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FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

freedom!!! fridays

I have to give a shout out to my brother from another mother, DJ HERBERT. He used to receive my weekly e-mail blast and he offered me a job as a promoter for his weekly party called FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS. At the time FREEDOM!!! had just moved to a space in the East Village and it was my favorite spot for bagging up a p.y.t. that was fresh to the NYC scene. She might be from Chicago, L.A., Detroit or N’Awlins and she was trying to find out what was really good with the Big Apple. Even though the party might be filled with industry heads there was little or no pretension. If you asked a girl for a dance she would give you one. If you knew how to dance you would get a second. I even have a couple of dope hook up stories from this party.

When I designed my flyers I was given complete autonomy and as you will see I pushed the limits of good taste in some of my designs. It was all about the feel good attitude that the FREEDOM!!! party gave me. FREEDOM!!! was a lot of fun for me back then because the party was a breath of fresh air to the NYC late nite club scene. Rare grooves and classic Hip-Hop made FREEDOM!!! like the sexiest group karaoke event ever. The FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS party is still on and popping and you can still get inside on the DALLAS PENN friends and family discount when you say my name to the cashier. Ladies = $5 and fellas = $7 all nite long.

FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS
Star 64 a/k/a StarFoods
64 East 1st Street, NYC

For a less hectic and laid back groove you can find me at BELMONT LOUNGE on Friday nites. There’s no chance of you squeezing ROSARIO DAWSON’s booty like at FREEDOM!!!, but we make up for it by not charging a cover and being heavy handed on the bar drinks.

Go to FREEDOM!!! to look like a Star, come to Belmont to get wasted like one.

I called this set of flyers my ’emo t.v. series’.

sanford & son

diff'rent strokes

FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS
Star 64 a/k/a StarFoods
64 East 1st Street, NYC

mr.t

mr.t

FREEDOM!!! FRIDAYS
Star 64 a/k/a StarFoods
64 East 1st Street, NYC

roots

welcome back kotter

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Respect the HAMMER

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

henry aaron

HENRY AARON hit his 755th home run on this day in 1976.

AARON finished his career as a designated hitter for the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Crap Music Is Making You Stupiderer…

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

iron mike

More hard evidence that rap music is making you dumber than you already were…

KING TEE from StapleCrops Studios posited a great question to me the other afternoon. He asked me if I thought that popular rap music was less intelligent now then say, 15 years ago. From the onset when I look at songs like ‘Laffy Taffy’ and acts like the Black Eyed Peas I think that this is a no-brainer question, but how do I answer this query based on empirical knowledge without any of the emotional baggage?

Very simply. I will study two factors that lend themselves to intelligent discussion, word count and number of polysyllabic words used. I think we can all agree that the breadth of someone’s vocabulary is a good measure to their relative intelligence which in turn correlates to other areas like their understanding of the world around them. Why is intelligence important you might ask? cRappers have become the de facto statesmen for a generation of people (mostly coloreds). If you are to trust these people to express your issues wouldn’t you want someone that has the most knowledge to represent you? After this exercise is complete we will know who we should listen to if anyone at all.

Let’s try an example…

D4L – ‘Laffy Taffy’
word count = 392 (including ‘dis’ 6x and ‘dat’ 5x)
polysyllabic words (3+ sylable) = 4 (longest = motherfuckin’)

BIG DADDY KANE – ‘Raw’
word count = 670
polysyllabic words (3+ sylable) = 22 (longest = tie: perpetrating, fascinating, entertaining)

O.K., that was pretty obvious from jumpstreet. Southern rap music doesn’t pretend to be any more elevated than slavespeak. Let’s go deeper into the rap music matrix to see who matches up when true lyricists are considered…

JAY-Z – ‘Can’t Knock The Hustle’
word count = 437 (barely more than ‘Laffy Taffy’)
polysyllabic words = 10 (longest = entertainment)

NAS – ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’
word count = 730
polysyllabic words = 20 (longest = tie: composition, information, investments, equivalent)

RAKIM ALLAH – ‘Microphone Fiend’
word count = 550
polysyllabic words = 40 (longest = hypochondriac)

Imagine for a moment if you will the amount of ideas that RAKIM would have conveyed if he had used as many words as NAS. It’s clearly evident the less that you know and express lyrically has an inverse relationship to your popularity. EMINEM might be the anomaly to this experiment, but I leave that for you kids to examine for yourselves.

Posted in Black Bullshit, Crappers, Jig Lit Review | 35 Comments »

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

skater boy

NIKE presents the Blue Ribbon Sports line of DALLASPENN.COM tee shirts featuring skaterboy.

Blue Ribbon Sports was the original name for NIKE back in the early 1960’s. NIKE has released a limited edition run of apparel that reflects the heritage of that early spirit.

skater boy t

skater boy t

I finish my set off with a pair of suede NL Dunks. I can sell you a set for a $125 including the socks.

Challah back.

nl dunks

nl dunks

nl dunks

nl dunks

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BLACK DON’T CRACK IN BEISBOL

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

luis t

I am back at the beisbol theme for this week by dropping a post on some of the older players in the league who still have game. There was a time when 40 years old was ancient for an athlete. Now that everybody is drinking Red Bull and taking lord knows what else we are seeing athletes remain competitive until they are middle-aged.

There were always a few elite athletes who were viable stars into their forties. The great and legendary negro leaguer SATCHEL PAIGE wasn’t admitted into the major leagues until he was almost fifty so it’s not like the precedent wasn’t already established. SATCHEL played many a winter season in the Cuban leagues and it’s no small wonder to me that so many Cuban players are drinking that bottled water by PONCE de LEON. But it isn’t just Cuban players that have found the fountain of youth.

contreras

It’s just that it seems normal for more players to stay in the league well past the age that we would typically want to put them to pasture. What keeps them around is the fact that they are damn good. If a guy was a bum no team would keep him on their roster. Here’s a short list of a few of the old guys that I respect for keeping their game tight and their mind’s right.

bonds BARRY BONDS
Fuck the critics. Real recognize real. All the other “sluggers” from his era have broken down like GM cars. If MARK McGUIRE and BRADY ANDERSON were still in the league there wouldn’t be a media maelstrom about steroids. Blackness is unforgivable.

jose JOSE CONTRERAS
JOSE mught be the best Cuban pitcher since LUIS TIANT. There is something about crossing the oceam on a rubber tire that makes you stronger than Superman once you get to the U.S. mainland. BRIAN CASHMAN is hating himself every five days.

rickey RICKEY HENDERSON
He may have been blacklisted from returning to the majors, but trust me, he is still operating at a pro level in the Pacific League.

el duque ORLANDO ‘EL DUQUE’ HERNANDEZ
Yet another Cuban defect and an ageless wonder. El Duque’s inimitable delivery should have gotten lower by now, but he is still high kicking and getting wins in the bigs.
j franco

The NY Mets own JULIO FRANCO will be seventy-two in August.

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