I’m not going to try and codify or explain why Amy Winehouse was so mercurial and still so important to music.
Especially since Jay Smooth found the perfect mindstate to celebrate the artists who have inspired us thru their music.
Thank you JaySmooth for these thoughts. Thank you Gil Scott-Heron. Thank you Amy Winehouse.
Youtube is the veritable congressional library of human fail.
Jay-Z’s peeps at Roc-A-Wear invited me to their NoLita pop-up space to preview the re-launch of the brand from it’s previous streetwear focus to an upscale men’s fashion line.
The only clothing brand which emerged from Hip-Hop that was able to legitimately cross that threshold was Sean John. Phat Farm and Karl Kani both had items which transcended their Hip-Hop roots but the lines themselves never went above them. That is definitely Roc-A-Wear’s aim this time around.
The folks from Roc-A-Wear were also generous enough to gift me with several items too so if you are someone on my snail mail list you might should watch the throne, er, your mailbox I meant.
Sexual assaults in America are on the rise for a bevy of reasons. One of them has to be the advertising of sex in all sorts of consumer products. No one is more notorious right now then the marketers of American Apparel.
After the Random Axe show several members of the Combat Jack Show walked past an American Apparel store and felt compelled to talk about the displays and their overarching themes. Yeah, I think we were drunk too.
Every year thousands of JumpOffs move up to Wifey Status.
Just like any competitive sport there are rules to the game.
Some say the game is to be sold and not told.
Let Dallas Penn’s TWitter feed put you up on game.
And if you don’t know, now you know…
