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POLITRICKS 2008: Reflections On Politricks 1968…

Monday, May 26th, 2008

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If you ask me, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON’s remarks about remembering ROBERT KENNEDY are a subtle reminder to white not to get caught up in the hype. The KENNEDY’s were young, charismatic political leaders who wanted to ignite the electorate to change the status quo. You see where that got them? You see where that got us? The last forty years have been a mashup of neo-conservative reactionary administrations. Save for that blip that was JIMMY CARTER, possibly the greatest president since forever.

When you remind American’s about the KENNEDY family I think that serves to put the dreamers and the people that are sick of the stench of supremacy back in their place. America eats its young. The dreamers, the believers, the workers, the fighters. Anyone who thinks that people should be placed before profits. Most of all, America eats anyone who dare eff up their game plan. Stick to the script, or you and your entire family will be waylaid. The invocation of 1968, whether it is MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. or ROBERT KENNEDY is essentially to keep people in check in 2008.

Call it psychological social-mobility terrorism. And get your ass a late pass. This shit done been in effect. I talked here before about the ‘Black Codes‘ and the fact that there was a social infrastructure that would not permit shit like Blacks owning property, or Blacks and white inter-marrying. This wasn’t simply frowned upon. These things were explicitly disallowed with legislation. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON became as reactionary as any neo-conservative when she in essence told the people, “Stay in your lane so you don’t get your ass merc’ked like the KENNEDYS”.

I know she doesn’t speak that colloquially but what other message do you take from her? Understand what is at stake here for these candidates. The winner goes home with a pocketfull of the ultimate poker chips. The money and power at stake here is immeasurable. Why else would the BUSH administration steal two(2) elections? Why else would HILLARY CLINTON be so desperate to secure the Dem party nomination? All the hippies from 1968 woke the eff up and put NIXON buttons on their blazer lapels. CLINTON was simply trying to remind us who it is that runs this rap shit.

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY…

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

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Are easily separated.

These old school hustlers brought out the 3 Card Monty setup and got this dude for his grip. This is a variation on the ‘shell game’ where a pebble is hidden under a shell and the confidence man managing the game moves the pebble around discreetly so that you never correctly guess the shell it is under.

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3 card monty

I felt bad for the dude in his young twenties that was swindled down by this professional unit. These people were pretty sharp as far as street hustlers are concerned. The two dudes in the picture were the lead bigmouths. Their accomplices were spreadd throughout the onlookers.

This was almost like watching a video of hyenas take down their prey with guile as they caused confusion with commotion.

Homeboy never even stood a chance.

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

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Sneaker Fiends… Come out and plaaaaaaay.

This weekend Saturday May 24th at high noon we will convene the first monthly S.F.U. NYC tour under the clock at Grand Central Terminal.

Come with your love for crispy kicks at the cheapest prices NYC has to offer.

We will traverse the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan in our quest.

Just like the ‘Warriors’ movie, but with less gang warfare.

Jump in this thread so we can politic this specifics.


Can you dig it?

Can You Dig It?!

CAN YOU DIG IT?!?

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The i.C.’s: CHECK MATE

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

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How is it that everything has to revolve around me? I have some major issues.

Last year on my bornday the iNternets Celebrities brain trust (RAFI, CAS and I) were having an e-mail convo and CAS broached the idea of shooting a movie about check cashing spots after Rafi spotted a comment at Oh Word suggesting that. As usual we all agree that we will do it, but the truth is that our daily schedules don’t easily facilitate our filmmaking desires. As I re-read that thread I kind of laugh to myself because the movie we ended up creating is expressed in that e-mail.

Check cashing locations are necessary evils in poor neighborhoods. They provide the services that banks are unwilling and incapable of generating. The check cashing locations keep poor people on the economic grid.

RAFI and I are somewhat idiot savants in that even though we are both writers we have a hard time delivering outlines and scripts to CASIMIR for discussion. We generally like to meet up beforehand and figure out our locations then just go in and start shooting and let the discovery of the moment guide us. That’s easy work for RAFI and I. For CAS, not so much. He has hours of tape stock to upload and review. I don’t envy his workload.

The following film you are about to go in on is from several days of shooting. CAS and I did a scout reel first as we rolled around Bushwick, Brooklyn. We brought in IAN SAVAGE for the the first day of hard shooting in and around Bushwick. IAN rolled with us up in Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. The third day of filming we indoctrinated JOSH WEISBROT to the i.C. collective as we drove around Downtown Brooklyn. Many hours of film footage went into this short video.

Chea goes out to BEN POPKEN from Consumerist dot com, CLAY RAIDER gave us some real talk. He is a dude we chopped it up with outside of the Taj Mahal of check cashing spots. Shout to VeE from Scritch and Scratch for supplying some sketches for the visuals. ELI KETER does the music and you really need to show him some respect when the horns blow in. ‘Bodega’ has been a wildly successful film for us and we recently won the judges honorable mention at the Paul Robeson Film Festival at the Newark Museum (come out and check us at the screenings in July). ‘Checkmate’ is even better. Word to Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

“Cash rules everything around me. C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dollar dollar bill y’all!”

BlackBerry >>> iPhone

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

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The debate rages on as to which is a better device. The fake computer telephone or the fake telephone computer.

I personally fucks with Research In Motion’s BlackBerry. My cellphone service provider doesn’t offer iPhones anyhoo. As a matter of fact, my cellphone service provider, T-Mobile, refused to fix my BlackBerry device even though it was still under its first year warranty. The call center claims that the phone has been water damaged. That my friends, is a bullshit scam. The only moisture on my phone has been the perspiration from placing the phone on my face to talk into it. I should start a class action lawsuit against RIM and T-Mobile for the face cancer I will develop.

Anyhoo…

My BlackBerry screen is cracked diagonally yet I still post drops to this blog and even over at XXL. Try that shit with an iPhone. Its not possible since you have all this functionality embedded on the touch screen. Can the iPhone survive the real life mobile telecommunication device travails? I doubt it. But everyone wants the iPhone because it is sooooo sexy. Also because Apple Computers are markers of an affluent lifestyle. You somehow appear to be environmentally conscious even though their devices prA’li use more Coltan than the average. Your Apple Computers telephone is singlehandedly funding civil war in Africa.

At the end of the day there really isn’t any difference between the RIM BlackBerrys or the Apple iPhones. What matters is which device enables you to be your most productive. If you are concerned about which device makes the best looking accessory then you aren’t really into getting too much work done.