Morning Dump: Mr. Romance, Balanced book reading, Welcome to Lagos,
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 28. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Are New York Times book reviewers biased towards white dudes from Brooklyn? When was the last time you read a book by a female author? Do you get the hype around Jonathan Franzen? I’m crazy tired so sorry about the lazy rhetoricals. But yeah, Chris Jackson wrote something about some such and I dug it [...]
Show and tell: Kanye West, “Power”
Posted by jessekg in Music, Uncategorized on 06. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
First off, sorry for two Kanye posts. We sort of have an unwritten rule about that, but have you seen Kanye’s video for Power yet? With the amount of hype it was getting, it being a “painting” and all, not a video, according to Ye’s twitter account, I have to admit I was definitely curious. [...]
Being almost famous apparently nothing like that movie, Almost Famous
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture on 04. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
On top of starting social meme’s and, occasionally, being a musician, Kanye West has become Twitter’s newest most hilarious celebrity to follow. I mean, where else but @kanyewest can you view pictures of goblets, and crowns, and victorian dressers, and Persian rugs, and Chanel jackets, and read informative stream of consciousness including gem’s like: “Fur [...]
Pacquiao vs. Cotto: The fight in songs
Posted by Jef in Music, Pop Culture, Sports on 17. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
Over the weekend Manny Pacuiao defeated Miguel Cotto to capture his seventh world championship in as many weight divisions (which is almost as impressive as the simply AMAZING trailer for his new movie). After a gruelling bout that was just a few minutes shy of going the distance, what did Pacquiao do next? Why he donned a sexy [...]
The eternal question: Is Kanye West actually a jerk?
Posted by Anupa in Film, Rappers on 19. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
A screenshot from West’s new short film, directed by Spike Jonze Even though I kind of promised Simon that I’d stop posting about Kanye West because his tag in our tag cloud was getting too big (and this isn’t a blog about West), the above question continues to pop up. Plus, he’s the second rapper [...]
