current music: use me – patricia barber i’m going to be completely trifling and download a warren g “regulator” ringtone for my polyphonic nokia. it sounds the best of all the ones i’ve heard. there was an exchange student from edinburgh univ. at dartmouth this summer who told me about how some of her best [...]

current music: summer love (beach house dub) – factor 15 In 1989, After 62 years of racial caricatures, Colgate-Palmolive Co. redesigned packaging for its “Darkie” toothpaste sold in Asia. The logo for the toothpaste, previously a black face sambo character named “Darkie,” was renamed “Darlie” and replaced with a silhouette.

current music: blue transmission deeprhythms.com house set with timo rotenen there is a “RED for VP” sign on the big tree in the front lawn of my digs in hanover. where the hell did it come from? redforvp.com?

current music: meeting in the ladies room – klymaxx i’m going to florida in two weeks. yeehaw! i will get to see my family including my growing-like-weeds nieces, my safely returned from iraq army nephew, and my beloved, wonderful, extraordinary and all-around fantastic grandma. right now it is 77 degrees fahrenheit (25 celsius) in gainesville [...]

current music: slow jamz – kanye/jamie foxx she’s got a light-skinned friend, look like michael jackson got a dark-skinned friend, look like michael jackson everytime i hear those lines, i laugh. this is the corniest and funniest satiric hip-hop slow jam. i just can’t take jamie foxx seriously. somebody mash this song with biz markie’s [...]

current music: jump around – house of pain (feat. cypress hill) happy lunar new year 4702!

current music: i submit to you – mustafa i feel like all i think about is the weather. the cold and snow makes one obsessive about temperatures. i’m off to the library soon to turn in books, check out new ones and watch underdressed children parade in the main corrider of baker-berry library also known [...]

current music: some zap mama house mix at netmusique.com there was an earthquake in southern new hampshire today. i didn’t feel it. and, the state is littered with democratic prez candidates. i feel like i’ve seen them all multiple times. dartmouth is a popular stomping ground for campaign trail hot air. there is a gigantic [...]

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Several hundred protesters loudly booed President Bush on Thursday as he laid a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King on the anniversary of the civil rights leader’s birth. “Bush go home” and “peace not war” the protesters shouted from behind a barrier of parked buses across the street from King’s [...]

current music: mary’s prayer – danny wilson Winamp Generated Playlist 30 tracks in playlist, average track length: 4:53 Playlist length: 2 hours 26 minutes 38 seconds Playlist files: Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer Goapele – Closer Nappy Roots – Po’ Folks (Feat. Anthony Hamilton) Anthony Hamilton – Comin’ From Where I’m From Pernice Brothers – [...]

current music: beautiful – snoop dogg and pharell three years ago my desktop computer was state-of-the-art. maybe even cutting-edge. now it is an oversized foot rest as i sit here burning the midnight oil in rural new hampshire trying to make deadlines and listening to the main hard drive in the beige case scrape along. [...]

i’ve been listening to club 977 – the 80′s channel a lot lately. it is enjoyable because periodically i will laugh out loud when i’m listening online due to some song that comes on and reminds me of middle school/high school, bad mushroom hair do’s/bad clothes (leg warmers with tripled pleated slacks and capezio shoes) [...]