so a couple weeks ago I was walking to a bar with two of my friends and this big white limo was coming up the street towards us. We saw a girl was hanging halfway out the window, waving her arms. When the limo was about next to us, we saw she was extremely excited and yelled "Hey you guys!!!! Bow Wow's in here!!!" to us. Then we saw an arm come out of the other window and wave at us. It was pretty funny, that first she was so thrilled to be in a limo with Lil Bow Wow (who is now just called Bow Wow, since he's all grown up), and second that she would yell about it to us, three skinny mid-20s white dudes, probably not Bow Wow's chief fan base. So when we saw some of our other friends, we told them we saw Bow Wow's arm. I believe her that Bow Wow really was in the limo, because she seemed to be high school-aged and was obviously incredibly thrilled, thrilled enough to yell about it to some random dudes on the street, and I looked it up later to see if he played in the area, which he did. So that was pretty funny. We were talking about it later, how it must be strange to be 16 or whatever he is, to be rich and famous (among 16 year olds, at least) and have all these young girls crazy about you, then not having anything match that as you get older. I assume he won't be a famous rapper when he's 22 or 30. I mean, what happened to Krss Kross? They had the big album, then two lame gangsta albums and I have no idea what they're doing now. They have a webpage, but the stuff it's talking about happened in 1996 (I looked it up). And I found this article about that site - one of the pages says "Kris Kross loves bloggers," apparently because a bunch of bloggers found the site and wrote about it. What a bunch of losers, huh?

Somebody on a message board for an annual Kris Kross Day website, where you are supposed to wear your clothes backwards, says that Chris Smith (Daddy Mack, I have no idea which guy that is) is working on a solo album, but I can't find anything about it online. A Canadian website says he had an album a couple years ago as "M.A.C." There are a couple results on Amazon for a rapper called Mac, who was on No Limit, but I dunno if it's the same guy. This Mac is young though, and his albums got a lot of positive comments. My favorite review, however, is this one:

Not since Gambol Freer made a public renunciation of his obsolescent depilatory tactics in 1985 has the rap world seen anything like Mac's multi-thyrsoid panegyrics. Not that it matters very much, because such lubricious manticorical entities are about to become a dime a dozen, and getting there first won't count for much when all we'll want by then is a cool draught of C-major tonic! Did Mac (whose real name, by the way, is Stavros Mapplethorpe) ever stop to consider the ramifications of his rather glib brand of fatti maschii? Medoubts it highly. Plugging away at soft-core pulp is all he knows. And calling it "woolly bear" ain't gonna fool no one!

Hell, even Snoop could tell his momma a thing or two.

Peace out, y'all.

Weird. And according to this, Jermaine Dupri wrote all the songs on "Totally Krossed Out". Interesting. But as for where they are now, I dunno. Maybe I'll look for them.

so i was reading a lot of crappy news lately, like Bush's popularity level going up (??), Karl Rove getting put in charge of the rebuilding effort, bombings, and other various bad news stories, so I decided to type "good news" into Yahoo to see what happened. A lot of it was Christian stuff, but i did find a few news sources with "good" news, such as Happynews.com. Ironically, it's sort of sad- the fact that there is so much crappy stuff going on that there are a bunch of news sites with just good news. I mean, I guess that's always been the case, but still. Anyway, some of the articles on the site are sort of lame, and depend on what team you like, for example. But I did like the one about how Harvard wants its students to party more, and this one about a cricket player who can basically do whatever he wants in the town of Sheffield, England, because England won some cricket tournament. What a weird idea. I also thought the site's weather section was funny: "The weather sure is nice in Little Rock, AR today!"

And then I went to one of my favorite sites, Spamusement.com, which is always funny. It's a bunch of cartoons based on spam emails the writer gets. Good stuff.

so my pal Jess sent me this, it's a very funny video of dumb sex advice (not work safe due to bad language, unless you have headphones I guess.) My favorite part: "Women love danger. If they could, they'd date a fire."

And here's the explanation.

so there have been some kooky happenings at my alma mater, George Washington U recently. My friend sent me this item from the GW police blotter:

9/10 - New Hall - 11:15 p.m. - case closed

UPD responded to a room in the dorm after receiving a loud noise complaint. CLLC accompanied the officers to find a large number of students having a get-together. There were no violations of policy, but an inordinate amount of what appeared to be cake was served, according to a student close to the event.

Referred to Student Judicial Services (SJS)

And the other day, a girl bit a cop. Weird.

so my homie Edmundo had this in his blog, it's pretty hilarious and ridiculous. A note our president wrote to Condi Rice, saying he has to tinkle. Or maybe poop. It's pretty funny that the photographer got close enough to read it.

And my pal Rae has a very funny photo riddle thing on her blog, check it out.

Also, this dog is very ugly. It looks like a mummy from some Indiana Jones movie or something.

so I like to watch commercials and see what kind of dumb stuff they say. Something I've always thought about is cereal commercials, when they say "this cereal is part of a balanced breakfast." However, when they show the balanced breakfast, they show the bowl of cereal, a glass of orange juice, another glass of milk, a couple pieces of toast, some fruit, an egg, sausage, and so on. I mean, if you add 12 things to your breakfast, anything can be part of a balanced breakfast. Twinkies are part of a balanced breakfast. Burritos are part of a balanced breakfast. A piece of wood is part of a balanced breakfast.

Here's a website I found with a bunch of pictures of balanced breakfasts. I like this line: "Studies by Atkin and Gibson (1978) have shown that most children are unable to remember any other foods shown with the cereal and that they often believe that the sugared cereal alone would constitute a healthy breakfast." The guy did make good choices for his pictures though. Some of my favorite cereals.

In other news, I think Shaq is the man. He's training to be a Miami Beach reserve police officer, which is cool enough, and the other day he helped officers arrest a guy who was throwing bottles at a gay couple. And he's been doing a lot for the hurricane victims too lately.

so yesterday I went on this long odyssey to find some lights for my closet. I rode the metro from Union Station to Pentagon City, then up to Tenleytown, then again to Friendship Heights and still didn't find any. At this point I was tired of riding the Metro and it was a nice day, so I decided to take bus down Wisconsin Ave to Farragut North. About halfway there, this big and really terrible smelling lady got on the bus. Everybody immediately made faces and went "wooo!" and stuff, some people put lotion on to try to hide the smell, a couple girls started sniffing wet wipes, a bunch of people moved away from her, and so on. Some kids in the back, where the smelly lady sat down, started yelling "Man! What is that smell!!!" and stuff. People were snickering and opening windows, until at one of the stops, a girl ran off while people were getting on and went into a 7-11. Then while we were still waiting at a stoplight, she got back on with about 10 of those Christmas tree-shaped car air fresheners and started to pass them out to people on the bus. It was pretty hilarious. The driver put one on the mirror, the yelling kids put like four around the back on the bus, some people held theirs. Good times on the bus.

so I've been listening to EPMD's Strictly Business lately, I'm really liking it. They're a late 80s-early 90s rap group, really cool stuff. The rappers (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, EPMD stands for "Erick and Parrish making dollars") have kind of slurred, rolling flows and they use a lot of samples, some pretty obvious and funny, like "I Shot the Sherrif," "Jungle Boogie," some Zapp and Roger, and that Steve Miller Band song, "Fly Like an Eagle". The first few tracks, "Strictly Business," "I'm Housin'," "Let the Funk Flow," (which uses the same sample as Nas' "Nastradamus", directly followed by a Beastie Boys sample), and "You Gots to Chill," are great- catchy, with cool beats and good rhymes. All the really strong, but the first part of the CD is my favorite. I think they also coined the phrase "chill to the next episode" which Dr. Dre used on Chronic 2001. Anyway, check out the album, it's really great. All Music Guide gave it 5 stars and Amazon has some clips.

so here's my most recent concert list, so I don't forget. There are a lot of good shows coming up.

Wed Sep 14- Hockey Night $8 w/Baby Teeth & Head of Femur DC9

FRI. SEP. 23- Southern Culture on the Skids $15.00 930 Club

TUE. SEP. 27- Sufjan Stevens w/ Liz Janes $15.00 930 Club

FRI Sep 30- EARLIMART W/ RICHARD SWIFT AND SONS OF NATIONAL FREEDOM W/ JOE RATHBONE 9:30PM $12 Iota

SAT OCT 1- ELECTRIC 6, OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY, HER DAILY OBSESSION $12 mainstage 9:30 Black Cat

SUN. OCT. 2- The Decemberists w/ Sons & Daughters $18.00 930 Club

SUN Oct 2 ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET W/ KING OF FRANCE 8:30PM $11 Iota

MON OCT 3- THE RAVEONETTES $13 mainstage 8:30 Black Cat

TUE OCT 4- NADA SURF, SAY HI TO YOUR MOM, acoustic ARMY OF ME $13 mainstage 8:30 Black Cat

OCT 5 - Beck, Patriot Center

SAT. OCT. 8- Metric w/ The Most Serene Republic & The Lovely Feathers 6pm Doors $15.00 930 Club

Mon Oct 10- My Morning Jacket w/ Kathleen Edwards 9:30 Club

SAT. OCT. 15- The New Pornographers w/ Destroyer & Immaculate Machine $15.00 930 Club

Sat Oct 15- Sleepytime Gorrila Museum $10 w/Crashlander DC9


TUE OCT 18- CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH $12 mainstage 8:30

Fri Oct 21- Assrockers Velvet Lounge

SAT OCT 22- AMBULANCE LTD, PEOPLE IN PLANES $10adv/ $12door mainstage 9:30 Black Cat

SUN OCT 23- LOCAL H, RIDDLE OF STEEL, SKYLINE DRIVE $12 mainstage 8:30 Black Cat

TUE. OCT. 25- Social Distortion w/ Mest & The Dead 60s $25.00 930 Club

WED. OCT. 26- Broken Social Scene $20.00 930 Club

Wed Oct 26.- Green Milk From The Planet Orange(Japanese space rock/psych-prog) $8
w/Ostinato (atmospheric post punk), & Vincent Black Shadow - DC9

Oct 31- OK GO and Rufus Wainright 9:30 Club

WED NOV 2- THE KINGSBURY MANX, THE STANDARD $7 backstage 9:00 Black Cat

Thu Nov 3- Say Hi to Your Mom $ w/tba DC9

SUN NOV 6- TOM VEK, MOBIUS BAND $8 backstage 9:00 Black Cat

TUE. NOV. 8- Super Furry Animals w/ Caribou $15.00 930 Club

SAT NOV 12- BROADCAST, GRAVENHURST, TRALALA $12 mainstage 9:30 Black Cat

THUR NOV 17- ANDREW BIRD (accompanied by DOSH), HEAD OF FEMUR $13 mainstage 8:30 Black Cat

SUN NOV 20- TRISTEZA, TONE $8 backstage 9:00 Black Cat

Tue. Nov 22.- Mandible w/Mosquito Death Squadron & Warning Danger of Death $6 DC9. I dunno who they are, but they are great band names.

Sun. Nov 27- Wheatus Enemy of Three $10 DC9 - Teenage dirtbag.

TUES DEC 6- AMERICAN ANALOG SET, CHRIS BROKAW $10 mainstage 8:30 Black Cat

so today is September 11th. It's still strange to see the date written out in mudane places, like on my computer, a calendar, my cell phone, and so on, even right above this post. I remember when I was working at Cosi after I graduated from college in 2002, I was getting a jug of milk from the back and it said "Expiration date: September 11." It always strikes me when I see this date that I'll never forget written in random places. I wonder if that will eventually go away.

In other news, my pal Mollie sent me this link to this cool Regrowth: Katrina shirt where for every shirt you buy, they'll give $10 to the Red Cross. So far they've raised $72,000. I bought one