In honor of Labor Day here in the U.S., my coworker Pete posted this video someone put together of images from various labor strikes, protests, etc., set to the Dropkick Murphy’s version of “Which Side Are You On’”, o riginally written by Florence Reece in 1931 in response to intimidation of her family during struggles between workers and coal mine owners in Harlan County, Kentucky: The Dropkick Murphys’… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Sociological Images Discovery Date : 05/09/2011 18:43 Number of articles : 2
Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced MASCHINE MIKRO, a highly affordable new entry into the world of its popular groove production system. By combining the full-featured MASCHINE software with a streamlined and compact controller, MASCHINE MIKRO makes the acclaimed tactile and Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Music Industry Newswire Discovery Date : 05/09/2011 19:10 Number of articles : 2
That Usain stay making it rain!!! In one whirlwind week, Usain Bolt turned the biggest disappointment of his career into another golden show capped with a world record even he believed was not within him this year. After opening with a false start in 100 final last Sunday, Usain Bolt again produced the amazing in his closing race of the world championships – anchoring Jamaica to a world record in the 4
Slow starts don’t necessarily make for last place finishes. Six days and a slow start later, Usain Bolt finally won gold at the world championships, running the fourth-fastest 200 meters in history to back up his showmanship with a stunning performance. After he was disqualified for a false start the 100 final last Sunday, Bolt was slowest out of the blocks before driving through the bend and powering to the line in 19.40 seconds, just .21 seconds of the world record he set to win his first world title two years ago. Knowing he had something to prove, there was no braggadocio during the race. Instead, he gritted his teeth in utter effort over the last 20 meters before dipping across the line for the fastest time in two years. “I am still the best,” Bolt told an elated crowd of about 45,000 at Daegu Stadium before starting a barefoot dance to a deafening beat. “It was beautiful.” Walter Dix of the United States won his second sprint silver in 19.70 and Christophe Lemaitre earned bronze with a French record of 19.80. Play on playa! Source
Kelly Rowland was caught off guard this week when she was discovered singing in the shower. The songstress and budding actress was caught belting out “Part Of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid” and the video was later uploaded to Twitter. Click Here To Check Out Kelly Getting Her Little Mermaid On At HipHopWired.com
Cameron Diaz is one of the hottest actresses in the world today in our opinion and here she is bending over and showing off a whale tail thong Continue reading →
The amazing invention of Twitter has given us mere mortals a chance to interact with our favorites stars in a way we never imagined 10 or so years ago. And in that interaction we get to see just how lame they can be at times. In no other instance do you get a better chance to see your favorite stars act an *ss than the infamous Twitter beef. Check Out More On Hiphopwired.com
Looks like Shelby “Swirlin” Steele has a major problem with Barack Obama . The popular black scholar has decided to “go in” on the President stating that he lacks character and experience: President Obama is destroying the country. Some say this destructiveness is intended; most say it is inadvertent, an outgrowth of inexperience, ideological wrong-headedness and an oddly undefined character. Indeed, on the matter of Mr. Obama’s character, today’s left now sounds like the right of three years ago. They have begun to see through the man and are surprised at how little is there. Yet there is something more than inexperience or lack of character that defines this presidency: Mr. Obama came of age in a bubble of post-’60s liberalism that conditioned him to be an adversary of American exceptionalism. In this liberalism America’s exceptional status in the world follows from a bargain with the devil—an indulgence in militarism, racism, sexism, corporate greed, and environmental disregard as the means to a broad economic, military, and even cultural supremacy in the world. And therefore America’s greatness is as much the fruit of evil as of a devotion to freedom. Mr. Obama did not explicitly run on an anti-exceptionalism platform. Yet once he was elected it became clear that his idea of how and where to apply presidential power was shaped precisely by this brand of liberalism. There was his devotion to big government, his passion for redistribution, and his scolding and scapegoating of Wall Street—as if his mandate was somehow to overcome, or at least subdue, American capitalism itself. Anti-exceptionalism has clearly shaped his “leading from behind” profile abroad—an offer of self-effacement to offset the presumed American evil of swaggering cowboyism. Once in office his “hope and change” campaign slogan came to look like the “hope” of overcoming American exceptionalism and “change” away from it. As a president, Barack Obama has been a force for mediocrity. He has banked more on the hopeless interventions of government than on the exceptionalism of the people. His greatest weakness as a president is a limp confidence in his countrymen. He is afraid to ask difficult things of them. Like me, he is black, and it was the government that in part saved us from the ignorances of the people. So the concept of the exceptionalism—the genius for freedom—of the American people may still be a stretch for him. But in fact he was elected to make that stretch. It should be held against him that he has failed to do so. Discuss… Read the piece in its entirety at WSJ
I always find it amazing how some women just seem to age better than others. Here’s Cindy Crawford showing all you older birds out there how it’s done. I don’t really know how old she actually is, I mean as far as supermodels go, she’s older than god, but she still looks amazing. I wouldn’t mind a little over the sweater action… you know, for nostalgia. Call me. more pictures of Cindy Crawford here
First Lady Michelle Obama graces the cover of Essence magazine October issue with a revealing interview that highlights the First Lady’s commitment to women and girls around the world. For the annual October ‘Power Issue,’ First Lady Michelle Obama is also feted as one of the world’s most influential Black women on the magazine’s ’2011 Power List.’ Check out some excerpts from the article below: On needing her girlfriends : “Women energize me. My husband is terrific. He is my true partner. Spending time with him is key…. But it’s also important for us as women to find each other. And there’s that natural reenergizing that happens when women get together. We kind of hold each other up.” On finding balance and teaching it to her daughters: “If we don’t have the energy, we can’t pass it on. I learned it from watching my own mother (Marian Robinson) not invest in herself, for example. She’s starting to do that. But she came from the tradition of family first. She wouldn’t even go to the hairdresser on a regular basis. I want to show my girls that it is perfectly fine to invest in yourself and to start to do it early, embrace it and not feel guilty about the time we put into ourselves.” The October issue is available on newsstands as of September 12, 2011. Michelle Obama: First Female Public Figure To Appear On Better Homes & Garden First Lady Michelle Obama Teams Up With National Grocers To Purchase Better Food
