On Kid Cudi On Cocaine
Rich People Things: cocaine in jars?
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On The Dementia Bonus: Football as Black Servitude
There is evidence indicating that white NFL players suffer head injuries at a higher rate than black players...
Of the six documented cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in former NFL players, only one of the six players was black: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/26/athlete.brains/index.html
The two positions in football that are typically most susceptible to head injuries are quarterback and offensive line. Roughly 80% of the starting quarterbacks from the 2008 and 2009 seasons are white and more than half of the starting offensive lineman from those seasons are white. Repeated concussions ended the careers of white quarterbacks Troy Aikman (who suffered 10 concussions in 12 years) and Steve Young (who quit after suffering his 4th concussions in 3 years). Brent Boyd, the lineman referenced in this article, is white.
Portraying the NFL as black-on-black bloodsport based solely on the basic racial makeup of the league is impractical. The truth is that ALL PLAYERS are "losing the ability to remember their mother's name in exchange for a decade of big checks"
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On The History and Use of "Spoiler Alert"
Recent headline from EW.com: "Glee exclusive: Cheynne Jackson is the new [spoiler alert]!" I guess this represents yet another step in the evolution of the phrase... http://bit.ly/bJnXMf
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On Helpful Explanations: Understanding the Gawker v. 4chan Thing
Sigh, and now there are "Ya Dun Goof'd" t-shirts for sale... http://bit.ly/a8TBcS
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On Cooking the Books: Will Leitch and Emily Gould Make Tofu Dogs
I was wondering the same thing but I believe Will is talking specifically about TOFU pups. Sure, plenty of stadiums offer veggie dogs but none of them (as far as I know) offer the insipid tofu tube.
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On Wavves Opens for The-Dream
There's some video of The-Dream's performance over on Stereogum. As Sasha Frere-Jones tweeted last night, "Seem [sic] like a good gig, singing along to your own records."
Whatever. It's THE-DREAM!!
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On Sexual Innuendoes Having To Do With Candy That Were Omitted, For Time, From Katy Perry's "California Gurls" Video
RT @LadyGaga Using classic board games as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.
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On Big Boi And Andre 3000, "Lookin' For Ya"
Big Boi told GQ yesterday:
"Jive Records told me my album is a piece of art, and they didn't know what to do with it. So I moved it over to Def Jam. And now Jive is trying to block Dré from being on my record. We can't be on songs together now." (http://bit.ly/9c9uod)
As Nah Right points out via Clipse, Them crackers at Jive still ain't playing fair: http://bit.ly/9kwtTt
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On Liza Minnelli, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
Well, A.O. Scott has weighed in:
"Her version is in no way superior to the one in 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,' and it is somehow both the high point of 'Sex and the City 2' and a grim harbinger of what is to come."
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/movies/27sex.html
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On I Would Buy the Living Hell Out of this $62,000 Hermes Motorcycle
I hope they give a complimentary one to The-Dream.