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  • Next time those Record Companies try to make you feel all sad that they aren’t making as much money as they’d like…

    Just read this. By the way, I Fight Dragons echoed the experience.

  • YANSS – Alternative Medicine

    Given the way humans work, this episode of You Are Not So Smart probably won’t change the mind of anyone who’s deep into the alternative medicine world, but I think it’s important to listen to and strongly consider if you’re on the fence. Key quotes to me: “There’s a name for treatments that are proven…

  • Raptr Video Game Summary

    Back on 4 Jan I posted my 2013 gaming post. Raptr created their own graphics based post here. It’s pretty neat.

  • It seems this always happens in rap….

    This article on AV Club considers how A Tribe Called Quest’s most critically acclaimed album is their worst artistically. I felt the same thing happened with GRITS – I LOVE their first two albums, but hate everything after that – which is when they started to pick up steam and be featured on MTV. It’s…

  • Singing the Lesbian Blues

    This article explores a side of the blues I never knew existed. Apparently there was certain degree of openness about lesbian blues singers when it was indie that I wouldn’t have expected to find in 1920s America (as well as hidden via slang and double-entendre references to lesbianism)

  • Netflix does what many have been recomending

    Lots of technologist have been suggesting that the entertainment industry should view illicit Internet sources of their products as indicative of unmet demand. Netflix is doing just that. Senior executives from Netflix have explained their method for choosing which programs to license for the service: they buy the rights to the most-pirated shows in each…

  • This blew my mind

    But as you reduce the speed that the drive shaft is rotating, you lower the frequency of the sound it’s making. There comes a lower limit where the engine is making what Gordon calls “groan-y and moan-y” noises which people find unpleasant. The car sounds broken. So cars had to keep the engine’s RPM above…

  • Memory Wipe: A Stroll Along Pop Culture Memory Lane

    I’ve blogged in a similar vein before, but it’s really neat to come across AV Club’s Memory Wipe. Someone (or a group of writers) who seems to be about the same age as me, give or take a few years, is taking a look back at the pop culture of our youth to see if…

  • If you disagree that NYC’s Stop and Frisk program should be ended (or changed),

    Read this article about Questlove being stopped repeatedly despite being, well, Questlove!. A few choice quotes: Questlove said his most recent stop was conducted at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge a few weeks ago following an appearance at the hip venue Brooklyn Bowl. Officers pulled over his driver, shined flashlights into the car and…

  • Judge says NYC’s stop and frisk is unconstitutional

    This is a good first step, but the City has vowed to fight, so it’s not over yet.

  • An African American Woman’s Perspective on the Miley Twerking Thing

    Miley’s twerking has been way over-exposed. I didn’t write a post about it because I couldn’t give a crap. She just seemed like she was either pulling an Andy Kaufman on us by looking absolutely ridiculous or she was doing a Bieber and losing her marbles. However, I came across this pretty awesome post written…

  • WHAT?

    Well, if it gets immigration reform passed, does it matter what kind of lala land you have to live in? If anyone mentions that I’ve been confused for a Persian – good job at failing to realize that Persians aren’t Arabs.

  • The AV Club is Right. Patton Oswalt Won Twitter

    The important thing is that you need to read to the end of the article or it’s just going to seem really weird.

  • This seems to agree with my experiences

    “Ninety percent of Latinos said that they are friends with people of a different race, making them much more likely than the rest of America to reach across racial lines to make friends.” The rest of the article goes on to talk about whites and blacks, but I think part of the reason Latinos tend…

  • RIP Alvarez Guedes

    I just found out from my brother that Alvarez Guedes died. I have almost the same story as the person who wrote the linked article. I’m not sure if I’ll expound on it in a longer post, but I wanted to pass along the link. He was an awesomely funny dude, my favorite comedian, and…