Former NFL MVP, Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was found dead today in Nashville Tennessee with a fatal gunshot to the head. Found along with him was a female victim who has not yet been publicly identified.
McNair was 36 years old. He spent 13 seasons with the NFL and retired in April of last year.
(February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009)
The CD that would be in heeaavvyyy rotation if it weren’t on my ipod (which just makes it “most played”) is Lykke Li’s debut album Youth Novels. This 23 year-old Stockholm native is charming the ears of listeners across the globe (plug, not getting paid for this). The sound is refreshingly clean, the lyrics surprisingly sad, and the draw undeniable. the production on the album, while high quality, is somewhat minimalist giving the tracks a sense of bareness that allows us to be pulled in by Lykke Li’s bittersweet poetic delivery and trance-inducing voice.
In tracks like “Breaking It Up,” what’s being said in the chorus is not 100% clear, leading us not only to peruse the CD booklet for the lyrics but also to appreciate music for the way that it sounds. something that i feel is sometimes underestimated. I always say i like music that sounds good. and that’s really my main criteria. One of the most upbeat songs on the album “Let It Fall” is about crying, and the hook is potentially deceiving because it sounds like she’s saying “so happy” when she is in fact saying “so i weep”. this kind of play between lyrics, sounds, and listener perception occurs throughout the album, making the entire thing well worth a solid listen. without further ado..
I couldn’t decide which video for “Breaking It Up” I like more. I like the sound on the alt. version muchh better (it’s incredibly impressive, esp for a live session) but i appreciate the aesthetic taste of the first.
“Breaking It Up”
“Breaking it Up” Alternate Video
“Time Flies”
to the man who made highwaters cool.
please share your Michael Jackson memories. anyone alive literally grew up with or on michael (maybe save for the folks born in the 00s), so i know you have something to contribute.
black loafers, glittery white sweat socks, black highwater pants, white v-neck and button-up, tape around fingers (which i’m wearing for the next year in commemoration), some form of glove (sometimes fingerless, sometimes a solitary sparkly one).
We had the Michael Jackson Moonwalker VHS and I would watch it at least once a week for the greater part of my youth.
My favorite parts were in smooth criminal when he would lean but somehow not fall (inspiration for my numerous attempts at achieving said lean, failing, and concluding it was special effects), the part where he would sing the hook from “Leave Me Alone” and drive off in the little car, and the “Bad” video with the little kids.
I used to want to be a Michael Jackson impersonator. Unfortunately, this grand idea never really got the shine it deserved except at parties when “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” would play, and I had the chance to show off my 3 moves: the kick, the crotch grab, and the moonwalk. Yep, I can moonwalk.
I wanted the Michael Jackson Moonwalker video game for my Sega Genesis for a long time (my first and only game system), but for some reason we could never find it for sale. So we rented it over and over again (twice, really) at the local blockbuster.
Then there was The Jacksons: An American Dream which was about 49 hours long and played on ABC for weeks on end seemingly for no reason at all.
My favorite part of that was when his hair caught on fire.
On my way to day care, my mother would play the Bad cassette tape every morning for about a month.
As a child who watched In Living Color and other shows that were inappropriate for children on the regular, I think I saw Tommy Davidson’s parody of the “Black and White” music video more than I saw the real thing.
As the years went on, shit changed. Remember that absurd 70 part interview MJ had with that one guy? It too aired on network television in a bajillion parts, and while I had the feeling it was supposed to make me think Michael was crazy, it actually only made me love him more.
To close, here’s an MJ Pepsi commercial gone right!
I’m going to make michael jackson posts until I’m tired of it.
this is .. so amazing. the MTV all-star tribute “what’s going on” pales next to this. i recommend getting some people together and seeing if you can name everyone.
Got a text from my best mate a few minutes ago about Michael Jackson, so I immediately googled it and it appears as though he was rushed to UCLA Medical Center after suffering cardiac arrest. It’s also been reported that he wasn’t breathing when the paramedics arrived at his house, and he received CPR in the ambulance. I’m sending prayers with fingers crossed.
update: TMZ says he’s passed but I can’t accept that. I refuse to believe that he’s dead until it’s been confirmed for at least 7 weeks. makaveli up in this.
In the meantime, recycle.
i was thinking that maybe ego is a euphemism for a truck. you know, maybe bey was having trouble parking her truck in the garage or something.
i appreciate kanye’s presence in music. noticed he quotes jay (izzo) and himself (last call) haha
2:18 how does it look like you have ‘new growth’ when you’re wearing a weave? (anyone who’s ever had a relaxer will know what i’m talking about). is that what thick hair and tracks look like? or is her hair supposed to look natural…
i’m just sayin..
Swine flu is Mexico’s SARS.
It has presented an opportunity to racialize another illness the same way we did HIV and multiple other ailments that don’t bare as much consequence because they aren’t communicable (osteoporosis, sickle cell anemia, etc).
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6, which indicates a “pandemic period” and is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus in at least two countries in a WHO region, in addition to community level outbreaks in another country in a different WHO region. Basically, as Michael Fumento points out: “‘community-wide outbreaks’ of swine flu in two South American countries and somewhere in China could qualify as a pandemic. No deaths required. And a pure human flu that killed 20 million people would not qualify.”
Since the H1N1 swine flu was found in April, there have been a reported 27,000 cases, including 141 deaths worldwide.
More than 80 times that many people have died within the last 6 months in the U.S. alone from the ordinary, run-of-the-mill seasonal flu. Annually, the “regular” flu kills an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 people worldwide and causes 36,000 deaths in the United States. Looks like swine flu has a lot of catching up to do if it’s to live up to its hype.
Is swine flu just fuel for right wing anti-immigrant bandwagons as Tim Wise suggests? How justified is the international anxiety? And could this be about building a wall along the border and deporting people, or gaining momentum for some much needed health care legislation?
