Comments on: The Cool Kids Show: Becoming A Relic

By: Mala

Mala — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:23:17 +0000

I Funny how you even have a “nostalgia” section of your blog, which I looked for after reading your latest post. Oh my god, this line killed me:
“Then I had a neurotic internal mini-crisis all in the span of like 30 fucking seconds. ” Sooo funny. Now I know how to describe it, since it happens to me a lot too, even though you are slightly older than me.

“Then I felt a little weird by the relative lack of black people in the crowd. It was mostly white kids and other types, with a few minorities sprinkled here and there. I wondered whether classic hip-hop was going to become like be-bop jazz or classic blues, where only a bunch of white intellectuals and a few black elitists are keeping it alive on the fringe, while the majority of young black kids couldn’t care less of the role it played in black history?”

This part remind me of Bomb The Suburbs-by Upski. He’s is a white b-boy/writer from Chicago. You are almost quoting him word for word-You know his writing?

By: T

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:07:32 +0000

JRM – You’re telling me?!

By: J R M

J R M — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:11:42 +0000

Ouch. ‘88 is now nostalgia? 33 feels old, eh?

Damn, that hurt.

By: T

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:54:57 +0000

Brownngirl – That always used to blow my mind. You would shoot a dude for his jacket, get a bullethole and blood in it, and do what? Wear it? I used to just imagine dudes walking around with bloody jackets and shit.

Uchenna – I feel you, dude. And I can’t believe you brought it back to Right On! Haven’t thought about that mag in years, I used to love it. I wonder if Travel Fox’ll be making a comeback?

Jess – fellow Wire fan? I knew I liked something about you! It’s funny you call my post positive. I usually think of myself as one of the most cynical people I know,to a fault.

By: jess

jess — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:46:24 +0000

i think one of the reasons i’ve always liked hip hop (and rap) is that it’s a mix of old and new. it’s a bit like literary references in books — how a new author pays homage to older ones. and what you say about nostalgia makes me think of the scene in the second season of ‘the wire’ when dee deconstructs the last lines of ‘the great gatsby.’ but your conclusions are much more positive than david simon’s

By: Uchenna

Uchenna — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:06:43 +0000

i was talking about this with someone just the other day! it’s incredibly surreal to see these kids with flattops, lines in their hair and dookie chains trying to recreate 88… and doing it so accurately! (i’ve seen some pics on these young’ins’ Myspace pages that literally had me believing they were vintage photos scanned from an old issue of Right On! or something)

on one hand, 88 was a great year, so i’d rather see them digging that vibe than Da Shop Boyz.

but then i realize that to them, 88 is like the equivalent of what Woodstock was to me and and i get a bit depressed…

(oh yeah, if you haven’t done so, search for “Tokyo Diva” on YouTube)

By: Brownngirl

Brownngirl — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:38:02 +0000

Sounds like it was a great show. Very cool. I used to have a Duke Starter jacket that my Mom didn't want me to wear because of how crazy people were. And that lil' jacked only cost us like 20 bucks at the flea market! But, that's it was. My sister and I didn't even ask about a pair of Jordans. Yeah. Right. Brownngirl's last blog post..Ed-ju-kay-shun.

By: T

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:13:24 +0000

haha, I’m the opposite. I’d sit out Red Hot Chili Peppers and check out Mars Volta. I’ve just never been able to get into the Peppers, much to the disgust of all my friends. All their songs sound exactly the same to me, plus that sing-songy-rap think Kiedis does would annoy me for a whole album straight.

By: Michelle Ann

Michelle Ann — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:48:32 +0000

We went to a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, as we do everytime they come into town. This year, Mars Volta opened the concert. I knew I was getting old. The music was loud and didn't resemble any kind of music I knew. As I got up out of my seat to sit out the Mars portion of the concert, a 16 year old held his hands to his ears and said, "These guys suck". I want to kiss that kid...but then stopped as I reminded myself ...16 will get you 20. Michelle Ann's last blog post..Morta what???