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god loves ugly

hey, guess who is finally far enough from his early 20s that he can finally listen to Atmosphere’s God Loves Ugly without feeling like a sad sack loser? this guy.

Jul 31st

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my life is a movie

This has been edited/redacted/sanitized because I’m not really trying to put anybody else’s personal business on display. So, you know, first name basis, baby, whattup. What happens in San Diego stays in San Diego, etc etc etc. So enjoy this disjointed, screwed up, stream of consciousness record of what went down last week at San Diego Comic-con. Tuesday night: Laura IMs me and lets...

Jul 29th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →

Joell Ortiz (20) C.R.A.C. Knuckles (13) The Notorious B.I.G. (11) 6th Sense (9) Jay-Z (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Jul 27th

Jul 26th

i went to san diego for five days.

It was hysterically stressful and busy, but I’m back now. Challah.

Jul 26th

“It doesn’t matter. You must understand these people aren’t real … Batman is a...”

– Grant Morrison, speaking the truth. via Perpetua. He’s just too goddamn real for words. (via conservativeradical)

Jul 26th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →

DJ Jazzy Jeff (110) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (86) Ghostface Killah (82) Blu (41) Lil Wayne (37) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Jul 20th

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Jul 19th

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Jul 19th

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“I firmly believe that racists, and those who work with the machinery of racism,...”

– Ta-Nehisi Coates, on the dilemma faced by modern black public intellectuals who are skeptical of the approaches used by tradiitonal activist groups but recognize the need to occasionally call people out. Ths is a must-read article. I’ve always given the old-line movements a lot of slack, if only...

Jul 19th

Tasukete!! - Oyasumi Punpun →

This is a great comic. Inio Asano’s Oyasumi Punpun (Goodnight Punpun).

Jul 19th

Jul 18th

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“A time card from the week ending Sept. 27, 2009 , a month after the overtime...”

– Suit alleges Upper Crust took back workers’ pay - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe

Jul 17th

Jul 15th

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“If you see or hear someone reject a word by saying it’s “not a word”, you can...”

– ‘Not a word’ is not an argument « Sentence first

Jul 15th

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Jul 14th

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Jul 14th

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“Oda: From where do you get your ambition and inquisitiveness for your art? ...”

– Takehiko Inoue & Eiichiro Oda - Part 2 of 6 If what you just did is as good as what you did last time, you aren’t doing it right. It should be better.

Jul 14th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →

Mos Def & Talib Kweli (251) Big Boi (139) Saul Williams (41) GZA (37) Kanye West (29) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Jul 13th

“Times change, but the radioactive fear of black people, black men in particular,...”

– Adam Serwer Archive | The American Prospect This is a good read and a nice summary of the situation surrounded yet another unsurprisingly disappointing jury verdict in Cop Kills Unarmed Black Guy Part 23.

Jul 9th

“After going gold in 1979 as an utterly uncrossedover falsetto love man, he takes...”

– Robert Christgau, reviewing Prince’s Dirty Mind for his famous Consumer Guide. He has an amazing searchable archive that can be accessed here. Christgau is the master of the concisely written, brilliantly incisive review. h/t Slate’s Culture Gabfest. (via conservativeradical)

Jul 9th

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