Month: March 2003

A response to a reader

Dear anonymous megnut reader,

First off, thanks so much for taking the time to write! I love getting mail from readers, it's one of the things I most enjoy about doing this site. Hearing others' thoughts and checking out the links they send is enlightening. So it was with relish that I opened your message.

You write,

how does this figure into your pro-death perspective? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2003/03/10/nfoet10.xml=
/news/2003/03/10/ixhome.html

Since I hadn't realized I possessed a "pro-death perspective," I was keen to read the link you sent. Imagine my dismay when the URL returned the message, "Sorry, the page you have requested is not available." And then, consider my consternation when I realized the return address of your missive was "reader@megnut.com". Why, there was no way I could even respond to your kind note for any sort of clarification! We seem to be at an impasse.

Still trying to figure,

-megnut

Early hip-hop photos

Dheeraj reports that Punch Gallery in San Francisco has an exhibit, "Yes Yes Y'all" running March 6 – 31st, 2003. It's 70+ photos documenting the birth of hip-hop from Charlie Ahorn, the director of Wild Style, including "pictures of kool herc, furious 5, busy bee, lots of nyc subway train graffiti, etc…" He also says that Mr. Ahorn will be at the gallery this Saturday for a Q & A session.

Today’s news, a poem

Composed entirely from this morning's My Yahoo! headlines

Dow Drops
Unemployment Rate Rises
Record Gas Prices in April

Stocks Slump
War Fears
Seize Chunk of Gaza Strip

Weak Jobs Data
Payrolls Plunged
Shares Fall
Inflation Pressures
Fourth-Quarter Loss

Iraq Must Be Dealt with Now
Prospect of Imminent War

Wild Style in SF

For everyone in San Francisco: Wild Style, the pioneering 1982 movie about hip hop, graffiti, and break dancing, will be showing March 7 & 8 at the Red Vic Movie House on Haight. The director, Charlie Ahearn, will be in attendance at the evening screenings.

Not to get too old school on you, but I saw this movie in 1983. I loved it and a week of breakdancing mania followed, wherein I tried to procure a giant piece of cardboard (no luck), tried backspins on the kitchen floor (no luck), and attempted to moonwalk where ever I went (absolutely, positively, no luck). Check out the movie if you're into early hip hop culture, it's fantastic. And then grab your cardboard and bust your moves.

Some new words

Fauxdunk: a small town whose original 5 & 10, feed store, and greasy spoon have been replaced by art galleries, antique shops, and Starbuck's.

Meat Village: the overlap of Manhattan's West Village and the Meatpacking district, where cobblestone streets lead to warehouses.