June 2009
41 posts
“A half hour later, when I asked why the reception was shut down, he said simply...”
– Police Break Up Queensbridge Wedding Reception « Queens Tribune Blog
“They aren’t. It is brave to attend a protest rally in Burma. It is brave to be...”
– Bagehot: There won’t be blood | The Economist
May 2009
61 posts
“My big problem with the miniseries is Frazer Irving’s art. As a general...”
– io9 - Battle For The Cowl Establishes New Batman Status Quo, Does Little Else - Batman
(a-YO)
“Actor Joe Morton, who appeared in both writer/director John Sayles’ 1984...”
– Blacks in Space | The American Prospect
“Is waterboarding torture? I’ll concede that it is.
Does it represent a...”
– Abuse vs. Torture
Chuck Dixon— teller of it like eye tee eye ess, or guy who just came out in favor of torture to protect others?
“The great problem with this whole Latino/Black divide story, is the undergirding...”
– Especially The Blacks And The Latinos - Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Jneiro Jarel: One more thing about the “Willie,” me and...”
– Willie Isz: Something Else | Features > HipHopDX.com
WatchThe Real
i laughed
Def Jam's New Video Game - Rapstar!!! 1st... →
uhhhhhhhh
“Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed,”...”
– ‘Proud non-reader’ Kanye West turns author
(“child-like purity” for serious?)
“After ripping-off Albert Lamorisse’s classic The Red Balloon, dispersing it into...”
– The Way of Pixarism
(really?)
“if ur a minority and u don’t have at least a mustache, that’s a epic fail right...”
– Nah Right » Blog Archive » PICS: Hot 97’s Who’s Next Series Featuring Drake
(nahright comments… still comedy.)
HARUKU SMASH! | MetaFilter →
metafilter still exists?
“In the idol-driven entertainment industry of Japan, a “gravure”, or glamour...”
– KIKS TYO x Marie Sukegawa (助川 まりえ) - 3rd Anniversary T-Shirt Collection | Force Be With You | Bo Trainer | FRESHNESS - Established in 2003 | Sneakers, Toys, Shops & Fashion
“I can guarantee you it’ll be the last time I get shafted on the art. Once...”
– Comic Book Resources > The Basement Tapes - 10-25-2005
“Over in the corner, a serious-looking 21-year-old wearing a gray hoodie and a...”
– A Virtual Unknown: Meet ‘Moot,’ the Secretive Internet Celeb Who Still Lives With Mom. - washingtonpost.com
“Whereas the Captain America issues screamed with consistency, the quality...”
– Two Kinds of Resurrection - comiXology
“Benes, who’s done spectacular work on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, steps into...”
– DC Universe: The Source » Blog Archive » Ed Benes is doing a BATMAN issue. Here are some pages.
(“spectacular work”)
“Second, the notion that the Japanese harbor an inferiority complex vis-a-vis the...”
– Do Manga Characters Look “White”?
“REBORN #1’s solicit and cover will not be revealed before its FOC date due to...”
– The Savage Critic(s): On Marvel’s REBORN #1
(nice one, marvel.)
“I feel like there’s an unfair “representational” burden placed on hip-hop...”
– - The Atlantic (May 2009 Unbound)
“Writing is really hard work—mostly because thinking is really hard work....”
– No One Left To Take Shots At - Ta-Nehisi Coates
“I’m willing to bet my prize 1976 DC calendar that Titans fans will be pretty...”
– DC Universe: The Source » Blog Archive » An omen of things to come for the TEEN TITANS
aw yeah a brutal story about punishment in teen titans
“Eminem: Oh man, TV shows. I watch The First 48, The Wire. I mean obviously the...”
– XXLmag.com - » FEATURE: Eminem, Welcome Back
“S: Sure, exactly. The only thing that we wouldn’t show is a pregnant woman...”
– Abcdr du Son : Interview - Shawn Brauch (Pen & Pixel Graphics)
(france’s president is called the Bling Bling President?)
“Of course, there’s a little more to it than that. In Bamboozled, Lee does a...”
– Spike Lee: The Angriest Auteur — New York Magazine
“There’s really no level on which this works – it won’t do what they’re pitching...”
– Comic Book Resources > Tilting at Windmills - 5-15-2009
“In the Nebraska springtime of 2008, little Garrett Schomer was playing tag when...”
– LA Parenting Examiner: Tag! You’re dead! Why we must act now to ban the dangerous game of tag in American schools
(true story behind this lady’s crazy made-up lies here)
“Azzarello uses the refrain “save me” throughout the twelve chapters,...”
– Comic Book Resources > When Words Collide - 5-13-2009
“I speak of the latest evolution of the Japanese “Christmas cake”...”
– Another “triumph” in sexism
(ay YO!)
Sita Sings the Blues →
“Somebody may call me and be like, ‘Yo! Tomorrow’s my birthday, kid!’ I wanna hit...”
– HHC Digital » Raekwon Twitters!
“Andrew and I finish our visit to Akihabara at the huge new Mandarake store,...”
– Tokyo, Part 2 - comiXology
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“Yung LA: Yesss…I’ve been putting work in. that’s why I’m so confident. In the...”
– TSS Presents Fifteen Minutes With Yung LA | The Smoking Section
“I sit at home, still recovering from my wound, painfully aware my Morehouse...”
– Tale of two Morehouse students holds bizarre twist of fate | ajc.com
“Make sure it’s something that you want to do. I want to be a professional...”
– THIS IS WHAT IT LINKS LIKE: Eskay from Nah Right : VIBE.com
“It’s dope. It’s flattering, I guess, but what it ultimately does is reinforces...”
– Black Thought Interview
“And then you’ve got the Shazam book, which is called “Thunderworld.” And it’s...”
– Comic Book Resources > CBR News: Grant Morrison’s Multiversity