Saturday, June 18, 2005

D/DC for 39.50 on that ass

Not really ego surfing (ha) but actually looking for links and info on D/DC sales and such and I came across a fellow who seemed to have shrink wrapped copies of a couple Deep Dic titles that he'd bought, and was reselling them for like FORTYBUX.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/offer-listing/B0007DB9WS/qid=1119160123/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_ur_3a//103-2915761-6868629?condition=all

some of the orders were overseas people who for whatever reason didn't look and see that the same item was available, brand new, for thirty dollars less. I dont get it.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

I'm writing music reviews for Colorlines. yay!!

http://www.colorlines.com

as of the summer 2005 issue, yours truly is the write of "Race Records" the music review page for Colorlines Magazine.

If you got suggestions of stuff to review, email me from the blog: a couple guidelines:

1) I'm looking for music by people of color and stuff that deals with POC/non-white experiences: this includes, of course stuff around mixblood identity and more ( like for example, if you sent me a hip hop CD that talked about Irish, Welsh or Scot experiences of colonization and the British practicing white supremacy on those peoples, I'd like *die*.

2) I need stuff released in the last year. Older stuff is cool if it is a recent remaster or re-issue.

3)It needs to be commercially released music-meaning that you can actually buy it in store or online ( like Amazon, CD Baby) etc. I try to keep a balance of major label and independent stuff.

4)Woymnist/feminist and LGBTI stuff gets special consideration, as so little of it gets a chance for relative mainstream coverage.

ah-ight. Holla with the free CD's like now. :):)

The things you find about yourself when you egosurf the web

http://freerepublic.info/focus/f-news/1274846/posts?page=80#80

The above link is contains a series of responses on a rightwing blog to a piece that ran in the SF Chronicle following the November 2004 presidential election.

Now aside from the simplistic dismissal of queers, coloreds,feminists, and Berzrleley type crunchies as "The Left" , I was amused to see myself (and my band's name) referred to as "vulgar". I also noticed that the response to me in particular wasnt about anything I said in specific, but rather that I expressed that there was a "need" for artist/activists of my particular stripe; he for some reason thought I implying that he and is like needed me.

maybe I shoulda been clearer?