I never thought the phrase “drill baby drill” would elicit psuedo-pornographic images in my mind, but yesterday I think that happened.
My history teacher Mr. Williams would say “I remember in the seventies, during the Oil Crisis - by god you couldn’t even hardly get gas! Ya’ll are just spoiled, it’ll run dry… *cue Charlie Brown trumpet blather*
“Don’t everybody like the smell of gasoline? Well burn motherfucka burn American Dreams…” - Outkast Gasoline Dreams
Well um… Atlanta as the locals say, “ain’t hardly got no gas - nowhere”. That’s a triple negative statement if you didn’t notice, so you know its bad. Worse - Atlanta’s mass transit, is well, less than sufficient. The Math ain’t in our favor. NYCs buroughs represent 305 sq. miles, L.A. 499 sq. miles on a good day and the Atlanta Metropolitan area? 8,376 SQUARE FUCKING MILES. Meaning if you
a) can’t afford the 4.40 gal.
b) can’t FIND the 4.40 gal or
c) Need to get to work, buy groceries, are mortally wounded and need urgent medical attention, and/or Wife is preggo and you need to get to the hospital?
Then yes, I hope you got a quarter tank, because otherwise you’ll be googling “home remedies” or sucking gas through a hose.
Aside from realizing I reflexively shift into neutral anytime I sense inertia is on my side… I saw something disturbing yesterday that made me realize its so bad PEOPLE WANT TO PAY $4.40+ gal for gas. Seriously, these are crack prices people. CRACK. After work yesterday you woulda thought this one guy was making babies with his gas tank, eyes closed, head to the sky, fisting the hell outta…that err uhm, gas pump. I wasn’t sure if he was nodding his head to music or the rhythm of the gasoline surging through the hose and deep into the empty tank. A big grin of apparent satisfaction came on his face when the loud “click” from the tank rung through the air. “Got my tank full ya’ll!”. Strutted into his car, lounged in the driver’s side, reved up - and sped off.. as if he didn’t just drop at least $75 to get from point A to point B. I live off of Metropolitan Parkway in Atlanta, which was once known for prostitution… I imagine at this rate prostitution for petro will soon take hold.
What followed was even scarier - two cars (one SUV and one sports car) swerved where I swear fumes were still swirling in the air, where Mr. Petro Puta himself just left. An argument starts, one guy cursing gets out his car, then goes back at which point it occurs to me “Its now legal to carry concealed guns in this city - one of these mofos cap off, burst open a tank in flames - whole fucking station erupts , riots break out -end of the world etcetera, etcetera…”
I decided I’d leave and go home, coast as much as I subconciously could in neutral and wait til morning. Who got the gas you ask? Well it looks like Mr. SUV muscled Mr. Mustang out of position…only to find out that particular tank was already tapped out. He didn’t realize that upon filling up, the previous buyer went well over the $20 cap a lot of stations are asking of customers.
Tomorrow - I’m taking the bus.
September 30, 2008 at 2:56 pm / No comment
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1 mixtape, 2 discs… Fresh & FREE!
• No Knows Dope: Disc 1
• No Knows Dope: Disc 2
Enjoy!
September 29, 2008 at 12:00 am / No comment
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Sept 27th - Amsterdam, Surprising Africa + More
Sept 26th - ROWDY ROWDY
Sept 24th - Blaqstarr Says Mee Too
Sept 22nd - What is, weeeeds?
Sept 22nd - Mixtape Mondays 04
September 28, 2008 at 11:59 am / No comment
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hello people! this is my first blog post. so listen! the thoughts of 21 x and mc are everywhere! i am in holland for a day more and tonight. im going to rotterdam to make things happen at da circle of sole.
im going to be posting somethings concerning how what and why i have been in amsterdam this weekend! so many positive things are happening with africans in african and europe! people such as francis kere and architect from burkina faso and zina saro-wiwa a nigerian film maker, nontsikelelo ‘lolo’ veleko a street fashion photographer from south africa, and emer beamer an irish graphic designer who i met yesterday at surprising africa have made me think what am i doing and what am i going to do! also people i met in so much information! so much happening in the inside and outside of africa i have not seen. you can read more at http://www.picnicnetwork.org.
if you are in amsterdam and you want me to see what youre doing you can email me at ekene at 21maroons dot com. im going to italy next week and then its all thinking, designing, and blogging! the end! but… to be continued.
ps this is amsterdam but also i have to blog something for what i was doing in london and the states this summer!
September 27, 2008 at 9:15 am / No comment
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For those of you lucky enough to be in LONDON, ENGLAND tomorrow night, definitely go check out our boy ROWDY SUPERST*R at 93 feet East club. You can check out ROWDY here and check out the flyer below for more info.
luv ya,
y
September 26, 2008 at 11:28 am / No comment
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The B-More Mastermind himself will be in NYC tomorrow DJing in the Lower East Side at Porch. Katie (Queen Bee) from Good Peoples and Cobra Kai throw weekly parties at Porch, and they are without a doubt, dope! I’m there every week so come by tomorrow and watch Blaqstarr give everyone a mind fuck like he did a couple months ago at Sway!
September 24, 2008 at 2:06 pm / No comment
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I had to share this… On the rare occasion that I catch something on television, it was Jeopardy. Imagine my consternation when I saw that “Snoop Dog” was an entire category. I didn’t get a chance to record or anything, tho I did snap this photo of the $800 question just after hearing “I’ll take Snoop Dog for 800, Alex”:
In all of this, I’m still not sure what’s funnier. The fact that “Snoop Dog” was the name of the Jeopardy category or that the question to the answer made me aware of that fact that Snoop has appeared on Weeds.
September 22, 2008 at 8:46 pm / No comment
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2 Jawns this week… Fresh & FREE!
This week it’s:
• Girls and Things by Thai Matic
• THE [RE]MIXTAPE VOL. 2 by Trackademicks
Enjoy!
September 22, 2008 at 12:00 am / No comment
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Sept 21st - Your Weekly Loving GIF
Sept 19th - 4Ever 21MC
Sept 16th - MJ’s Studded Glove Chat
Sept 16th - Owen on manystuff.org
Sept 15th - Mixtape Mondays 03
September 21, 2008 at 11:59 am / No comment
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This week it’s our pleasure to share with you the results of this weeks Design Pass between Mario and myself. All these designs use elements from the M.I.A. Pharaoh Poncho Visual Remix, which come out hella soon, promise.
September 21, 2008 at 8:12 am / No comment
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