“I used to be fucking homophobic. That shit is ignorant. You will lose a lot of time and friendship being homophobic. That’s being racist but in a sexual way. It’s like being sexually racist.” —
Jay-Z supporting gay marriage has led to me reading about other rappers who have already come out in support of gay marriage, or just more generally homosexuality. So far I think A$AP Rocky has my favorite take on it. From now on, nobody is homophobic. There is only sexually racists.
I’m covering roller derby tonight, which is a first. I know nothing about roller derby other than to expect silly nicknames. If this portion of an email exchange I just had with someone from the league is any indication, so far things are off to a pretty great start.
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The publication I work for asking the hard-hitting questions.
Also, how ‘bout that pun, ya’ll!!?
Not really. But I have two major MAJOR thoughts while watching this:
1 - There might be nothing tv-related I look forward to more than seeing what a new SNL cast member is doing in opening credits. Because I am lame!
2 - I’ve never seen One Direction before and I was kind of mesmerized by their hair. Do they have one person in charge of all their hair? Or does each person have a different hair person? They had all wildly different hairstyles. It was nuts.
In case anyone was wondering, the Blockbuster near my house that’s closing next week had just a few copies of Dinner For Schmucks left for sale.
If you put “los” or “el” in front of a team’s name, it’s translated to Spanish.
This has been Things I’ve Learned From NBA Hispanic Heritage Month.
While we’re talking about basketball, two great Knicks-related things to note:
-The Knicks have found themselves with a fairly deep bench unexpectedly over the past two months or so, which is great. Last week, on the post game show for one of the games, I learned that on Twitter, someone said the Knicks second unit should be referred to as Mobb Deep, and Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert adopted it as his nickname for the bench players. The Knicks announcers found out about it from there, and now the announcers and players are calling the second unit Mobb Deep. They even have a commercial now where they’re referred to as Mobb Deep. This is very important to me. I’m still waiting for someone to describe a big run they go on as a “quiet storm,” so let’s hope that happens sooner rather than later. Even if it doesn’t, combining 1990s rap music and the New York Knicks, arguable my favorite two things in the world, makes me very happy.
-About two weeks ago Mike D’Antoni resigned from his position as Knicks coach, which was nice. We’re not here to talk about him, though. The man that took over is Mike Woodson. Here is Mike Woodson:
You should notice that he has an amazing goatee. It looks like that every single game. Every time my mom sees him she comments on his goatee and how manicured and perfect it is. It almost doesn’t look real, she has said a few times. Then it hit me. His goatee looks like the fake ones Evil Troy and Evil Abed wear on Community.
So if you’re keeping score at home, that’s 1990s rap music, the Knicks and Community. If you find a way to include french fries and 30 Rock into this scenario, that should just about cover everything in the world I like.
No need to explain, Pandora, you knocked that shit out of the park.
One quick fix: it should be called Hip Hop Hooradio. Thanks!
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Winans recorded his second album Hurt No More in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in between his busy schedule working with other artists. The album is based on stories of love and betrayal.
The first single “I Don’t Wanna Know” was based on a sample of the Fugees’ 1996 hit single “Ready Or Not”, which itself was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental track “Boadicea” by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album. Enya and her representatives became angry since Winans did not seek her approval for the sample, as he was unaware that the Fugees sample he had used had itself been a sample. So, a compromise was reached to credit the single as “Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya”.
” —Marion Winans’ Wikipedia entry.
This is the kind of thing you learn at 5:12 in the morning while perusing the internet. Also, it should only be 4:12. By 5:12 I’ll probably be reading about Loon.