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December 2011
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The Rise of the NBA Nerd: Basketball style and... →
A look into the expansion of black style into formerly shunned prep.
West had done what 15 years of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Family Matters could not. He ushered in the chic of the black nerd. He cleared a safe space for narcissism and self-deconstruction; for singing rappers with names like Drake, J. Cole, and Tyler, The Creator; for the Roots to be Jimmy Fallon’s house band; for...
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My Favorite Albums of 2011 →
I’ll try to do more of a write-up along with a favorite tracks list this weekend, but for now, here’s my top 10.
Cotton Jones - Gone the Bells (demo verison)
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8 Mind-Bending Animated GIFs By Micaël Reynaud →
Moolancholia is my favorite,
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For... →
I’m making it a goal to write things down more in order to better organize my thoughts. I’m already good at writing to-do lists down, as the article also recommends, but need to work on the below:
One thing that reliably helped very smart students with major test anxiety was writing about their anxieties to “off-load” them. And that was very specifically noted as...
November 2011
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Device Turnoff on Airlines May Be Unnecessary, But... →
NY Times:
Surely if electronic gadgets could bring down an airplane, you can be sure that the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, which has a consuming fear of 3.5 ounces of hand lotion and gel shoe inserts, wouldn’t allow passengers to board a plane with an iPad or Kindle, for fear that they would be used by terrorists.
I’d like to think that...
Rainymood.com →
Continuous rain sounds.
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Devendra Banhart - Brindo
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Youth Lagoon - Daydream
Bibio - Lovers’ Carvings
Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall... →
A comment on recent police actions on protesters from the man who was Police Chief in Seattle during the “Battle of Seattle” in 1999.
Everyday policing is characterized by a SWAT mentality, every other 911 call a military mission. What emerges is a picture of a vital public-safety institution perpetually at war with its own people.
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Rage Against the Machine’s Zach de la Rocha wrote a poem dedicated to the Occupy movement.
The beginning spills through city veins Into the arteries And under powers poison clouds We move like the shadows Through the alley ways Through nightmares bought and sold as dreams Through barren factories Through boarded schools Through rotting fields Through the burning doors of the past ...
The Desktop Wallpaper Project →
Every wallpaper I’ve had for the past three years has come from The Fox Is Black’s Desktop Wallpaper Project.
Drake: The Long Way Home →
Complex Magazine cover story
I know you hate him because he’s soft, but I’m sorry that it can’t be guns and cars all the time. Complex gets it right:
Drake’s introspective, self-effacing lyrics—usually delivered in clever, succinct couplets—reveal the inner machinations of many dudes in their mid-twenties: the quest to live life to the limit, not just survive a nine-to-five;...