"Many clouds of smoke" (c) Total Devastation

"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"... is... funkyflyfreshdope!


A better way to describe it would be... a big ass bag of weed with a pussy getting fisted. That is a good way to describe all of the elements of the movie...hahahaha. and the funny thing is, that actually happens in the movie... hahaha.

This is actually a very intelligent movie. I mean yes, the main focus for the most part is weed, but the other things that they deal with during the movie make it even better. John Cho and Kal Penn are great and really know how to put together a great movie.

The jokes are crued and intelligent. They lampoon the idea of our fears of terrorism and racial profiling, while stumbling upon "bottomless parties." You just have to run with for what it is.

Plus it had... NPH!

And the amazingly beautiful Paula Garces as Maria...

"Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti" (c) Lauryn Hill

Some of my favorite Hip Hop record label logos...

"95 is yours, 2000 is mine" (c) Group Home *NWS*

I often wonder what anthropologists will say in the future about about culture when I read quotes like this:

"Every night before I go to bed, I take my panties off and put them in a Ziploc bag to preserve the freshness of the scent." (c) Rita G - King Magazine, June 2008

"The days of old" (c) Paris

I have been known to buy random things. There have been many times were I have dropped between $5.00 and $10.00 on something just for the hell of. It makes life more interesting.

Such was the case yesterday when I was at Amoeba on Haight St. I went there looking for records, but surprisingly I didn't find anything I wanted. I started walking down the Rap CD isle, which I haven't done for a minute, when something caught my eye. I stopped at the "P" section and saw the album "Sleeping With The Enemy" by Paris... in a CD box. The funniest thing was that "The Days Of Old" from that album started playing on my Mp3 player. I was surprised to see it in a CD box in 2008. This was a brand new copy originally issued in 1992.

To make a long story short, I bought it... simply because it was in the CD box. I already own the CD, and it's not even one of my favorite albums. I really did buy it simply because Amoeba was selling it in the CD box.

I mean it was only $7.00... hahahaha.

"You've got to have style... be original" (c) KRS-One

Speaking of art, THIS is what art should really be about: Free design and originality.

Adidas - "The Left Right Project"

http://www.adidas.com//campaigns/umbrella2008/index.asp?strCountry_adidascom=us

*click Superstar and watch the movie*

Painting a giant shelltoe... doooope.

*scratching my head* HUH???

I hate to argue what is and isn't art. There have been times when I've argued with people that some contemporary art, such as a single blue dot on a canvas, isn't art because it really doesn't display much thought or creativity. But as time has passed I've really come to the conclusion that art is what you make it to be.

However there are times when something gets called "art" where there is absolutely no reasoning that can justify that claim. For example: Guillermo Habacuc Vargas's "Eres lo que lees."

In short, the artist took a stray dog from the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica, and tied it up in a gallery and let it starve to death. Literally the dog was just tied in a corner and left to die while people came in to view the other art and look at the dog like it was a brilliant installation.

Here is an except of what the artist had to say about it at one time:
"Hello everyone. My name is Guillermo Habacuc Vargas. I am [30] years old and an artist. Recently, I have been critisized for my work titled "Eres lo que lees", which features a dog named Nativity. The purpose of the work was not to cause any type of infliction on the poor, innocent creature, but rather to illustrate a point. In my home city of San Jose, Costa Rica, tens of thousands of stray dogs starve and die of illness each year in the streets and no one pays them a second thought.

Now, if you publicly display one of these starving creatures, such as the case with Nativity, it creates a backlash that brings out a big of hypocrisy in all of us. Nativity was a very sick creature and would have died in the streets anyway."

Now here is the main problem with his idea. If you want to show that this cruelty exists and people ignore, then you should take pictures of them in the streets. Pictures of people walking past. Or you paint them in an original way. You DO NOT however tie one up in a gallery for people to watch it die.

To say that this dog was sick and going to die anyway, doesn't justify putting it in a gallery to die just to call it art. Okay. Okay. Bravo you proved that people don't pay attention, but how in the fuck is letting a dog die while on display in a gallery art?

Even tho the dog might have died in the street, it was still free to try and survive. It is Darwin's Theory of Evolution... survival of the fittest. It has the opportunity to fight. But if it is locked up... on display in a gallery, you have taken away its opportunity to fight to survive.

True, it makes a dramatic statement. And art should be bold and dramatic. However killing a living creature to make a dramatic statement isn't art... it is just simple cruelty.

"Well they say that birds do it, bees do it." (c) Digital Underground

Okay, for real... owning one Real Doll is freaky... owning close to 100... that means you seriously need to seek psychological help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGfaQCY_bo4

Wow...

"The Questions" (c) Common

I get it, but I don't get it. I feel like there needs to be more copy in these ads.

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This one is simply great! hahahaha

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These aren't ads, but they are still dope.

I really need to finally get that Nikon d40

"Da Answer" (c) Masta Ace

Did Aaron Hall say "Dumb Bitch" at the beginning of "Piece of My Love" by Guy?


Answer: Yes.

For the longest time Teddy has claimed that Aaron said "Dumb Ditty" because well he said that a lot. However if you really listen to "Piece of My Love," at the end of Aaron's adlib you can hear a "ch" sound. I don't know about you, but when ever I say "Dumb Ditty" I can't make a "ch" sound at the end. So therefore he did in fact say "Dumb Bitch."

Further more it is Aaron Hall. If you have ever heard songs like "Don't Be Afraid" (one of the most hardcore love songs ever) or know about Gloria Velez' tattoo then it is not surprising that he would say "Dumb Bitch" in a slow jam. hahahaha

With that being said, I honestly wish Teddy would bring back New Jack Swing by producing an entire album for Aaron. I know so people hate this idea... the whole let it be in the past thing... but I'm sick of all of these bullshit R&B records that sound alike today. Bringing back New Jack would be a welcomed change.

"Call of the wild" (c) OutKast

this is how a convo between my sis (aka ShortyByNature) and I started:

me: Sup
ShortyByNature: Guess what?
me: I hate when convos start like this...
ShortyByNature: We have racoons in our attic.
me: I was gonna guess that!

"Recognized by the illest of individuals" (c) AZ

Random music thoughts on a Sunday night...

AZ just might be the most consistant rapper of the past 15 years. Seriously. Go listen to his catalogue...

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This man needs to put out a new album already. I got love for a lot of the so-called "neo-soul" artists, but NONE of them have made music like this man has made. From "Brown Sugar" to "Voodoo" and everything else he has touched... what can you say. I hope we get to hear something soon.

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Janelle Monae.... why do I feel like Puffy really doesn't know how to handle her talent? *shrugs*

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On a non-music note... this is STILL one of the best movies of the '90s:

"When they reminisce over you" (c) CL Smooth

One of the dopest B-boys on the planet... damnit!

Rest In Peace Frosty Freeze.


If you're not familiar with his life, check out "Wildstyle," "Style Wars," and the documentary "The Freshest Kids."

"Who is Johnny?" (c) El DeBarge

Wall-e is just a vertically challenged version of Johnny #5!

That being said I will still be checkin out Wall-e this summer. It should be dope. Johnny #5 better be thanked in the credits tho... hahahaha

*goes back to listening to El DeBarge's classic record "Who's Johnny?"*