Monthly Archives: July 2006

Lebanese student Nouhad Moawad, interning in America, relays reports from her friend back home: Lebanese people are suffering from hunger, from thirst, from terror . . . In seven days 220 persons have been killed, only three of them are … Continue reading →

from the space, bindle’s reaction to GW bush’s pukealicious NAACP speech. speaking of myspace, heard “myspace jump-off” on hot 97 the other morning, miss info’s show. nerdalicious. excuse the terse nature of recent posts, i’m hella busy, and mentally preparing … Continue reading →

Here is the letter Code Pink sent me today. I emailed Ambassador Bolton and Kofi Annan and it took me about two minutes. Please do the same. They recommend you read an article by Nader condeming Bush but I find … Continue reading →

Smart Tara Henley at XXL writes a concise, right-on post about the problems with Ben McGrath’s Hot 97 piece in the New Yorker, and I will say it again: Sasha has proven you can write about hip-hop for the New … Continue reading →

oh robin rosenberg, your sentences as transcendant as your granola. you have to trust the cooking of a woman who notices nuance such as this: Donut Man then offered us some fresh donuts, still warm, Krispy Kreme style. Let me … Continue reading →

for those of you who do not have URGE, my “nelly furtado explains herself” interview / album overview is up now on mtv news, complete with “graff font.” it is like a slam book of her hip-hop memories.

my opinion on “digital art” is that if it is heartless, gestural and nostalgic it is wack (as are most things embodying the preceding traits). But like, this shit on the world cup, it is enjoyable for today. ALMOST MAKES … Continue reading →

DJ Sickamore: “If I heard one more mixtape rapper talk about “bringing New York back” I would’ve personally hijacked an airplane and crashed it right into Canal Street.” Touche! Ben McGrath: Can we make a petition that Sasha is the … Continue reading →

I forgot about how much I love Peter Murphy’s cavernous singing ’til I saw this video of TVOTR, Peter Murphy, and Trent Reznor doing “Dreams” to eight of the luckiest chumps in DC, sent via Joey with the appropriate jizzthusiasm. … Continue reading →

yes: * TV on the Radio, the only band I care about the way I care about, and this TV on the Radio-commissioned short: “Mr. President, what do you think about the social injustices of the last 450 years?” “BOOOO-RRRing” … Continue reading →