Archive for April 2007
Hip-hop legend aims at new target: THE MIRROR
<![CDATA[ I was relieved to find out that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records and chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network has called for a self-imposed ban on by the nation’s rappers on specific offensive terms. (I won’t list them here; you already know what they are anyway.) In a related…
Read MoreAn Orphaned Fan’s Dilemma (Or: There’s Something About Mariners vs. Sox in the City)
<![CDATA[ An Orphaned Fan’s Dilemma (Or: There’s Something About Mariners vs. Sox in the City) Bill Simmons would call me a sports bigamist, because I have loyalties to two baseball teams. But that’s not quite accurate. I mean, I’m not Bill Pullman in Big Love or anything, but it’s a complicated matter. In this case,…
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