Entries from August 2008

August 19, 2008

This guy (and gal)’s intense!

I haven’t been watching the olympics that much, but I really like the track and field events. Two pictures that inspired me this morning after my workout (that was interrupted by a fire alarm at the Bed Stuy Y!  There was something sort of comical about everyone filing out all sweaty and annoyed in their [...]

August 4, 2008

McCain Suggest Military-Style Invasion in Inner City Neighborhoods

I haven’t been reporting much election news here, but this was so appaling I had to post it. John McCain has been proposing military tactics to “clamp down” on crime in inner city neighborhoods.
See the story and hear the audio here

August 1, 2008

More Than Just Stopping the Locusts

Check out this hot docu-music-video made by some talented Detroit mediamakers for Invincible and Finale’s track “Locusts.” You can find it on Invincible’s first full-release album, available on the Emergence music website.

I particularly like the parts in the video showing the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization housing [...]