John Lennon
"I’m an artist. You give me a fucking tuba, I’ll get you something out of it."
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Game Brought the West Back, What the F Did You Do?
The Game(rapper), "Olde English" Doctor's Advocate (2006)
"I was a menace to society, but I never left fingerprints on my Olde English."
The Game is from Compton CA, and one of the few prominent MC's to rise out of the West Coast since 2pac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Co. were rolling deep in the mid 90's. The malt beverage Olde English is a staple in hip-hop communities everywhere.
"I was a menace to society, but I never left fingerprints on my Olde English."
The Game is from Compton CA, and one of the few prominent MC's to rise out of the West Coast since 2pac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Co. were rolling deep in the mid 90's. The malt beverage Olde English is a staple in hip-hop communities everywhere.
Addicted to News of Becks, Favre, Ugh
Random person on ESPN message board
"Who cares what becks does now; he is just another washed up athlete the corporations use to sale their garbage to the people, and the media feeds it to us. Every sport has these types of players, it makes me sick to care."
In response to the potential loaning of 34 year old soccer icon David Beckham from LA Galaxy to AC Milan.
"Who cares what becks does now; he is just another washed up athlete the corporations use to sale their garbage to the people, and the media feeds it to us. Every sport has these types of players, it makes me sick to care."
In response to the potential loaning of 34 year old soccer icon David Beckham from LA Galaxy to AC Milan.
Hard For Life To Live Up To The Dream
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1928)
"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."
"There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."
Monday, October 5, 2009
For An Ape, Born Twice is Redundant
Tom Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
"Animals – perhaps most especially intelligent animals – do not share man’s pathetic need to socialize bliss, codify awe, pigeonhole the Mystery, and tame the Divine. For an ape, born twice is completely redundant, since an ape gets it right the first time."
"Animals – perhaps most especially intelligent animals – do not share man’s pathetic need to socialize bliss, codify awe, pigeonhole the Mystery, and tame the Divine. For an ape, born twice is completely redundant, since an ape gets it right the first time."
Am I Am Who I Say I Am, Or Who I Am?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."
Jacking Up Your Appetite
"Say what you like about the misery of hard labor – but it can jack up your appetite to the point where eating takes on a kind of holiness."
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Serious Is Just Another Word For Miserable
Toni Morrison "Song of Solomon"
"Serious is just another word for miserable."
"Serious is just another word for miserable."
Advice From A Friend:
This advice was given to me one day a couple years ago.. I had told him I wanted to go for it with "this girl," but when he told me to go ahead and GO I told them that I was too busy reading to do it. Needless to ol boy saw through me and put it down.
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: nietzche says that understanding adventure and experiencing it are practically opposites
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: don't read the exciting book
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: have an exciting night
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: if you fuck up real bad at least it'll mean an end to all this misery
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: then you'll need the book as distraction
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: but not yet
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: throw logic out
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: what you think about the most, you should do
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: whom you think about the most, you should pursue
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: to do otherwise is a defense mechanism
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: nietzche says that understanding adventure and experiencing it are practically opposites
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: don't read the exciting book
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: have an exciting night
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: if you fuck up real bad at least it'll mean an end to all this misery
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: then you'll need the book as distraction
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: but not yet
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: throw logic out
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: what you think about the most, you should do
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: whom you think about the most, you should pursue
wsnvrdpnnytgbtwn: to do otherwise is a defense mechanism
What State Are You From? Learn Your Name...
Hugh Jones, 1724
"If New England be called the Receptacle of Dissenters… Pennsylvania the Nursery of Quakers, Maryland the Retirement of Roman Catholics, North Carolina the Refuge of Run-aways, and South Carolina the Delight of Buccaneers and Pirates, Virginia may be justly esteemed the happy Retreat of true Britons."
"If New England be called the Receptacle of Dissenters… Pennsylvania the Nursery of Quakers, Maryland the Retirement of Roman Catholics, North Carolina the Refuge of Run-aways, and South Carolina the Delight of Buccaneers and Pirates, Virginia may be justly esteemed the happy Retreat of true Britons."
My Rhymes Are As Good As.....
Andre 3000 of Outkast, "Atliens"
"My oral demonstration be like clitoral stimulation to the female gender, ain't nothin better!"
"My oral demonstration be like clitoral stimulation to the female gender, ain't nothin better!"
What's the Difference Between an Elk & Me?
"When an elk gets hit with an antler, it doesn’t get to do to the ER, it goes back in the food chain. It dies."
Champagne or whatever
Graham Greene the novelist
"Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully."
"Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully."
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Slug of Atmosphere
Slug of Atmosphere "They're All Going To Laugh At You," The Lucy Ford LP
"Time is money, every moment is costly, so I ration emotion cause existence exhausts me..."
"Time is money, every moment is costly, so I ration emotion cause existence exhausts me..."
Best Things in the World
Gregory David Roberts, novel "Shantaram" (2003)
'You're a good listener. That's dangerous, because it's so hard to resist. Being listened to - really listened to - is the second-best thing in the world.'
'What's the first-best thing?'
'Everybody knows that. The best thing in the world is power.'
'Oh is it?" I asked laughing. "What about sex?'
'No, apart from biology, sex is all about power. That's why it's such a rush.'
I laughed again.
'And what about love? A lot of people say love is the best thing in the world, not power.'
'They're wrong,' she said with a terse finality. 'Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.'
Conversation between the narrator and his love.
'You're a good listener. That's dangerous, because it's so hard to resist. Being listened to - really listened to - is the second-best thing in the world.'
'What's the first-best thing?'
'Everybody knows that. The best thing in the world is power.'
'Oh is it?" I asked laughing. "What about sex?'
'No, apart from biology, sex is all about power. That's why it's such a rush.'
I laughed again.
'And what about love? A lot of people say love is the best thing in the world, not power.'
'They're wrong,' she said with a terse finality. 'Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.'
Conversation between the narrator and his love.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Male Loyalty Is...
Gregory David Roberts, novel "Shantaram" (2003)
"For his part, Abdullah never told me what the fight against those men was about, and I never asked him. The one time we did talk of it, years later, he told me that he began to love me on that day. He loved me, he said, not because I joined the fight, but because I never once asked him what it was about. He admired that, he said, more than anything else he ever knew about me."
The narrator had joined in on a fight to defend his friend Abdullah. His friend was in danger and needed him, and that's all he needed to know.
"For his part, Abdullah never told me what the fight against those men was about, and I never asked him. The one time we did talk of it, years later, he told me that he began to love me on that day. He loved me, he said, not because I joined the fight, but because I never once asked him what it was about. He admired that, he said, more than anything else he ever knew about me."
The narrator had joined in on a fight to defend his friend Abdullah. His friend was in danger and needed him, and that's all he needed to know.
A Good Man Is...
Gregory David Roberts, novel "Shantaram" (2003)
"A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be."
"A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be."
Meaning in Life?
Gregory David Roberts, novel "Shantaram" (2003)
"We’re all driven by a desire to find meaning in life. We have to know what it’s all about. If it was just sex or power we’d still be chimpanzees. It’s meaning that makes us human beings."
Shantaram is a story based on the real events of Gregory David Roberts, a convicted Australian bank-robber that escapes from prison and flees to India, where he becomes consumed by the criminal underworld of Mumbai. Terrific.
"We’re all driven by a desire to find meaning in life. We have to know what it’s all about. If it was just sex or power we’d still be chimpanzees. It’s meaning that makes us human beings."
Shantaram is a story based on the real events of Gregory David Roberts, a convicted Australian bank-robber that escapes from prison and flees to India, where he becomes consumed by the criminal underworld of Mumbai. Terrific.
Lady Gaga's Hit Theory
Power Pop Goddess Lady Gaga
"A hit record writes itself. If you have to wait, maybe the song isn't there. Once you tap into the soul, the song begins to write itself. And I usually write the choruses first, because without a good chorus, who really gives a fuck?"
Amen.
"A hit record writes itself. If you have to wait, maybe the song isn't there. Once you tap into the soul, the song begins to write itself. And I usually write the choruses first, because without a good chorus, who really gives a fuck?"
Amen.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Goodie MOb: Cee-lo Green
Cee-lo Green of Goodie MOb, "Thought Process" Soul Food (1995)
"Sometimes I don't even know how I'm gon' eat
'Bout twenty dollars away from being on the street
Shit, you might see a nigga on tv
But hell it's almost like I'm rappin' for free
That little money be gone...god dammit, I'm grown
Gotta help keep the heat and lights on
It would be nice to have more but I kinda like being poor
At least I know what my friends here for."
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN91GJ4rYDw
Goodie MOb is an acronym for: The Good Die Mostly Over Bullshit. Amen. And it is nice to know what you're friends are here for. Good friends with OutKast, members of the Dungeon Family. Cee-lo Green is best known these days for being the singing half of the duo Gnarls Barkley, teamed up with producer Danger Mouse.
"Sometimes I don't even know how I'm gon' eat
'Bout twenty dollars away from being on the street
Shit, you might see a nigga on tv
But hell it's almost like I'm rappin' for free
That little money be gone...god dammit, I'm grown
Gotta help keep the heat and lights on
It would be nice to have more but I kinda like being poor
At least I know what my friends here for."
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN91GJ4rYDw
Goodie MOb is an acronym for: The Good Die Mostly Over Bullshit. Amen. And it is nice to know what you're friends are here for. Good friends with OutKast, members of the Dungeon Family. Cee-lo Green is best known these days for being the singing half of the duo Gnarls Barkley, teamed up with producer Danger Mouse.
8Ball &MJG: Wonder Why We Act How We Act?
8Ball & MJG "Throw Your Hands up" In Our Lifetime (2003)
Now I heard that the South is where yo folks from,
Down in the bottoms where they broke some,
Whips cross a nigga back, way back,
And now they wonder why we act, how we act,
Gold teeth and heavy chevys, and talking slow,
Afros & loud ass Italian clothes,
People bar-be-quein in the front yard
Money from the first of the month card!"
Ever thought about that? We can't forget our past and the effects it still has. 8Ball & MJG are another of the southern hip-hop groups that just ooze the soul and funk, with a lil message to boot.
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y7HHPjBUek
Now I heard that the South is where yo folks from,
Down in the bottoms where they broke some,
Whips cross a nigga back, way back,
And now they wonder why we act, how we act,
Gold teeth and heavy chevys, and talking slow,
Afros & loud ass Italian clothes,
People bar-be-quein in the front yard
Money from the first of the month card!"
Ever thought about that? We can't forget our past and the effects it still has. 8Ball & MJG are another of the southern hip-hop groups that just ooze the soul and funk, with a lil message to boot.
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y7HHPjBUek
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Gossip Girl: I'm Chuck Bass
T.V. Show: Gossip Girl
"Sleeping with a knight-in-shining-armor makes for a cold night."
In case you ever doubted your ways, don't. Instead remember this: Do it the Chuck Bass way.
"Sleeping with a knight-in-shining-armor makes for a cold night."
In case you ever doubted your ways, don't. Instead remember this: Do it the Chuck Bass way.
One Liners Rule the World
Big Daddy Kane, In Control, Vol. 1 (1988)
"So put a quarter in your ass 'cuz you just played ya'self"
In case you didn't know, play yourself: reveal a weakness. Classic one liner from one of the greats.
"So put a quarter in your ass 'cuz you just played ya'self"
In case you didn't know, play yourself: reveal a weakness. Classic one liner from one of the greats.
OutKast is Extraterrestrial: Out of this World
Andre 3000, Outkast "Extraterrestrial" off their 2nd album, Atliens (1996)
"Right now I'm smiling
Taking advantage of this moment
'Cause there might not be another soon
Holding on to memories like roller-coaster handle bars
Tightly cause I'm slightly off my rocker--But to you
I may appear to be your average Joe
But little do you know
That even Joe got problems that he's got to joust with
Floating in this game of life
Despite how out of place you may feel
In this race, oh you just can't quit
Ain't that a bitch--that be in heat
I'm on the beat like cops
Only cultivate the stable dirt when I skeet my drops
No concentrating, knocking other niggas out the box
Why?--Cause in a sense
See we all be kind of fly
Just can't be scared to spread your wings
Head to better things
Maybe the mockingbird and nightingale
They want to sing--keeping this thing alive
To the table's what we bring
We like hailstorms and blizzards in the middle of the spring
Extraterrestrial
Out of this world."
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTso4MGednQ
As before. Woooooah. Magic on paper? Make it magic in your ear. You really got a take a listen to it. And if you are one of those folk that don't understand slang, go over to www.urbandictionary.com and do some research. I'm not gonna do it for you.
"Right now I'm smiling
Taking advantage of this moment
'Cause there might not be another soon
Holding on to memories like roller-coaster handle bars
Tightly cause I'm slightly off my rocker--But to you
I may appear to be your average Joe
But little do you know
That even Joe got problems that he's got to joust with
Floating in this game of life
Despite how out of place you may feel
In this race, oh you just can't quit
Ain't that a bitch--that be in heat
I'm on the beat like cops
Only cultivate the stable dirt when I skeet my drops
No concentrating, knocking other niggas out the box
Why?--Cause in a sense
See we all be kind of fly
Just can't be scared to spread your wings
Head to better things
Maybe the mockingbird and nightingale
They want to sing--keeping this thing alive
To the table's what we bring
We like hailstorms and blizzards in the middle of the spring
Extraterrestrial
Out of this world."
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTso4MGednQ
As before. Woooooah. Magic on paper? Make it magic in your ear. You really got a take a listen to it. And if you are one of those folk that don't understand slang, go over to www.urbandictionary.com and do some research. I'm not gonna do it for you.
Round 7. The South Got Something To Say, That's All I Got to Say
Andre 3000, Outkast "Millenium" off their 2nd album, Atliens (1996)
"Me and everything around me, is unstable like Chernobyl
Ready to go at any moment, jumpin' like a pogo stick
Life never lived up to my expectations, so I accept the patience
Expect the worse but now I'm pacin'
Back and forth, inside, I'm melting like water on wicked witches
A monster truck done came and ran over my picket fences
I had the best of life in my clinches but monkey wrenches was thrown
Like chairs kings sit on, my prayers seem to long
I fall asleep before the endin', don't even get to say Amen
I hope He understand I be on bended knees
At times, I think I'm crazy, then I say forget it
Or maybe it's the devil infiltrating and like Riddick...Bowe
I've been fighting this since them fetus days
I count from one to twenty, when I'm through, repeat the phrase
It's just a phase, it's gonna all pass, but that gets old too
I'm weakening like a deacon doin' dirt
What am I supposed to do?"
Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG6seogAnFo
As long as you read that carefully, there's not a whole lot I need to say. Except that Andre 3000 is the best, and can put more in one verse than some can put in an entire career. And the best part, all of their songs are like this. Hailing from Atlanta, Outkast is a duo comprised of Andre Benjamin and "Big Boi" Antwan Patton. Along with a group of fellow artists known as the Dungeon Family(Organized Noize Productions, the Goodie Mob) they forged the genre of Southern hip-hop in the mid-90's. Funky, soulful, and revolutionary, there has been and never will be anything else this good. More to come from them, I promise.
"Me and everything around me, is unstable like Chernobyl
Ready to go at any moment, jumpin' like a pogo stick
Life never lived up to my expectations, so I accept the patience
Expect the worse but now I'm pacin'
Back and forth, inside, I'm melting like water on wicked witches
A monster truck done came and ran over my picket fences
I had the best of life in my clinches but monkey wrenches was thrown
Like chairs kings sit on, my prayers seem to long
I fall asleep before the endin', don't even get to say Amen
I hope He understand I be on bended knees
At times, I think I'm crazy, then I say forget it
Or maybe it's the devil infiltrating and like Riddick...Bowe
I've been fighting this since them fetus days
I count from one to twenty, when I'm through, repeat the phrase
It's just a phase, it's gonna all pass, but that gets old too
I'm weakening like a deacon doin' dirt
What am I supposed to do?"
Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG6seogAnFo
As long as you read that carefully, there's not a whole lot I need to say. Except that Andre 3000 is the best, and can put more in one verse than some can put in an entire career. And the best part, all of their songs are like this. Hailing from Atlanta, Outkast is a duo comprised of Andre Benjamin and "Big Boi" Antwan Patton. Along with a group of fellow artists known as the Dungeon Family(Organized Noize Productions, the Goodie Mob) they forged the genre of Southern hip-hop in the mid-90's. Funky, soulful, and revolutionary, there has been and never will be anything else this good. More to come from them, I promise.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Round 6. Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (novel 1996, movie 1999)
"Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The queen is their slave."
"Worker bees can leave
Even drones can fly away
The queen is their slave."
Round 5. Men In Black Get Profound.
Tommy Lee Jones, Men In Black (1997)
"1500 years ago, everybody 'knew' that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody 'knew' that the earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you[Will Smith] 'knew' that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll 'know' tomorrow."
"1500 years ago, everybody 'knew' that the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody 'knew' that the earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you[Will Smith] 'knew' that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll 'know' tomorrow."
Round 4. Describe Me a Headache
Annie Proulx, "The Shipping News" (1993)
"His[Quoyle's] headache had strengthened. He could feel its shape and color, a gigantic Y that curved from his brain stem over his skull to each eye, in color a reddish-black like grilled meat."
"His[Quoyle's] headache had strengthened. He could feel its shape and color, a gigantic Y that curved from his brain stem over his skull to each eye, in color a reddish-black like grilled meat."
Round 3. Anaïs Nin: Lies and Fantasy
Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)
"Your lies are not lies... but arrows flung from your orbit by the strength of your fantasy... to nourish illusion."
A Cuban-Spanish-French author, famous for her erotica.
"Your lies are not lies... but arrows flung from your orbit by the strength of your fantasy... to nourish illusion."
A Cuban-Spanish-French author, famous for her erotica.
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