I am closing just for a couple of weeks. I am facing 4 deadlines. You know it must be real because I have never not postedbefore, ever. No matter what I was going through.I am just trying to prioritize and focus. I will try andTwitter.I will be back. ~m.
Archive for October, 2008
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008Reading Blogs at Work
Monday, October 27th, 2008I was speaking to Robbie a couple of weeks ago. He asked mehow my History of Hip Hop Blogs piece was coming along (meaningthat it has gotten way bigger than I anticipated). I told him it was large, and that I wasn’t sure whether to makeit into one, two or three parts. He responded saying [...]
Anthony Hamilton, Good Lawd
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008I don’t trust Black men (or men in general) who don’t have facial hair. They get the side eye. You notice how LL’s face just look’s a wee too clean?However, now that I think about it, there are exceptions. Obamais clean shaven, but the juttyness (yes I made it up) of hischin strikes a balance [...]
Me & Lauryn Hill: An Evolution
Saturday, October 18th, 2008The first time I heard Lauryn Hill, was probably a single from the Blunted on Reality album and I hated it. At that time it appeared to be crazy gimmicky. I didn’t like The Fugees and I didn’t like The Score. The Score took an L because in many ways, it was accessible, cross over [...]
The Blues and Transformation
Friday, October 17th, 2008Still from I’m Through with White Girls There is something to be said for The “Borderless Relationship”post, as it was was a catalyst for change in M.dots world. Out of a desire to both write in a way that reflects what wehave come to be known for, and to also avoid beingoutta pocket (see that [...]
Byron Hurt Presents Barack & Curtis
Monday, October 13th, 2008Click here if the vid doesn’t play “We are Not Allowed to be Seen as People Who have Baggy Jeansand a Hugo Boss Suit in the Same Closet“-Michaela Angela Davis It is interesting to see how the film turned about based on the raw footagethat was available on youtube last week. I found Ras Baraka’s [...]
Attack of the Borderless Relationships
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Flick from “Im Through With White Girls” Borderless relationships are dangerous because there isonly a matter of time before a border is crossed and the entirespot gets blown. This past weekend, I fell back from Filthy.He decided to take the time to deal with the impact of aborderless relationship with a lady friend that preceded [...]
I’d Rather Be Poor and White than Rich and Black: McCain and the White Vote
Friday, October 10th, 2008Obama is a Hooligan, Terrorist and a Socialist?Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo has an interesting pieceup on how McCain is fanning the flames of anger and rage onthe campaign trail. He writes, Look, it’s easy to dismiss the guy at this rally as a crank. But the larger context here is important. The McCain [...]
$125K to Teach Future Highschool Dropouts
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Only 32 percent of Black men graduated from New York City public schoolson schedule in 2006. Only when we decide that we are teaching young people, young urban peoplewith the sole intent of liberating them, will we have any success as educators. Apparently, there is a school in New York that thinks that paying teachers$125K [...]
