Friday, December 31, 2004
Poppin' bottles...
Work of art or just another bottle to pop for New Years Eve tonight?
I hope Christmas at the Rumsfelds' (and for everyone else) was good despite all the terrible news we've been getting daily from the Southeast East. Please try to donate if you can to help speed relief efforts and alleviate the suffering of those affected by the Tsunami Disaster.
In the spirit of trying to keep things optimistic and light for the rest of the holidays though:
A couple things to do for NYE in NYC:
- DFA and Negroclash at APT (shout to my man Duane Harriott who's often at the excellent record store Other Music when not doing his thing at Negroclash's regular APT party.).
- D-Nice at Table 50
Or, if you're staying in: The Roots live on Anderson Cooper: Live from Times Square TONIGHT.
Ironically, even though I've been posting a bunch of T-Dot and Canadian-related links while up here on break, I don't know much about what's poppin' off here tonight for NYE.
Speaking of the T-Dot though: new Don Cash music. I didn't peep this yet so how is it?
Del F. Cowie presents an excellent primer on Nas for beginners in Exclaim magazine. Actually there was stuff in there that I didn't even know.
Snoop's new "Let's Get Blown" video feat. Pharrell.
My homegirl Raquel Cepeda on Hova, CEO (Paper Magazine via Jerome)
While Ja Rule's career continues to go down the drain again just when it looked like he was in comeback mode with his new album. (EURWeb)
"I ain’t gangster because I’m on the Internet?" (allhiphop.com)
"We wanted to be the Maybach of the denim industry..." (The Seattle Times)
F-ck a Belve, Grey Goose or Armadale - the Frank Gehry-designed Wyborowa Single Estate vodka bottle.
"Crack Ho," "Hoochie" "Thugged Out" enter the Oxford English Dictionary - minor quibble though: anyone agree with me that the definition for "crack ho," should be "slang for any woman who trades sexual favors for drugs (normally: crack cocaine)" not "slang for a prostitute addicted to crack cocaine"? If you're gonna document and officially sanction 'hood slang (even if it is from the 80's, New Jack City, holla), at least get it right. (NY Daily News)
Martha Stewart loses decorating contest in prison. (USA Today via Nadine S.)
West Coast Customs of Pimp My Ride fame gets pimp slapped by the Feds. (The New York Times)
Lots of discussion amongst hip hop bloggers recently about obscure early 90's hip hop (like here and the Dec. 10 post here). So since I'm in the T-Dot right now, what ever happened to late 80's/early 90's Canadian hip hop pioneer and favorite of Hip Hop Blogs' Hashim, Maestro Fresh Wes? Omni Televsion's Metropia starring Wes "Maestro" Williams as "Quincy."
Happy New Year and thanks to all those who've read and supported this site over the past year. Look out for my Year End Music Wrap Up coming soon and more heat on as close to a daily basis as I can make it in the upcoming year.
