You Been Blinded (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The video below features Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics circa 2000 hyped up after returning from a Ruff Ryders-Cash Money concert. KG gives a rundown of the music he’s listening to (If y’all ain’t got the Drag-On Ruff Ryders CD, you gotta go cop that..), and embarrasses one of his homeboys in front of [...]
Hip Hop Caucus Blog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Members of the Hip-Hop community are uniting to pay tribute to Sean Bell in song, just weeks after three New York City detectives were acquitted of fatally shooting the 23-year-old. Producer/rapper Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino and Styles P. are featured on the track, titled “Stand Up (A Sean Bell Tribute).” "Stand Up," which debuted on AllHipHop.com today (May 28), will
Gossip Thug - GossipThug.com (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Members of the Hip-Hop community are uniting to pay tribute to Sean Bell in song, just weeks after three New York City detectives were acquitted of fatally shooting the 23-year-old. Producer/rapper Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino and Styles P. are featured on the track, titled “Stand Up (A Sean Bell Tribute).” "Stand Up," which debuted on AllHipHop.com today (May 28), will also be...
http://afreeman.org/?feed=rss2 (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
I listened to k.d. lang’s album “Drag” on repeat while I was quitting smoking last year, so she’ll always have a special place in my heart. Her new LP, “Watershed” came out in January and what I’ve heard of it is outstanding. The steel guitar alone on “I Dream of Spring”, an appropriate track for [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Finding a successor to Toshihiko Fukui before he steps down next Wednesday looks increasingly unlikely.
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
American Idol's Top 12 is about to be reduced to 11. It's the first single elimination Results Show of the season and, really, I'm not looking forward to it. These episodes drag on forever, and will especially do so now...
Andrew Bolt (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, says greenhouse-friendly ethanol is a con: Ethanol contains water that...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The US sub-prime crisis is expected to drag on for months, Jeremy Gardiner the director of Investec Asset Management in South Africa has said.
Classical Bookworm (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Here's the situation as the union sees it: Without a contract: 436 Days Waiting to Bargain: 187 Days Locked Out: 24 Days Salaries and benefits unpaid due to lockout: $519,928.00 Value of service lost to the public so far: $2,675,524.00...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/tvhe (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Skimming Stuff this morning I noticed the headline: House price slump ‘drag on economy'. I thought that it might be useful, or possibly even interesting to discuss how a cooling in the New Zealand housing market could weaken economic activity. When thinking about this issue we gave to ask the following question - how [...]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
The common wisdom is that the longer that the Democratic primaries drag on, the worse it is for the Democratic Party. But the increased attention and energy involved in the Democratic primaries is having some decidedly positive short-term and long-term effects. For instance, take a look at these numbers out of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Democrats have added more than 65,000 voters to their rolls since...
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Yahoo Disaster Scenario: Blowing Q1 - Silicon Alley Insider On Wednesday January 30, 2008, before Microsoft's announced bid for Yahoo I blogged after Yahoo's dismal earnings conference call that, "maybe the smart thing to do at this point is to try and sell it to Microsoft as fast as they can while they can at least still get $19 a share, it's a heck of a lot better than $6 a share." Subsequent to...
My Blahg (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Via Sean In Saskatchewan comes word that Layton's insidious mind control has claimed another victim. John Manley suggests violence will drag on in southern Afghanistan unless there’s a political agreement with the Taliban… Manley says peace can only be achieved with some Taliban co-operation, telling MPs “this insurgency unless it's the first one ever will not end [...]
The Street (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Consumers are feeling the pinch of losses from the equity markets and home values.
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
“..House prices could fall up to 10 per cent in the coming months, an economist warned after data released yesterday showed the market is continuing to weaken. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data showed February sales were the lowest since March 2001. The national median price for February eased back from $340,000 in January to [...]
