Writing Life

One of my new favorite bands, and their local, from Baltimore. For a mellow band that I use to help facilitate my writing, they can rock out. Can’t wait to see them live sometime:

I saw this on a blog post over at MacUser. It is so frigging funny!

You must watch this! Please, watch it! Kudos to Shakesville for the tip and for some backstory.

Great site to check out: ArabRap.netand www.SlingshotHipHop.com. Very cool music, very current political commentary. There are some translations, but the videos and even the rhythms convey a lot of meaning on their own. Also, my friend Fatema explained that DAM (referred to as Da Arab MCs) means blood in both Hebrew and Arabic. Very intriguing use of language and imagery to convey a nuanced political landscape.