CharlieHipHop

As a bit of a poet, two types of music that really turn me on are hip-hop and country. Yeah, it sounds weird, but those two types of music are freakin' lyrically awesome. Folk is good too but it's kind of preachy and pretentious. Rock lyrics tend toward the stupid with a few shining stars. With (good) hip-hop you get the real deal, unvarnished, from urban America. With (good) country, you get the real deal from rural America. Hip-hop kicks percussive rhymes in funky-ass or sinister beats, country croons its truth in sweet melody. Read it all

Jay-Z's TeeOccupy Wall Street (and the rest of the world) has no bigger supporter than me Read it all

I was watching some blowhard pundit on some blowhard propaganda outlet masquerading as a cable "news channel" this morning, and the guy said something so infuriatingly dumb, so astonishingly out of touch, so... words fail... that I just had to blog about it. Before I get to what the guy actually said, let me give some background on why the pundits are such buffoons. Read it all

(Flailing arm wildly)

Oooh! That's an easy one! Me me me me -- call on me!

People hate hippies because they're jealous. It's that simple.

Poverty Planet: Protest Sign: Truth.So Occupy Wall Street continues to gain steam, and this is great news! The Powers that Be are forced to take notice. Read it all

Jefferson Quote Protest Sign: Sign at Occupy Wall Street, San FranciscoThe Occupy Wall Street protest is percolating nicely. Read it all