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I AM SO SICK OF TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTIONS, but after watching Democracy Now today, I need to vent before I kill myself.
Barack Obama had to distance himself further from Rev. Jeremiah Wright again the other day…
On Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama said he was “outraged” and “saddened” by “divisive and destructive” comments by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Since the weekend, Reverend Wright has publicly defended himself after weeks of being lambasted by politicians and pundits for his sermons.
[A clip of Rev. Wright's C-SPAN talk]
Top 10 list of why I feel naseous and just threw up in my mouth a little:
1. Wright (in my own opinion) is hitting the nail right on the head in almost everything he is saying, and is having his words miscontrued (over and over again) by the scrurry-ass/white/mainstream/Amerikan media. “You reap what you sew,” (taken from the BIBLE) is turned into: “I hate white people/I want them to die/I am Barack Obama’s closest advisor.” WTF is that sh*t?!?
2. If he wants ANY shot at all at the Whitehouse, Obama has NO choice but to cater to the media & white voters, and distance himself from a spiritual leader he once called “family.”
3. The closer we get to election day, the more Amerikans seem to be desperately looking for reasons unrelated to race, to NOT vote for a Black candidate.
4. Hillary & McCain are a multimillionaire tag-teaming duo, ganging up on a man who has spent the majority of his political life organizing in the working-class streets of Chicago.
5. Everytime a Black person is given a platform to speak and tells the truth, they are labeled “anti-American.” Mahf*cka, THE TRUTH IS ANTI-AMERIKAN!
6. I have never in my got-dam life, heard of a f*cking “super-delegate,” until a Black man actually had a chance at winning the Presidency. “I just recently discovered that some white people count as 9 votes!!!” (Chris Rock)
7. White Amerika has been given the chance (on a silver f*cking platter) to work towards (touching the surface of) healing racial divides for the first time since the 1960’s, and seem to be so scared, they’re pissing it away.
8. Gun ownership rights, wearing an Amerikan flag lapel pin, Gay marriage, Islamophobia, and Obama’s pastor are at the forefront of these elections.
9. The “War” in Iraq, healthcare, the economic recession and what Bush is doing right now, this very second is “lost in the sauce.”
10. I was actually hopeful enough to believe the Amerikan public was ready for HOPE.
I usually try to end on a positive note, but not today. Sorry y’all. This is some utter bullsh*t and I’m so f*cking sick, tired and done with the hypocrisy of our “democracy.”
C
I watched “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay,” last night and it left me with a huge f*ckin’ grin on my face.
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay marks the triumphant return of the two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. Starring John Cho and Kal Penn as two stoners who can’t get a break, the sequel to “Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle,” finds the boys getting themselves in trouble when they try to sneak a bong onboard a flight to Amsterdam. Now suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence in an epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling, and a wild trip around the world.
Rife with fart jokes, boobs ‘n butts, copious amounts of Marijuana smoke and Neil Patrick Harris(!), this movie smartly tackles/brings to light, issues of racism received by Amerikans of Asian ancestry (particularly in the wake of 9-11 and the “War on Terror”). I LOVED this movie because I feel like John Cho’s Korean-Amerikan character “Harold,” and Kal Penn’s Indian-Amerikan character “Kumar,” represent the two sides of my psyche. Both are best friends, vastly intelligent/ignorant/educated/cheeba smokers, who also differ in a plethora of ways:
Harold is a hopeless romantic, hard-working, over-achiever, constantly working to better himself, is many times very insecure and is always trying to think logically. He thinks about the future, puts others before himself and is extremely cautious.
Kumar throws caution to the wind. He is a lazy, under-achieving stoner who is always looking for a way to escape responsibility, have fun, enjoy life and is never dwelling on any one thing for too long. He primarily puts his own happiness before others but almost always learns from his (many) mistakes.
I heart Rob Cordy (of the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart). His character “Special Agent Fox,” is SO out-of-pocket, it’s incredible. From pouring a can of grape soda onto the ground in front of a large Black man, to pouring a bag of pennies on the table in front of two Jewish kids to ilicit information as to the whereabouts of Harold & Kumar, Cordry went “balls-out,” as a racist, frightened agent of oppression in the “war against terror.” My wifey thought he “overdid it,” but I thought this cat hit the nail straight on the head (over and over again!).
While I don’t want to hype this moive up too much and leave you disappointed, I recommend it in the highest regard. If you love comedies that are so stupid they’re smart (ie: Dumb ‘n Dumber, Zoolander), H&K pt.2 is right up your alley. Look for a special cameo appearance from our very own “Thief in Chief,” George Walker Bush. *ZING!*
["Oh SNAP! Harold & Kumar are some funnyass Comeditizers!"]
Asian Amerikan men (who aren’t martial artists) in the spotlight like yee.
Senbei
Japan/Asia is seeing more and more of its best Baseball players come to Amerika and rep in the best professional Baseball league in the world – the MLB. This post is dedicated to Baseball players of Asian Pacific Islander heritage who reppin’ way too hard in our country’s “favorite pastime” (besides killing poor, brown people that is) *wah-waaaah*. =T *Ahem* Back to Baseball…
For a LONG(ass) time, most of Major League Baseball thought Japanese/Asian ball players could only be effective as pitchers. With NO disrespect to Daisuke Matsuzaka or Hideo Nomo (Where They Be At?), this post is for the “position players,” of Asian ancestry doing it big in “the Bigs.”
Kosuke Fukudome (“Koh-skay Foo-koo-doh-meh”) is goin 18-Dumbo right now for the Chicago Cubs.
Fukudome reached base five times Tuesday, going 3-for-3 with two walks. He has reached base in his last seven plate appearances to boost his on-base percentage to .477. The Cubs improved their league-leading OBP to .371, thanks in no small part to the ‘Fukudome effect’ on the rest of the lineup.
.477 on-base-percentage? God(zilla) that is f*ckin’ incredible! “Fukudome Effect,” indeed.
Kurt Suzuki of the Oakland (soon to be the weakass Fremont) A’s and Shane Komine are my mahf*ckin’ boys because as far as I know, they are the only Asian-Amerikans in the major leagues right now (no disrespect to Fremont, y’all just aint Oakland…thass all that is). Leave it to the Bay to host the Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella of Asian Amerikan baseball. Aye!
[Kurt Suzuki: Catcher(!)]
On July 17, 2007, pitcher Shane Komine got into a game in the 8th inning against the Texas Rangers with Suzuki doing the catching. This marked the first time in major league baseball history that there was a battery where both the players were from Hawaii (and of Japanese ancestry!).
Hideki Matsui is always pissing me off because I hate the richass-steal-all-the-good-players-from-other-teams mentality of NY Yankees’ owner, George Stienbrenner. However, the man nicknamed “Godzilla” (is it just me, or that sh*t ridiculously racist?) has been smashing the sh*t outta the ball for some time now.
[The only thing "Godzilla," about this ninja is his salary. AYE!]‘
In his second season, Matsui finished 2004 with a .298 average with 31 home runs and 108 RBIs. In 2005, Matsui hit a career high .305 and 116 RBIs. In 2006, Matsui finished his fourth season with a .302 average with 8 home runs and 29 RBIs after missing most of the season due to a wrist injury. He was the American League All-Star Final Vote winner.
Matsui signed a four-year deal for $52,000,000, surpassing Ichiro Suzuki as the highest paid Japanese player in baseball, and securing his place with the Yankees through 2009.
This brings us to my favorite baseball player of Asian ancestry in the Big Leagues today.
Ichiro Suzuki is a got-damn boss. Known simply as “Ichiro,” Suzuki was the MVP AND Rookie of the Year in 2000, last seasons’ All-Star Game MVP, has won a golden glove in ALL his 7 years in the Major Leagues, holds the ALL-TIME MLB RECORD for hits in a season, and is the first Japanese-born ‘position player’ to play Major League baseball. He is considered by most to be the best hitter for average, in the game today.
I grew up playing baseball and while my interest in the game faded as my love for basketball grew, I will never forget my first (athletic) love. Baseball in Japan is as big, if not bigger than in Amerika and with Japan winning the first ever BASEBALL WORLD CLASSIC in’06, the MLB seems to be taking notice.
In the words of DJ Khaled feat. Akon, everyone, and they mama:
“We takin’ ovaaa!!!”
Big LOVE to the Nihon no hito tachi and all our relatives,
Senbei
p.s.
[If you don't know about Usagi, u besta ask somebody.]
*Disclaimer: I am a nerd and I read comic books/graphic novels; however, my ability to admit this fact makes me not as much of a nerd as I would be if I was unable to do so. Funny how I always feel the need to do “nerd(y) disclaimers.” It prolly has a lot to do with the fact that at the schools I grew up in, kids who read comics got their asses whipped and were demoralized physically and mentally by other young men who had “unpleasant” (to put it lightly) childhoods. =T I was neither an agressor or a victim in these situations but understand both why someone would WANT to read comic books, AND why someone who didn’t have electricty in their house/food on the table would wanna whip someone’s ass for having a $1,000 comic book collection at the age of 15. =P
ANYHOO…
“INCOGNEGRO,” by Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece, is a graphic novel and is absolutely f*ckin’ crazy.
Zane Pinchback, a reporter for The New Holland Herald of New York, is a black man who can pass for white. Zane uses this ability to go undercover to investigate lynchings in the 1930s South. “Identity is open-ended,” he proclaims. “Why have just one?” That belief is a theme that comes up in unexpected ways in this engrossing graphic novel, with its smart dialogue and sharp images.
The inspiration for “Incognegro” comes from the personal and professional experience of its writer, Mat Johnson. The author’s note reveals that Mr. Johnson, as a young boy, could pass for white and would act out missions as a race spy in the war against white supremacy. As an adult he learned of Walter White, the former chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who passed for white to investigate lynchings. The 2005 birth of Mr. Johnson’s twins — one “brown-skinned” with “Afro hair” and the other with “the palest of pink skins” and “European curly hair” — also inspires part of the tightly plotted tale.
This graphic novel speaks volumes to the mixed race experience of African-Amerikans during “Jim-Crow Amerika.” The idea of a mixed race person of color infiltrating the oppressor group as a “race-spy,” is absolutely bananas and has conjured up in my brain, ideas of social experiments I might someday take part in. If I were to shave off my facial hair, dye my hair blonde, throw on a vintage-T/birkenstocks/khakis and go to a bar in Marin, I would ask the local alcoholics what they thought about the Vietnamese/Asian population in the county. The only challenge from there would be not choking a mahf*cka out if he said something “outta-pocket.” Hmmmm….
Brilliant story/artwork. A suspense/thriller about an “undercover brotha,” saving his biological brother (who looks just like him but has dark skin) from a lynching in the deep south during the 30’s/Harlem Renaissance. Simply amazing. You need to buy this one yesterday.
Y: The Last Man is written by Brian K. Vaughn and illustrated by Pia Guevarra. It is the story of Yorick Brown, an escape artist who is the lone human male survivor when a plague simultaneously kills every single mammal with a Y chromosome on the face of the earth (everything w/ a penis = dead.)
In the series, on July 17, 2002, something (speculated to be a plague) simultaneously kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome – including embryos, fertilized eggs, and even sperm. The only exceptions are Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist, and his Capuchin monkey Ampersand.
Society is plunged into chaos as infrastructures collapse and the surviving women everywhere try to cope with the loss of the men, their survivors’ guilt, and the knowledge that humanity is doomed to extinction. Vaughan meticulously crafts the new society that emerges out of this chaos, from the conversion of the phallic Washington Monument into a monument to the dead men, to the genesis of the fanatical ultra-feminist Daughters of the Amazon, who believe that Mother Earth cleansed itself of the “aberration” of the Y chromosome, to male impersonators becoming valued romantically and professionally.
Over the course of their journey, Yorick and his friends discover how society has coped in the aftermath of the plague. However, many of the women they encounter have ulterior motives in regard to Yorick. Though the subject matter of the series is entirely serious, Y: The Last Man is also noted for its humor. Yorick in particular is a source of one-liners, although the other characters have their moments as well.
A world with NO men. I personally know a few (understatement) women who wouldn’t mind living in that world. This series is an in-depth look as to what that would truly look like. This sh*t is ridiculously fresh ta death and I recommend it in the highest regard. Some aspects of life would be much better without men, others…not so much (read and you’ll see). Rife with tongue-in-cheek gender critique/dialogue, this series is nothing short of fantabulous and is an eye-opening look at the life of “the last man” on earth. MUY STUEY.
Keiji Nakazawa’s “Barefoot Gen,” may be the most profoundly moving comic/manga I have ever read. It tells the (autobiographical) story of Gen Nakaoka: a young boy living in Hiroshima, Japan, whose family is destroyed and/or deeply affected by the Atomic Bomb in 1945.
Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン Hadashi no Gen) is a Japanese manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, which was published by Chuokoron-Shinsha between 1973 and 1974. It was subsequently adapted into three live action film adaptations directed by Tengo Yamada, which were released between 1976 and 1980, two anime films by Madhouse, which were released on 1983 and 1986 respectively. In 2007, a live action television drama series adaptation aired in Japan on Fuji TV over two nights, August 10 and 11.
The series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen lives with his family. After Hiroshima is destroyed by atomic bombing, Gen and other survivors are left to deal with the aftermath. The story is loosely based on Nakazawa’s own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor.
In the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb, Gen has to face a plethora of disastorous ordeals that seem to test the limits of the human soul. This series is a testament to the anguish and suffering that poor/working-class people of Japan faced in post-war times. Disturbing at times, but always remarkably moving and brilliant, Keiji Nakazawa’s “Barefoot Gen,” makes me proud to be a son of Japan. Nakazawa’s imagery is as beautiful as it is haunting and if you are of Nikkei ancestry and haven’t read this, “get on the good (bare)foot,” and cop it immediately. All people of Japanese ancestry must never forget that we are the only people who have ever had nuclear weapons used on us.
[Atomic Bomb scene from the "Barefoot Gen" movie: (viewer discretion is advised)]
*I HATE to be a vehicle for advertisement, but AMAZON got dummy (“a multitude of”) deals. I saved a TON of loot ordering books/comics through them.
Have a beautiful day my folkers in the traffic. Remember to support good art, no matter what medium it comes in.
Highly Animated,
Senbei
Peace Party Peoples,
I am using this post to THANK sincerely, the good friends/allies/familia who have shown incredible support for the ‘Senbei & Dynamic Souls present…The Literary Ca(n)non‘ album.
From being recommended as an “iLL Homie,” on (amazingly talented spoken-word cru) iLL-Literacy’s website, spoken of in the same sentence as (HEROS) Native Guns & BlueScholars on TheCheddarbox, to being interviewed by Nichibei Times columnist Alec Yoshio MacDonald, I am extremely taken aback at the love and support folks have shown for our art. I have to give credit and pay ridiculous homage to my brothers Akiyoshi (who recorded and mastered the entire cd) and Kumar, who laid the foundation for this project. Their “canvases” were the perfect platform for me to lay down my poetry and prose. I dedicate this post to them moreso than anyone for making “The Literary Ca(n)non,” possible at all.
Give me a second of your time, to kick a lesson through my rhymes and end the stress that’s on ya mind ’cause I’m a blessing in disguise: / a pale, male, hetero Amerikan, who shares his tales, tested through his heritage / Mindless drones and priviliged folk diminish hope for freedom, but the lines I wrote will tie the ropes we climb to reach the beacon: / Light up at the end of the tunnel, I funnel my humble beginnings into sentences to teach the world what ‘friendship,’ is / The home-stretch: aint home yet. Never seen Japan, the ‘Son of Man’ or got to write the perfect poem yet / but I stay working like my Bachan and Jichan; for all the ones I love telling me: “Hapa-man, preach on!” / Can’t stop, I won’t stop; I’m rockin’ it too hard / Jams knock, I blow spots with Aki & Kumar / Rippin’ a verse; we hit the spliff ’til it hurts, ’cause growing up Biracial is a gift and a curse…it’s hard work. (Senbei – “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”)
Song of the Day:
Yahadanai – “Gratitude”
SO, SO BLESSED,
Colin Masashi Ehara
p.s. DYNAMIC SOULS LIKE YEETADEETADEEDEEE.
THIS IS SOME BULLSH*T.
A colleague of mine emailed me some incredibly disturbing news this morning. Apparently, a Republican Rep. from Tuscon, AZ named Russell Pearce is working on a measure to have all Ethnic Studies classes and ethnic based student groups banned from the public schools out there(!).
Arizona schools whose courses “denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization” could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel.
SB1108 also would bar teaching practices that “overtly encourage dissent” from those values, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism and religious tolerance. Schools would have to surrender teaching materials to the state superintendent of public instruction, who could withhold state aid from districts that broke the law.
Another section of the bill would bar public schools, community colleges and universities from allowing organizations to operate on campus if it is “based in whole or in part on race-based criteria,” a provision Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said is aimed at MEChA, the Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, a student group.
Pearce said nothing in the Legislature precludes teaching about various cultures. What he opposes, he said, are the “hateful, despicable comments” becoming part of public education. What would be illegal, Pearce said, are “race-based” classes.
“Nobody would stand here, I suspect, and try to defend the KKK teachings at a Tucson school or anywhere else,” he said.
[Russell Pearce (is pinker than an Indian River Grapefruit): JERKFACE]
Russell Pearce: Welcome to the Jerkface Awards. If conservative politicians (aka “Crackers”) spent more time conserving and less time attacking Spongebob Squarepants for “being Pro-Gay,” and keeping children of color from learning about their peoples’ her/histories, we would ALL be happier (even you, Jerkface!). Comparing the KKK to a Raza Studies Course is like comparing Adolf Hitler to Malcolm X. While Hitler preached White, Christian supremacy (an idea that has been “mainstream” since the dawn of civilization), X contradicted oppressive forces that railroad people whose ancestors were illegally kidnapped, enslaved, raped and murdered, into prison, poverty, death and dispair. “American values and the teachings of Western civilization,” indeed.
I believe personally that a plethora of white Amerikans are filled with guilt due to the privilege that comes with being of European ancestry (and understandably so). I also firmly believe that some white folks are so overwhelemed by this guilt, that the guilt turns into fear that some kind of retribution is on the way for them. This fear makes them very stupid and creates an inability to make decisions that fall in line with DEMOCRACY, justice, equity and equality. This stupidity would matter not, if it wasn’t for the fact that the majority of people who get to make decisions that affect people of color in Amerika are old, white, wealthy men who fear change like the “black” plague =T. Unfortunately for all those frightened old, rich, W.A.S.P. men, only 2 things are constant in this world/life: Change & CHANGE (sorry blud!).
Being of mixed race is a gift and a curse in Amerika, but something I vastly appreciate about my ethnic background is my abiltity to call out white folks when they are being mentally retarded (and I mean that in the literal sense, not in a way that is oppressive to the handicapped), without being seen as a complete and total “reactionary.” I benefit greatly from my fair skin and was able to dodge certain parts of racism toward Asian Pacific Amerikans because of my European heritage (people thinking I can’t speak English, etc.). At the same time, my male role model growing up was a Japanese-Amerikan man who felt the sting of Asian racism and the shame inflicted by internment, passed on (unknowingly/willingly) from his parents. I have internalized (and am working hard on correcting) Asian-Amerikan feelings that I am not worth sh*t if I am not ALWAYS working hard, that I should not take up much space (be heard), and that I need to prove to people, how “masculine” I am (amongst other things).
I also am incredibly greatful for my ethnic background because white folks are not “mysterious,” to me. This makes me their ally, but far more importantly: their harshest critic. While I am of European/Scottish ancestry, I am not “white.” “White,” is not a people/culture/heritage. It is a made-up/pretend, social status symbol, used by Amerika to uphold capitalism, keep poor people poor and rich people rich. “White Privilege,” means NOT having to think about race and ethnicity ona daily basis. I have NEVER known that world/life. I do however, know white people “inside and out” through family, friends, work, school, etc. and understand that like me, many of them were set-up by Amerika to be the way they are today. “Problems,” (to put it lightly) arise when they are ignorant, and instead of having this ignorance addressed and/or receiving consequences for it, they’re rewarded for sitting by passively while others suffer and/or are destroyed. *Sadness to the power of 1,000,000,000,000,000.*
I could go on for 12 more mahf*ckin’ hours, but I really need to get some work done. To summarize it all:
-F*ck Russell Pearce wit’ a foot in his arse.
-People of Color and poor whites will need each other if anything is ever going to change in Amerika.
-”White” people need to learn about their own cultures and take pride in their own people/histories instead of appropriating other peoples’ cultures (I see y’all looking for Asian girls in my Asian Amerikan Studies classes you mahf*ckin’ rice-kings!).
-THOUGHTFUL white folks need to turn their guilt into anger at our “leaders,” who use the politics of fear to divide Amerika, acknowledge their privilege and work to be allies to people of color.
-Everyone needs to READ MORE and WATCH LESS TV (poison).
-If we don’t blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons before-hand, we’ll ALL be (mixed) people of color someday!
-”People of color, man were f*ckin’ amazing ’cause the sh*t that we put up with is truly f*cked and degrading.” (Senbei)
Thank God/Allah/Jah, it’s Friday.
C+
p.s. READ MAHF*CKA, READ!!!
p.p.s. I just found out that Russel Pearce’s son was shot by an illegal immigrant back in ‘94. This MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARD THOSE W/ MELANIN.
p.p.p.s.
It must be remembered that the white group of laborers, while they received a low wage, were compensated in part by a sort of public and psychological wage. They were given public deference and titles of courtesy because they were white. They were admitted freely with all classes of white people to public functions, public parks, and the best schools. The police were drawn from their ranks, and the courts, dependent on their votes, treated them with such leniency as to encourage lawlessness. Their vote selected public officials, and while this had small effect upon the economic situation, it had great effect upon their personal treatment and the deference shown them. White schoolhouses were the best in the community, and conspicuously placed, and they cost anywhere from twice to ten times as much per capita as the colored schools. The newspapers specialized on news that flattered the poor whites and almost utterly ignored the Negro except in crime and ridicule.
-W.E.B. Dubois
After their best season in 14 years, the Golden State (Oakland) Warriors will NOT be going to the Playoffs. Last night’s loss to the Phoenix Suns allowed for the Denver Nuggets to clinch the 8th and final seed in the (ludicrously amazing) BESTern Conference.
I’d usually go on a rant about how typical this is of Bay Area culture and how unfair it all is, but this time I’ma just sit with it. With all our spectacular play this season, we really didn’t deserve it as much as the Nuggets. We got ‘mollywhopped’ on our home court in what proved to be the most important game of the season when we lost to Denver last Thursday on TNT. A.I. made Monta look slow and Carmello Anthony made Beidrins and Azubuike look short and weak.
Sadly, our Captains Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis played pretty terribly during the last stretch of the season. With Matt Barnes playing like a shadow of his former self this year and Mikael Pietrus sitting out with a sore groin for 5 games(!) during a critical stretch, our lack of depth seemed to hinder everybody except Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins (if we don’t sign those kids in the off-season, look to us to regress to the Mike Dunleavy days). It seems critically important that we make some type of big move for a BIG man in the off-season. Word to Amare Stoudamire, Carlos Boozer, Dwight Howard, Elton Brand, Shaq, KG and every other talented PF/C in the league dunking on Austin Crosher’s face (I don’t hate him, I’m just being realistic).
I’m am bored of being the “underdog,” and would appreciate it if sometime in my life, I could watch a Dubs’ game and expect to win it instead of hoping for the best and being ecstatic when we win and heartbroken when we lose. Wins against the Lakers, Celtics, Denver, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and New Orleans, coupled with Losses to Memphis, Minnesota, and Atlanta (at home), as well as New Jersey, the Clippers, Sacramento, etc. prove we’ve got some work to do in the “consistency” department. We’re like Al Harrington: You don’t know if you’re gonna get 3 or 30 points from him.
[Prolly won't be seeing this kid around next year. Ya never know though...]
I really don’t know what to do with myself for these final months of the school year. The Dubs have gotten me through some rough times this year and with Bay Area Baseball looking like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest, it’s going to be a LONG off-season. I will end this post by saying that the Warriors need to play their arses off on Wednesday vs. the Sonics at home on ESPN, to reward their loyal fans (best in the league: hands down). They need to then follow that win with some off-season acquisitions that truly help step-up our interior defense. No Chris Webber-like tomfoolery or thinking that Brandon Wright can guard Paul Milsap.
In any case, I wish to thank Nellie, Baron, Stephen, Monta, Andris, Al, Matt, Kelenna, Mikael, Marco, Austin, Kosta, Patrick, Brandon and the Coaching Staff sincerely, for a fun-filled season. I will always continue to “BELIEVE,” regardless of whether I should or not. Maybe now some of these weak-arse bandwagon fans will jump back onto the Lakers genital region. For some who joined us last season, this is their first taste of true/classic Warrior dissapointment.
“It tastes like burning…” (Ralph Wiggum)
See y’all next season. No love lost you sweetass overachieving underachievers!
[The Future Looks Bright]
[Fear the Beard (again) in '08-'09...]
[I'm not as think as you drunk I am]
Baron & Nellie Show like yee.
C
p.s. Go Hornets. CP3 = MVP.
p.p.s. Here’s one for the road (apologies for the cornyass soundtrack)
2 new vids from Hip-Hop “Superstar,” Lupe (the) Fiasco. He’s almost TOO good. Prolly the best thing to happen to Hip-Hop since Afeni Shakur went into labor. If you aint picked up “The Cool,” yet, you besta get on ya damn job. If you don’t have “Food & Liquor,” well… I just feel sorry for you.
["Paris, Tokyo"]
["Hip-Hop Saved My Life"]
“STACK THAT CHEESE…”
Senbei
The brothers over at thecheddarbox and slavename already did posts about it, but I love this sh*t so much, I couldn’t not do this post.
Gnarls Barkley consists of singer/emcee/songwriter extraordinaire, Cee-Lo Green, and SUPER Producer, Danger Mouse. Cee-Lo’s raspy, soulFULL voice, intricate, introspective and thought-provoking lyrics, combined with the sonic-flamboyant-audio-jiu-jitsu that is Danger Mouse’s production is nothing short of perfection to me.
["Smiley Faces"]
["Who Cares?"]
“The Odd Couple,” is Gnarls Barkley’s sophomore album and was released last month. I have been listening to it, pretty much non-stop since I picked it up. Their sound is incredibly brave to me. In a music industry that rewards musicians of African heritage who degrade themselves and celebrate with self-hate, Gnarls Barkley has managed to become internationally recognized as one of the most creative, genre-smashing, pop music acts of our time. In the U.K. alone, they are rumored to have made 10,000,000 pounds (1 pound is like $2.25!) just from the sales of the ringtone for “Crazy” (and that sh*t is CRAZY!).
I hope and pray that these two never stop making music together. When it comes to “thinking outside the box,” these cats don’t even know what a mahf*ckin’ box is. The success of this group is “proof in the pudding,” that people all over the world still appreciate innovative artists who are not afraid to try new things. rock/rap/techno/funk/soul/r&b/house-on Gnarls Barkley.
“Anyone who needs what they want, and doesn’t want what they need, I want nothing to do with…” (Gnarls Barkley)
C+
Boyz II Men’s music (used to be something I would say) GOES.
This is my first post in a new category entitled: “Where They Be At?” With these entries I will bring back to life, those who once had the spotlight, but have long since been forgotten (whether they deserved it or not).
Nate, Michael, Shawn and Wanya could SING THEIR ASS OFF. The only problem (as you can see from the classic, “Motownphilly”) is that they were not all particularly attractive and couldn’t dance anything close to Justin Timberlake. “VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR…”
(Aint that just the sweetest sh*t u ever heard? =P “Sympin’ aint easy, sun!”)
So this one’s for you Boyz II Men. Where They Be At? Wherever yall are, thanks for helping me reach first base when I was 12 years old. =P Wanya could always kill dem high notes.
[And here's one yall NEVER heard of, but it (the song, video...not so much) GOES.]
End of the road like Yee.
Senbei
