December 2009
26 posts
my (monkey) 'prospect of the year' outlook for...
…brought to you by the absolutely incredible complimentary calendar from happy fortune chinese restaurant in woodside, queens…
lucky stars are there to help solving your problems. never ballyhoo and keep vogue to nought can help lightening difficulties and of course, efforts and hardship are always needed to score your dreaming and fruitful goals. stay awake with clear mind when...
it's so cold in the D...*
*really, it is.
here for a week, never opened a computer, payed off the irs (fuckers), went to see the hapless pistons get destroyed by the hapless knicks (depressing), blazed through a ton of great fiction, kicked it a bunch with my lebanese-american princess of a detroit ex, decompressed from international relations, went to a crazy after hours blind pig in a sketchy unmarked building...
“the world spins. we stumble on. it is enough.”
– colum mccann
the end of an era...
attendingthechurchofscholes:
he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.
-colum mccann, let the great world spin
this writing project has suffered from neglect for the last few months as a result of the massive commitment required for my new...
rageh went on, “you don’t look back. in the countryside, there is a saying, ‘don’t follow the footsteps of the morning,’ meaning that if you do retrace your steps you will see only shit along the way. we all know what happened here, so we don’t need to revisit it.”
Top Baker's Dozen Albums Of 2009…
in 2009 music saved me from myself. in 2009 reggae, sadly, became rather uninteresting to me. in 2009 i only professionally wrote about music fleetingly (thanks economy + speechwriting). in 2009, i did not see that many shows on account of the 5 + months i rocked moonboots.
in 2009, i really enjoyed the following albums…
(in no particular order)
k’naan - troubadour
k’nann...
if you front for the worst of the worst, don't...
disclaimer: i hate golf.
if there is one thing you read about the tiger woods fiasco, let this be it.
dave zirin nails the big picture that is so lacking in the tabloid/floozie coverage that has been bombarding every medium.
So here is Tiger Woods in 2010: no tour, a busted marriage, and alone with nothing but his sweatshops to keep him warm.
This is what we call chickens roosting. The least...
lessons from the weekend
i am never, ever drinking that much scotch on an empty stomach with a motley crew of crazy diplomats and co-workers again.
colum mccann’s let the great world spin is an incredible book.
united squandered a massive opportunity.
cemitas in sunnyside, delicious.
i didn't even have to use my ak...
…today is a good day.
seemingly out of nowhere, music appeared today from my favorite current emcee and my favorite current band.
elzhi is insane, no one can touch him lyrically. production by black milk, jake one, and oh no. late contender for my best of 2009. the d is back.
cop or stream his new mixtape, the leftovers, for free or donation here.
and somehow the past few days have...
happy human rights day...
Human Rights Day 2009 on 10 December will focus on non-discrimination. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. These first few famous words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established 60 years ago the basic premise of international human rights law. Yet today, the fight against discrimination remains a daily struggle for millions around the globe.
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the geography of a recession
this is crazy.
michigan goes dark real quick.
via.
WatchDEA Recruits Lil Wayne To Use Up All Drugs In Mexico
2009...
a lebanese proverb…
إبعد عن الشرّ وغنّيله
move away from evil and sing to it.
24 more days…
oops...
Correction
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.
nice one washington post!
it's on!
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
we...
kuck findles...
let’s face it, kindles are for delusional techie retards, first adopters, and satanists who think it’s some sort of divine mashup of the second coming of christ, an ipod touch, and an ed hardy t-shirt— grotesque, overpriced, fadish— all wrapped in one. really, it’s not any of those things. it’s just a piece of shit for lazy douchebags who are actively...
Whatever numbers you hear about the cost of Obama’s escalation in Afghanistan are bound to be low. Once you add in veterans’ benefits, the long-term costs of medical treatment for wounded soldiers, replacement costs for the equipment they will use up and wear out, etc., you end up with a lot more than the extra $30 billion that Obama mentioned in his speech on Tuesday. If you want to...
escalate
so, johnson developed a deep respect for military men, who conned him into escalating the vietnam war. it was the perfect testing ground for their toys and theories, the perfect training ground for their generals.
-jack anderson
tonight’s escalation bonanza speech is already old news before delivery. i’m going to watch it anyway and see what kind of tone and solemn spin is lobbed...
heavy rotation...
clipse - til the casket drops
straight crack.
julian casablancas - phrazes for the young
never really liked the strokes, really dig this.
blakroc - blakroc
underwhelming verses from a-list rappers. the black keys kill it though.
yeasayer - all hour cymbals
two years later, i simply can not get enough of this album. classic.
andy palacio & the garfuna collective - wátina
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