Tuesday, May 27, 2014
six degrees.
starring ghostface killah, danny brown, & badbadnotgood.
PITCHFORK: Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown, BADBADNOTGOOD Team for "Six Degrees"
PITCHFORK: Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown, BADBADNOTGOOD Team for "Six Degrees"
Friday, May 23, 2014
-INTERLUDE-
Caught this video yesterday morning during a workout. I really wish the song would go somewhere like, OUT OF MY HEAD! YEEZUS!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
boost mobile.
an ongoing discussion/moment of clarity.
words.
"...In a nation where most people’s wages have been stagnant or dropping for many years, and where the combination of globalization and de-unionization has stripped from workers the bargaining power they once possessed, the role of government in addressing wage issues has become more central than ever. By investing in job-creating public works, by raising the minimum wage, by lowering taxes on those corporations that give their workers annual productivity increases and raising taxes on those that don’t, government can take up the slack created by the suppression and near-disappearance of private-sector unions. But first, it must dispel the canard that raising wages destroys jobs. Now it can point to San Francisco and Washington as evidence that it doesn’t."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The boost that comes from raising the minimum wage
words.
"...In a nation where most people’s wages have been stagnant or dropping for many years, and where the combination of globalization and de-unionization has stripped from workers the bargaining power they once possessed, the role of government in addressing wage issues has become more central than ever. By investing in job-creating public works, by raising the minimum wage, by lowering taxes on those corporations that give their workers annual productivity increases and raising taxes on those that don’t, government can take up the slack created by the suppression and near-disappearance of private-sector unions. But first, it must dispel the canard that raising wages destroys jobs. Now it can point to San Francisco and Washington as evidence that it doesn’t."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The boost that comes from raising the minimum wage
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
i retired.
a lyric video.
from the walkmen's hamilton leithauser and vampire weekend's rostam batmanglij.
from the walkmen's hamilton leithauser and vampire weekend's rostam batmanglij.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
paid in full.
words.
for your consideration...
THE WASHINGTON POST: Paying for your fair share in an app-based economy
for your consideration...
THE WASHINGTON POST: Paying for your fair share in an app-based economy
magic.
a moment of clarity.
words.
"Johnson’s businesses have thrived, and through his foundation he has donated millions of dollars, and thousands of hours of his time, to charities—including those in south Los Angeles. In 2008, Johnson worked tirelessly in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat Proposition 8 in California, saying at the time that the same-sex marriage ban was “unfair and wrong…’ and that it … “singles out one group of Californians to be treated differently—including members of our family, our friends, and our coworkers.” Last year, his son Earvin Johnson III, known as E.J., announced that he was gay. Johnson and his wife Cookie (whom he married in 1991) offered public words of support (and did so in an interview on CNN and also from the biggest platform they could find: Oprah Winfrey’s couch). “I go to church,” Johnson said at the time. “I’m a Christian, but the reality is, my son is gay…. And I tell my pastors that, I tell other pastors that.… I love my son, nothing is going to change that. I don’t care if you don’t agree. If you don’t want to deal with me, or you don’t like me, that’s on you.”
Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better, or more effective, role model. So let us thank Donald Sterling for helping remind us what we owe Magic Johnson, for his contributions to a struggle that is still far from over. Thirty-five million people have died since the AIDS epidemic began. At least two million more are infected every year. The only people who should be ashamed about that are those who believe viruses make moral judgments and choose their victims accordingly. I don’t know how many Americans think that way, but one of them owns the Los Angeles Clippers."
THE NEW YORKER: How Magic Johnson Fought the AIDS Epidemic
words.
"Johnson’s businesses have thrived, and through his foundation he has donated millions of dollars, and thousands of hours of his time, to charities—including those in south Los Angeles. In 2008, Johnson worked tirelessly in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat Proposition 8 in California, saying at the time that the same-sex marriage ban was “unfair and wrong…’ and that it … “singles out one group of Californians to be treated differently—including members of our family, our friends, and our coworkers.” Last year, his son Earvin Johnson III, known as E.J., announced that he was gay. Johnson and his wife Cookie (whom he married in 1991) offered public words of support (and did so in an interview on CNN and also from the biggest platform they could find: Oprah Winfrey’s couch). “I go to church,” Johnson said at the time. “I’m a Christian, but the reality is, my son is gay…. And I tell my pastors that, I tell other pastors that.… I love my son, nothing is going to change that. I don’t care if you don’t agree. If you don’t want to deal with me, or you don’t like me, that’s on you.”
Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better, or more effective, role model. So let us thank Donald Sterling for helping remind us what we owe Magic Johnson, for his contributions to a struggle that is still far from over. Thirty-five million people have died since the AIDS epidemic began. At least two million more are infected every year. The only people who should be ashamed about that are those who believe viruses make moral judgments and choose their victims accordingly. I don’t know how many Americans think that way, but one of them owns the Los Angeles Clippers."
THE NEW YORKER: How Magic Johnson Fought the AIDS Epidemic
Thursday, May 15, 2014
slow motion.
a moment of clarity.
words.
"...Electricity wholesalers such as Enron are akin to Internet service providers such as Time Warner and Comcast in important ways. The electricity wholesalers had incentives to starve the energy market in order to extract greater fees from utilities and consumers. ISPs have similar incentives to manipulate their bandwidth in order to extract fees from websites (such as Netflix and YouTube), as well as not build out any infrastructure that would make bandwidth cheaper or make your Internet faster.
...Many customers are already living with a virtual Internet brownout. Tier 1 Internet provider Level 3, which provides top-level “backbone” services that reach the entire world, has posted several scary updates on the state of affairs. General counsel Michael Mooney observes that the ISPs are playing a game of chicken by demanding content providers pay them before they build out any further infrastructure. “These ISPs break the Internet by refusing to increase the size of their networks unless their tolls are paid,” Mooney said. Worse, they don’t even use the capacity they have, artificially starving their customers and slowing down the Internet. (Which explains why Game of Thrones is always buffering on your HBO Go, for example.) Level 3 Vice President Mark Taylor provided evidence that five U.S. ISPs (and one European ISP) are refusing to upgrade their infrastructure despite their connection ports being saturated. In other words, these ISPs are intentionally letting their service degrade because they’re cheap, like a city not fixing potholes in its roads..."
SLATE: Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower
words.
"...Electricity wholesalers such as Enron are akin to Internet service providers such as Time Warner and Comcast in important ways. The electricity wholesalers had incentives to starve the energy market in order to extract greater fees from utilities and consumers. ISPs have similar incentives to manipulate their bandwidth in order to extract fees from websites (such as Netflix and YouTube), as well as not build out any infrastructure that would make bandwidth cheaper or make your Internet faster.
...Many customers are already living with a virtual Internet brownout. Tier 1 Internet provider Level 3, which provides top-level “backbone” services that reach the entire world, has posted several scary updates on the state of affairs. General counsel Michael Mooney observes that the ISPs are playing a game of chicken by demanding content providers pay them before they build out any further infrastructure. “These ISPs break the Internet by refusing to increase the size of their networks unless their tolls are paid,” Mooney said. Worse, they don’t even use the capacity they have, artificially starving their customers and slowing down the Internet. (Which explains why Game of Thrones is always buffering on your HBO Go, for example.) Level 3 Vice President Mark Taylor provided evidence that five U.S. ISPs (and one European ISP) are refusing to upgrade their infrastructure despite their connection ports being saturated. In other words, these ISPs are intentionally letting their service degrade because they’re cheap, like a city not fixing potholes in its roads..."
SLATE: Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower
anxiety.
with Blood Orange's Dev Hynes.
PITCHFORK: Blood Orange's Dev Hynes Shares Performance and Talk About Synesthesia and Anxiety
PITCHFORK: Blood Orange's Dev Hynes Shares Performance and Talk About Synesthesia and Anxiety
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
...and then you shoot your cousin.
an album stream.
starring the roots.
PITCHFORK: Stream The Roots' New Album ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin via Pitchfork Advance
weird science.
a moment of clarity.
words.
THE WASHINGTON POST: Michael Gerson: Americans’ aversion to science carries a high price
words.
THE WASHINGTON POST: Michael Gerson: Americans’ aversion to science carries a high price
Monday, May 12, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Friday, May 09, 2014
Thursday, May 08, 2014
MIXTAPE FRIDAYS!!!
cake.
a playlist.
1/g.u.y./lady gaga
2/indo/cassie + solange
3/hi/warpaint
4/drunk in love/beyonce + jay z
5/cash in/solange
6/birthday/katy perry
7/real thing/tUnE-yArDs
8/cobbler/kelis
9/disco//very/warpaint
10/runnin'/kelis
11/huey newton/st. vincent
12/pour it up/rihanna
m.v.p.
words.
"Durant told his mother, “We weren’t supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the street. You put clothes on our backs. Food on the table. When you didn’t eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You’re the real M.V.P.” The N.B.A. should broadcast Durant’s speech this Mother’s Day, and on every one after it. Even the most jaded SuperSonics fan would have to grant that the moment was not only a sports dream but also the American dream come to life. Talk about making it."
We all know strong (Black) women like this. And many of us have strong (Black) women like this in our lives. Forever deserving of our respect. Forever loved and in our hearts. Happy Mother's Day to them all, a few days early.
THE NEW YORKER: Kevin Durant’s Mother’s Day Gift
"Durant told his mother, “We weren’t supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the street. You put clothes on our backs. Food on the table. When you didn’t eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You’re the real M.V.P.” The N.B.A. should broadcast Durant’s speech this Mother’s Day, and on every one after it. Even the most jaded SuperSonics fan would have to grant that the moment was not only a sports dream but also the American dream come to life. Talk about making it."
We all know strong (Black) women like this. And many of us have strong (Black) women like this in our lives. Forever deserving of our respect. Forever loved and in our hearts. Happy Mother's Day to them all, a few days early.
THE NEW YORKER: Kevin Durant’s Mother’s Day Gift
world tour(s).
a moment of clarity.
words.
"It would be equally accurate to say that Obama, for the most part, has been following a consistent strategy—but one that many foreign-policy experts don’t like, because it mitigates against American interventionism. This strategy, which some would call “realism,” is based on cold-hearted self-interest. It’s equally skeptical of far-flung military entanglements and high-minded liberal nostrums. It’s a way of looking at the world that dates back to Machiavelli, and one which, at this moment in history, happens to have the overwhelming support of the American public.
...The war in Vietnam taught the United States that military force is a very blunt instrument, and that exercising it casually can backfire horribly. For some reason, the neoconservatives and the liberal interventionists both eventually forgot this lesson—but Obama, having risen to the Presidency largely on the back of his hostility to the war in Iraq, never did. Where declared enemies of the United States can be located and targeted, such as in Yemen and in the tribal areas of Pakistan, he hasn’t hesitated to use U.S. drones to attack them. Elsewhere, though, he has acted with caution.
...Where Obama sees vital U.S. interests at stake, such as in the progress of the Iranian nuclear program or the need to reassure Asian allies about the rise of China, he is willing to go out on a limb and show assertiveness. Even in the case of Ukraine, which is not an overriding U.S. concern, he has played the key role in bringing the Europeans together to support sanctions. For the most part, however, he follows the admonitions of his electors and keeps his eyes focussed on the home front. To the rest of the world, that’s sometimes frustrating. But compared to the actions of his predecessor, it’s a small fault."
THE NEW YORKER: Obama’s Foreign-Policy “Failures”: A Word for the Defense
words.
"It would be equally accurate to say that Obama, for the most part, has been following a consistent strategy—but one that many foreign-policy experts don’t like, because it mitigates against American interventionism. This strategy, which some would call “realism,” is based on cold-hearted self-interest. It’s equally skeptical of far-flung military entanglements and high-minded liberal nostrums. It’s a way of looking at the world that dates back to Machiavelli, and one which, at this moment in history, happens to have the overwhelming support of the American public.
...The war in Vietnam taught the United States that military force is a very blunt instrument, and that exercising it casually can backfire horribly. For some reason, the neoconservatives and the liberal interventionists both eventually forgot this lesson—but Obama, having risen to the Presidency largely on the back of his hostility to the war in Iraq, never did. Where declared enemies of the United States can be located and targeted, such as in Yemen and in the tribal areas of Pakistan, he hasn’t hesitated to use U.S. drones to attack them. Elsewhere, though, he has acted with caution.
...Where Obama sees vital U.S. interests at stake, such as in the progress of the Iranian nuclear program or the need to reassure Asian allies about the rise of China, he is willing to go out on a limb and show assertiveness. Even in the case of Ukraine, which is not an overriding U.S. concern, he has played the key role in bringing the Europeans together to support sanctions. For the most part, however, he follows the admonitions of his electors and keeps his eyes focussed on the home front. To the rest of the world, that’s sometimes frustrating. But compared to the actions of his predecessor, it’s a small fault."
THE NEW YORKER: Obama’s Foreign-Policy “Failures”: A Word for the Defense
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Monday, May 05, 2014
blondie 4(0) ever.
album streams.
starring blondie.
ROLLING STONE: Hear Blondie's First Album in Three Years: 'Blondie 4(0) Ever'
starring blondie.
ROLLING STONE: Hear Blondie's First Album in Three Years: 'Blondie 4(0) Ever'
Sunday, May 04, 2014
Saturday, May 03, 2014
our house.
a moment of clarity.
words.
"The problem with Cliven Bundy isn't that he is a racist but that he is an oafish racist. He invokes the crudest stereotypes, like cotton picking. This makes white people feel bad. The elegant racist knows how to injure non-white people while never summoning the specter of white guilt. Elegant racism requires plausible deniability, as when Reagan just happened to stumble into the Neshoba County fair and mention state's rights. Oafish racism leaves no escape hatch, as when Trent Lott praised Strom Thurmond's singularly segregationist candidacy.
Elegant racism is invisible, supple, and enduring. It disguises itself in the national vocabulary, avoids epithets and didacticism. Grace is the singular marker of elegant racism. One should never underestimate the touch needed to, say, injure the voting rights of black people without ever saying their names. Elegant racism lives at the border of white shame. Elegant racism was the poll tax. Elegant racism is voter-ID laws.
...Like Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling confirms our comfortable view of racists. Donald Sterling is a "bad person." He's mean to women. He carouses with prostitutes. He uses the word "nigger." He fits our idea of what an actual racist must look like: snarling, villainous, immoral, ignorant, gauche. The actual racism that Sterling long practiced, that this society has long practiced (and is still practicing) must attract significantly less note. That is because to see racism in all its elegance is to implicate not just its active practitioners, but to implicate ourselves."
THE ATLANTIC: This Town Needs a Better Class of Racist
words.
"The problem with Cliven Bundy isn't that he is a racist but that he is an oafish racist. He invokes the crudest stereotypes, like cotton picking. This makes white people feel bad. The elegant racist knows how to injure non-white people while never summoning the specter of white guilt. Elegant racism requires plausible deniability, as when Reagan just happened to stumble into the Neshoba County fair and mention state's rights. Oafish racism leaves no escape hatch, as when Trent Lott praised Strom Thurmond's singularly segregationist candidacy.
Elegant racism is invisible, supple, and enduring. It disguises itself in the national vocabulary, avoids epithets and didacticism. Grace is the singular marker of elegant racism. One should never underestimate the touch needed to, say, injure the voting rights of black people without ever saying their names. Elegant racism lives at the border of white shame. Elegant racism was the poll tax. Elegant racism is voter-ID laws.
...Like Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling confirms our comfortable view of racists. Donald Sterling is a "bad person." He's mean to women. He carouses with prostitutes. He uses the word "nigger." He fits our idea of what an actual racist must look like: snarling, villainous, immoral, ignorant, gauche. The actual racism that Sterling long practiced, that this society has long practiced (and is still practicing) must attract significantly less note. That is because to see racism in all its elegance is to implicate not just its active practitioners, but to implicate ourselves."
THE ATLANTIC: This Town Needs a Better Class of Racist
Friday, May 02, 2014
love never felt so good.
starring michael jackson.
SPIN: Hear Michael Jackson's Off-the-Wall 'Love Never Felt So Good'
SEE ALSO:
SPIN: Hear Michael Jackson's Off-the-Wall 'Love Never Felt So Good'
SEE ALSO:
Thursday, May 01, 2014
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