Monthly Archives: March 2008

Eloquent Ether

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Barack Obama, A More Perfect Union:

I’ve said it many times throughout the current presidential race, but after hearing this speech its become 10 times clearer: Barack Obama is the one! If you aren’t moved by his words, and the way that he so honestly addresses the issue of race in America, then you’re seriously [...]

 

Sports Illustrated is Unlocking The Vault

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The magazine’s entire archives–complete with articles, covers, photos and video footage–will go live on the web later this week. And its all free!
On Thursday, the magazine will introduce the Vault, a free site within SI.com that contains all the words Sports Illustrated has ever published and many of the images, along with video and [...]

 

The Hunger Strike Hits Canadian Television

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We all knew the banned “Hunger Strike” episode of The Boondocks would see the light of day sooner of later, but who knew we’d have our neighbors to the north to thank for it?!
The Canadian cartoon network, Teletoon, aired the episode in its entirety last weekend, and also plans to air “The Ruckus [...]

 

Don’t Let This Fly Over Your Head

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No pun intended. However, to be sure that fans don’t misinterpret the artwork from their upcoming album Rising Down, ?uestlove of The Roots delivers a bit of background info to put things into perspective:
This drawing is entitled NEGRO RULE. and it pretty much sums up the feeling of the Confederate Union towards the newly [...]

 

Hip-Hop Meets Fine Art

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Portraits of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Russell Simmons, and other heavyweights of hip-hop are featured in painter Alexander Melamid’s Holy Hip Hop! exhibition, currently on display at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among [...]

 

No Bang No More

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Welcome to the Blog House

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There’s communal blogging, and then there’s communal blogging.
The NY Times chops it up with a group of young bloggers that live and blog from their D.C. crib known as “The Flophouse”.
Peep: Washington Doesn’t Sleep Here

 

My iPhone Prayers Have Been Answered…Sort Of

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The Good News:
• Push Email, Instant Messaging, and a host of other 3rd Party Apps are finally headed to the iPhone. The announcement came yesterday during a special press conference in which Steve Jobs and company (i.e. Sega, Electronic Arts, AOL, etc) previewed the capabilities of the new 2.0 Software Beta Update. It’s [...]

 

Newton Virus Infects Macs With Gravity

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Normally I wouldn’t use words like cool and clever to describe a computer virus (a few *expletives* here and there would be more like it), but The Newton Virus definitely manages to pull these two words out of me. Instead of booting your precious files into oblivion, or sending your machine into a [...]

 

Pharrell Talks Gadgets

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The other day it was hip hop producer Just Blaze, running down some of his most anticipated gadget releases during a recent interview with HipHopGame.com. Today’s hip hop producer engaging in gadget talk is none other than Pharrell Williams–1/2 of The Neptunes/N.E.R.D. frontman/’Hypester’ Icon. Recently he sat down with The Boy Genius [...]