Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Is the media really liberal? More Tarantino Kill Bill interviews, the Ghettopoly controversy and the "Recall Arnold" movement starts now.
The "liberal media elite" is such an overused term it's become a cliche now but turns out, the US public actually believes it according to the results of a Gallup Poll survey contained in this press release. I wish everyone was being brainwashed by a liberal media. It would be better that than having everyone watching Fox News and being completely misinformed by falsehoods which is what must be happening, at least according to this Baltimore Sun article.
The buzz on Kill Bill continues to build with more interviews with Quentin Tarantino appearing in Newsweek here, the New York Times here and the Washington Post here.
More proof that some people will never understand hip hop. David Chang, an Asian American immigrant, "inspired" by watching MTV's Cribs decided to create a hip hop-based version of Monopoly called Ghettopoly. Predictably it's offensive and racist in its portrayls of inner-city life and use of demeaning ethnic stereotypes of all types but in particular African-Americans. Luckily a boycott is fermenting and Hasbro, the official manfucaturer of Monopoly has already come down on his clown-ass. I'm not letting hip hop off the hook though. When you take an incredible artform and social movement and pimp and disrespect it with some of the minstrelsy that passes for real hip hop, then why would you expect others to respect and portray it (and us) properly? BTW: wanna join the boycott? Email Urban Outfitters, a retail chain carrying the game right now, and let them know you won't patronize their stores as long as they carry this product.
Now that Gov. Davis is out, it's time to Recall Arnold before he even has a chance to take office and inflict more damage in California. Some people are never happy. The backlash starts now....
Over the summer, news broke that Bristish-style taxis were finally heading to the US (see USA Today article here also). For anyone who's ever been to London, you know these cabs are the bomb: roomy, comfortable, in short everything US cabs are not and should be. Well they're finally here and I actually saw one of the fleet of 2 that are already being used in the town of Bronxville in Westchester County, NY this week. This really isn't news, I just think they're really cool and this is an idea whose time has come and not a moment too soon.
OK, I've been pretty vocal in my support of Outkast's new album. Here's a good article about this group calling them the best group in America by one of the best hip hop writers around, Sasha Frere-Jones.
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The buzz on Kill Bill continues to build with more interviews with Quentin Tarantino appearing in Newsweek here, the New York Times here and the Washington Post here.
More proof that some people will never understand hip hop. David Chang, an Asian American immigrant, "inspired" by watching MTV's Cribs decided to create a hip hop-based version of Monopoly called Ghettopoly. Predictably it's offensive and racist in its portrayls of inner-city life and use of demeaning ethnic stereotypes of all types but in particular African-Americans. Luckily a boycott is fermenting and Hasbro, the official manfucaturer of Monopoly has already come down on his clown-ass. I'm not letting hip hop off the hook though. When you take an incredible artform and social movement and pimp and disrespect it with some of the minstrelsy that passes for real hip hop, then why would you expect others to respect and portray it (and us) properly? BTW: wanna join the boycott? Email Urban Outfitters, a retail chain carrying the game right now, and let them know you won't patronize their stores as long as they carry this product.
Now that Gov. Davis is out, it's time to Recall Arnold before he even has a chance to take office and inflict more damage in California. Some people are never happy. The backlash starts now....
Over the summer, news broke that Bristish-style taxis were finally heading to the US (see USA Today article here also). For anyone who's ever been to London, you know these cabs are the bomb: roomy, comfortable, in short everything US cabs are not and should be. Well they're finally here and I actually saw one of the fleet of 2 that are already being used in the town of Bronxville in Westchester County, NY this week. This really isn't news, I just think they're really cool and this is an idea whose time has come and not a moment too soon.
OK, I've been pretty vocal in my support of Outkast's new album. Here's a good article about this group calling them the best group in America by one of the best hip hop writers around, Sasha Frere-Jones.
