Friday, August 13, 2004
Friday mixed bag
Gonna mix up the content in today's post between some music and political/news stuff:
I don't how many times I've expressed a variation on this thought but Bush is yet again embarassing himself with this line of argument. Son needs to just stop with the relentless fear mongering and hanging the spectre of threat of terrorism over everything. Sh!t is getting real tired.
If I haven't said it enough already: for the sake of all that's good, please just vote (or register if you haven't already). Do not fall into the thinking I've heard Talib Kweli espouse (most recently on BET last night and previously in an interveiw in The Ave magazine) that voting is a waste of time or irrelvant to the lives of those living in "the hood." C'mon....
Why the internet is great: the President's cogent explanation of federalism wrt dealing the sovereign First Nations. (via hiphopmusic.com)
Ron Reagan, Jr. shuts down Laura Bush's stupid ass on the stem cell issue in The New York Times letter section.
The new "Fahrenheit 9/11"? Right wing critics are already lining up to denounce the "War on Terror" puppet movie spoof "Team America." Besides the trailer being f-cking hilarious, that news in of itself pretty much guarantees that I'll be at the theater opening day to support this movie. (South Park Alliance)
And in "cherry on the cake news" and with too many levels for me to really comment or contemplate fully, this might be the dumbest sh!t I've read relating (indirectly but actually very directly) to the Iraq war. (The Los Angeles Times via Nadine S.)
So in case I haven't made this point clear enough several times already, don't vote Nader either. Maybe people need to get more active in this organization just in case.
But God forbid Kerry doesn't prevail in November, maybe we can just build a better Bush (Via David P, I think)
The RNC Sloganator Memorial (via David P)
Semi-ig'nant comment of the week: dude must be seriously gay if this is his wife. (The New York Times)
F-ck Quiznos Subs! (EURWeb)
Ruben Fleischer's video for M.I.A.'s already post-modern pop music classic "Galang": Nick Catchdubs scooped me yet again this time only because I deleted an email from a Sasha Nixon (who he/she?) hooking me up with a link to this joint as it was dumped into my Bulk/Spam folder. Is this dude (Ruben, that is) the new Michel Gondry or something because he only seems to do videos for the coolest, hipster-cred bands on the planet?
Speaking of vaguely hip hop-related British acts: can artists like The Streets, Dizzee Rascal and Ms. Dynamite break in the US hip hop market? I say hell no (with very limited, qualified exceptions) but the debate rages (or at least is ongoing) at the Coolfer music industry blog.
Finally, before you drop $300 or $400, consider the iPod vs. The Cassette arguments. (via Nadine S.)
