Dirt Nap McGirt

I'm saddened to learn that seminal weirdo and rap luminary Ol' Dirty Bastard has died at the age of 35, whilst in the studio (the seasoned rap connessieur or average citizen may know him as Dirt McGirt, Osirus, Big Baby Jesus, O.D.B., or Defendant. Mr. Bastard, born as Russell Jones, had a crossover hit, containing the hopeful, pleading chorus, "Hey, Dirty....Baby I Gotcha Money...." His most distinguished work came as a member of Wu-Tang Clan, and through his first solo venture, "Return To The 36 Chambers" which featured the ghetto anthems "Hippa To Da Hoppa", "Drunk Game a.k.a. Sweet Sugar Pie", "Cuttin' Headz" and "Intro." My favorite memory of him was his appearance 10 odd years ago on MTV News; he took Kurt Loder et al around in a limo to pick up his welfare check, then pissed in the middle of the street, in Brookyn, in broad daylight, on camera. Brilliant! However, it's his words that beg to live on:

Word up, I bust that nigga ass right now!
Ain't none of them niggas can't fuck with me!
What? Nigga you could never fuck with me, my nigga!
Dirt fuck you up right now! What? What? What?
I bust your motherfuckin ass boy!
I ain't no motherfuckin joke, you know who you talkin to
(Word up, bust that nigga ass, word up)
Ol' Dirty Bastard, I fuck you up right now
Yeah, what? What? (Shame on that nigga yo
He ain't sayin nothin, fuck him!)

Truly the sublime samplings of unadulterated genius.

In all seriousness, I feel for his family, what a ride that must have been. R.I.P.

Afro-desiacs

The 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons made the latest issue of GQ (Gentleman's Quarterly) as part of their Men Of The Year feature.....sporting glorious Ben Wallace afros.

Sweet.

Let's repeat, guys. DETROIT WHAT!!!!!!

The Onion Rings True

Another great satire of the mind of the average American voter. Sad, so very sad.

Little Rock Casts First Stone

According to the National Coalition For the Homeless (???), Little Rock, AR has been dubbed the meanest city towards the homeless.

Best of all, the list may be slanted to drum up attention to the displacement of hundreds of homeless people who had been camping out at the future site of the Clinton Presidential Library, known as a "homeless sweep." Would this be called "Plightwater"?

Reminds me of Tracy Morgan's SNL skit......"Have a doo-doo pie!!!!"

Gore To Fore

I'm home sick today with a sore throat akin to gargling with steel wool. So the internet is my sickly companion for the afternoon. You might remember that the capital of Guyana is Georgetown, but that's not important right now. You also might remember that in a partly cloudy sky of despair over the election last week, I put forth the theory that Al Gore should be the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2008. Mr. Gore has taken Step One in bringing his name back to the fore after his self-imposed exile for Bush's 1st term. Very smooth.

Get the full article here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6441813/)

Apparently, 2nd place finisher John Kerry has not ruled out a return run in 2008, but I say if you can't beat W now, how will it be any different in 2008 (minus the fact it won't be W, but McCain or Frist or insert GOP darkhorse here)? Give it up John, it just wasn't meant to be, you can be a Senator affecting real change for as long as you want.

Mouth Of Wilson Tour Dates

This will be a recurring feature here, keeping you, the discerning reader (actually, if you read this, you might have discerned I'm not too well adjusted) abreast of my band Mouth Of Wilson's appearances. So far:

14 January 2005 - John & Peter's / New Hope, PA
20 February 2005 - The 5 Spot / Emergenza Festival / Philadelphia, PA

We're hoping to get into a studio to record an EP or perhaps a full-length in December so that we'll have something to sell at our shows. A friend of the band and noted engineer/producer will sit in on our next practice or two to offer advice and decide a game plan (clue, he just was hired by a band that starts in Bon and ends in Jovi). We will have a 2 or 3 song demo that we'll hand out free to paying customers.

Are you ready to rock?