I keep a running polemic – in my head – about Community. I’m no expert, but I spend lots of time thinking about and observing communities. Personally, I’ve always found Community to be too buttoned-up for my addiction to those things novel, uncertain, complex, and challenging. I get too sedentary hanging with Community and quickly […]
(I’m calling fanboi warning on this post.) I believe in Funk. The first time I heard Parliament-Funkadelic’s “Do That Stuff” I was in – knee deep. Funk. The bomb. P-Funk. Uncut, lip-curling, stank, funk! I realized that I was a Funkateer all my life and never realized it. (Name-shouts for James Brown, The Bar-Kays, Booker […]
Visa Olympics: Go World—Derek Redmond from Kirsten Stewart on Vimeo. I’m that guy who gets caught up in the Olympic pause-for-peace hype. Just when I get my people-of-the-world-unite-through-sports groove, I also get caught up on the cash-money hustle of this world sport game – fashion faux pas, copyright police, anemic storytelling, and incivility. And, […]
We’re going for the obvious in Boston. Today’s best picture of “hot” wins a cool prize! The Drill got to follow us on Twitter or Instagram or like us on foursquare show us your picture however you like, but we’ll be checking Instagram, Twitter, or foursquare after you click off a shot – with one […]
The committee decided that there was no winner in the last challenge. What’s wrong, was it too hard? Let’s try it another way. This week, instead of just writing it down, show us your jam. You know what we mean! The song that comes on and makes you say, “That’s my jam!” The jam that […]
My brief 236th anniversary reflection incorporates – what else – music. I caught a great set of questions from Dorian Lynskey in her book – on our summer reading list – 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day (caught this on page 5 of my e-book): Does […]
It’s early, but these refrains and melody has been proclaimed The Song of the Summer: Don’t you just love a good pop song! Nice – the kind of tune you can sing with your parents in the room. Enough of groove that you can dance to – in circles with others – without grinding. Satire-inspiring. […]
We asked you to show us “cool” – a 24-hour game to get the best picture of your cool. Our staff decided to give snaps to Stephen Seserko for his colorfully bold, beautifully cold Instagram: Hooray Stephen! You won the #bucool challenge! We got a Nook waiting for you. Let’s do it again. Peace.
Today’s best picture of “cool” wins a cool prize! The Drill got to follow us on Twitter or Instagram or like us on foursquare show us your picture however you like, but we’ll be checking Instagram, Twitter, or foursquare after you click off a shot – with one of those apps — add #bucool […]
I was taken by this riff that I checked out last week (check with your parents first – contains salty language and grown up material): We’re just not in love anymore. We’re done and finally letting the donkey and the elephant know that they don’t love, inspire, work for, or motivate us. We’re down for […]