I wasn't really interested in checking out any of this stuff coming out. The man's work stands for itself. Not to mention we need to tribute people while they're still with us! That's getting off the point though.
I haven't even been looking much for new music lately, I already have a ton of stuff I still got to hear yet. But I came across this one Cookin Soul put together. Their Biggie Halloween album last year was cool, and when I saw a couple of the people they mixed in I decided what the fuck. I've only heard like 2 minutes of it so far, they put Jay's American Gangster up on Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. They're pretty good at picking good verses to go with tracks. Link
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Early reviews
Gibson: I know a good decision when I see one. This one I'm not sure about.Scorcese: In my coke days, the Munk's commanding presence would have made me paranoid. On any day, he could have saved this piece of shit.
Ebert: This film could have been two thumbs up with someone like Munk to weave the tapestry together. I always try to see the director's vision, but without Munk, I'm kneeling, leaning forward, and putting two thumbs down my butthole. And not just because it's Friday either.
Welles's ghost: Woowoowoowooooowoowoowoowoowoowoowoo
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Say Hi to Your Mother For Me
Last night's Saturday night live was worth staying home for, or staying up for. I never thought I would say those words again. I was looking forward to watching it because Justin Timberlake was the host. I never thought I would say those words, ever. But it's recently become apparent just how talented Justin is.
Actually, back when he did the Dick in the Box video with the oft-amusing SNL performer Andy Samberg (whose satirical musical style could make him the weird-Al Yankovic of today), the appeal was that JT was involved as much as the content of the song. Along with his falsetto and dance moves, Timberlake brought an unexpected deadpan self-awareness, rarely seen from popular celebrities who currently bask in the limelight. Clearly there was more to this former boy-band member.
Ahem. Anyway, I stayed in last night to see if this renaissance man could pull it off, and honestly I wasn't expecting much; I've done the same before only to be let down by the likes of Dane Cook and Jack Black. But Timberlake basically came on and pwned everything from the opening musical monologue(which I usually hate) to the Ellis Isle sketch to having his hot girlfriend introduce that night's musical act.
Jimmy Fallon even had a cameo as his reoccurring character Barry Gibbs, which seemed funnier than usual; maybe because Fallon wasn't giggling through the whole thing. Maybe he has gotten better as an entertainer? I have been skipping his show though. I remember his train-wreck pilot (or maybe a plane crashing into a speeding train) of Late Night, where Timberlake came on and provided some much-needed comic relief, and possibly deodorant.
The union of Samberg and Timberlake must be like Manna from heaven for the both of them. Samberg is a funny man, but he doesn't have the vocals to bring the authenticity needed by his satirical R&B lyrics and video clips. And it's obvious from many of Timberlake's television appearances that he is ready to start being taken seriously as an actor, Samberg's Digital Shorts provide a forum for that. Last night Timberlake and Samberg showed the sequel to 'Dick in the Box,' which is a festive little ditty called Motherlover, as well as the entire point of this post.
Is the prison business holding back legalization?
The first issue I see with legalization is social. The world would be upside-down if a bunch of strung-out addicts started walking around, heating glass and shooting up on park benches in the afternoon in suburbs, that wouldn't fly. Or they would actually have something to put on the news beside the flu and a plane flying over New York City. Would a situation like that lead to more crime, and whatever acts of desperation from people on that shit? It's hard to say. I can see how it might not be confined so much to specific areas any more. That doesn't sound like the worst thing, the same amount of bad shit spread out more evenly? We can only push a problem around or away for so long without finally finding a better way to deal with it, or getting bit in the ass. But I don't have kids and grandkids to fear for either.
And to even think about legalizing, the government would have to be looking at making a lot of money, not spending a ton more on programs to try to help people.
What about just weed though? No one sucks dick for that unless they don't really mind sucking dick. I guess that's kind of changing the subject, but if people break into your place, it's probably not to get a nickel bag of trees.
It would be still be a big adjustment for our country to see people burning one out in more walks of life. Hopefully someone could drop me a tip ahead of time, so I could get a multi-colored Mexican poncho thing business up and running and get that white people money. But everybody we deal with enough people who are fucked up on caffeine, work, missing a cigarette, sugar, or their lives in general. I have a hard time seeing how it couldn't be an improvement.
This would also be the first time I would be happy to pay taxes. I can't guess how the price would change, but it wouldn't go down. No matter how cheaply you could make a ton of dro without having to face persecution, you can keep the difference in taxes. It's not like I have money to blow either, I'm just that willing to compromise. And if I eventually notice I never find someone's random hair in the middle of the bag after the government takes over, that sounds good too.
There really aren't too many other things the government could do, to make me more proud to be an American than I would be if they figured something out on this. Don't laugh either, drugs and how to deal with their effects are tied in so much to the way our country rolls, and this isn't just a messed-up priority of someone who wants a better way for a hobby. This issue doesn't even affect me personally right now, and hasn't for a while. Other than how it affects everyone living in a country where the economy isn't shit, where jails are a big part of that economy.
Someone please make some real studies, instead of one that starts out knowing it's going to be for or against the herb. I'd read them. I'm sure it is a big link to cancer. I'm also sure there are some benefits too. I only fucked around in science class, dropped a tampon in people's test beaker to watch it get huge and shit, and I know studies have to be neutral, no matter how controversial your subject is. If no one wants to really get the straight deal scientifically, I'm not going to get a lab and do it myself, I'm just going to make decisions as best I can with the knowledge we have in 2009. Maybe in like 2209, they'll know as much more as we know from 1809.
If we never had this plant growing for probably thousands of years, and Pfizer made the shit in a lab, they would've pumped a billion dollars into testing and people would be benefitting already.
But the reason it won't happen is that the prison is one of the government's best businesses. I'm not doing any research to search for the number of people who are locked up on strictly weed - not coke, nothing else, non-violent, weed only - but the day legalization happened, there would have to be a lot of motherfuckers walking out those doors. You couldn't really keep them all in on some "well it was illegal back then, too bad" bullshit, could you? Is that what they did with the bootleggers 80 years ago?
Prison and the government money and jobs within are too big a business to take a cut like that. I don't think hardly anyone who works in one really loves their job, but I bet they can come to love a lot that goes along with it. And as a politician one of the few ways you can't go wrong is to say that criminals should be kept off the streets. Too convenient. Every number has a life attached.
I'm not knocking Obama at all, and he has a ton of other shit to handle. But that shit was happening anyway, it's just the way it is here. Talking all change, though, I don't see much fundamental happening, and Congress is hardly gonna get much more tipped to his side than it already is. I'll give you a second term on the economy alone. But show me something, in the first term.
And to even think about legalizing, the government would have to be looking at making a lot of money, not spending a ton more on programs to try to help people.
What about just weed though? No one sucks dick for that unless they don't really mind sucking dick. I guess that's kind of changing the subject, but if people break into your place, it's probably not to get a nickel bag of trees.It would be still be a big adjustment for our country to see people burning one out in more walks of life. Hopefully someone could drop me a tip ahead of time, so I could get a multi-colored Mexican poncho thing business up and running and get that white people money. But everybody we deal with enough people who are fucked up on caffeine, work, missing a cigarette, sugar, or their lives in general. I have a hard time seeing how it couldn't be an improvement.
This would also be the first time I would be happy to pay taxes. I can't guess how the price would change, but it wouldn't go down. No matter how cheaply you could make a ton of dro without having to face persecution, you can keep the difference in taxes. It's not like I have money to blow either, I'm just that willing to compromise. And if I eventually notice I never find someone's random hair in the middle of the bag after the government takes over, that sounds good too.
There really aren't too many other things the government could do, to make me more proud to be an American than I would be if they figured something out on this. Don't laugh either, drugs and how to deal with their effects are tied in so much to the way our country rolls, and this isn't just a messed-up priority of someone who wants a better way for a hobby. This issue doesn't even affect me personally right now, and hasn't for a while. Other than how it affects everyone living in a country where the economy isn't shit, where jails are a big part of that economy.
Someone please make some real studies, instead of one that starts out knowing it's going to be for or against the herb. I'd read them. I'm sure it is a big link to cancer. I'm also sure there are some benefits too. I only fucked around in science class, dropped a tampon in people's test beaker to watch it get huge and shit, and I know studies have to be neutral, no matter how controversial your subject is. If no one wants to really get the straight deal scientifically, I'm not going to get a lab and do it myself, I'm just going to make decisions as best I can with the knowledge we have in 2009. Maybe in like 2209, they'll know as much more as we know from 1809.
If we never had this plant growing for probably thousands of years, and Pfizer made the shit in a lab, they would've pumped a billion dollars into testing and people would be benefitting already.
But the reason it won't happen is that the prison is one of the government's best businesses. I'm not doing any research to search for the number of people who are locked up on strictly weed - not coke, nothing else, non-violent, weed only - but the day legalization happened, there would have to be a lot of motherfuckers walking out those doors. You couldn't really keep them all in on some "well it was illegal back then, too bad" bullshit, could you? Is that what they did with the bootleggers 80 years ago?
Prison and the government money and jobs within are too big a business to take a cut like that. I don't think hardly anyone who works in one really loves their job, but I bet they can come to love a lot that goes along with it. And as a politician one of the few ways you can't go wrong is to say that criminals should be kept off the streets. Too convenient. Every number has a life attached.
I'm not knocking Obama at all, and he has a ton of other shit to handle. But that shit was happening anyway, it's just the way it is here. Talking all change, though, I don't see much fundamental happening, and Congress is hardly gonna get much more tipped to his side than it already is. I'll give you a second term on the economy alone. But show me something, in the first term.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Thank you, freecreditreport.com, finally.
Your lame-ass singing commercials, along with the Apple commercials, have been the most annoying thing going for a few years now. The new one with the credit scores looking like dogs seemed much less irritating. Please phase out the singing asshole immediately. 
I still probably won't give you any business though. If it's so free, how can you afford to advertise?
I still probably won't give you any business though. If it's so free, how can you afford to advertise?
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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