Invisible Political Throat Cutter

by | Mar 16, 2007 | Democracy | 1 comment

Sounds like an MC handle doesn’t it (especially if you put the emphasis on the IN in “invisible”)? I’ve been coding dozens of hip-hop tracks for my book project and this is the title I came up with when I came across this article about how one gay philanthropist is...

The question of choice

by | Mar 13, 2007 | Neoliberalism

Over at Prometheus6, Earl is dealing with the paradox of choice.  If you’ve got a nice chunk of time, go over there and check that video out…then take a look at what Malcolm Gladwell has to say about the subject. I do happen to believe that the choice/happiness curve...

The most important break beat ever created

by | Mar 11, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop | 4 comments

Hip-hop doesn’t exist without the break beat…the funkiest part of a track, sluiced away from it and used on its own. Nate Harrison created a 20 minute documentary on the “Amen Break.” Odds are that while you’ve never heard of it, you’ve heard it literally thousands of...

300–The Modern Triumph of the Will

by | Mar 10, 2007 | Culture | 16 comments

I just got finished watching 300–the movie adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae. Trying to get a read on thoughts before I offer my own I find posts about technique, about the western civ angle, and about its relative lack of...