Thursday, March 25, 2004
"tolerance, free speech and the separation of church and state...."
Here's a great letter from this week's Newsweek:
- Dr. Dre Abandons 'Detox.' (SOHH.com)
J Smooth broke this story a month ago (and I bit it about four hours later).
and now:
- NY's Black Talk Radio Bumped for New "Liberal" Network. (hiphopmusic.com)
I've been in favor of the establishment of a liberal talk radio network to counterbalance the overwhelmingly conservative perspective on radio but, thanks to Jay, I got put up on the real about the fallout from that happening. Sometimes a "liberal" perspective is not enough.
And sometimes I break stories too (I think):
- Neptunes Heading To Interscope (allhiphop.com)
I mentioned that one back on January 23 (scroll down a little).
The world of "sneaker pimps": True sneaker fans know their collection can never be too big, bold. (FortWayne.com)
And I wish kids who watch BET and MTV could read this article and realize how ridiculous and unrealistic the world presented in hip hop music videos really was: Maybach Learning Some Costly Lessons. (TheCarConnections.com)
OK finally, back to the J-Kwon "Tipsy" video just one more time because I forgot to mention this yesterday: why is this video set at a house party even though the chorus of the song goes "E'rybody in the club get tipsy"? (Blastro)
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I hear a lot of talk from the Bush administration about tolerance, free speech and the separation of church and state—in Iraq. At home I see a continuous attempt to write Christian dogma into law, from "abstinence only" sex education to the proposed amendment banning gay marriage to keeping the word God in the Pledge of Allegiance. What does this say about our "liberal democracy"? Could it be that "the most evangelical president" is also the most two-faced? If this administration is promoting secular democracy overseas, it is because its real wishes are politically untenable. Ultimately, we want stable trading partners, whether led by dictators, presidents or religious zealots, so long as they quench our insatiable thirst for oil and cheap imported goods. American foreign policy has always been, first and foremost, about America's economic interests. The moment they cease to be served is the moment we withdraw.This is why hiphopmusic.com is the best hip hop blog on the web:
Dorothy Brethauer
Albuquerque, N.M.
- Dr. Dre Abandons 'Detox.' (SOHH.com)
J Smooth broke this story a month ago (and I bit it about four hours later).
and now:
- NY's Black Talk Radio Bumped for New "Liberal" Network. (hiphopmusic.com)
I've been in favor of the establishment of a liberal talk radio network to counterbalance the overwhelmingly conservative perspective on radio but, thanks to Jay, I got put up on the real about the fallout from that happening. Sometimes a "liberal" perspective is not enough.
And sometimes I break stories too (I think):
- Neptunes Heading To Interscope (allhiphop.com)
I mentioned that one back on January 23 (scroll down a little).
The world of "sneaker pimps": True sneaker fans know their collection can never be too big, bold. (FortWayne.com)
And I wish kids who watch BET and MTV could read this article and realize how ridiculous and unrealistic the world presented in hip hop music videos really was: Maybach Learning Some Costly Lessons. (TheCarConnections.com)
OK finally, back to the J-Kwon "Tipsy" video just one more time because I forgot to mention this yesterday: why is this video set at a house party even though the chorus of the song goes "E'rybody in the club get tipsy"? (Blastro)
