Rhythm is life & life is Rhythm

To move or not to move to New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:50 -0400

Opportunity is a knocking, but I don’t know if I can leave Cali. When it was just an idea, it sounded amazing, but for it to become a real possibility.. To leave everything I’ve ever known behind is scary as fuck. My mom. My friends. The weather. Disneyland.

Big step. Big decision.

Audio

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:28:55 -0400

Audio

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:26:13 -0400

"Michael was more likely to break through his attackers with power and strength, while Kobe often..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:22:01 -0400

“Michael was more likely to break through his attackers with power and strength, while Kobe often tries to finesse his way through mass pileups. Michael was stronger, with bigger shoulders and a sturdier frame. He also had large hands that allowed him to control the ball better and make subtle fakes. Jordan was also more naturally inclined to let the game come to him and not overplay his hand, whereas Kobe tends to force the action, especially when the game isn’t going his way. When his shot is off, Kobe will pound away relentlessly until his luck turns. Michael, on the other hand, would shift his attention to defense or passing or setting screens to help the team win the game”

- Phil Jackson points out the differences, as he sees it, between Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant in an excerpt from his forthcoming book Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. (via nbaoffseason)

Audio

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:53:23 -0400

jaydeemrolly: Look into my eyesEyes are the windows to the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:53:17 -0400

jaydeemrolly:

Look into my eyes
Eyes are the windows to the soul
There is no surprise, eyes
Because love is plain to see

bestfanblog: New music from Mikky Ekko

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:44:58 -0400

bestfanblog:

New music from Mikky Ekko

allthosekrazydaze: Leave the Lights On (Culture Code Remix) |...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:12 -0400

allthosekrazydaze:

Leave the Lights On (Culture Code Remix) | Meiko

zettidabadass: One Republic (Culture Code Remix) - If I Lose...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:43:23 -0400

zettidabadass:

One Republic (Culture Code Remix) - If I Lose Myself

nbaoffseason: Nazr shoves LeBron Love my teams tenacity. Lets...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:28:34 -0400

nbaoffseason:

Nazr shoves LeBron

Love my teams tenacity. Lets go bulls!!

Been a fan ever since.

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:27:44 -0400

Been a fan ever since.

Video

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:58:04 -0400

jeanprouvaires: “And I like large parties. They’re so...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:39:10 -0400

jeanprouvaires:

“And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”

#there is a zebra in the pool

To you…

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:37:14 -0400

To you…

chrisalcoran: The Walt Disney project.

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:36:50 -0400

chrisalcoran:

The Walt Disney project.

johnentwlstle: it literally stresses me out how much good music there is that i still haven’t...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:34:47 -0400

johnentwlstle:

it literally stresses me out how much good music there is that i still haven’t listened to

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor...

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:24:36 -0400

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

Amen

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:33:01 -0400

Amen

nbaoffseason: Noah is no longer fond of Miami as a vacation...

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:17:26 -0400

nbaoffseason:

Noah is no longer fond of Miami as a vacation spot…

For real though. It’s one thing to root for your team, but this kind of fan is distasteful. I would NEVER do that to an athlete of an opposing team. That’s just disgusting.

charmsbabyy: sexmusic: young blood [white sea remix] // the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:35:06 -0400

charmsbabyy:

sexmusic:

young blood [white sea remix] // the naked and famous

More remixes by White Sea are available via Amazon and iTunes.

Fucking yes