This event listing in the Bay Guardian pretty much sums up why I love Lil' Wayne:
TUESDAY (23rd)
MUSIC
Lil Wayne, Keyshia Cole, and T-Pain
I'm seriously impressed with anyone bold enough to get tattoos on their eyelids. Especially if the one over the right eye reads "FEAR," the one over the left reads "GOD," while above the nose there is an "I." Other reasons I am seriously impressed with Lil Wayne (a.k.a Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., a.k.a. the Pussy Monster, a.k.a. Weezy F. Baby): his hit single "Lollipop" became the fastest-selling ringtone in history; growing up in New Orleans, he once shot himself in the chest (recovering in a mere two weeks); ad although he already sports an amazing array of tattoos (estimates range from 14 to 1 million), he continuously finds new locations (the most recent being the palm of his hand, which now bears the letters G-U-N — why not a picture?). Wayne's bullfrog voice spits some of the cleverest lines I've ever heard, such as "That pussy in my mouth / Had me loss for words," thus raising the bar for good lyricists. Oh, and he's the best rapper alive. He's joined by hometown girl Keyshia Cole and by the one and only T-Pain, who lost his virginity when he was 10. (Broder Van Dyke)
With Keri Hilson
7:30 p.m., $43-$85
Oracle Arena
7000 Coliseum, Oakl.
(510) 569-2121
I also enjoy how Keri Hilson is not mentioned until after the entire review.
AlJazeera.net posted photos from the culturally enriching Museo de los Enervantes (Drug Museum) which first opened in 1985 and it almost makes me want to get into the business. You can learn more here. Too bad the museum is only open to military officials and counternarcotic cadets.
Last night I stumbled upon this site. I like to think of it as raising the bar from Shotor's last post. Or is it lowering? Whatever it is, it's amazing.
Pet Peeve: Do musicians really need to have "alter egos"? Because it seems to me that a person's performing persona (Like that alliteration? Yeah, you know you love it!) is their alter ego. Most have some sort of a name for it. Even us civilians have them (No, Chinita Linda is not my real name). The Wu Tang Clan have a manual which devotes an entire chapter to the nine members and their various alter egos. And now the most annoying alter ego ever: Sasha Fierce.
First of all, who names their alter ego "Sasha"?
Is that really the tightest name you could come up with for your, obviously fierce counterpart? (OK, we get it, she's fierce!)
Secondly what is all this "Who is Sasha Fierce?" nonsense? It's like how people can't tell that Clark Kent is really Superman because he's not wearing glasses (According to one site,
Superman also parts his hair on left while Clark's part is on the right). At least he tried to disguise himself by acting clumsy and naive. Regular Beyoncé just doesn't wear eye-liner.
Sash Fierce also seems to be wearing a bionic hand in her "Single Ladies" video which reminds me a lot of this Janelle Monae video:
Not to mention this Lloyd video and this Ciara video.
What's up with this lack of originality? It's not like there are a limited number of video themes to choose from and robotic was th only one left. But in all the other videos, the robotic theme at least seems to be the underlying theme of the entire video. What does a bionic hand have to do with getting married? And why do you have to get married in the first place? A ring doesn't mean anything will change. Maybe if you lived in the 16th century your husband would get a goat and someone to cook for him but that doesn't seem so great for the "lucky bride." Frankly I don't find the theme of the song very fierce but Sasha Bland doesn't have the same ring to it.
During a press conference in Iraq, a journalist threw his shoes at President Bush. Here is the footage:
This dude was aiming to kill!
The sole of the shoe and the bottom of the feet are very insulting in some Middle Eastern cultures, isn't that right, Shotor?
The Iraqi journalist, Muntather Zaidi, yelled, "This is your goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, Dog!" As he hurled both shoes at the President's head.
Bush, reportedly, "did not feel the least bit threatened by it."
According to Jamal Dajani of the Huffington Post this was not the first instance of shoe-pummeling. Three weeks ago thousands of Iraqis, pummeled an effigy of Bush with shoes, set it on fire, and trampled it all while shouting, "No no no to the occupier."
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