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[side_show]

Today I'm gonna go to a pow wow.  Looking forward to it.  Maybe I'll take some pictures to share.

[theinevitable]

Everyone on the internet is mourning Adam Yauch. I have never been really into the Beastie Boys, but my roommates worship Paul's Boutique. Now I am watching some of these videos. Whenever I start watching youtube videos I am overwhelmed by this sense that American musical culture in the 20th century is probably the greatest, most diverse outpouring of human creativity that has ever occurred. I completely know, on a rational level, that this is chauvinist. I don't care.

But really:
-the blues
-goes electric
-gospel music explodes as migrant populations bring it to urban centers
-traditional white folk musics combine with the blues and begin country and rock'n'roll
-rock eats itself with punk
-the blues morphs into motown, r'n'b, funk, soul
-funk gets remixed into turntablism, hip hop, rap, creates the b-boys and breakdancing

There was a point somewhere between high school and college where I thought I had exhausted it all. I was getting bored with punk, thought I had plumbed the depths of older alternative/indie, and wasn't interested in anything else. Now I feel like every day there is some insane old thing to discover.

[Nabubrush]

Today I am going to wrap up my vacation. MCA and Seau dead both in their mid-40s. It'll be a while before I go on vacation again.

[miles]

Well, I'm glad you chuckers didn't leave me hanging forever on picking up my back half.

Rock on, Stinkfist.

I'm not one to leave a Parliament/Funkadelic reference hanging. Especially such a low hanging one as that.

Saw a headline about some priests getting defrocked. Such a filthy sounding word.

[theinevitable]

Never thought I would have a problem where I couldn't stop making a cover letter longer and longer. Damn, I could write all day about this dumb city.

[wombat]

Today I am going to wrap up my vacation. MCA and Seau dead both in their mid-40s. It'll be a while before I go on vacation again.

It's not your fault, really.

[Nabubrush]

I can't take that chance! It might be one of you next time!


Actually, I just meant I fuck*ng hate vacations and this just made it worse.

[jay-ell]

Didn't a couple of famous people die last time Smells went on vacation, too?

[greenkoolayd]

celebrities need to be more considerate of our psyches and emotional complexities, especially in when they die.

[jaydub]

Everyone update your celebrity death pools by August 1st, because that's when I head to Yellowstone for a week or so.

[miles]

Crazy, that is my birthday, shared by Chuck D, Jerry Garcia, Herman Melville and .... TOUAMB!

Now that's a motley crew.

[pmcd9]

Crazy, that is my birthday, shared by Chuck D, Jerry Garcia, Herman Melville and .... TOUAMB!

And only Chuck D isn't dead already.

[side_show]

Today I'm gonna go to a pow wow.  Looking forward to it.  Maybe I'll take some pictures to share.

Here's a short video clip of the grass dancers at the pow wow I attended.  FYI, because in several communities, the belief is that all of nature is sacred, dancers would be sent out ahead of everyone else to flatten the grass in a way that respects and celebrates nature.  Needless to say, this dance is traditionally performed out doors.  You'll notice the head and body movements of some of the dancers sway and bend in a way that mimics the way grass moves in the breeze, and these moves are intended to gently part tall grasses.  Pretty cool, eh?

[miles]

] I only had one beer over the several hours, and then drove home in the heat with the windows open listening to this album that I think you guys would like. This track has a laid-back vibe going on that I am really into lately.

That song is so good. I like the rest of the album but not nearly as much.

[pmcd9]

Here's a short video clip of the grass dancers at the pow wow I attended. 

I didn't know what to expect, but I wasn't expecting to see a high school gymnasium.