Just as I posted a shout-out to my fellow musichead/cousin on my Twitter/Facebook, I see a post from Big Boi. The official video for Be Still is finally complete. Although I love the song, the video didn't exactly excite me. With a make believe comic backdrop, constant transitions and... 'Daddy Fat Saxxx' cheerleaders?! For the seemingly laid back song Be Still is, what's the significance of the cheerleaders?! They're rhythmically horrible and simply unappealing. Now I'm sure Big Boi had some kinda vision for the video of this song but I can't seem to find the relevance. But I guess that's the art of being a musician - or any kind of artist for that matter - you don't really have to make sense to your audience as long as it makes sense to you. And it never hurts to get a little Big Boi & Janelle Monae in your life. Even if the video's not spectacular, the song still is.
Click on the link below to watch the video:
Big Boi ft Janelle Monae | Be Still
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where the B.U. at?!
Back in HIGH school, my friends and I shortly (for one night) merged our clique with an outside clique. These girls, although fun, seemed to have a trademark saying that night, or rather one particular girl... "Where the B.U. at?!". Perhaps my clique was still undisclosed to the likes of slang outside of our hood but we quickly understood what it meant... Where the BUD at? The ganja... The cheeba... The chronic... The buddha... The reefer... The pot... The green... Although we never clarified with the girl, what "B.U." literally stood for - as long as we knew what she was talking about, we were ready to hot box.
So today is 4/20... Now how did 4/20 become our nation's unofficial weed holiday? I bet most of you don't even know. Well, for you, I googled... ;)
"420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The notable day for these is April 20.
The term was allegedly coined by a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California in 1971. Calling themselves the Waldos, because "their chosen hang-out spot was a wall outside the school," the group first used the term in connection to a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop that they had learned about. The Waldos designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and 4:20 p.m. as their meeting time. The Waldos referred to this plan with the phrase "4:20 Louis". Multiple failed attempts to find the crop eventually shortened their phrase to simply "4:20", which ultimately evolved into a codeword the teens used to mean pot-smoking in general."
So now feeling a bit more educated on this fine, green-smoking day, light it up my friends. And for you, I provide not only a tidbit of a reefer history lesson but some marijuana specific tunes - to add loveliness to the haze...
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
So today is 4/20... Now how did 4/20 become our nation's unofficial weed holiday? I bet most of you don't even know. Well, for you, I googled... ;)
"420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The notable day for these is April 20.
The term was allegedly coined by a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California in 1971. Calling themselves the Waldos, because "their chosen hang-out spot was a wall outside the school," the group first used the term in connection to a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop that they had learned about. The Waldos designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and 4:20 p.m. as their meeting time. The Waldos referred to this plan with the phrase "4:20 Louis". Multiple failed attempts to find the crop eventually shortened their phrase to simply "4:20", which ultimately evolved into a codeword the teens used to mean pot-smoking in general."
So now feeling a bit more educated on this fine, green-smoking day, light it up my friends. And for you, I provide not only a tidbit of a reefer history lesson but some marijuana specific tunes - to add loveliness to the haze...
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
I Find It Hard to... Pay?! (Rebel)
Lauryn Hill is gracing Seattle with her presence on May 22, 2011. But $65/ticket?! Come on now. I mean, I'm just as much a Lauryn-fan as the next and maybe I woulda paid that much during her miseducated days. But $65?! Am I just being frugal? Ok... I'm sure she'll bring satisfaction to her audience the way I know that she can but, for one, the concert's at The Showbox SoDo, not quite the sparkly venue (not to mention I've never paid over $40 to attend a concert at The Showbox). And secondly, unless she's gonna come out doing some Erykah Badu-type-shit (if you've ever seen Ms. Badu perform live, you know what I'm talkin' about...), the ticket price has me thinking that I'll pass.
Besides I saw her in concert back in 2002 and was delighted yet disappointed - she was rudely dope. Rude by her audience & stage crew but dope in her song-selection & performance. So notioning to pass on seeing her again doesn't have me too questionable as she's already an archive in my concert life.
But if anyone does go see her, lemme know how she was - if I may have missed out or if I didn't really miss anything at all...
Event details & tickets
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Besides I saw her in concert back in 2002 and was delighted yet disappointed - she was rudely dope. Rude by her audience & stage crew but dope in her song-selection & performance. So notioning to pass on seeing her again doesn't have me too questionable as she's already an archive in my concert life.
But if anyone does go see her, lemme know how she was - if I may have missed out or if I didn't really miss anything at all...
Event details & tickets
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Hopie Spitshard | Be A Lady
Cattiness and hear-say amongst your feline peers is a given. With those closest - and not so close - to you, you have to know that one day, someday, it's not gonna be all sugar & spice. I've known it all. The sweetness, gossip and mischief... Sister-sibling rivalry, best friend bitterness and cliche clique spats over the littlest things...
Hopie Spitshard has easily become one of my new favorites. No muss or fuss and you get exactly what you ask for. And her latest video reassures you of her appeal & relativity, just in case you otherwise have decided to forget... How to be a lady, that is. ;)
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Hopie Spitshard has easily become one of my new favorites. No muss or fuss and you get exactly what you ask for. And her latest video reassures you of her appeal & relativity, just in case you otherwise have decided to forget... How to be a lady, that is. ;)
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Break out your skinny jeans and your blunts...
...Seattle.
Mr. Rager is headed our way once again.
Not missing this for anything. Especially since I missed him the last time he was in Seattle (wanna come during the holiday season and all, with my broke-ass...).
I am utterly exuberated by the month of June this year. In concert. I get to see Janelle Monae & Mayer Hawthorne, again, and I get to (finally) see Kid Cudi.
Within the circular that is my concert world, I think the minuscule gap that cohabitates with the rest of my fave artists that I've already seen all-the-way live is getting smaller. Perhaps even just about sealed.
Come June 17th... My mojo is about to get slightly doper.
Buy tickets here...
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
Mr. Rager is headed our way once again.
Not missing this for anything. Especially since I missed him the last time he was in Seattle (wanna come during the holiday season and all, with my broke-ass...).
I am utterly exuberated by the month of June this year. In concert. I get to see Janelle Monae & Mayer Hawthorne, again, and I get to (finally) see Kid Cudi.
Within the circular that is my concert world, I think the minuscule gap that cohabitates with the rest of my fave artists that I've already seen all-the-way live is getting smaller. Perhaps even just about sealed.
Come June 17th... My mojo is about to get slightly doper.
Buy tickets here...
Listen well
Be swell
And remember half the time I really 'Don't Give a Shit'
XO
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