January 2011

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  • 01.26.11
    X Uncategorized | Comments Off
    "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery." — Malcolm X [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ENHP89mLWOY" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.22.11
    Zombie logic Uncategorized | Comments Off
    "They hire you and suddenly they don't trust you. And you say 'Well, why did you hire me?' and they say, 'We can`t tell you.'" [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/EqQuihD0hoI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.22.11
    Burn baby burn Uncategorized | Comments Off
    “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in ...
  • 01.19.11
    Down on Rue Morgue avenue Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Now if you see Saint Annie Please tell her thanks a lot I cannot move My fingers are all in a knot I don't have the strength To get up and take another shot And my best friend, my doctor Won't even say what it is I've got... [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/S55BlxoGFsM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.18.11
    Backwoods fabulous Uncategorized | Comments Off
    "Literally we did come out of the woods... Just this little valley of a farming, logging, cattle ranching community. I grew up in a really isolated place, but there was a good record shop in my town run by an old hippy guy, so while I was listening to punk rock – the Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Damned, stuff like that – at the same time I was listening to Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins. And classic rock, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, all of it at once.” - Mark Lanegan on Screaming Trees [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/6pbAWz44-g8" width="425" height="350" ...
  • 01.11.11
    On the road, again (again) Uncategorized | Comments Off
    On the Road, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, directed by Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) from Kerouac's book, began shooting in Montreal in August. Sam Riley as Jack, Viggo as Old Bull Lee. Soundtrack by the god-like Gustavo Santaolalla. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zh2GgCFR2dw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.11.11
    On the road, again Uncategorized | Comments Off
    "I'm a connoisseur of roads. I've been tasting roads my whole life. This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world." [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/xA0U0otWuzE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.06.11
    Dark Stars of Detroit Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Detroit Metro Times cover story about Michigan's comics luminaries. There's a remake of James O'Barr's The Crow mooted for 2011, with a screenplay by Nick Cave. http://metrotimes.com/culture/dark-stars-1.1085684 [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHUbLhdZohw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.05.11
    Gil Scott-Heron, XX-rated Uncategorized | Comments Off
    We're New Here is Jamie xx's reimagining of Gil Scott Heron's 2010 I'm New Here album, his first album in 13 years. Here's the clip for 'NY Is Killing Me'. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/W7c3wRzUUjs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
  • 01.03.11
    A thousand stories in the naked city Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Back in 1989 Lou's New York album did for the city what The Wire did for Baltimore. "Somewhere a landlord's laughing 'til he pisses his pants." [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJIOl8i9Kdg" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]