Act right not just be right

NY Magazine recently asked a question regarding the Kanye West/Taylor Swift ‘controversy’:

Does his mission to acknowledge the greatness of contemporary musicians not amount to a worthy cause?

It’s a legitimate question to ask and in principle, I probably come down on Kanye’s side but he does a disservice to this mission by employing methods [...]

September 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Whether pigs have wings | Leave a comment

Speaker for the Dead

At the end of his brilliant novel, Ender’s Game, the author Orson Scott Card develops the idea of a Speaker for the Dead.

“When their loved ones died, a believer would arise beside the grave to be the Speaker for the Dead, and say what the dead person would have said, but with full candor, [...]

July 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Why the sea is boiling hot | Comments are closed

Taylor Swift + Coldplay

My friend Sajeeb posted this video to his tumblr and I thought it was simply spectacular. It’s seems a bit incongruous to combine Taylor Swift with Coldplay but have a listen and see if you don’t agree.

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April 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Of cabbages and kings | Comments are closed

I Love Keri Hilson

Some things just ain’t right.

April 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Of cabbages and kings | Comments are closed

No Joke, I Like Music

I tend to take music pretty seriously. I suppose that’s natural considering that my early music influences were grunge, metal and gangsta rap – Nirvana, Pearl Jam, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns ‘n Roses, Snoop, Dre and Public Enemy, to name a few. Here was music that spoke to me, that either showed me [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Whether pigs have wings | One comment - (Comments are closed)