Undoubtedly, one of the most influential bands of my life has always been Nine Inch Nails. “Band” is sort of a misnomer since NIN begins and ends with the genius of one man:
I can’t really pin down what it is about NIN that has always resonated with me. Maybe it was [...]
August 28, 2009
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People who know me will definitely attest to the fact that I have a very special in my place in my heart for all things 90’s. For some reason, this decade (the ’00s) hasn’t really defined itself yet as a “thing” we (or at least I) can define. There is no real personality of the [...]
June 18, 2009
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I am having a hard time with this video. Is this mockery?
Some friends and I had a quick conversation about it (being as a majority of us were drum and bass heads in the 90’s) and we did think there is a parallel between getting in that ‘zone’ dancing and what [...]
February 27, 2009
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Haven’t posted in a minute, but today I’m feeling some old school R & B so I’m gonna lay it all out there.
Luther Vandross : Never Too Much – The legend. I don’t even have to say anything more about this, other than the fact that video production sure has come [...]
November 26, 2008
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Chilling at some bar in Munich, it’s amazing how small the world really feels at this moment. I could easily be sipping this Macallan at a comparable bar in Brooklyn, or San Francisco, or San Juan. It really does feel the same. Is that good or bad?
Bavaria is a very Conservative state. No smoking [...]
November 3, 2008
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Nothing I love more than a good sucker punch.
October 16, 2008
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Baraka-Obama-Poster
Originally uploaded by p_rentfrow
Loves it.
October 13, 2008
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This shit cracks me upppppppppppppppp.
October 10, 2008
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The Chicana Chekhov, Tanya Saracho, explained her perception of the difference between Nerds, Dorks, and Geeks tonight to me over Instant Messenger iChat (Edit: Alicia). After that, she had to doze off and go to bed, while I gazed at the screen and tried to figure out what category, if any, she’s banished me to.
I would [...]
October 8, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: am i dork or a nerd?, latinidad, maybe i'm a geek? . Author: hec . Comments: 3 Comments
Sometimes I wish it was 1983.
Do you ever rediscover something, and bask in the glory of the old becoming new? It’s like listening to New Order’s Power, Corruption, and Lies for the first time in 10 years, and then suddenly it makes it’s way to your OnTheGo playlist because it destroys everything you’ve been listening [...]
September 30, 2008
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