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January 15, 2008 | Tags: none

It's 6:53am and I'm pissed. I just wrote up a long, surprisingly heartfelt blog into this blog editor. This is the first time I've written directly into the editor since I'm in a state of desperation and on a computer that shockingly doesn't have MS Word on it. My internet cut off when I went to submit the piece...and it vanished. This is frustrating. But I'll attempt to recreate the blog because I just can't let technology win like that. A bit of kind passion will have to be omitted now though, since I just got technologically screwed and all.

I'm up way too late as usual and I'm deeply lost in thought right now. I can't sit here and write out a cohesive argument though. This is a contradiction of sorts; I know. I'm just stuck in the weirdest of mental states right now, so rather than force out some cohesive piece that focuses on one thing, I'll just give you guys some information on some things that you should be aware of right now.

First of all, Ernie Paniccioli's newest book has finally been released. It is entitled Rap Pop and Soul Headshots and features headshots (did you really expect anything different than that from the title?) of people that may fall into the category of your "favorite rapper", as well as people that paved the way for the of lyricists today. You'll find pictures of Chaka Khan, Ghostface, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, Grandmaster Flash, Chuck D, and even some unexpected people like Mike Tyson and Tito Puente.

I can't stress enough how much it means to support Ernie Paniccioli and all of his various works. He has focused so much of his life to documenting the history of the rich culture that we (although I suppose I can only truly speak for myself) love. If people like you and I claim to love hip hop so much, it's only right that we support and show love to those that are supporting it and keeping it alive in return.

Anyway, you can find the book for sale here.

In more local matters, Virginia Tech (from here on out referred to as the abbreviated "VT" for the sake of my early onset carpal tunnel syndrome) annouced that it will be canceling classes on April 16th. For those of you that suffer from some short term memory issues sometimes, like myself, April 16th was the day that a large handful of intelligent minds and beautiful souls were taken from us. Perhaps it is because this hits close to home that I feel this is worth noting, but so be it. Normally I get a little harsh on school "holidays" (just see my little Veterans' Day rant from a few months ago for proof), but I really have to give VT props for this decision. The VT community, although it has remained strong, is still mourning what happened. And although every day since that happened has surely been tough for those who lost loved ones, the upcoming April 16th will be an especially difficult day to go through. My respects go out to all of the families of the people lost.

Also, thank you to everybody who hit me up on the e-mail to let me know what's going on in the area and who to watch out for. The response was a bit larger than expected, so I may not be able to get back to everybody immediately, but I assure you that at some point I will have listened to all the tracks and checked out all the myspace pages. Cut me some slack, ok? After this weekend I'll have my time consumed with trying to get that paper.

No, not that paper. The other kind. The paper of the diploma variety. The one that takes a lot of the green-ish kind of paper to obtain.

Now my thoughts (or should I say round two of them, thanks to technology farts) are getting blurry, and I'd still like to eat before I take my chances and give daps to the cousin of death for the night. Until next time...


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