Does anyone else remember when Jay-Z wasn’t a sandal-wearing Coldplay fan?
Daily Archives: February 11, 2011
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The Lovely MissLinda just posted a link to access to old version of Crosstalk- not only can you see it, but it actually works! Continue reading
So far, I’ve included the people with commenting accounts here who I am friends with on FB. Ponies! and EBone. Right now it’s an open group so I don’t have to approve everyone who wants to join, but once it gets big enough, maybe we should close it down? Booboo, when you join, I’ll make you the admin so you can run the FB front of Crasstalk, if you want. However, if nobody wants this, let me know and I’ll shut it down.
Here’s the link to the Facebook Group.
The group is just called Crasstalk. Come join and send me pictures of boobs.
The Chicago police academy has found an interesting way to incorporate the appreciation of fine art into a comprehensive training program for Chicago’s finest.
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Sorry kidderoos. I know you’ve been begging us to stop talking about her, but it looks like the world’s most literal famewhore is, once again, making it impossible for us to ignore her.
A true “brags to bitches” story – whether she is getting in fights with her co-stars, sleeping in a coffin, or loosening her corset for every wealthy or influential man around, she does seem to find a way to stay in the news. Although we have to give her some credit on this last point. She doesn’t just “socialize” with the independently wealthy, she’s been known to “move the brush” for a hipster painter or two and serve as a muse for those that are particularly handy with a “pen”. (Things aren’t so Misérables anymore are they?!)
But pretty (and flexible) finally seems to have paid off, slightly less literally, for her. A new strategy! Sleeping with the theatrical purse strings! Which has finally earned her a starring role.
That’s right boys and girls. The child of the slums, the thief’s daughter that has stolen our eyeballs (we wouldn’t keep writing about her if you didn’t keep reading it!) if not our hearts is about to travel the world playing a Queen!
So watch out all you real Queens out there. Your husbands might get confused and bring her home. (At least to find out why they really say she has a “throat like a flute.”)
Today we’re talking DC go-go. That’s go-go, a type of funk music from Washington, D.C. No, it has nothing really to do with go-go dancers. It’s a type of funk that has a distinctive syncopated rhythm due to the use of congas, bongos, timbales and cow bells. There’s also a lot of call and response vocals that get the crowd involved. This is a very live concert-oriented genre of music. It started off as as sort of funky, disco-y style and has evolved into D.C.’s local hardcore alternative to rap.
From what I hear, people get buck wild at go-go shows. I don’t claim to be a go-go music but I did go to the University of Murrrland and lived in PG County (what what) for a while. So enough of me trying to describe it all here. Enjoy the choons:
“Bustin’ Loose” by Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown is the godfather of the go-go and “Bustin’ Loose” is probably its seminal hit. This song is such a guaranteed dance floor jam. If you wear that jacket, people will LISTEN TO YOU. Also, last I heard Chuck B. still plays a lot of concerts so if you live in D.C., you should go see him.
“Drop the Bomb” by Trouble Funk
Trouble Funk is go-go’s first brief flirtation with mainstream pop success.
“Pump Me Up” by Trouble Funk
This tune has been sampled a bunch of times.
“Da Butt” by Experience Unlimited
This song was a pretty big hit in the 80s. This is the pinnacle of pop-friendly go-go music.
“Sardines” by Junkyard Band
Sardines used to be considered poor people food, but now you can just claim that you’re into sustainable aquaculture.
“20 Minute Workout” by DJ Kool
DJ Kool is also the guy that made “Let Me Clear My Throat” back in like 96, but I think this track is way more go-go-y.
“Overnight Scenario” by Rare Essence
OK. Now we’re listening to the new school down-and-dirty go-go music that gets played on the radio in D.C. Everything good happens at 3 in the morning at the pancake house. Also, go-go began absolutely terrifying white people sometime around the late 80s and to this day has a reputation for people getting shot up at shows.
“Thug Passion” by Backyard Band
BYB was really popular back in the late 90s when I lived there. I remember all the cooks at the restaurant I worked at (Phillips, holla) playing this stuff.
“Welcome to D.C.” by Mambo Sauce
Here’s a more pop-oriented go-go track from about three years ago.
In honor of Frolic Friday, let us commenters adopt a siege mentality to The Site Which Shall Not Be Named. No pageviews, even out of idle curiousity. Perhaps one post in crosstalk inviting dissenters here.
The interesting gentleman pictured above is Ralf Moeller, who pursued a career in bodybuilding until his stature brought him to the silver screen as a friend to Russell Crowe’s Gladiator. He also was in The Scorpion King, the tv version of Conan The Barbarian, and has worked on several techno / trance albums. This makes him similar to Crasstalk – an amalgam of multiple talents and hotness, big but still nimble, and if his sword ever needs polishing, there will be no shortage of volunteers.
I am serious about depriving Gawker of our company. They don’t deserve it. The site went to shite, as my Irish friends would say, and while I feel bad for Richard and Brian, both of them will land on their feet. But since Denton has chosen to take his business in this direction (which is his right), he should not get the benefit of our scintillating wit and he certainly shouldn’t get money for our pageviews.
Top o’ the morning, Crasstalkers. Here’s some reading for you:
- The real force of change in Egypt has been trade unions, not Twitter or Facebook
- Samantha Power and others are clashing with Hillary Clinton over how to deal with Mubark and Egypt
- Conservatives are clashing with even more insane conservatives over how to deal with Mubarak and Egypt
- Here’s a cool interactive chart showing changes in the U.S.’s income inequality
- Montgomery County, Md. wants to require panhandlers to get licences to beg for change
- You should’ve been parking your car ass-backward all these years
Question of the morning:
What should Crasstalk’s first Photo Phriday theme be? Continue reading
It would seem that the new layout from Facebook for pages (including our brand spanking new FB page) does not include a link for people to actually see the people who ‘like’ the page. As you can see in this article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/219339/facebooks_new_pages_a_handson_tour.html
I’ve been poking around and sent some inquiries about this, but it seems we are foiled by a site redesign once again. Do we want to wait this out or ditch it and start a ‘group’ instead of a ‘page’? I’ve belonged to ‘groups’ and they tend to be a little more exclusive and if we want to use this for marketing that would be weird. What we could do is keep this and also start a group that would be for known commenters only where we could see each other. How does that sound? That may appeal to us elite ghetto peasants, right?
Fucking site redesigns.