The "I'm too tired to finish real posts, so here's another roundup" edition.
Imagine Vice having something that I agree with -- and said already (What's that I hear? Hell freezing over, is it?):
The only slightly ephemeral skill to learn is flow. Have you ever made a mixtape for someone you had a crush on? Then you already know what flow is—the ability to maintain a mood. I was at a party once where the DJ kept playing one danceable hip-hop track, then one undanceable slow classic-rock track, one hip-hop, one slow rock, on and on like that for an hour! We would get up and dance, and then sit down, and then we finally just stayed down and shot him really dirty looks. It was the opposite of flow. To master flow, you just need to not be a fucking moron. Can you handle that?Pass that along to all your shitty DJ friends! Also in the Party Issue are helpful hints on how not to be hungover and a guide to partying like a 21st century Caligula.
Let's hear it for MF Doom and hip hop creativity:
AllHipHop.com: What’s next in the DOOM saga?Posted by Candicissima at June 15, 2004 11:50 PMMFD: The next DOOM album that’s produced by me, it’s like the follow up to DOOMsday. It’s called MM FOOD. It’s old school Hip-Hop beats mixed with the 80’s soul. Each song has something to do with food. Like one cut is called “Cookies,” and it references online porn. Ya know how when you download pictures and your hard drive saves it as a cookie, so the song is like analogies like ‘going into the cookie jar late at night’. So there’s sixteen cuts and each song references food and has a double meaning.