Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Down South Trip: Final Details

For all yall in the Southland, here ya go.

+ Monday October 25

UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center, 7pm-9pm

(map is here)

“Activote!” Panel with the brilliant Malia Lazu and the great Hatem Bazian.

+ Tuesday October 26

UCLA, Student Activities Center basement, 5pm-7pm

(map is here)

“Elections and the Hip-Hop Generation” panel with the genius Saul Williams.

See yall there…

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Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Weekend

One reason my blog is so political is cause I just straight don’t get out much anymore these days. Friday night was an exception.

Went to meet Jin at his record release party, at 330 Ritch, an 18-over crowd. Whoa! Kids these days! It was mad fun to see how far the Asian Am scene has come from the days we couldn’t play Eric B. and Rakim without getting bottled, just straight Cover Girls, Expose, Jaya, Debbie Deb, New Order…yeah I’m fucking old.

Jin didn’t have as much of a show as he had a house party, but he controls that mic and everyone left more than happy. Bro’s got a future. He stayed late signing posters, trucker caps (!), and lots of young girls’ body parts, and invaded the DJ booth to warble drunken renditions of “My Boo”. Shouts to Wilson Meng at Exit and Jeff and Mikey from Climax Entertainment for making an elder feel right at home.

So then I get this announcement for the launch of Mouther.com, an urbnAZN-oriented webzine from Janet Tzou, the writer behind one of the best Roots stories ever written (in URB earlier this year) and jeweler to the stars. It’s a great magazine, peep it.

And oh shit, but I’m in Hyphen Magazine this month, thanks to Todd Inoue, Charisse Domingo, and the wonderful Hyphen staff. Thank you, I am not worthy.

Fam’s in town, teriyaki salmon and brown rice, it’s like a yellow weekend.

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Friday, October 22nd, 2004

You Can Run But…You Can Keep On Running

Maybe there is something to the Osama-in-China story first reported in El Mundo after all? Here’s a report from today’s page one of The Statesman.

Have a laugh: Rob Corddry on fire. Click on Jon Stewart’s Indecision 2004: Let It Fly. More laughs here. Belly guffaws here.

And now, back to your real world, the one where post-WTO police crowd tactics are far from nonviolent, and Bushwar is the best cover for good old American moneymaking.

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Thursday, October 21st, 2004

The Watchers

After Tommy Tompkins passionately held forth on Israel and Palestine in his blog, he got death threats for it. Keep your head up, Tommy. This is the same kind of Bushcroft-era McCarthyism visited on Hatem Bazian earlier this year. That folks would be so busy watching dissenters–to the point of videotaping anti-war rallies or scouring arts blogs for vaguely oppositional remarks–is just bananas. Back in the 80s we used to have two words for this: political correctness.

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Thursday, October 21st, 2004

Pluggin: So Cal Appearances

I’m headed south to talk elections and the hip-hop generation in Southern Cal next week:

+ Monday October 25–UC Santa Barbara Multicultural Center, 7pm, “Activote!” Panel with brilliant Malia Lazu and the great Hatem Bazian (see above).

+ Tuesday October 26–UCLA, 5pm, location tba, with the genius Saul Williams.

Fall through if you’re nearby!

One more plug while I can: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop website will be launching within the next couple of weeks. Big shout to 226 Design and Kuwayama.com.

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Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Britney Spears Is Not In This Blog

And A-Fraud is still not in the World Series!

Steinbrenner’s stupid ass must be realizing that $180 million can’t buy Heart. Props to the Bosux for battling back with dignity and pride. But the Tankees didn’t just collapse, they deserved their throttling. That great sucking sound from the middle of the dugout was A-Fraud vacuuming up all Tankees’ competitive spirit.

Forget The Curse, call it The Mistake. As long as A-Fraud–A is for Albatross–is in the majors, he’ll never be playing on a World Series team. Talent is not guts or leadership. I feel sorry for Joe Torre.

So watch the doubting and second-guessing begin tomorrow in the press. May the Tankees go the route of the Lakers, Kobe, and the Dodo Bird.

And fuck the trillion-dollar contracts and the check card commercials. Fuck making the rest of the league your farm system. Fuck Bloomberg and Giuliani and 7th inning “America’s Team” political grandstanding. And while we’re at it, fuck $15 for beer and hot dogs. I heart New York, but I hate George Steinbrenner and the Tankees’ embarassment is a victory for real baseball and the real world. Sit and spin on that! Muhuhuhuhahaha.

But hey, let’s be fair–the Bosux were also willing to mortgage their future for the same kind of foolishness. They’re no down-on-their-luck whatevers, and they owe everything good in this series that isn’t named Schilling or Ortiz to the A’s–Francona, Damon, Foulke, even Bellhorn. May they go down in 4 to the NLCS champ, who whether Cards or Astros, will be the real underdog in the World Series.

I’ve been accused of hating. Well, that’s where our love always goes, the underdog.

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Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

The Jin Piece

Here’s my Jin piece, up at the SF Bay Guardian. Vetted by editors and yes, I approved this message. But just to clarify–I have nothing to do with the BG’s sense of color and style.

Ta-Nehisi’s apparently didn’t go up this week. I’ll find out what’s going on.

To catch up on the discussion you may have missed so far, check this post and the hot commentary. Thanks for listening.

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Tuesday, October 19th, 2004

Benzino, The Source, and Michael Jackson?

Wow. This shit is amazing. Who will even remember the TLC cover controversy after this one?

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Monday, October 18th, 2004

Links R Us

+ Florida goes to the polls, and computers start crashing.

+ The tragic back story behind the Outkast “Rosa Parks” lawsuit.

+ Why we love Sandra Oh.

+ Freelance Mentalists and Different Kitchen keeping it hot.

+ The October surprise? Tommy Tompkins points out this internet conspiracy-theory: Osama is in China. I can’t even start on this one, the mind just reels…

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Friday, October 15th, 2004

Links and Eggs

Jesus Walks: Adrienne Maree Brown and the pissed off voters watch the last debate. Then they put their money where they mouth is.

Mister, We Could Use A Man Like Herbert Hoover Agaaaain: Krugman on how Reeps spin job loss.

Orlando Magic: Tanzila Ahmed on going door to door in Florida.

The Tipping Point?: Kerry closes the gap in electoral votes. Again, the conservative pollsters call it closer than the liberal ones.

Honky-Tonkers For Truth: Country musicians against Bush? Maybe the tipping point really has come!

Still slowly updating the blogroll, listening and reading lists…

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