yourself. There's just one problem: If you're here right now, then that means heaven must be missing an angel or something to that effect. Though I doubt anyone's noticed since there are so many angels up there anyway.

I'm trying to say that you're hot.

You look pretty tired, though. Maybe it's because you've been running through my mind for a while. I think about hot women a lot, so for the purposes of this argument let's just say you were one of the ones that I'd previously been thinking about, even though we just met. Are you considering having sex with me yet? Because if not, I could ask you if it hurt when you hit the ground after falling from heaven. I know I already said the thing about you being an angel, but maybe you didn't catch it the first time. Or if you did, maybe it will seem like I'm building off that. I'm trying to tell you that you're pretty like an angel I want to sleep with, is the point.

What else is there? Oh, are you from Tennessee? Because I think you're a seven. I might have gotten that wrong, but you get the gist of it. I'm using the name of a state to express how much I'd like to see you naked, but I don't really care where you're from.

Your eyes are blue like the sky or water, whichever you prefer. And your lips are really red like—I don't know—that girl's lips over there. Also, I'd look great cumming on your shirt. Or your shirt's becoming, I mean. I want to be cumming on your shirt or in your general vicinity is what I'm getting at. I didn't quite say it right, but the sentiment is there.

So do you have a boyfriend or what? Because I don't have all night to waste on talking to you if you're dating someone.

Do you have a mirror in your pocket so I can see myself in your pants? How about a quarter, so I can call my mother and tell her I found the girl of my dreams? I'm not actually going to call her, because she's been dead for two years and it's actually up to 35 cents now anyway and I'd probably just use my cell phone, but I'll take the quarter from you if it will get you in the sack.

We should go back to my place and do some math. We'll add a bed, subtract our clothes, and do other math stuff related to fucking.

Look, it's obvious where this is leading. I'm saying all the right things and you haven't walked away yet, so let's just cut to the chase: Do you come here often? If so, would you like to go back with me to my apartment and have sex with me? What if I told you I would rearrange the alphabet for some reason? I'm thinking of asking you what you'd like for breakfast tomorrow, in the hopes that you might sleep with me because I implied that it's inevitable.

I guess I should say I think I've seen you someplace before. And I don't mean earlier, when I was staring at you. I'm pretty sure we've met in a past life or in my dreams or something, so you should feel comfortable lowering your standards around me. Also, your shoes are nice, so I'm sensitive and observant. If you really need me to, I could buy you a drink to show you I have some money and then we could do it in the bathroom.

Wait, don't go. Just one more thing. I lost my phone number. Can I have yours so I can call you later about having sex?

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Cot Damn

Rick Rubin will work his bearded magic on the Clipse!!! For 1 song, anyway.

According to a Billboard.biz report, the new album is called Till the Casket Drops, and it will reportedly feature all-too-infrequent rap producer Rick Rubin behind the boards for an as-yet-untitled tune. Rick fucking Rubin!

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Betcha By Golly Wow

Music Retailer Thrives Serving Captive Audience

By REUTERS
Published: July 19, 2008

NEW YORK (Billboard) - As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.

More than 2.3 million people were locked up in federal, state or local systems at midyear 2007, according to the U.S. Dept. of Justice, and they want their Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd just like everyone else.

Enter North Hollywood-based Pack Central, which runs a mail-order operation for about 50,000 prisoners. It stocks about 10,000 CDs and 5,000 cassette titles.

Cassettes account for about 60% of unit sales, since CDs are contraband in many prisons because the hard plastics can be used for nefarious means. The screws that hold many cassettes together are also verboten, so owner Bob Paris must manually remove them. A bigger problem is that the labels have largely abandoned cassettes.

Paris says he started stockpiling cassettes five years ago. "People thought I was nuts when I invested tons of money in analog prerecorded music on tape," he says.

He plans to order small runs of his best-selling catalog titles from cassette manufacturers, although some new titles would also sell well in the format, Paris adds.

Best-selling current titles include Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," Mariah Carey's "E=MC2," Usher's "Here I Stand," Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad," Nickelback's "All the Right Reasons," Leona Lewis' "Spirit" and Lyfe Jennings' "Life Change."

Perennial sellers include Al Green's "Greatest Hits," Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory," Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" and a best-of collection by the Stylistics.

Pack Central sends out its catalog twice a year, with monthly mailers featuring new titles. Prisoners pay for product through money orders or checks drawn on a spendable trust account set up by their family members.

But Pack Central has to be careful even here. "If someone, due to a math error, shorted us $1, we used to fulfill the order and ask them send us a buck extra the next time," Paris says. "But that is extending prisoners' credit, which felons are not allowed to have, since they don't have the capacity to enter into a contract. So we got into trouble for that and now have to lop off an item and refund them the difference."

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John Mayer Guitar Picks Designed By KAWS

Can't knock the hustle. Oh wait, I can knock it. These take me to the next level of annoyance. John Mayer hasn't been fresh since he backed Chappelle on "The Facts of Life" theme song.

Madame Butterfly, Let Me In Your House of Pleasure

Turntable Lab--Eddie Kendricks' "My People...Hold On"! It's on "Donuts," dunnies! Plus "Maggot Brain" (Eddie Hazel), and a lil Camp Lo for the kids. I took my purchases up to the counter and I got all self-conscious because I was getting a dancehall song about ladies' vaginas. Awk-waaaard. The song kinda sucks anyway, so all that embarrassment was for nothing.

Irina Sheik Is Stunning

Tiff said her friend thinks I look Russian. I don't get that one as a guess very often when it comes to my ethnic background but I'll take it, since it means I'm in the company of the foxy Irina. I always love the exotic-looking ones with big features. Swoon.

Killin 'Em Hard With Them Lady Pants!

Minus Fonzworth's "verse" (ugh), this is the Song of the Summer*




*for the next few days

Rage Against the Machine! Oh, the Irony.

Guantanamo Torture Playlist

According to the British law group Reprieve, military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay (as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan) used loud music as a means of torturing detainees, including songs by artists such as Metallica, AC/DC, Eminem, and the theme song to the children's television show Barney & Friends.


Fast Facts

1. Loud music used to torture detainees
2. Torture playlist released by British law group Reprieve
3. Loud music is often used to keep prisoners awake during sleep deprivation sessions

Most Played Songs

• "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
• "Bodies" by Drowning Pool
• "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC
• "Hell's Bells" by AC/DC
• "I Love You" from Barney & Friends
• "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Babylon" by David Gray
• "White America" by Eminem
• Theme song to Sesame Street

"Bulls On Parade," Rage Against the Machine, "Stayin' Alive," the Bee Gees, "Raspberry Beret," Prince

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Courtesy of the Groundswell Blog:

The Torture Playlist Stickers

Mother Jones’s Torture Playlist includes the music used in American military prisons to torture detainees, and ranges from Christina Aguilera to Sesame Street. I’ve developed the stickers below to raise awareness about this form of torture.

Using address labels - sized 2.25″ x 0.75″ - you can affix these stickers to CDs in your local record shop and make a small political statement about state violence. Download the PDF here.

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