I’m getting myself in shape for the College Music Journal week here in NYC in about 10 days or so. Tons of bands and performers. Mostly tons of free alcohol. I’ve been getting back into the obama swing so that my liver will be thoroughly moistened for the CMJ.
I go to so many obamas I should get a Nobel Peace Prize for all the hard work that my liver performs.
If you are in NYC for the CMJ make sure you reach out to me so that we can connect-politic-ditto at a few of the shows.
MANNY and the Dodgers are back into the NLCS round of the MLB playoffs. I hope they face off against Philly again so they can come up on a little getback.
The really great news for the Dodgers is that MANNY seems to have recovered his stroke [ll] after stumbling into the postseason going 5 for his last 31 at-bats. As goes MANNY so go the Dodgers despite ANDRE ETHIER having a breakout season.
The Yanks are on the verge of sweeping the Twins away in the ALDS and the Red Sox find themselves one game away from elimination also. If the current trends hold sway we may have ourself another NY-LA October Classic. The first one since the Dodgers series win in 1981.
Fantasy is reality is the theme of the latest Internets Show podcast.
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Timeless Truth, the hosts of Industry Shakedown Radio are shooting a video today for their track ‘Priceless’ featuring Sean Price. I’ll have some behind the scenes pix to post tomorrow. The lifestyle representatives will be in full effect. One of the messages Solace sent to me was to make sure I came dipped. With Meyhem, Thirstin’ Howl 3rd and Timeless Truth on hand I had better pull some official lifestyle from out the archives.
Here’s a video clip of Ruck going thru some I.T.’s in prep for the shoot.
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The image above is from an NYC Health Department subway ad eschewing the consumption of sweetened beverages. The artwork makes the beverage appear to be the iconic lemon flavored ice tea from Snapple? WTF?!? Wasn’t Snapple embedded in a multi-million dollar partnership with NYC, and more specifically the NYC Department of Education?
Not that I think you should take heed to every press release that comes down the pike, but this shit was major news when it dropped several years ago. Snapple became the “official beverage” brand for NYC. Snapple vending machines were installed in city agencies throughout the five boroughs. And schools also because when you aren’t allowed to leave school grounds for a quarter water or a bag of chips you can at least copp yourself a $1 can of Snapple.
Unfortunately for NYC, the deal wasn’t as sweet as the Snapple drinks are. So now Snapple gets thrown under the proverbial bus(a B25 I imagine) because the city is undergoing a policy shift in the war against the poor. City Hall thinks that if poor people stop drinking as much sody pops and sweetened beverages maybe there won’t be as much diabetes in the ‘hood. This idea is a fail also.
Let’s smarten up NaS and realize that poor people consume crap for one reason. It’s all we can afford. We grow to like the shit after buying it for generations. but if I could afford Kumbucha drinks I would copp those instead. For the same 16ozs. of a healthier beverage priced at $3 or more I can buy myself a Tropical Fantasy for $.50 and get the most sugar per 8oz. serving available. Those are the real decisions that poor people have to make.
Why is public policy always about threatening poor people?
Because the war on the poor continues unabated.