beginnings and endings

I'm moving this week and my job ends the following day. As soon as I've settled into my new digs and had my previous roommates Eternally-Sunshined from my brain (Morbidly Obese Southern Shut-In, Crazy Eyes and her husband Out of Work Stuntman, the cat with bladder problems, the old mean cat, the convalescing bunny, the ferrets I never had to see thank g-d: I'll see you all in Hell but Mr. Giant Fish you're ok), I'm hoping to keep as busy as an unemployed person can. 2009 has gone by lightning fast so far, but it's been pretty great. Yesterday I ran my first 8k - in a snow storm, adding another item to the long list of things I never thought would happen in the past 365 days. Now I'm starting to get absurdly excited for the summer even though it's still months away.

Back when it actually felt like spring last week I started listening to a compilation called Fly Girls! B Boys Beware: Revenge of the Super Female Rappers! While they could have picked better songs from some of the artists represented - the Latifah, Lyte, and Missy songs are obvsville and it reminded me that I've meant to post some (more interesting) stuff from Bahamadia - there are some inspired choices like Nikki Giovanni. A couple gems:

Sparky D - I Can't Stop (divshare)

Camille Yarborough - Take Yo' Praise (divshare)

Don't Dance, I'll Pay People to Move You

I fall into the camp of finding pretty much anything Andy Milonakis does amusing, though if I didn't know he is sincerely obsessed and in love with hip hop I would probably like this video less. He also has sick taste in reggae music (seriously, look up his Itunes celebrity playlist it's bananas) so it makes sense that Diplo and Switch invited him into the studio for their Major Lazer album which is FINALLY, alledgedly coming out soonish. I have been looking forward to this for so long that there is no way it's going to live up to my expectations.

More parody-rap by people who actually love rap:

The Lonely Island - Like A Boss (div share)

Hibernational

I've actually been going out a ton lately, but between some Life Transitions and a certain laziness cultivated by the weather I feel like I've been in mental deep freeze for the past two months. Just generally uninspired, leading to a stale wardrobe and a lack of blog posts. Sorry So Self-Involved! This ends now. Time to throw open the windows...I mean the brain-windows, it's still too cold to open the actual windows.

Here is a band I'm liking that Luke Temple is in, Here We Go Magic. Hold a Match for a Gasoline World is one of my favorite albums and if you ever get a chance to see Luke Temple perform with or without this band, you really should.

Here We Go Magic - Fangela (divshare)

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Luke Temple - In the End (divshare)

Luke Temple - Serious (divshare)