Archive for February, 2008

CRACK, IN VIDEO GAME FORM…

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

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Grand Theft Auto 4 will officially be the greatest video game evar. My first experience with the GTA game was at my kid brother’s crib. He has the version called ‘Vice City’. I started playing the game on a Saturday evening and I never stopped. I might have played that game for 36 straight hours if I didn’t have to eventually go to my job. What makes the game so hypnotic is that the storyline is dense and well scripted on so many levels.

The larger debate that looms will deal with the social ramifications of games like Grand Theft Auto. Do I think that video games desensitize us to violence? Yes, and mostly no. I think that real violence desensitizes us to violence. It isn’t just the wars that we find ourself stuck in the middle of but all the armed conflicts that are ocurring globally and being transmitted to our eyes through the television and the internets.

I won’t make a tacit defense for these video games either. They are certainly part of the problem that cause young minds to become disenchanted and ambivalent about their future. Life is cheap in the video game world. With that being said I think that every parent has to be a pro-active monitor on the amount of media that your kids have access to. It’s a tall order I’m sure and I can clearly remember giving my parents a ton of headache for their money.

We aren’t going to be able to stop the production and sale of these games. Nor should we. The hyper-reality violence contained in the game has no bearing on society as a whole as much as the real violence and terror that we commit on the daily as humankind. Let’s stop starting wars and then maybe we can consider banning video games. But until that time… Rockstar Games is that shit.

A LETTER FROM THE MANAGEMENT

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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^ Yeah, I did that too.

What the fuck is good party people?!?

This drop will be on some spaz shit with my grammar and spelling all over the effing place. Put the women and children to bed if you have to, even though it’s something something in the morning when you are reading this.

Shouts to my folks at ThinkTank Marketing who stay hitting me off with the industry popoffs that have the “Obama”. That is my new word for open bar functions – Obamas. It’s a celebration bitches. Your DVD’s are in the mail.

A couple of commenters have asked about the Blu Cheez Ghetto Celeb photo galleries and why there aren’t any more jiggly asses or tatas on display. The boss of this website, Chocolate Snowflake, decided that all the images that aren’t digestable for undeveloped stomachs should be made private. If you want access to these galleries then you need to request a username and password from Blu Cheez. E-mail him. He’s a good dude.

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Back to the matter at hand…

I am constantly thinking of shit to do at this website to make this space interesting and worthwhile for you readers to continue to find us in your browser. With a proliferation of good weblogs on the internets I feel like our job here might be almost done. Several of you have asked me to complete the memoirs of my New York City journeys and I strongly consider that feedback. Although, writing a gut-wrenching tell-all book for seven people seems like more of a vanity project than something that will ultimately be worth my time. Oops, the eight readers that tune in on the regulack (my badd Candice). In any case maybe some more blog drops about vintage New York City are what we need to wrap up this website.

Did I say biggup to ThinkTank Marketing? Last nite’s “Obama” was at a space currently called Plumm. Back in the days this space was called Nell’s and it was one of the great NYC clubs. Nell’s was in the cut as far as clubs operated and there were always celebrities in the basement lounge. Back in those days I made my side scrilla from grams and eightballs of that yayze. Nell’s was non-descript and their wood paneled bathroom was ultra-classy even without having an attendant. I don’t really miss those days since they were spent in a haze of yayze.

GOD blessed me by giving me a day job across the street from Nell’s. I just called it a job, but it was really the Old Jew’s classroom. That’s where the Old Jew taught me the true meaning of being one of GOD’s chosen. If you are a real Jew, a REAL JEW, then your responsibility is to teach man, to show man the light. That is the singular divine obligation of the chosen. Each one, teach one. If you aren’t a teacher then you are only jewish. My apologies to all the folks that are only jewish. Maybe one day you too can be one of the chosen. Anyhoo…

I have watched West 14th Street transform several times over and over again. If New York City has an actual heart it is prah’lee somewhere in between 14th and 34th Streets. Sixth Ave is definitely the aorta. I don’t know shit about vascular systems and I don’t even know why you are reading this shit right now. Go click over to some other website where they are talking about gossip and the Grammys. I’m not feeling that shit here today.

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What I am feeling like doing right now is enjoying the Toy Fair at the Jacob Javits Convention Center and enjoying this buzz from eight rounds of Bombay Sapphire and tonic water. My mic sounds nice check one, my mic sounds nice check two. Shout out to all the folks that read this shit and have no fucking idea what the fuck I am talking about but can find the one sentence of truth and make it work for their life. I respect that courage. That isn’t just the liquor talking either. Okay, maybe the liquor is talking, but I meant what ever the fuck I just said.

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TOY STORY…

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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If you had the time and money to waste on buying your seeds an educational toy I am suggesting that you copp them an Automoblox toy kit. I got hip to these toys walking through the yuppified Park Slope Brooklyn neighborhood where Chocolate Snowflake volunteers at a food co-operative.

The Automoblox toys are considered ‘smart toys’ like most building block sets are. They help kids develop their cognitive problem solving abilities as well as their motor skills and spatial relationships. In other words, kids learn how to put shit together and how parts interact and relate with one another. Plus, their toy kicks major ass.

My mother credited my drawing capabilities with the fact that I played with wooden blocks for five or six years. Well up until my twenties. Nahh, but seriously, goal-oriented problem solving with play a part in helping a child build their sense of self-esteem and confidence. Also I think these motor skills are important and shouldn’t only be strengthened through video game play.

We are almost at the point where people can’t assemble the shit that comes from IKEA. This isn’t a good thing for our society and bridges will continue to fall if no one ever learns how to build them or is even encouraged in that direction. Playing with Automoblox will not make your child an engineer, but it will definitely be a stepping stone for his or her development and learning. Plus, they will get a kick ass car to play with.

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LIVE FROM THE PLANET OF BROOKLYN…

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

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For the remaining two weeks in February, Brooklyn will be the hottest spot in the city that never sleeps. Except for this Friday when the Roots and friends takeover the Apollo Theatre, but after that it is back again to the planet of Brooklyn.

All the action will rotate around the venerable Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Clinton Hill club Sputnik.

Thursday 2/21 – DJ Premier/Evil Dee

Friday 2/22 – DJ Reborn

* Saturday 2/23 – DJ Spinna/KeiStar Productions *

THE JOINT (In Celebration Of Black History Month)

Music By: DJ SPINNA

@ Sputnik 262 Taffe Place (Bet. Dekalb & Willouhgby Aves-near Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY)

Doors 10PM-4AM / $10 Reduced Admission (w) RSVP / 21 & Over, ID Required

RSVP For The REDUCED List at keistarproductions@gmail.com

* This Special Event Is Part of BAM’s (Brooklyn Academy of Music) “Brooklyn Next” Event Series *

175 Shows / 17 Venues / 2 weeks! Brooklyn Next (Feb 15~24) highlights the innovation and diversity of Brooklyn’s music scene with two weekends packed with shows all over the borough.

keistarproductions@gmail.com / myspace.com/keistarproductions

President’s Day Podcast…

Monday, February 18th, 2008

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Wishful thinking on my part…


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Saigon, dead prez & Immortal Technique