"This morning I woke up feeling brand new/ I jumped up feeling my highs and my lows/ and my soul and my goals/ just to stop smoking and stop drinking and I been thinking/ I got my reasons just to get by" - Talib Kweli (with some serious background vocalists), Get By (Quality)
*much thanks to the Dark Haired Vixen (née The Honky Slut Warrior now that she has deep dark curly locks) who hooked me up with a copy of the Kweli disc before I had to drop bones on it. It's for the headnodders, although 2 or 3 tracks are definite bangers. Get By, Shock Body and Good to You are killing me on these early listens.
Wanna know why I'm not posting regularly, check thebrotherlove. We're not going through exactly the same stuff but, just like brother J., real life is gettin' in my way. Not that I'm complaining really. This is just the first time in 10 months that I haven't been posting here on a more regular interval.
Moms is back from the road. She hooked me up with some new kicks courtesy of a promotional deal she's hooked up with a certain shoe company. I don't usually like this company's stuff but these are quite comfortable and don't make me look like an asshole. Most of their shoes make you look like an asshole. Trust.
I'm slightly stressed about my first writing assignment for relatively substantial pay. It's not that it's going poorly, it's just that I want it to be spectacular. I'm not sure that I have enough to work with to make it that. This whole stress thing is odd. I'm never stressed about work. I must care about this.
Boomkat. Taryn Manning's voice reminds me of Nikka Costa. That's a good thing. They sound better on record than live. She's a little hokey on stage and her brother looks like Jack Black. I like them though, perhaps in spite of myself. I'll be checking for the album in March.
I should let you know that any Michael Jackson after Smooth Criminal doesn't exist to me. Please don't talk to me about any MJ that's after that. I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm willing to give up my love of Remember the Time and Butterflies just so I can pretend like the man still exists in some kind of reality that we both can share.
To that end, I also really miss Bobby Brown. Not this current Thug Lovin' Bobby, mind. I don't know him. I'm talking about Tender Roni, Every Little Step I Take, Humpin' Around, Ghostbusters II On Our Own Bobby. The Ja Rule track just reminds me that B-Brown used to be the man. Me, Reggie and Owen used to destroy other fools with our Bobby Brown inspired moves. Cats weren't ready for synchronized running man transitions. I'd drop some off tune, Whoo, let me sing this for a minute...
As long as I been givin' my heart to you
You should be givin' me your heart too
But you just keep on actin' just like a fool
You know it ain't cool
You know girls were all about my bad Don't Be Cruel singing. And I was rocking a gumby for a minute. Pleasebelieveit. It was My Prerogative. Fo'rilla.
Kd's the queen this week. Go here and here and then let her cook your chicken.