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On Friday May 4th Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys passed away at the age of 47. 47 is way too young to die but he led a life of purpose. Music, Art and Activism was his game and he played it well. I'm going to post one of my personal favorite Beastie Songs "So What Cha Want"

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On monday I logged onto Twitter and received some sad news. Messy Mya a Youtube sensation that I featured on this blog not too long ago had been murdered in his hometown of New Orleans. It is always truly sad to hear about any person's life taken so tragically like that. Especially since he was leaving his girlfriend's baby shower. This was a young person with quite a personality who only wanted to entertain people and make them smile despite all the adversity surrounding him. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and unborn child.

Today.

What is there is to say that already has not been said about 9/11. We all remember where we were when we heard about it. I was in marketing class at the time and our teacher brought out the television so we could see what was going on. I remember thinking 'This can't be real' it seriously looked like something out of movie. I knew, we all knew that nothing will be the same after this, and it hasnt. Since then we have been in a war or wars and there seems to be no solution. I always try to look at the bright side of things but there just isnt a bright side to this all we can do is remember, reflect and pray. My uncle Chris made this video about how he and his family left NY a bit after 9/11 and the community whom he felt made him feel better. I found this video very beautiful and touching, enjoy.

iSuicide

25 yr old chinese worker Sun Dayong jumped to his death after an iPhone prototype that he was responsible for went missing. After he reported it missing the company he works for searches his apartment, three days later he jumped to his death. Hmmm, I dont know about you but this sounds shady to me. I mean I understand there maybe a lot of pressure associated with handling these prototypes but killin yo self!? I dont know. Im thinking that the suits layed some crazy ish on him like if he didnt find it they were going to cut his thumbs off. Now you know the thumbs are the texting fingas! So that begs the question, would you rather kill yourself or live without your texting fingas?

Today in 'Aw Hail Naw' News

It's a really a friggin shame that this is 2009 and stories like this pops up.African American children of a Philadelphia summer camp were told to leave a pool in a private club after they ponied up over $1000 to have the kids swim there. In a statement of the club president said

"There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,"

What!? AW HAIL NAW. Attitudes like this in these days and times are absolutely inexcusable. Now if they did not want the children to part of the club because of their economic status, fine but still not cool at all. This place can to go to hell in a hand basket, unbelievable. For the story go here.

Oh yeah Happy Memorial Day (weekend)

This is Lee Chavis Phoebus High School Class of '03 killed in action while in Iraq 2006 RIP homie Read his obit here

So I associate Memorial Day as the kick off to the summer cook out season. However let's not forget what the holiday is about. Its about our brothers and sisters in the armed forces of past and present who put their lives on the line everyday so that we can be free. Sure we all have our quips about this country and its inner workings at times, but you have to realize that we are so lucky to have the freedoms that we have. So as you drink yo Budweiser pour a little out for our fallen homies.

Chi Update.

For those that dont know the bassist of the Deftones Chi Cheng has been in a coma from a car accident since november of last year. Obviously he is still in this coma but is stabalized. The family of Chi have created a site to help with the medical costs Chi has incurred since being in this condition check it out One Love For Chi. Keep praying for Chi yall.

I believe the children are our future, unless they take it away.

So there is this pretty big story about this 11 yr old merking a pregnant woman, no jokes here people, this sh!t is DEEP. This is why im not having kids, or dating anyone who has kids, cause things like this could happen. No not me, instead im going to get a pet chimp. They're cute and they will never harm anyone right!?

Im a murderer

Early monday morning while making my way to work I think i killed a rabbit on the on ramp to the highway. I was really really sad. I tried to avoid it but the road was so narrow on the ramp then I heard a *thump* im a cold blooded killer. Please forgive me. I gave it a name and poured out some gingerale for it. RIP ol dirty rabbit. Im sorry.

Alright, let's get this over with.

So yeah the big story this week (besides the narrow passing of the stimulus bill but who cares about that?) is the Chris Brown Rihanna drama. You know the story Chris allegedly assualted Rihanna and fled the scene. All of this is still so hard for me to believe as I sure a lot of people feel. Yes there is never a reason to hit a woman but you have to understand there is two sides to every story. There are stories that they have a volatile relationship, and we dont know if she threw punches and he was defending himself. The details are so fuzzy right now. I feel sorry for Chris because everyone is just peacing out on him. He needs to come out with a statement either denying it or fessing up and getting it over with. The more silence there is the more people will speculate to high heavens. It has to be so hard to #1 be in a relationship #2 be in a relationship in the public eye #3 being so young in a relationship in the public eye where every single blink is photographed and published. I am not defending what he did, I am just saying there are two sides to every story and we have heard neither. All in all this is probably the end for Breezy, if he would have got caught smoking crack or shot somebody, he still would have a chance for a comeback.
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The Day the 'Music Died'

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly(22), the Bip Bopper(29) and Richie Valens(17). On Feb 3 1959 these musicians decided to charter a filght in a small one engine craft to their next destination on "The Winter Dance Party" tour. Shortly after flight the plane crashed about 5 miles away. Holly, Bopper, Valens and the pilot all died on impact. The crash is said to be the cause of bad weather and inexperience on the part of the pilot. The term "The Day the Music Died" was coined by Don Mclean on his song "American Pie."
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May You Purr In Peace.

Im quite sure you have heard the unfortunate news already that legend Eartha Kitt passed away on Christmas from colon cancer, she was 81. She kept kicking though, she was in the Hampton Roads area in like october performing, she lived life to the fullest as it should be lived. If you do not know who Eartha Kitt is google it I dont have time for you! Matter of fact google it, print it out, go to time out and read it,shame on you. But I am quite sure everybody is familiar with her in some form or fashion. I will leave you with some of Eartha's greatest work. Her role from Boomerang. Maarrrcus Darling.

Jammie for the Sizzurp Slurpers

So when I first heard this song/saw this video I thought it was funny, catchy, dare I say "fun" song. This was long before the country as a whole knew about that "purp" for those of you not up on the lingo, shame on you, stay in time out, first let me explain to the best of my knowledge. Purp, Sizzurp whatevs is basically cough syrup mixed with (fill in blank here). I personally hate drinking cough syrup when I have to more or less drinking it for recreation but I digress. So if you listen to this song he's like professing his love for the purple drank, also like breaking down the history, it amazes me for some reason. It is also a little bit disturbing cause a little while ago we lost Big Mo from a heartattack and codine was found in his system at the time of his death. I mean this dude was obsessed with syrup he even named his album City of Syrup and he was also a part of the Screwed up Click most notably found by DJ Screw who died from Syrup years and years ago, but he himself continued until his death a while ago. Wow, purp must be like that. Oh well here's the video to "Purple Stuff" and rest in peace Big Mo in that big city of syrup in the sky.

John Lennon Day

Today marks the death anniversary of John Lennon. I am not much of a Beatles head (SACRILEDGE I know) but I do know that Lennon is one of the greatest songwriters of all time till some douche bag chose to take that away from us. So this kit-kat is for you Mr Lennon may you rest in peace and love.

....And dont it feel good!? HEY!

So as I make my daily blog rounds I continue to come across grains of inspiration, this time from Dlisted. I already forgot what the post was about but he put a link to a video of Alison from intervention who hufs some sort of something and saying how it feels like she's "walking on sunshine". Well you know how on youtube there are related videos and i clicked on this right here, its really sad but I have a black heart so its kind of funny.

Chi from Deftones health update

I just seen this in a myspace bulletin:
Hello Friends,

My apologies for the delay in updates. Chi's condition remains the same - serious, but stable. He still lies in a coma, however his vitals (heart, lungs, and blood pressure) all exhibit very stable functions and doctors have begun removing much of the excess monitoring equipment. Chi remains strong in his fight to recover.


Man I really hope he pulls through, he's been in a coma for weeks now, lets all pray for him

So sawree

After 14 seasons MadTV is finally being cancelled. Don't get me wrong if you have been reading this blog obviously I am a huge fan of MadTV, but the last 2 or 3 seasons have been lack luster so its time for them to go out to pasture. The show's co-creator David Salzman said that they are going to keep the show going this time on a cable channel. If they keep it going especially on cable I hope it becomes funny again. Check out the whole story at this link--> http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/fox-cancels-mad.html
I leave you with another one of my favorite sketches "This is the Land that I Love"

FAcebook ruins lives...no really!

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.

Wayne Forrester, 34, told police he was devastated that his wife Emma, also 34, had changed her online profile to "single" days after he had moved out.

The Old Bailey heard Forrester drove to her home in Croydon, south London, and attacked the mother-of-two.

He stabbed her with a kitchen knife and a meat cleaver on 18 February.

Forrester, who pleaded guilty to murder, was ordered to serve a minimum term of 14 years.


This dude went on to say that he felt emBARASSED(which being in bare assed will come in handy while in prison) cause he only moved out days earlier and he loved and he was hurt and humiliated blah blah blah. I feel so sorry for this woman's family especially her children. They are now going to grow up without a mother and a father in jail. All because their dad was a major asshole. What kind of stuff is that!? So sad. I mean all of us from the outside could say Well I would have done this or that but a crazy person is a crazy person period and simply anything could have and did push this man over the edge, what a shame, be careful what you facebook for.
News Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7676285.stm