The Strength of Street Knowledge
December 9, 2009
A breakdown of Jay-Z’s most misunderstood lyric from “Empire State of Mind.” I love reading cultural anthropology like this.
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The Seven Vices of Highly Creative People
August 6, 2009
Now here’s a list most creatives can endorse wholeheartedly (via Kottke). Nicely written (and only half tounge-in-cheek) defense of those who aspire to live life, not survive it. “…let us remember these sage words of Abraham Lincoln: ‘It has been my experience that those with no vices have very few virtues’…”
“How are you accomplishing anything if there’s no struggle? If I have to create a struggle that doesn’t exist, I’ll do that. Time and money constraints are a great way to do it.” —Jack White of the White Stripes
July 27, 2009
You have to love Jack White’s attitude on forcing creativity in the face of laziness.
Judging a beatdown
Hatch and Sotomayor wax poetic on nunchucks. Am I the only one who will sleep better knowing our Supreme Court nominees are well-versed in this knowledge?
