Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

"Rap gets Eminem on anti-black list

Eminem, the white dude who appropriated hip hop, has copped to writing a racially inflammatory song that has come back to haunt him. The track - available at www.thesource.com - tells of his breakup with a black girlfriend in 1993.

"Black girls only want your money cause they're dumb chicks," Slim Shady raps. "Never date a black girl because blacks only want your money, and that s-- ain't funny ... black girls and white girls just don't mix, because black girls are dumb and white girls are good chicks."

The track was aired by Source magazine executives, David Mays and Raymond (Benzino) Scott, at a midtown press conference last night. Benzino said yesterday that they got the tape from "three white kids from Detroit [who knew Eminem and] walked into Dave's office and said 'This is the real Eminem, and we're tired of it.'"

He added that Eminem must be "held accountable" for the 10-year-old track: "Since Eminem made his music, every other black artist has taken a decline. Hip hop is being stolen from us. ...We want it back."

In his statement, Eminem fired back at Benzino, Mays and The Source, saying that they have had "a vendetta against me, Shady Records and our artists for a long time. The tape they played today was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager. I'd just broken up with my girlfriend, who was African-American, and I reacted like the angry, stupid kid I was.

"I hope people will take it for the foolishness that it was, not for what somebody is trying to make it into today."

http://nydailynews.com/front/story/138259p-122843c.html
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A 20 year old song he made after getting dumped? It's stupid, but why would anyone be surprised by something he did that was stupid?

TM

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by leagleaze

He picketed a restaurant because it had a gay worker.

If this is his strategy, Phelps has his work cut out for him.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
FYI, I almost just socked. But I didn't. Phew.

This Jackson chap is an odd bird, non?

Yez. No doubt. But the question is: Who's the oddest bird in that photo?

TM

Damn. Beaten to the punch by E/O.

[evenodds]

The Source used to be a great magazine until Benzino started aggressively using it to beef with other artists.

That shit is tired.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
If this is his strategy, Phelps has his work cut out for him.

I hope for his sake he doesn't branch into hair salons...

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Not that you care what she talks about, but she was on local radio this morning complaining about how hard she works and how being famous isn't all it is cracked up to be. I changed the station.

JUst out curiousity, because, of course, I heart you, what did you change the station to?

An Enquiring mind

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

A 20 year old song he made after getting dumped? It's stupid, but why would anyone be surprised by something he did that was stupid?

TM

Indeed. This is the typical politics of destruction BS that is part and parcel of the Clinton legacy.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
the Clinton legacy

on the plus side, there's metrosexuality!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Suffice it to say, if you go out drinking with Hello, make sure he buys the first pitcher.

I don't think he has a problem buying the pitcher. It the filling it with beer part that you have to watch out for. However, I would agree with him to the extent that if the beer hose was turned on him, he should be entitled to keep the beer he caught in his pitcher.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Yez. No doubt. But the question is: Who's the oddest bird in that photo?
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If you had to choose, and death is not an option, who would it be???????



Liza. And a lot of booze. For both of us, of course.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
on the plus side, there's metrosexuality!

I invented metrosexuality in the 80s, long before Clinton even ventured forth from his trailer park.

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
HDTV is really cool... Just got it about a month ago through Comcast (yeah, digital cable, I know...) with the receiver rental of $5 a month. Only about 15-20 channels broadcasting in it right now, but that includes all of the locals plus ESPN, basic HBO and Showtime...

Picture is amazing, especially for sports programming and the nature/tourism specials filmed in HD that they show on one of the demonstration channels...

Downside -- I really don't need an HD closeup of the surgically altered moonscapes that are some local news anchors' faces...

I never understood theneed for HDTV. I once read tht you could really get a good look at Cameron Diaz's acne with it. But if I can really get into look at some bizarro plastic surgery, now we are talking.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
If you had to choose, and death is not an option, who would it be???????



Liza. And a lot of booze. For both of us, of course.

A lot of booze, period. When I come out of my blackout, I don't want to be told a single goddamned thing about what happened ever for my entire friggin' life, you understand?

Originally posted by Penske_Account
If you had to choose, and death is not an option, who would it be???????



Liza. And a lot of booze. For both of us, of course.

I find Gest's right cheek implant mesmerizing. Its almost pointy. And he appears to have dabbed Nars Orgasm right on top of it. I also am enjoying his Faye Dunaway esque eyelift. I would have to go with Liz Taylor just bc her work is the most human (edited to add that she does bear a striking resemblace to Minnie Mouse). I also would need about a bottle of whatever Lester is linking to these days in an attemptt to be humourous.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
So, here's a question: Who was hotter in their respective high-school-coming-of-age-titty-movie? Phoebe Cates in Fast Times at Ridgemont High:

Ms. Cates. Not even close. Wow. Not that Shannon's bad (I still remember fondly that MTV awards show where she wore a see through top and no bra - aaah.), but Phoebe is like the Mona Lisa to Shannon's "mere" Rembrandt etching.

And apropos of your HDTV conversation, I may be misunderstanding you, and I understand were talking about different cable companies here, but I was surprised at your assertion as to the cost of an HDTV tuner. My understanding is that a regular HDTV-ready digital cable box will act as a tuner (I don't have HDTV, do have digital cable - interestingly*, when I tune into the digital channels on my box, I get digital sound but no picture, which makes some sense because I run the sound directly from the box to the stereo, but my TV's not compatible, but I digress). Comcast hits me for a small rental fee (<$5) each month for the box over the cost of digital cable, and apparently I could buy one, but I've never looked into it.

Seperate question for cable Tivo users: does the Tivo unit replace the cable box, or is it in addition to (in which case, how does it control the tuning)?

* Not really. This is why I don't get invited to parties much, isn't it? I did check myself from posting a reply to the trademark discussion to note that the loss of a trademark to common usage involves the mark becoming generic rather than descriptive just so I could point out that the term ususally applied to the phenomena - genericide - is actually a misnomer because its not the generic aspect that is being killed, but rather the trademark. This is why I don't get invited to parties, definitely. I why my post count is low: this could be four posts.