The upper-right “Archives” link now works, though it doesn’t look pretty yet.
A minor detail.
Mini mixtape grab bag.
- “The Mixtape About Nothing,” by DC rapper Wale, is outstanding, one of the year’s better releases. Seinfeld-themed, intelligent rap with a drop by Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (Elaine).
- “Top Ranking,” by Santogold and Diplo, is not at all the “Piracy Funds Terrorism” ripoff a lot of cynics expected–it’s legitimately good, and Diplo’s production rescues some the miscues Santogold made on her full-length.
- “We Make it Good, Vol. 4,” by XXXChange (of Spank Rock sorta-fame). Isaac Hayes, the Stones, Curtis Mayfield, Peter Gabriel and a lot more make this more than just a summer throwaway, though it is a lot of fun. You can almost hear the beers cracking open.
There are a lot more I haven’t gotten around to listening to yet, but let me know if you have any favorites I missed.
Worth a couple thousand epithets.
Mr. Mission Accomplished as the Joker, illustrated by Drew Friedman. Titled “No Joke.”
HT: Vanity Fair.
“Bicycle? What is that, some kind of hippie truck?”
New York’s thin blue line snapped during a Critical Mass bicycle ride, as 22-year-old officer Patrick Pogan assaulted rider (and Army veteran) Christopher Long, knocking him through the air onto the curb. Pogan then arrested Long on charges of attempted assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Gothamist reports that another cyclist was ticketed for “riding outside the bike lane,” which is actually legal.
This isn’t the first time NYC’s been hostile to the Critical Mass rides; the Times reports that in 2004, over 250 riders were arrested during the Republican National Convention on charges that included “parading without a permit.”
Pogan has been stripped of his badge and gun, and is on desk duty pending a police investigation. Here’s hoping that this fine officer can work his way back up to, say, bicycle cop.
You’re as cold as ice.
I’ve heard Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice” in at least three unrelated DJ mixes lately. Is that a new thing? Did they all watch that Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode?
Tangent: The song’s YouTubed music video “brings back tons of memories when misic [sic] had a meaning.. [sic]” Every balding generation has reminisced this way, and they are all wrong. I’m sure I’ll say it when I’m fat and 48, and my kids will roll their eyes and cue up holograms of Fuck Buttons shows from their wireless skull implants.