I'm pretty sure that Charles Mudede is the only person in North America other than me who knows who Derek B was. posted by Artw at 11:12 AM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]
for some forgotten reason, the b-boys in our neighborhood believed that hiphop had only two paths: one presented by Run-D.M.C. and one by the Fat Boys, you had to choose
This is the key plot point of Harry Turtledove's next alternative-universe novel. posted by GuyZero at 11:12 AM on October 18, 2011 [11 favorites]
He captures the excitement of the era, but misses the excitement of ours: You can do more than merely name the songs and talk about how grand they were. You can actually link to them and let people discover it for themselves.
What a bizarre ending. Thanks for the post. posted by mannequito at 11:55 AM on October 18, 2011
Quite enjoyable to read a travelogue by a posh African lad about a bit of the seamier side of London; it's like the mirror image of endless Sunday supplement articles. posted by Abiezer at 12:00 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]
So was this guy the only person on the scene in 87/88 who didn't actually do one? posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:03 PM on October 18, 2011
This is a great capper to the hour-long interview with Pete Tong I just happened to hear on the radio. Thanks Artw. posted by infinitewindow at 12:08 PM on October 18, 2011
Quite enjoyable to read a travelogue by a posh African lad about a bit of the seamier side of London; it's like the mirror image of endless Sunday supplement articles.
Sometimes I find Mudede, who is a Stranger regular, downright bizarre or objectionable, but he' s always got a differnet point of view. posted by Artw at 12:17 PM on October 18, 2011
Artw: Here is the key to Charles' articles, posted by PEM on SLOG, to make it all simpler!
Mudede's non-Amanda Knox features are lovely. It's his Slog posts that are borderline insane. I propose a system of emoticons to help us parse his often inscrutable approaches to tone.
:-)
I have noticed something magical on the way to work about birds.
;-)
I am provoking you to get a reaction. Slog is my tickle machine.
:-(
Shitty things about kids and dogs.
:-( ™
Shitty things about my kids.
XX
Shitty things about women
:-o
Space! Rainbows. F*ing magnets, how do they work!
8-o
Philosophy!
$
Marxism.
$$
Marxism rocks.
$$$
The futility of Americans who buy things
$$$ :'-(
Marxist reasons why it's okay someone middle class is sad.
$•$ :'-(
The fact that a robber of color made them sad puts me in an awkward place philosophically.
$•$ :'-( ™
He took your wallet?!? Yet again my children embarrass me!
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Amanda Knox did it.
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Or maybe not.
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No, she really did it.
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She's white and has sex, people! Stabby, stabby!
It is kind of amazing Hey Young World and In Time came both came out in 1988
Seems like 1988 was a pretty good year though:
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Straight Outta Compton
Strictly Business
By All Means Necessary
Straight Out the Jungle posted by Ad hominem at 12:33 PM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Was there more to house music than the jacking of the body? We were not impressed with jacking."
Ha. So serious about fun.
But seriously, if jacking your body to Steve Silk Hurley doesn't feel sufficient and necessary to you, we're not going to agree about a lot of things. posted by LMGM at 4:02 AM on October 19, 2011
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This architecture is terrible because it is not a featureless concrete cube. Are those ... windows? Ugh. posted by hades at 9:22 AM on October 19, 2011
hades - I think one time he flipped out about architecture in the arab world because muslims don't deserve buildings or something. It was kind of weird. posted by Artw at 10:01 AM on October 19, 2011
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