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Thanks for bearing with me!
Thanks for bearing with me folks while the site had technical issues!
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Purple Image
As I was checking my feeds on twitter, I came across a tweet from talk show host Richard Mertzger that contained a link from unsung black psychedelic rock band “Purple Image”.
Y’know what? Ever since last night since I heard about this group I’ve been trying to keep my cool temper wise, but I can’t…I just can’t. You’re probably asking “Uh, why are you mad and can you get to the point of this?” Well, the reason why is because once again, you have black musicians creating music that people of a certain mindset doesn’t get it because they can’t comprehend anything outside of their musical comfort zone due to the pre-programming of personal taste. Another thing, do we ever change this? JUST BARELY! Thanks to the internet, people like me are discovering and re-discovering bands such as Purple Image, Death, Black Merda, Pure Hell and other bands and artists who paved the way for other black musicians who defied genre limits and expectations.
I’ve been a part of a forum called Afropunk since it’s inception circa 2003. The site Afropunk was created to supplement the movie of the same name. With this site, black, Latino, Asian white etc. were able to connect with each other and share their musical tastes and experiences. But, I digress…another thing that bugs me is that with this album you can’t just go pick this up in stores; you have to import this sucker.
Anyway, enough of the tirade…here’s some of their music.
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Esham-Gumball 3000
I was on Youtube earlier and I came across this video for Esham’s Gumball 3000. I can’t wait for August 3rd. Kind of reminds me of Audioslave a little bit.
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Ruling on FCC’s Indecency Policy…”Fuckin’ A!”
by John M. Ellison IV
(Reuters) -“The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s indecency policy is unconstitutionally vague and could create a chilling effect beyond “fleeting expletives” heard on broadcasts, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday in a major win for broadcasting companies. The ruling, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York, arose after Bono, frontman for the rock band U2, used what the FCC calls “the F-word expletive” during the live broadcast of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards.
News Corp’s Fox Television, CBS Corp’s CBS Broadcasting and others challenged an FCC ruling in 2004 that on-air expletives that were not bleeped out were indecent and their use could be penalized.
The FCC regulates radio, television, wire, satellite and cable communications. In a statement, chairman Julius Genachowski said: “We’re reviewing the court’s decision in light of our commitment to protect children, empower parents, and uphold the First Amendment.”
The U.S. Supreme Court had weighed in on the case in 2009, ruling that the FCC had the authority to regulate profanity on the nation’s air waves. The high court declined, however, to decide whether the FCC’s policy violated First Amendment guarantees of free speech and returned the case to the Second Circuit for a decision on that aspect of the policy. “We now hold that the FCC’s policy violates the First Amendment because it is unconstitutionally vague, creating a chilling effect that goes far beyond the fleeting expletives at issue here,” the panel of appeals court judges said in a written ruling on Tuesday.
Broadcasters and some free-speech advocacy groups welcomed the ruling.”
This is one of those esoteric interests I’ve had since I was a kid… literally, like single digit age. I couldn’t understand why some words were okay to say and some were not okay to say. I’d get answers, but never an answer that was satisfactory to my taste. But, I’ve changed and matured…sort of. When it comes to it, I understand that there’s a time and place for all regarding language and subject matter that might be considered blue, ribald and not for mixed company and possible controversial subject matter.
Now, do I have a habit of swearing and using language that could be considered crude? Fuck yeah I do. But, I’ve worked with my foul fucking mouth so fucking every second or third fucking word isn’t a fucking swear fucking word…shit. Hopefully you realize the irony with the previous statement. Actually, when I was younger and half of what I said was aired on broadcast TV, it would have sounded more or less like Morse code.
To be fair, I see the ruling is a double edge sword though. I see swearing and using language that might offend people is to me as delicate as gardening i.e. watering a plant. Too much water can drown your plants and too little can dry them and have them wilt. The key of language, “foul” or not, is context and in it coming together naturally. The potential problem is the idea of someone trying to “hard” to be edgy and it just shakes the rhythm when certain words aren’t necessary for the point you’re trying to get across.
I mean, I feel a “fuck” here a “shit” there wouldn’t hurt anybody if it’s placed right and it’s in context. But, one of the issues here is what happens during a live televised event with people speaking. With that you risk people being well…human. People make verbal errors, speak out of context and make gaffes and because of that, that’s why most programs have a “delay” button, but people like me revel in the idea of those gaffes making it through.
So, in conclusion I see the ruling as fair and just but hopefully people won’t abuse this ruling though.
Source
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66C50O20100713
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel, Grant McCool, Paul Thomasch, Diane Bartz, Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Robert MacMillan, Steve Orlofsky, Gary Hill)
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Beavis and Butthead Returning to MTV
I was checking out my twitter timeline earlier and I came across an interesting article *Beavis moronic chuckle* “came.”
MTV plans to resurrect the pop-culturally iconic ’90s cartoon with a modern update, reports the New York Post.
The move is reportedly one step in MTV’s new strategic plan to return to its original format–showing music videos. The network has been criticized for years for losing its identity after a programming slate dominated by non-music related reality shows, like the recently departed ‘The Hills’ and ‘Jersey Shore,’ took over the airwaves.
The new Beavis and Butt-head would remain as we knew them, perpetual high-schoolers, according to the Post, “but it would be updated so that the pals — who obsessively watch music videos on a battered TV set — could lob their snarky comments at more current targets like Lady Gaga.”
Created by Mike Judge (’King of the Hill’), the animated series premiered on MTV in 1993 and ran until 1997.
Although other people and I are intrigued and interested by the show’s revival, I haven’t read any confirmation about Mike Judge being a part of the show’s renewal. I feel to an extent when it comes to creator-driven shows, the main component is the creator being involved. Although they’re a few exceptions to said rule. But, hopefully Judge is involved and Beavis and Butthead and is still relevant to a new audience.
Source:
Beavis and Butt-Head to Return
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My Condolences to the Pekar Family…
Just heard the news about Harvey Pekar. For those who don’t know, Harvey Pekar was an underground comic book writer best known for his comic book “American Splendor.” Although Harvey didn’t draw the comics himself, he featured art by R.Crumb, Drew Friedman and many, many other talents. A biopic about his life entitled “America Splendor” starring Paul Giamatti was released in 2003. Pekar was also a prolific freelance jazz and literary critic.
Curmudgeonly comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, whose gruff, self-deprecating trials and travails were chronicled in the series “American Splendor” and the 2003 movie of the same name, died Monday. He was 70.
Cleveland Heights police Capt. Michael Cannon told the Associated Press that officers were called to Pekar’s home by his wife at about 1 a.m. Monday. No cause of death has been released, but Cannon said Pekar suffered from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.
Pekar’s ailments were well-known to readers of “American Splendor” comic books, which chronicled the gruff Ohio native’s attempts to earn a buck in a world under siege by bureaucracy and idiocy. Pekar started self-publishing his stories in 1976, and became enough of a cult hit to be invited on David Letterman’s show several times in the ‘80s.
Source:
Harvey Pekar writer of American Splendor dead at 70
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Black Panther: The Animated Series
A reason to watch BET perhaps?
Ever since “The Fantastic Four” cartoon, I thought The Black Panther would be a cool cartoon series.
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Of Course I’m Not Going to Ignore the Oscar Grant story…that’s CNN’s place.
Of course I’m not going to ignore the Oscar Grant story…that’s CNN’s place.
Here’s an excerpt of some half assed coverage from the New York Times:
“Mobs of protesters smashed storefronts, lobbed bottles and set fires overnight in Oakland, Calif., hours after a white transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Jan. 1, 2009.
Dozens of arrests were made late Thursday and early Friday, according to The Associated Press, as the police used riot gear and a heavy presence to try to disperse the free-ranging crowd, which ransacked stores and stampeded through city streets whenever officers surged to make arrests.
City officials were worried about a reprise of the riots that erupted in downtown Oakland after the shooting death last year of Oscar Grant III, when crowds burned cars and smashed storefronts. Mr. Grant’s shooting was captured on cellphone video and widely disseminated on the Internet.”
I’m not surprised that there was a riot though and I’m not surprised that a police officer would only get 2-4 years for murder of an unarmed man. But, he’s going to jail and if he’s going to be with other prisoners and other prisoners knowing he’s a cop. Well, you put it together.
But what bothers me is how the story was ignored by most mainstream outlets and how the media focused more on LeBron’s changing teams and there was more widespread outrage over LeBron not staying in Cleveland and actually burning his jersey like this was The Wicker Man
I hate to tell you, but when it comes to racial profiling and you get pulled over, there’s more of a chance cops will think of you as Oscar Grant than LeBron James. Some people have their priorities mixed up. Wait, I just realized that since he was a cop, they usually are segregated from the general prison population. FUCK!
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Original New York Times link
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