Thursday, January 29, 2009
Snuggie?? WTF???!!!
Who says the Arabs don't have a sense of humor?!!
BAGHDAD – When an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at George W. Bush last month at a Baghdad press conference, the attack spawned a flood of Web quips, political satire and street rallies across the Arab world.
Now it's inspired a work of art. A sofa-sized sculpture — a single copper-coated shoe on a stand carved to resemble flowing cloth — was formally unveiled to the public Thursday in the hometown of the late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.
Its sculptor called it a fitting tribute to the shoe hurler, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, and his folk hero reputation in parts of the Muslim world and beyond.
But its location in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, about 80 miles north of Baghdad, is a point of reference for prewar nostalgia among some Iraqis.
Bush dodged both shoes, but the image was extremely powerful in Arab culture, where throwing shoes at someone is a sign of extreme contempt. Iraqis whacked a toppled statue of Saddam following the U.S.-led invasion with their shoes and slippers.
Kudos to you little girl for surviving being tossed 190 feet off a bridge by your father!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
FINALLY: Late ass Kelly Rowland has finally left the Beyonce brigade!!!!
Friday, January 23, 2009
New Eminem...
As an Eminem fan I have to say that I am not that impressed. Sounds like 50 wrote it for him. Or maybe he was just playing around in the studio and it got leaked. Whatever the case I know Em can come with better than this. We need you man! Hip hop is holding on for dear life!
Krizz
Give it a listen here:
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The tragedy of Joaquin Phoenix...
He's this guy now...
Oh, unforgiving tragedy. When fame and power become a lifestyle one of two things occur everytime. One either will flourish....or become batshit crazy. In the case of Joaquin Phoenix, batshit crazy is not even the horrible part. It's much, much worse than that. He's a rapper now. Yes, the same guy who kicked ass in the Johnny Cash movie is trying his hand at rap. As an extraordinary emcee myself, my take on it is this...he sucks. He's coming off like a real drugged up douchebag right now and I don't appreciate it. There's enough terrible rap out there to keep hip-hop stagnant for the next decade and he, seemingly, is not satisfied with that. He wants to further ruin the genre by looking like a homeless retard while rapping. I wish Joaquin Phoenix nothing but hard times and obnoxious booing while pursuing his rap career. Moron...
Check out the video of his first stellar performance...
Krizz
Thursday, January 15, 2009
FASHION WHITE TEE WEDDING EMERGENCY! Where is Joan and Melissa Rivers when you need them?
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
So I heard the supposed Virgin auctioning off her "first time" had reached bids exceeding 6 million.
The reasoning behind the auctioning is not what has me thinking. It's the fact that she is auctioning what is supposed to be looked at as a girl's most special of gifts. You know, it's that thing that you're supposed to give away, in a night full of passion and love; in moments laced with affection, you're supposed to come to your climax while in the arms of a big, strong man who will say "I love you" while he kisses your forehead and wakes you the next day to cuddle and make you breakfast.
But, how much of that is Hollywood fantasy and how much of that is reality?
Don't get me wrong--I think virginity is something special, and something that should be held onto until you meet someone very special to share it with, but how many of us are so wrapped up by what Hollywood and television and books and magazines tell us "love" is that we just "fall in love" with anyone we catch a couple butterflies for? And after we "fall in love," we have the "permission" to fall into something else, if you catch my drift.
So, after reading about Ms. Dylan and her auction, I find myself at an intellectual crossroads. What if Ms. Dylan is simply the face of the modern female, logically using what she has to get what she wants? What if the butterflies, love, and candlelit smoke and mirrors of the first-time fantasy are nothing more than the remnants of an old-fashioned way of thinking, ceasing to exist in front of our eyes?
Men stereotypically ache to rid themselves of their virginity. Maybe Ms. Dylan is simply a step smarter--she's not giving it away for free.
Mayor of Baltimore tells the media to fuck off!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Messy of the Week presents- Niggaz in Oakland...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/01/08/MN2N155CN1.DTL
The roving mob expressed fury at police and frustration over society's racial injustice. Yet the demonstrators were often indiscriminate, frequently targeting the businesses and prized possessions of people of color.
The mob smashed the windows at Creative African Braids on 14th Street, and a woman walked out of the shop holding a baby in her arms.
Wednesday night's vandalism victims had nothing to do with the shooting death by a BART police officer of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day - but that did little to sway the mob.
"I feel like the night is going great," said Nia Sykes, 24, of San Francisco, one of the demonstrators. "I feel like Oakland should make some noise. This is how we need to fight back. It's for the murder of a black male."
Sykes, who is black, had little sympathy for the owner of Creative African Braids.
The protest had started calmly shortly after 3 p.m. at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, where BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle shot 22-year-old Grant of Hayward a week ago. BART shut down the station well into the evening commute, although the demonstration there was peaceful.
Earlier in the evening, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums met the mob on 14th Street, urging calm and leading them on a walk to City Hall, where he gave a speech.
"I'm asking people to disperse," the mayor said to the couple hundred people in the crowd. "Let's leave in a spirit of peace."
But soon after, a man shouted "that's the modern day lynching" and the mob quickly continued its rampage, smashing at least seven storefronts on 17th street between Franklin and Webster streets. They also smashed eight cars, including four belonging to the City of Oakland.
Near 14th and Alice streets, Myron Bell was taking dance lessons in "step," a form of dance popular among African Americans, when he looked out the window and saw people jumping on his Lexus sedan.
Nearby, Godhuli Bose stood near her smashed Toyota Corolla as a man walked by, repeatedly called her a misogynist slur and then added, "F- your car."
Bose, a high school teacher, said: "I can't afford this."
Cardoza jumped out of the car and said some protesters tried to set the car on fire, while others jumped on top of the hood - incidents repeatedly shown on television. Cardoza said the protesters "were trying to entice us into doing something." A Chronicle reporter saw a fist-sized rock in the back seat.
Police threw tear gas into the group to disperse it, said BART Sgt. Mark MacAulay. After 8 p.m., there were numerous arrests.
"When you get that mob mentality, it can be dangerous," MacAulay said.
One man lay in the intersection with his face down and his hands behind his back - intentionally evoking the position that Grant was in when he was shot.
Some in the mob wore masks over their faces as they yelled at police. Roughly a dozen stood just a few feet away from police as they screamed at them. Chants included "pigs go home," "the fascist police, no justice, no peace" and "we are all Oscar Grant."
Mandingo Hayes, who is black, said he participated in the protest because "we're tired of all these police agencies getting away with shooting unarmed black and Latino males."
Hayes, 36, downplayed the attack on the police car.
As the night wore on, Hayes tried calming people down, asking for peace.
The core group of the mob appeared to be about 40 people, several of whom were with Revolution Books, a Berkeley bookstore. A man distributed the "Revolution" newspaper - whose tagline is "voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S.A." - as he shouted "This whole damn system is guilty!"
"Emotionally, I totally understand them," she said of the upset over Grant's shooting. "But it's not nice."