Monthly Archives: May 2007

This video for the song “ข้อความที่เซฟเอาไว้ในมือถือ” (“kau kwarm”) by 11-girl Thai pop group Preppy G really captures those moments when a dude texts you something cryptic and you’re like “WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN?” but you can’t figure out how … Continue reading →

This is Japanese pop n b star Emi Hinouchi, who just released “O’Kay,” her first solo single in three years (on my birthday, i might add). The video has a real Bela Tarr meets Pucca “Funny Love” quality – long … Continue reading →

* In “The Last Days of Lisa Left Eye Lopes,” Left Eye speaks on “Creep,” how she was against releasing the song as a single because she felt it promoted negative behavior: “If a woman’s man is cheating on her, … Continue reading →

In his new novel, Don DeLillo shoves us back into the day itself in his first sentence: “It was not a street anymore but a world, a time and space of falling ash and near night.”

“Every man, at some point in his life, is gonna lose a battle. He’s gonna fight, and he’s gonna lose. But what makes him a man, is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.” Friday … Continue reading →

This is old, but I was listening to it today in the heat in the park, day off dodging babies (in strollers) and trying to jog despite the cough and the sun: “Poppin RMX” – Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne … Continue reading →

There are navels, and then there are navels. Jadakiss, Fat Joe and Ja Rule hitting the “New York is Back!” trope on the “Predator’s Back” mixtape is just like… Did you really just shout out the entire roster of Hot … Continue reading →

Can someone please design a widgeted page that does not make me feel like I am walking down the aisles at Wal-Mart? Thanks. DIY pages, please, gracias, yours truly, dr. j. escobedo shepherd ps. semi not related: word to that … Continue reading →

we got a couple new blogs over at the house. Jalylah Burrell’s Hello, Babar Mark Anthony Neal’s Critical Noir. I am wicked pumped to read more by these smart people.

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