I care about you and want you to be happy so please listen to this

SO ICEY! Obvs that wiggly bassline is Dead-Prez-esque and this pleases me.

My Elastic Eye - The Chemical Brothers

Hip Hop - Dead Prez

Get me on the court and I'm trouble

The Prez sitting, drinking, breathing, watching, being effortlessly amazing.

"In the media’s continuing focus to make sure everyone knows that Barack is a mere mortal, here’s pictures of him sitting courtside @ the Phone Booth where he watched his hometown Bulls get slayed by his new hometown Wiz. The President drank beer, slapped high fives and then went home & boned The First Lady."

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Nickel Eye Feat. Wale - "Brandy Of The Damned" (Mark Ronson Remix)

We all know Mark Ronson is a fervent swagger jacker but he does know how to make some ear candy with a few horns n snares.
I listened to this ohhhh about 53 times today and I'm showing no signs of fatigue yet.

"Brandy of the Damned" (Ronson remix). Click.

Chromeo is interested in lathering up your children

"The duo wrote a little ditty for hip tot program Yo Gabba Gabba! in an effort to convince children of all ages to clean up all good and nice. Cute to see how naturally Chromeo's electrofunk lends itself to broadcasting nurturing messages to children. Chalk it up to a mixture of personality and adorable use of talkbox."

You guys, this song is the proverbial JAM!
QUICK, somebody impregnate me so I can raise my impressionable child on this show. They already had The Biz and The Shins and The Roots on there. I approve of this.
PS--I have never seen Dave 1 and Stretch Armstrong in the same room at the same time.

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Knucks!

G-code! PAD's Gold Knuckles Mug is sorta stupid and sorta wonderful.

$98

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Fantasyland

"I wanna be friends with it." - Ron Burgundy

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4,173 as of today (per Olbermann)

"US lifts ban on war dead photos

The US defence department has lifted a ban on news organisations showing pictures of the coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates said photographs of the flag-draped caskets of US war dead being returned home will be allowed if their families agree.

The move overturns a ban put in place by President George Bush Snr in 1991.

Critics said the ban tried to hide the human cost of the two wars, in which nearly 5,000 US soldiers have died.

"The decision regarding media coverage of the dignified transfer process at Dover [Air Force Base] should be made by those most directly affected, on an individual basis, by the families of the fallen," Mr Gates said.

"We ought not presume to make that decision in their place."

Mr Gates ordered the review of the ban at President Barack Obama's request.

The White House welcomed the move, saying it was in line with policy at Arlington cemetery near the US capital where war dead are buried.

Earlier administrations said the ban was in the interests of bereaved families. (Mm hmm)

The bodies of fallen US soldiers killed overseas are flown to the Dover base in Delaware before being transferred to their families' hometowns."

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DJ Benzi x Dope Couture - The Jetsetters mixtape

I must have this or I will feel sad.

The Jetsetters Mixtape

Beards Open Doors.

I feel excited, so excited. See, you guys, I tell you stuff and then it comes true.
If you were here my excitement levels would probably cause me to act out sexually,
but in a super classy way so you'd still respect me.

The epicness of this picture. I can't handle it. You can't handle it.

Clipse/Rick Rubin Collaboration Actually Happening!

"According to EW, they've already finished one song together, and they plan to do one or two more. We already know from their two classic Neptunes-produced albums that Clipse know how to handle themselves over icy, minimal beats. Rubin usually traffics in punchy, metallic, cluttered thuds, so this will be a stretch. But all the people involved know exactly what they're doing, so I'm confident.

Til the Casket Drops, the third Clipse album, is due for release sometime this summer. Hopefully they won't experience any of the same release-date delays that plagued Hell Hath No Fury. EW reports that the first single, "Kinda Like a Big Deal", will be out on March 9. It features Kanye West, and DJ Khalil, who did the beat for 50 Cent's pretty good "I Still Kill", produced it."

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Mayer Hawthorne - "Maybe So, Maybe No"

I see me in this dress someday, with this 12" on my hi-fi, and we are all so happy together. Click.

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Being a girl is expensive

More stuff I need in order to shut it down and straight change the game and rock it don't stop it.

"The only time you wear Burberry to swim" - Sean Carter

Lisalla Montenegro, you are lovely. Call me.

Burberry triangle top with trench buckle. Top has buckle closure in front and ties at neck. Bottom has adjustable belt with loops.

• Catalog Item Number: 69577
• Hand wash
• Imported from Italy

Price: $250.00

Super cute, but sweet Jesus I would kick my own ass if that amount was extracted from my checking account for 2 pieces of material and some metal buckles. Somebody lace me, POST HASTE.

Oh worrrrrrd?

Your etymology game is suffering, kids. You're lucky I'm so clutch.
Today's word: GENUINE!

Originally meant "placed on the knees." In Ancient Rome, a father legally claimed his newborn child by sitting in front of his family and placing his child on his knee.

"L. genuīnus, f. genu KNEE; the original reference was to the recognition of a new-born child by the father placing it on his knees."

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"You rock the whole world."

After the election of President Obama, hundreds of 6-14-year-olds in cities across the country were asked: "What should President Obama do now?" Proceeds benefit 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers around the country.

Students from all over the country reach out to the 44th President, speaking to the issues closest to their hearts, relating their life stories, and asking for help. Topics include the economy, education, war, global warming, race relations in America and immigration. The book also includes letters about snow cones, puppies, microwavable burritos, dinosaur projects, multiplication and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, reportedly haunting a White House bedroom.

"Dear President Obama,

I want to tell you hi. Do you work with Santa Claus? Can I meet you in your house? Can I say bye to you after I meet you? And then can I meet you again? And then again after that?

Sergio Magana, age 5, San Francisco"

"Dear President Obama,

I am 10 years old. I am a nice girl and I like to write. I wish you could be the first president of all the world. Obama, when I went trick-or-treating on Halloween, people were giving me candy and telling me to vote for you. Obama, I think it will be better if you tell the people that sell TVs, and all those things, to sell them for a lower price, because my mom and my dad are not working and not getting a lot of money. I want people that are not in a house and don't work to get something for Christmas. Obama, if I were president, I would change a lot of things in this world.

Paulina Rojas, age 10, Los Angeles"

"Dear Barack Obama,

Congrats on becoming the president of the United States and slaughtering John McCain. I think that, unlike W., you should dodge other countries and not shoes. You should not be so quick to go to war and negotiate with terrorists. I like what you said about bringing the troops home from Iraq.

If you like my letter, know that it's from

D'andre "the King" Legrand, age 12, Brooklyn"

"Dear Barack Obama,

You are one of my friends. I cannot believe you are president. In our community, you're the best guy I've ever seen. You rock the whole world. I cannot believe you did such an awesome job.

Love,

Jennifer Navarreto, age 10, Brooklyn"

"You are just like a big me.

Avante Price, age 7, Seattle"

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Rochester: Made For Living

I'm pretty sure Emilio Rojas is a great MC. Is he the new thing I cannot live without or am I just in love with the production? Or, wait--is it just that I like that jaunty little scarf he's sporting?

This always happens with my new boyfriends. I can't tell if I really like him and the things he says to me, or if I just like his guitar loops and keyboard stabs.

Go on about your business; you'll be notified when the final decision has been made.

"Just Relax" - Noah ft. Blu

I hear you, "1-9-9-9" and Shuggie Otis samples! Click.

"Women are the greatest creations that God has given me. They drive me crazy."

- Blu

PS--cuz it feels good to my ears, I'm sharing. Diz Gibran, "Stereo"!

Cassette MP3 Playerrrrrrr

I'm SO '90s, so in theory I should love this deeply and intensely...but ehhhh.
It's beautiful and well-built, but kind of gimmick-y--sort of like me, except for the "beautiful" part.

"It really gets no better than a stripped down cassette shaped mp3 player. This conceptual work of wonder comes complete with hideaway USB connector, headphone jack, and a tiny screen that showing elapsed song time. Add in the fact that charging and song changing are done by twisting the tapes spools and it becomes crystal clear that I need one of these immediately."

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Let me invade yr space

All my young male Coachella/SXSW attendees, start your engines.

So cute, I think I just passed out.

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Phoenix - "1901"

This is dangerously close to sounding like a Fall Out Boy song, what with that catchy hook and lovely
chord progression, but I am comforted by the fact that it's those French boys Phoenix. Pete Wentz is in his Ativan/eyeliner/flatiron world far, far away and there's no danger of him tainting this. I can't guarantee you'll like this unless you are a girly girl with breasts and soft skin such as myself; however, I like it (a great deal, like to a ridiculous degree).

01:21 is when I really start to wish you were here to make out with me, with this on the hi-fi...

or maybe just jump around the room and have a pillow fight with me, with this on the hi-fi.

Eyes on the prize

Perhaps you did not hear me the first time, when I told you that I set goals for myself and then I achieve them.

Whut in thee HELL

I unleashed a string of superlatives when I clicked here and heard this situation!

Final score: 8.3/10

We all know Dubya hate is nothing new so the design is a little obvious, but not so obvious that I was able to think of this and then mass-produce and sell it in order to fund my disgusting record store/bikini addictions. Ah well. You cannot, in fact, knock the hustle. I see you, Print Liberation. Well played, gentlemen.

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Scrabble benches & pillows!!

Next-next-NEXT LEVELS ahmayzing. I need these for my little nerd abode in K-town.

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This is what KAWS looks like?

Aw, he's just a nice Jersey boy.

Sunday morning

I am terrible and must be stopped or contained in some way

I have like 17 onesies and 85 bathing suits, yet I am 99% certain that unless I get these 2 items it will be impossible for me to go on living.

If you are a hipless wonder, as evidenced below in the VS catalog, you are not killing it in this attire.
Leave it to the professionals, please, ladies.*

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Cool Kids, "Pennies"

Goddammit if I don't love some coke raps

and brightly-colored, mag-wheeled nerd raps

still, after all this time.

Not really new, but new to me cuz I don't play NBA 2K9:

Colin Munroe ft. Young Buck - "I'm Fine"

OMG I'm such a girly, girly girl. There's no hope for me. I'm so sorry I like this, you guys, but these things just can't be helped. I must point out Colin's Canadian-ness as evidenced by the fact that he says "grade 9" and that's kinda charming. It's like when a young Logan first heard those crazy kids on "Degrassi" (the original, dummies--not the Drake version).

Southern Hoes-pitality, Northern Exhoes-ure

I'm only like 8 years late with this one, kids:

• “Ludacris heavily favors the East Coast to the West, save for Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Las Vegas.”
• “Ludacris travels frequently along the Boswash corridor.”
• “There is a ‘ho belt‘ phenomenon nearly synonymous with the ‘Bible Belt’.”
• “Ludacris has hoes in the entire state of Maryland.”
• “Ludacris has a disproportionate ho-zone in rural Nebraska. He might favor white women as much as he does black women, or perhaps, girls who farm.”
• “Ludacris’s ideal ‘ho-highway’ would be I-95.”
• “Ludacris has hoes in the Midway and Wake Islands. Only scientists are allowed to inhabit the Midway Islands, and only military personnel may inhabit the Wake Islands. Draw your own conclusion.”

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Geopolitical game proper

I'm sure we all remember when Mos Def taught us that beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip.

"The past few years have seen a sharp increase of literature and analysis that has sought to document and challenge Israeli apartheid, including reports issued by major international bodies and human rights organizations and findings published by political leaders, thinkers, academics, and activists. Many of these efforts have highlighted the role that could be played by people and governments across the world in providing solidarity with the Palestinian struggle by exerting urgent pressure on Israel to alter its current structure and practices as an apartheid state...

The aim of IAW is to contribute to this chorus of international opposition to Israeli apartheid and to bolster support for the BDS campaign in accordance with the demands outlined in the July 2005 Statement: full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of all Arab lands – including the Golan Heights, the Occupied West Bank with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip – and dismantling the Wall, and the protection of Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in U.N. resolution 194.

In previous years IAW has played an important role in raising awareness and disseminating information about Zionism, the Palestinian liberation struggle and its similarities with the indigenous sovereignty struggle in North America and the South African anti-Apartheid movement. Join us in making this a year of struggle against apartheid and for justice, equality, and peace."

The Fifth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week March 1 - 8, 2009

"First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, more than 25 cities around the world participated in the week's activities, which also commemorated 60 years since the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homes and land in 1947-1948. IAW 2008 was launched with a live broadcast from the South African township of Soweto by Palestinian leader and former member of the Israeli Knesset, Azmi Bishara.

This year, IAW occurs in the wake of Israel's barbaric assault against the people of Gaza. Lectures, films, and actions will make the point that these latest massacres further confirm the true nature of Israeli Apartheid. IAW 2009 will continue to build and strengthen the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement at a global level."

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Dilla Says Go

Get 'em, DJ Diabetic.

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P.O.S., "Goodbye"

Oh Minnesooota, you and your depressed individuals laying it down over beats. This dude's flowage & wordplay is not so cute to me but I have a mental block due to my throbbing dislike of Rhymesayers ('cept that MF Doom record) so I might actually grow to like it once a little time passes.
For now, though, enter the instrumental.

PS--Worst Producer Name in North America goes to you, Lazerbeak.

Mostly it's 1:12-1:22, esp the cymbal at 1:17, that's giving my life meaning at the present time.

Ghosts appear and fade awaayyyyyy

NME.com: Men At Work singer receives death threat from guitarist

"Men At Work's guitarist has reportedly been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill the band's lead singer.

Ronald Strykert, 51, was taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on Friday (February 13) on the charge of making criminal threats against frontman Colin Hay.

Strykert allegedly threatened Hay in December 2007, and missed his arraignment last May on the misdemeanour charge, reports the Los Angeles Times. Strykert has denied making the threat."

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They are the Chris & Rihanna of '80s Australian melodic pop. Even though it is unfortunate, it's really just an excuse for me to post THIS!:

I am in slight girl love with Camilla Belle

but only in this pic.
Being a skinny girl and having thick eyebrows means that you are basically murdering the game right now.*
It's science.

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