It's Hard To Believe (This Is A Tuesday)

Tarot review – disappointment is in the cards with silly supernatural horror

Orgasm meditation ‘cult’ loses Netflix court battle over damning 'expose'

Tom Brady roast hits a nerve for the GOAT with joke about massage 

   

 ABANDONED BY YEAR'S END: 

We’re Calling It: “Sexy Water” Is Going to Be This Summer’s Biggest Wellness Trend

8 friendship red flags you should never ignore: 1) It kinda feels like you’re in a cult 

   

  The Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborators – and worse – among the design icons

The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With It 

   

  The Dems' Alternative Reality Gets Weirder by the Day 

   

“Yeah, it’s complete fiction. It’s utterly made up. I’ve never met [Tom Segura]. I’ve sadly watched it on Twitter. It is twisted and deranged, and it’s complete fiction, which, of course, means every lefty believes it’s true because it’s horrible,...” 

   

  Seeking community but finding a cult

HYPOCHONDRIA NEVER DIES

Company Forces Employees To Go Through Public Therapy Every Time They Make A Mistake

Increasing concerns about SCAM research originating from China

“Basically you just pray to a rock.”

Why Alec Baldwin called Paul McCartney an ‘a–hole’ during yoga class

Bud Light promises to ‘stay in our lane’ after trans backlash

If Hating Whites Is So Wrong, Why Has Hating Blacks Worked Out So Well For American White's Success?

“What DOES it take for people to get real in this world?”

I didn’t say it, it was a "SONY leak: Denzel Washington should not star in lead roles overseas because the world is 'racist’.“ I coulda said it. Coulda said it a lot. I’ll say it now. Done.

Come on, you’ve got to be pretty fucking dense to miss that message - and the fact Hollywood makes shitty movies - but, right here and now, we’ve also got The View’s Whoopi Goldberg chiming in and saying she does “not agree with the blanket statement that America is racist.” You have to remember: she also once admitted to not being sure if we landed on the moon, so Whoop’s on her own here.

“If Jim Jones could get 913 followers to commit mass suicide, wasn’t it possible for a charismatic Zen master to gaze into my eyes and convince me to leave my boyfriend, no longer fraternize with friends and colleagues, and give up the glamorous life of restaurant-hopping and designer shopping in exchange for 12 hours a day of meditation, manual labor on the cult’s rustic estate, unquestioned obedience, and the willingness—no, eagerness—to hand over several thousand dollars as well as sex on demand?”

Next, we’ve got a Wisconsin law professor giving evidence she’s not "a reasonable, objective person,“ which is kind-of-close to inching-toward integrity, somewhere in the world, so,…Bra-vo for that.

Somebody must think he’s making good on his promise to try and transform this place, because the Associated Press is reporting that President Obama “is shaking up the governing status quo and creating a new normal for his successors.” After the wacko whites recently went on a gun buying frenzy and everything. Balls of Steel.

The 10 best moments in political comedy this year. Gotta have that. Like Soylent Green, they’re people!

Speaking of people, Bill O'Reilly Attacked Samuel L. Jackson For “Jumping On The Grievance Train” like everybody else who's black. Apparently O'Reilly thinks Jackson should jump off. I think a new O'Reilly book, called “Killing Samuel L. Jackson,” is in order. A perfect gift from Sumpin’ Claus.

“He’s a crotchety, difficult and seemingly unfriendly person who has difficulty communicating with others and compares himself, not without reason, to a gargoyle. Yet he also feels and sees things others do not,…”

And BTW - Democracy Sucks. Whether it was ever any good is now back up for debate. Is Daniel Ellsberg still alive? I’m just asking. Thinking about attending The Miscegenation Ball but I need a date-that’s-not-a-date, youknowhatI’msayin’?

And finally, Kendrick Lamar visited Stephen Colbert to prove he’s running out of ideas, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a mess because the induction committee (like Ann Althouse) has bad taste, and not only is “Liquid Fire” real but - even if you’re Criming while white (and you know you are) when I can’t - Hillary Clinton still wants you to know BLACK LIVES MATTER.

Though we’re all the same,…

Racism In Concert Promotion? Yes, I Said It's Racism

Actual photo of The Crack Emcee performing.

Even when I had the money to jump back into the music game, I was hesitant - I got out because of personal issues, not (as some have suggested) a lack of talent - and my hesitation is well founded:

  During litigation of Rowe Entertainment v. The William Morris Agency, Rowe paid $200,000 to retrieve email evidence that later revealed executives at William Morris and Creative Artists Agency referred to black people as "n------," "spooks," "coons" and "monkeys," among other names.

Remember when MTV wouldn't play HIM?

Couple that attitude with the online world that now controls music, and maybe you can start to see the problem.

Even she prefers Kendrick Lamar to Lorde.

And, hopefully, why the mainstream thinks Macklemore and Lorde - despite the evidence - are the best new artists right now,….

 

I Ain't Had Da Blues Since I's Playin' Dat Blacky Sound!

Unpacking Cultural Appropriation In Music

Are Whites Just Under The Delusion Blacks Can't Hear Them Or Do They Just Think We Don't Exist Or,...What?

Like Ann Althouse, Camille Paglia usually gets music waaay wrong, but this time, her latest pronouncement has her looking especially old:

  Eminem's art beats Gaga's pop

Forget Lady Gaga. Eminem is the only true artist working in pop today, says Camille Paglia, America’s foremost cultural critic 

An understandable mistake but, still, really misguided. An obvious sign Camille hasn't kept up for some time. 

Despite his claim of God status, Em's been out of it for years now. He doesn't want to be coasting on his name today, but he is, and that's what makes Camille's words ring so hollow. He's currently striving and failing. We love him, and all the more power to him - totally no diss - but his best work is (possibly) behind him.

But in Pop, the only "artists" standing are the two cantankerous K's these post-Grammy whites are apparently desperate to ignore:

Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West. 

Without a doubt, nobody's made better work than they have and Kanye's Yeesus ("Soon as they 'like' you - make them 'unlike' you") wins by default, because he's the old guy with tenure.

Gaga isn't even in the running,…

 

Your Truth

Are the Grammys even relevant to hip-hop?...the Grammys tends to be a measure of market success (which arguably doesn't necessarily equate to talent). Selling records isn't the same as making good hip-hop and Macklmeore's sickly sweet 'hip-pop' fits straight into the mould of easily digestible rap lyrics.

The juxtaposition of The Heist and Good Kid, M.A.A.D City exposed to an almost surrealistic level that hop-hop and the Grammys aren't relevant to each other. You'd think anyone evaluating Best Rap Album would be able to see how grossly different these albums are - and why the former simply doesn't cut it. But instead of hating Macklemore and hating the Grammys - I find it easier to simple not acknowledge either.

Beetoven HAD To Be Black (Because Whites Know Zip)

What pound o' butter whites say about creating art in a racist country:

Art is commerce. You can have a beautiful piece of art but if no one wants to buy it then it is just garbage.



You know like Crack's music.

What blacks know about selling art in a racist country:

Let this be the lesson to show you that no matter how big you think you are, the system will show you what real power is, through album sales and endorsement.  The game changes when ever they say so.

And, as I've said, talent has been changed into a loser - by American Idol-loving racist whites who don't like our message - and it's been that way for a long, long time,...

BS's Law Of Attraction BS, Free King Of New York, Tyler Perry's Tongues, Michelle Got Over, And Miley Cyrus II

Big Sean Says He Doesn't Know Why People Don't Consider Him A Top Rapper

DJ September 7th: 

Kendrick Lamar “King Of New York” (Mixtape)

Tyler Perry gives $1M for TD Jakes youth center, prays in tongues, lays hands

Michelle Obama’s Under grad Thesis 

is flawed throughout

Justin Bieber polishes his rap rep, hanging and recording with hip-hop royalty

Don't Say I'm Preaching To The Choir (On Miley Cyrus)

Jazz lovers know this, and with Jazz, you can't get more upright, suit-and-tie. But - just as with religion - there's a real musical world, along side the made-up bullshit we're fed:

“The same kinds of dynamics still occur. The general public is unaware of artists of color who are punk, country, alternative, or any other label record companies use to identify them. To some, these artists appear as outsiders.”

And in the current situation, we are. 

Just as with religion, visions of Hell predominate. It doesn't matter they don't believe in Hell, it's the chain-yanking that's important, with blacks as the chain. C'mon, that's Madonna's entire career, and she's been rewarded handsomely for it, by the #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen feminists.

Why shouldn't Miley Cyrus expect the same?

Another question is why didn't anybody expect Miley's shenanigans to begin with? Didn't Jay-Z turn her out on his last album - for civil rights and all that - while taking his work to the high-end galleries?

Miley believes in that. And, pro or con, so does everyone else.

 

They want to, somehow.

Here's a white female Rapper, showing some rhyming potential, but notice the uniform hand gestures - and the uniform itself? Her "homies"? It's all so tired. But there she is, talking about white privilege.

I keep waiting for her head to explode.

 Meanwhile - back in the real world - I told you about Glenn Reynolds missing Kendrick Lamar starting a tidal wave:

Oh, it's on. 

Big Sean's album "Hall of Fame" doesn't drop until August 27, but the rapper already got upstaged on his own track, "Control." The leaked song features contributing verses by Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica, but the spotlight is arguably on Lamar. 

Understandably so: Kendrick goes on full blast, crowning himself the "King of New York" (mind you, he hails from Compton) and name-checking several leaders in the game. In a sample lyric, Lamar attests, "I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you ..." 

The rapper cites celebrities all over the map -- everyone from Phil Jackson to Lindsay Lohan, famous Brits Paul McCartney and Sean Connery, and rappers including Wale, Pusha T, Mac Miller, Drake and Tyler the Creator. 

This competitive challenge hasn't gone unnoticed. Both unmentioned and dissed rappers are posting their responses to the track. Memes are popping up at the speed of light. Some unlikely stars are even throwing in their two cents.

But even those who are aware of the controversy are mostly missing the larger story and it's implications:

Lamar's breakout album, Good Kid/M.A.A.D. City, was about his efforts, as a Christian, to resist temptation - which, I think we can agree, ain't exactly Miley's concern. 

Now he's demanding everyone DO BETTER. A message most would doubt is even being discussed in Rap. Much less, taken seriously, or that it's happening organically, in it's own very Rap/Hip-Hop way, with no input from the outside.

It's like religion, very few want anyone else to know anything else, except for what they tell them. 

 Because that would mean they'd actually have to start talking about other kinds of ideas.

And - it's a fact - there's weirdoes wandering around out there,...