Marcie (m)
Jesus, I think I just fucking depressed myself. I've been slacking on emailing my old old friend, Bob, back. I finally got off my ass and did it. He had asked me about my top five memories of growing up together ***1***, and I come to #1 and just go on and on about the comraderie we all had, and now I'm feeling a bit weird. Its true, though, we did have just about the best repore (sp.?) that a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds really could with each other. There was a group of about six or seven of us, depending on what year it was, and we were basically inseperable. My ultimate goal is to be able to get everyone back together sometime this Christmas break. I haven't seen a few of them since we graduated high school, and would really like to just see where they all ended up, what they're doing and whatnot.
But that really has nothing to do with Chuck D, now does it? The man can speak, that's for damn sure. He knows how to articulate what he's thinking. I'm not sure why he and Henry Rollins don't go out speaking together. I think that'd probably be one of the more interesting shows you could see. Chuck spent a lot of time talking about rap and hip-hop and the culture that surrounds it all, but what caught my attention was how honest and straightforward and approachable he seemed. This is Chuck D I'm talking about ... the head of Public Enemy, the group that had every older white person in America running scared back in the day. He talked a bit about old tours and the "classical" era of rap, when it wasn't just a game to people. He talked about people like Tupac and Eminem coming up in the ranks, and how white people've got "V.I. Disease" ***2*** just like African-American's have "Hammer Disease" ***3***. He talked about the Fresh Prince, Will Smith to most, kicking some dudes ass on a tour once. And he was funny as hell. His language was coarse but poignant. I was so surprised at how easily he came across. I'm also surprised that we don't get shit like that over at Illinois State University more often. I'd rank it up there as a worthwhile experience.
And, as I told my girl Michelle, he even mentioned Kankakee at one point, though it came out more like "Kananakee". I had no idea what the fuck he was saying until I noticed the twenty or so people in the audience that I knew all started looking back at me. "Oh! Kankakee!"
So, how do you top Chuck D., right? You bring in fucking Bart Simpson, that's how! Nancy Cartwright, aka Bart Simpson, will be speaking over at Illinois Wesleyan next Friday night. I don't know times. I don't know location. I don't know how I'm going to successfully sneak beer in, but I'll figure it all out soon.
***1*** we go back to the third grade, 8 years old. back when we were just getting into Skid Row and Guns 'n Roses and Public Enemy, and shit.
***2*** Vanilla Ice Disease. And I quote, "he sold 14,000,000 records, and nobody'll claim that they bought it."
***3*** MC Hammer Disease. And I quote, "he sold 33,000,000 records, but not one person'll claim they bought it back in the day ... 'no, dawg, the first record I bought was Wu-Tang, son' ."
Jesus, I think I just fucking depressed myself. I've been slacking on emailing my old old friend, Bob, back. I finally got off my ass and did it. He had asked me about my top five memories of growing up together ***1***, and I come to #1 and just go on and on about the comraderie we all had, and now I'm feeling a bit weird. Its true, though, we did have just about the best repore (sp.?) that a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds really could with each other. There was a group of about six or seven of us, depending on what year it was, and we were basically inseperable. My ultimate goal is to be able to get everyone back together sometime this Christmas break. I haven't seen a few of them since we graduated high school, and would really like to just see where they all ended up, what they're doing and whatnot.
But that really has nothing to do with Chuck D, now does it? The man can speak, that's for damn sure. He knows how to articulate what he's thinking. I'm not sure why he and Henry Rollins don't go out speaking together. I think that'd probably be one of the more interesting shows you could see. Chuck spent a lot of time talking about rap and hip-hop and the culture that surrounds it all, but what caught my attention was how honest and straightforward and approachable he seemed. This is Chuck D I'm talking about ... the head of Public Enemy, the group that had every older white person in America running scared back in the day. He talked a bit about old tours and the "classical" era of rap, when it wasn't just a game to people. He talked about people like Tupac and Eminem coming up in the ranks, and how white people've got "V.I. Disease" ***2*** just like African-American's have "Hammer Disease" ***3***. He talked about the Fresh Prince, Will Smith to most, kicking some dudes ass on a tour once. And he was funny as hell. His language was coarse but poignant. I was so surprised at how easily he came across. I'm also surprised that we don't get shit like that over at Illinois State University more often. I'd rank it up there as a worthwhile experience.
And, as I told my girl Michelle, he even mentioned Kankakee at one point, though it came out more like "Kananakee". I had no idea what the fuck he was saying until I noticed the twenty or so people in the audience that I knew all started looking back at me. "Oh! Kankakee!"
So, how do you top Chuck D., right? You bring in fucking Bart Simpson, that's how! Nancy Cartwright, aka Bart Simpson, will be speaking over at Illinois Wesleyan next Friday night. I don't know times. I don't know location. I don't know how I'm going to successfully sneak beer in, but I'll figure it all out soon.
***1*** we go back to the third grade, 8 years old. back when we were just getting into Skid Row and Guns 'n Roses and Public Enemy, and shit.
***2*** Vanilla Ice Disease. And I quote, "he sold 14,000,000 records, and nobody'll claim that they bought it."
***3*** MC Hammer Disease. And I quote, "he sold 33,000,000 records, but not one person'll claim they bought it back in the day ... 'no, dawg, the first record I bought was Wu-Tang, son' ."
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