Archives for: August 2011
Hip-Hop Needs Rap City: Tha Basement
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Rap City debuted on August 11, 1989 on BET. The program was an exclusive showcase for hip hop music videos, and featured interviews with and freestyles from popular rappers. On September 13, 1999, the show was re-titled Rap City: Tha Basement and newly hosted by Big Tigger (a.k.a. Tigger), who succeeded Joe Clair and Big Lez. Among notable previous hosts [...]

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Election 2012: Rick Perry
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Name: James Richard Perry Nickname: Rick Age: 61 Hometown: Paint Creek, Texas Current Position: longest continuously serving governor of Texas (since 2000) Track Record: He has never lost an election, including an elementary school contest for “king” of the Paint Creek School Carnival. He secured that win by handing out pennies for votes. Platform: tax reform, job growth, healthcare accessibility, public [...]

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Bored? Watch These Videos
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Sometimes you get bored and don’t know what the hell to do. You’ve worked all day or studied all day or loafed all day and there’s nothing on tv. Check these clips out…….or get a life. I did the former.

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Let His Friends Be His Friends
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…for lack of a better title. A recent study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Chicago finds that when a guy’s female partner gets too “chummy” with his male friends, he is more likely to suffer from symptoms of sexual dysfunction (impotence, loss of libido, disinterest). The phenomenon is called “partner betweenness,” which occurs when a woman becomes closer with [...]

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Manhattan in Motion by J. Owens [VIDEO]
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Josh Owens (Twitter) does some great photography, and showcases his work in video form. While watching his most recent vid, Manhattan in Motion, I couldn’t help but admit that there truly is no place like New York. I would rather live/travel to a number of other cities, but the Big Apple pushed the human experience to the limits like no [...]

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