tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287704002024-03-05T03:04:01.770-07:00Your Kung Fu Sucks!The Online Companion to Kung Fu Grip! ZineSt. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.comBlogger408125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-66696401709940608712023-12-09T05:06:00.029-07:002023-12-09T05:06:00.134-07:00Untold Tales: The shocking secret history of Europe’s Black ‘Santa Claus’ tradition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh7IwdfXGO7bbc5qCf9mlLN4WaSkFC_Go1oS8x3CFr7KXVPyWQwdSwlNBIfUzJnTmRoWpIwbt4K-G55dv5LE4c8RwObbNzZb7mAQSvPdaNUWcm6ihW6r-GQws9WZNEzUC1nwUpad55DpVG5LjohcDcLD0M7vml50tu32baSgIJBZMWBnQDrdpKow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjh7IwdfXGO7bbc5qCf9mlLN4WaSkFC_Go1oS8x3CFr7KXVPyWQwdSwlNBIfUzJnTmRoWpIwbt4K-G55dv5LE4c8RwObbNzZb7mAQSvPdaNUWcm6ihW6r-GQws9WZNEzUC1nwUpad55DpVG5LjohcDcLD0M7vml50tu32baSgIJBZMWBnQDrdpKow=s16000" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Back in 2005, I published a very early draft of my groundbreaking essay "The Secret Santa" in photocopy zine form. Then, in 2012 it was moved online here to the Kung Fu Grip blog, where it would gradually manage to garner some some 2,000+ views. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Six years later, after I'd established another online home for my writings on Medium in 2017, I published the revised final edition of the essay. If you'd never had the chance to peep it before, I'm making it available now to visitors to the KFG blog by clicking <a href="https://medium.com/@pacotaylor/secret-santa-the-hidden-history-of-jolly-old-st-nicholas-and-his-elves-3b3d40d99da5?sk=3ef88f8cd1c608e8bea13b5a6d8ace5f" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Or...if you're like yours truly and just enjoy giving good stuff a re-read, please feel free to return to one of the classics. LOL</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Seriously, y'all. After all this time, I still think that "The Secret Santa" is one of the best things that I've ever written. It's certainly one of the pieces of which I am most proud. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Keep warm. Stay woke. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-86438275836060572762023-08-25T19:37:00.003-07:002023-08-25T19:45:17.480-07:00Because You Asked For It (Kinda Sorta): The Art of Arthur 'Art' Adams<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglR_fGqJ6ZJCFb5oRiUZ0fYJHHl1e6V4C6UftK4WdsBW8VuIcXsn1Qbung7Qees8aCCdM2c3ZxXGfmdMuGs39qXeDOkHjBNotsHa4fC5_oLIFM-XJpNCJtfiyDaHTxEWqGyh6lGJHMDfEz_PMaJD1VK-KVh3xk_bg5I-47f6-I8KK8XNNnS5A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglR_fGqJ6ZJCFb5oRiUZ0fYJHHl1e6V4C6UftK4WdsBW8VuIcXsn1Qbung7Qees8aCCdM2c3ZxXGfmdMuGs39qXeDOkHjBNotsHa4fC5_oLIFM-XJpNCJtfiyDaHTxEWqGyh6lGJHMDfEz_PMaJD1VK-KVh3xk_bg5I-47f6-I8KK8XNNnS5A=w413-h640" width="413" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrr6HpzBu-RHoqwXWt0Z-5MxgdgWfKywWrp7jmqjuPZs-NhJEYB0yGcJ6M6Vd_jgkw1XS3VdF9aezR6LCbplPH8cKAMRUps1rFfUE6Z1F5IqkllJWqGXLFjxVPynYQGNItd8byb6Ks5-m5ypR2T-ZiMQ-hl7OfyX6WlHBw0qNtKl8PGSUCk7o/s1426/00%20Godzilla%20Color%20Special%20%231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Keep your Todd McFarlanes, your Rob Liefelds, your Erik Larsens, your Jim Lees (the very last of whom I am, admittedly a total Stan). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Art Adams is the mother fawkin' man. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You know it. I know it. Your mama knows it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The guy draws beauties, beasts and spandex bedecked superheroes like nobody's business. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Oh, and gorillas. Adams <i>really</i> has this thing for drawing gorillas. (We all have our kink don't we?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Since 1984, when he turned pro, he's been producing work at a level that, pencil for pencil, very few in the industry can rival. And some of his early stuff almost pales to the work he's been producing since the late 1990s. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I mean, yeah. He's slow and meticulous––which is why his name doesn't rank higher than it does in the pantheon of comic book artists with legions of fans. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">He's never done an extended run on Spider-Man, X-Men, New Mutants, X-Force or...Batman. But he plays to his strengths, which are shorter stories in anthologies like<i> Tom Strong's Terrific Tales</i>, limited series like the X-Men affiliated <i>Longshot</i> and artistically breathtaking <i>Ultimate X</i>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">And let's not forget the his creator-owned <i>Monkey Man and O'brien</i> published by Dark Horse. The beloved comic book duo who, by the way, made their debut in the back pages of <i>Hellboy: See of Destruction</i> #1. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">For the last few years, most of the work he's been turning in are covers for various Marvel titles, because Marvel knows what they've got, and Art Adams cover art is an attention grabber. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If DC Comics was smart, they'd tie Adams down to a chair, pay him a bajillion dollars to illustrate 12-issues of a new title they're ready to launch into the stratosphere (uh, about 24 months into the future) and then wait patiently for the magic to happen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">A long run on a flagship book is the only thing missing from his resume, and keeping a great artist from being really <i>really </i>great. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But...then again. Greatness is overrated. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Doing what you love how you want is what's really great, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Art Adams is a total draftsman. An artist's artist. And the work this man produces, even when the subject is a repulsive looking monster, is always a thing of beauty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But as LeVar Burton on his Reading Rainbow TV show used to say: You don't just have take my word for it! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Buh-dun-dunh!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrr6HpzBu-RHoqwXWt0Z-5MxgdgWfKywWrp7jmqjuPZs-NhJEYB0yGcJ6M6Vd_jgkw1XS3VdF9aezR6LCbplPH8cKAMRUps1rFfUE6Z1F5IqkllJWqGXLFjxVPynYQGNItd8byb6Ks5-m5ypR2T-ZiMQ-hl7OfyX6WlHBw0qNtKl8PGSUCk7o/w404-h640/00%20Godzilla%20Color%20Special%20%231.jpg" width="404" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmELV8IYnnKh84n-qimo9-NyicNgdteHjTYI-Ptj08HlFsQyuWcX-UhRPtZcqVnbUk7wdh560qsVEdYWsd_M1Oj7tHNEyj1VjGaWqxQJCFAOM3bzGVViznCOv-WYJKLZo7nQO8fNBhWL7VPGTcU2lo9ySxMjppl-DNiVe9-jHeOWSmXDD-OJKPLA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmELV8IYnnKh84n-qimo9-NyicNgdteHjTYI-Ptj08HlFsQyuWcX-UhRPtZcqVnbUk7wdh560qsVEdYWsd_M1Oj7tHNEyj1VjGaWqxQJCFAOM3bzGVViznCOv-WYJKLZo7nQO8fNBhWL7VPGTcU2lo9ySxMjppl-DNiVe9-jHeOWSmXDD-OJKPLA=w416-h640" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">"It was perhaps that casual use in “Rapper’s Delight” that lead some to surmise that the meaning of the term <b>hip-hop</b> wasn’t clearly understood by party-goers in the Bronx or that it hadn’t been meaningfully defined until Manhattan took an interest</span><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">. </span><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">But this looks to have been a mistake on the part of regional and/or cultural outsiders.</span><span face="source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">To read my latest piece celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop, zip on over to my Medium page by clicking <a href="https://fanfare.pub/great-debate-7-times-the-term-hip-hop-was-used-in-printed-matter-before-historians-say-cc01bf6644f7?sk=f2f44723d743ce0b44d435286f508d84" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-60551175988872274412023-06-16T10:00:00.005-07:002023-06-16T10:15:28.529-07:00[Press-N-Play®] Elvis Presley - 'I Got a Feelin' in My Body (Take 1)'<div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/BeHWr1twqCA" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BeHWr1twqCA/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That time back in the '70s when Elvis got </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span>soooper</span><span> </span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;">funky. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">"I Got A Feelin' in My Body," featured on the 1973 album </span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Elvis at Stax (</i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">yep,<i> that </i>Sta</span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">x). </i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">You're welcome. </span></div><div><br /></div>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-25587765798875262122023-05-31T18:09:00.032-07:002023-06-02T16:30:38.907-07:00Collector's Gon' Collect: Arthur Adams<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yo, the homie Darrell D has been living his best friggin' life recently by expanding his impressive <b>Richard Corben</b> comic book collection (and taking us all along for the journey via weekly vlogs on YouTube). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">His passion towards this righteous effort has recently inspired me to do the same, but as it pertains to the comic book works of artist <b>Arthur Adams</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, and no. Not to vlog (nah, not my thing...yet), but to go diggin' for the "weird, startling, uncanny" stuff that my collection is missing!</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNqgyO9LanOje9ZpWh_DCdjrFtyo8KWmVhQgJZUdmiz3qZFM8ikpEBcbjw0iq5z_PwOW3BMqRnXQCXJNqqW72MHC2SvURpayPIcqkXiNx7Fjm4WtiqiJs49Z5GTm0VJ-n1fBAurmgNPf5du_he4CMRnhKjSfx1375U-qkZ9zYfItqdn74mQE/s1386/Urban%20Legends%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNqgyO9LanOje9ZpWh_DCdjrFtyo8KWmVhQgJZUdmiz3qZFM8ikpEBcbjw0iq5z_PwOW3BMqRnXQCXJNqqW72MHC2SvURpayPIcqkXiNx7Fjm4WtiqiJs49Z5GTm0VJ-n1fBAurmgNPf5du_he4CMRnhKjSfx1375U-qkZ9zYfItqdn74mQE/w414-h640/Urban%20Legends%201a.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Although I have a few different artists who make my "favorites" list, Adams, who first made his splash in comics back in 1984, has probably been on my list the longest. I certainly have more of his work represented in my collection than anyone else, so I wanted to honor that by filling in some gaps in my already extensive Adams library. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the biggest gaps has been <i>Urban Legends </i>#1, a black and white anthology comic produced by Dark Horse back in 1993 that somehow escaped my notice until fairly recently. The issue features a gorgeous 1-page submission by Adams documenting a once über popular urban legend about the 1966 film <i>King Kong vs. Godzilla</i>. (All of us <i>kaiju</i> geeks believed it was true.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How this work by Adams slid by me is a friggin' <b>Area 54</b>-Level mystery. I mean, when it comes to comics and whatnot, Paco <i>stays</i> in these streets! So I'm utterly mystified as to how I missed out on it––and for nearly 30 years! [Que <i>Twilight Zone</i> theme]</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N9SCAXFJiIM-AcRdmruMVwPl7-SHv4OdU_A2DwXElbRDoLyhlxCuuGB6jttATuOxGnQXcGpyPxr1injplu2q-v5iTgdbsFXGfxK30HWnUGrMVozWrkKqTqXnNvBkoD_WyvV4V7hxjcxszO1tar3Xbird667xlMhqy5uNZ172v1wTgxd946o/s1360/Urban%20Legends%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N9SCAXFJiIM-AcRdmruMVwPl7-SHv4OdU_A2DwXElbRDoLyhlxCuuGB6jttATuOxGnQXcGpyPxr1injplu2q-v5iTgdbsFXGfxK30HWnUGrMVozWrkKqTqXnNvBkoD_WyvV4V7hxjcxszO1tar3Xbird667xlMhqy5uNZ172v1wTgxd946o/w424-h640/Urban%20Legends%201b.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Anywho, Adams is the man who, maybe more than all others, was born to draw <i>kaiju </i>(giant monsters). His comic books featuring <b>Godzilla</b>, in particular, make up some of <i>the</i> most treasured gems in my collection. So it was an absolute must that I begin this current foray filling in the Adams-related gaps in my stash with this book.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">And the price was right, too, so you can't be that. <br /></span><div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, ironically, <i>Urban Legends</i> #1 also feature cover art by Dan Clowes (<i>Eightball</i>, <i>GhostWorld</i>), whose name came up recently on one of Darrell D's related vlogs on underground comics. D isn't particularly a fan of Clowe's work, so I had to laugh to myself, considering the timing of that vlog and this post.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizrVphcqXXgPo_JSOvduNnIdi92h_tCH2L9NL5-45D-SHS3VvpiIOPbGfl647QBf5OFkNi4_3nfSBOya4uqecTkdgMDD0oix8Lc2g2S5z0K2PDV1vcvCE2z4RUJkRyYFe0APkz_R8KEsJJ76n38pXqb2kPWvYJQ4PTaboNAPJnj-t_zYd75NU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizrVphcqXXgPo_JSOvduNnIdi92h_tCH2L9NL5-45D-SHS3VvpiIOPbGfl647QBf5OFkNi4_3nfSBOya4uqecTkdgMDD0oix8Lc2g2S5z0K2PDV1vcvCE2z4RUJkRyYFe0APkz_R8KEsJJ76n38pXqb2kPWvYJQ4PTaboNAPJnj-t_zYd75NU=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So on that note, True Believers, if you're interested...click <a href="https://youtu.be/wcoYuexSwqc" target="_blank">here</a> to peep the homie's Darrell D's latest haul of Underground COMIX, or click <a href="https://youtu.be/Z7nQBS5VWI0" target="_blank">here</a> to follow his wondrous journey into the world of Richard Corben comics. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And if you, like I, are an Art Adams fanboy who missed out on <i>Urban Legends</i> #1, look for your copy wherever fine comics are sold. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><p></p></div></div>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-40580463685306303872023-05-06T11:27:00.002-07:002023-05-06T11:45:47.296-07:00Wild Style Revisited: My graffiti art records covers joint deserved better, so...<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoHod7e2_AMU_UEiWFCbiL-HHA0ru9gePvrXepDYjCoODLosgWf1ZoyJtg8PYVlIJgNNJzVcGM-xj4XbVm3pC1uREPN7Mk5m8hbKeHGDr3jyvDMUiMpG_y0UgUDu37azKEfOiC3NL_VTdqT-DoIL_wJT4PP8t90Ou-d13M4f7A8GwW9fwmdU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoHod7e2_AMU_UEiWFCbiL-HHA0ru9gePvrXepDYjCoODLosgWf1ZoyJtg8PYVlIJgNNJzVcGM-xj4XbVm3pC1uREPN7Mk5m8hbKeHGDr3jyvDMUiMpG_y0UgUDu37azKEfOiC3NL_VTdqT-DoIL_wJT4PP8t90Ou-d13M4f7A8GwW9fwmdU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCYgsWxoec6g6SeSkwWBwKC7fjWpjNI73KKs1w4I4A5arIknQutYNsuLi7Csjrf3UuZM3tT1uBH8V2ocCozcKfn6GCZ2MKQ590E7peoI630c6KI08_thDkg06zMIys3EmEkdKw_12DF1xcOFnRRR9OHhx4YW9sdrk4d3x3x5GhFVOLKWgK-Eg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCYgsWxoec6g6SeSkwWBwKC7fjWpjNI73KKs1w4I4A5arIknQutYNsuLi7Csjrf3UuZM3tT1uBH8V2ocCozcKfn6GCZ2MKQ590E7peoI630c6KI08_thDkg06zMIys3EmEkdKw_12DF1xcOFnRRR9OHhx4YW9sdrk4d3x3x5GhFVOLKWgK-Eg=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Credit: Animal Records</span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">After some seven years (or so) of an older piece that I wasn't totally satisfied with just <b>eating</b> at me, I finally gave the work the 'level up' it deserved. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The original version of this record cover art listicle </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(2016)</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">was one of my earliest attempts at exploring the then new direction of online content creation: listicles. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">And I had a lot to learn. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">This promptly became apparent when I started writing for MoviePilot (and then CBR), which taught me the fine art of listicle making and gave my online writing the creative boost that I was looking for. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So...without any further delay or <i>ado</i>, the revised, remixed, and remastered version of an older blog post that ya didn't know ya needed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy. (</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://fanfare.pub/wild-style-revisited-16-times-graffiti-artists-rocked-hip-hop-record-cover-art-e07789dcc35f?sk=0f48f573bd9ac46a0f29454ad2eb1417" target="_blank">Click here</a>)</span></b></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-16634222639955923402022-09-04T22:10:00.008-07:002022-09-04T22:15:12.259-07:00YASUKE'S LIQUID SWORD: African/Black Presence in Asia (Feat. Paco Taylor)<p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFWpQZGCKqs_kisc70PWRlnTpT710YW3YTr5ZMINwFJAzxPLT3o3Czgb6yXPb3IMNsuaHReGS7YKbSO1-8FUeOB01LiAUs67JXDU2nGvme4mC8T-yWSPsZtmAvUvsrIGD9E49HSinYKKkNGRN8CeJ9C7sgimKq5ZpHtp4FtQvOfOL0erBMaq8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFWpQZGCKqs_kisc70PWRlnTpT710YW3YTr5ZMINwFJAzxPLT3o3Czgb6yXPb3IMNsuaHReGS7YKbSO1-8FUeOB01LiAUs67JXDU2nGvme4mC8T-yWSPsZtmAvUvsrIGD9E49HSinYKKkNGRN8CeJ9C7sgimKq5ZpHtp4FtQvOfOL0erBMaq8=s16000" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">What's up my ninjas! (Long time no see, right?)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier this evening, I had the great pleasure of being a featured guest on the inaugural episode of <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2041181" target="_blank">Yasuke's Liquid Sword Podcast</a> with hosts Clarke Illmatic & Floyd Webb </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(The Search for Count Dante). These kind gents moderated a super cool hourlong discussion that gave yours truly a chance to talk about my writings, to geek out over the historic and prehistoric Black presence in Asia, and to even help debunk an uber-popular urban myth about a famed Samurai of Japan. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you've </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">exhausted the new episodes of all your <i>favorite</i> podcasts, puh-leez do feel free to give Yasuke's Liquid Sword a listen by clicking <a href="http://here.">here.</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Rated C for <b>Controversial</b>; well, kinda but not really. LOL]</span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-51777165282602033722022-07-03T13:00:00.002-07:002022-07-03T13:00:51.925-07:00Actually, Lo Lieh Was Not the First Martial Arts Superstar (Bruce Lee Was) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_QsRyuCEQxTMD4vgxHpQ62vlvwaCqo90oe7luZMF0eJ0BcZ4iTvzBWJcYTKXpahZ0Zxx8l25l25bh2ar-7wLCU-su7PmNaJTPhxdilu-a6lLPxVrZI6WUmk5bqQm6gXmEzN2sbEQqQRNjwpgUkDvsmaw9QG_JsJK9s-V9mUIrm7jHelBaOY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_QsRyuCEQxTMD4vgxHpQ62vlvwaCqo90oe7luZMF0eJ0BcZ4iTvzBWJcYTKXpahZ0Zxx8l25l25bh2ar-7wLCU-su7PmNaJTPhxdilu-a6lLPxVrZI6WUmk5bqQm6gXmEzN2sbEQqQRNjwpgUkDvsmaw9QG_JsJK9s-V9mUIrm7jHelBaOY=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p class="graf graf--p" name="3e1b"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Um... I did a thing, y'all. </span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="3e1b"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Somebody over at Screenrant wrote a piece of revisionist pop culture history that had me feelin' some type of way. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I let my fingers to the walking.</span></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="3e1b"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">No blood has been shed, but this "friendly" rebuttal of mine may still leave a few bumps, bruises...and scratches. LOL</span></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="3e1b"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">So strap your headgear and protective pads on–just to be safe– and then head on over to Medium to read it by clicking <u><b><a href="https://medium.com/fan-fare/actually-lo-lieh-was-not-the-first-martial-arts-superstar-bruce-lee-was-2fe35d8c78c9" target="_blank">here</a></b></u>. </span></span></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-41315666966309226972022-06-05T08:07:00.018-07:002022-06-05T09:17:17.726-07:00Is Spider-Gwen #0 Really Worth the High Prices it's Fetching on eBay? (Nope.)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVd8faAXZ7StEKqZ-QjNjk_l6WDL2OEP_g2DOUEHPuecOwbcjCcQ9sVc5QNrSQvJ-aKYv_uvNlO0HdoUwtd_8m6U31JV7iPTq62gqug_9GglFQ4Uh9pa22wmxqwXftyDbsFoREMBBO3rX9EH0GJbqbA5k485BI88QsgtRrRJDe_dke7cW0B0s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVd8faAXZ7StEKqZ-QjNjk_l6WDL2OEP_g2DOUEHPuecOwbcjCcQ9sVc5QNrSQvJ-aKYv_uvNlO0HdoUwtd_8m6U31JV7iPTq62gqug_9GglFQ4Uh9pa22wmxqwXftyDbsFoREMBBO3rX9EH0GJbqbA5k485BI88QsgtRrRJDe_dke7cW0B0s=s16000" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Hey there, True Believers! </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Believe it or not, <a href="https://vocal.media/geeks/9-reasons-why-spider-gwen-0-isn-t-hardly-worth-the-super-high-prices-it-s-fetching-on-e-bay" target="_blank">the article that I'm linking here</a> was actually published two years ago. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Regrettably, I didn't share it here because it's a bit more niche, having been written specifically for the comic book collecting community and speculators. So it was shared only thru Facebook. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Because the comic book in question was just being discussed again today in a Facebook group I'm in, I decided to read my piece again. And I realize now that I <i>may</i> have underestimated its broader appeal. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I mean, if I do say so myself, it's some pretty hilarious writing. Really informative, as was intended, but often hilarious, too. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I really think I should write like </span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">that</i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> much more often than I do! LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In fact, I've even been thinking about maybe starting <b>another blog</b> devoted mainly to comics 'n' such. And <a href="https://vocal.media/geeks/9-reasons-why-spider-gwen-0-isn-t-hardly-worth-the-super-high-prices-it-s-fetching-on-e-bay" target="_blank">the piece linked <b>here</b> captures the overall vibe I'd like it have</a> when I do finally get around to doing it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So enjoy this blast from the past! (And glimpse at the future.)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><p></p></div>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-6121001150389597982022-04-06T17:21:00.007-07:002022-04-09T11:18:26.272-07:00Italian pop singer Sabrina Salerno's 1987 music video is, like…so totally TITANIC<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYq0DaIpDC9uOp6F_nqyYRcXo-1yTm3X8llMyVbRWG_FnehOiLDH5yDqVsKO6NOdE2r0RSIpxLxkcVbmVnriHbrecpUjFQbebFSZoXeaPOASZ7CMg9zrlmXwrWSGy-jMzJB9m48o5I4T3wiRl8z3HaVULXEZ0WJidiG2PYwroOZiRPo4bcw7I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYq0DaIpDC9uOp6F_nqyYRcXo-1yTm3X8llMyVbRWG_FnehOiLDH5yDqVsKO6NOdE2r0RSIpxLxkcVbmVnriHbrecpUjFQbebFSZoXeaPOASZ7CMg9zrlmXwrWSGy-jMzJB9m48o5I4T3wiRl8z3HaVULXEZ0WJidiG2PYwroOZiRPo4bcw7I=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) 12" Single, Ibiza Records, 1987</span></div></div><p></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="86e9"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"According to Internet number crunchers, Sabrina Salerno's 1987 music video for 'Boys (Summertime Love)' is one of the all-time most downloaded videos on the web."</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="86e9"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">To read all about it, <a href="https://medium.com/the-haven/this-italian-pop-singers-1987-music-video-is-like-so-totally-titanic-c55ad7e59930" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="86e9"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-56556148511823848682022-03-21T19:26:00.007-07:002022-03-21T19:28:48.946-07:00Do You Love Harley Quinn? Thank a TV Soap Opera for Her Existence<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV9F8WP_3CSErYLOxQZwkpqU4BxBERMTCiyBfKwZzj5ZGFruG9qtViazoQpNmaw4J1diGEMTxQs2_BVgzq28c-cf2eYXumzg1pHNDp2xuZliZ1lnkV-C_63nadEvxhayhDeCDKrQ1Bb55VSAPdiAqHESA9-cwhJKvfNRBgX37GXEXldFC8G8s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV9F8WP_3CSErYLOxQZwkpqU4BxBERMTCiyBfKwZzj5ZGFruG9qtViazoQpNmaw4J1diGEMTxQs2_BVgzq28c-cf2eYXumzg1pHNDp2xuZliZ1lnkV-C_63nadEvxhayhDeCDKrQ1Bb55VSAPdiAqHESA9-cwhJKvfNRBgX37GXEXldFC8G8s=s16000" /></a></div><br /><br /></div> <span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: charter, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">In the early 1990s, Paul Dini was making a living as a freelance screenwriter on the Kids’ WB cartoon show </span><em class="me" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: charter, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">Batman: The Animated Series</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: charter, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.06px;">. While hashing out story elements for a new episode that would feature Batman villain The Joker and his criminal henchmen, Dini was hit with a novel notion...</span><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><p></p><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="87ova-0-0" style="color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.524px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Did'ja really just say that you didn't even <i>know</i> that there wuz bootleg Prince records? Well then, prepare to be schooled, grasshopper. Darrell D's got the 411 on these uber rare gems. So press play and also subscribe to his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2u6PKRjBO4AsK-vEcEB1w" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>!</div></div><div><br /></div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_KytdExa9SI" width="480"></iframe>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-63711039413522409802020-10-31T18:38:00.001-07:002020-10-31T19:41:43.314-07:00And speaking of Prince...<p>This super dope illustration came through my Facebook feed a few days ago. </p><p>Can you guess the song? 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<span style="font-family: georgia;">So yeah. The website for the small film studio-related project that I mentioned (in somewhat limited detail) some months back finally launched yesterday. My piece on hip-hop album cover art, which was published to Medium last year, now has a swell 2nd home on the website for <a href="https://neotextcorp.com/" target="_blank"><b>NeoText</b></a>, a new digital publishing venture. My piece is featured as the site's inaugural essay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia;">The NeoText launch also got a write up on <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/publisher-neotext-launches-ambitious-digital-slate-1303895" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter's site</a> yesterday, which will give ya all the nitty gritty on this new publishing venture that I'm quite happy to be a part of. There's a link to the NeoText site near the end of the Hollywood Reporter article, too, but I've posted hyperlinks above and right below this intro as well. Check 'em both out, eh?</span></div>
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<br />St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28770400.post-80072060183644579482020-03-08T17:58:00.000-07:002020-03-08T18:14:54.892-07:00Janina Gavankar: The Way Back (Back, Forth & Forth)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My early-<gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837150748564106172662"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837155916969904305639"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837158904922870553086"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837160226109708202026"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837161741855263712060"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15837164915997691681372">ish</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw> introduction to multi-hyphenate talent <b>Janina Gavankar</b> was her remarkable cover of Kanye's West's "Love Lockdown" back in 2010, which was promptly followed by the stunning music video shared below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, Gavankar <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837150753671175954150"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837155923675705657414"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837158911232649197647"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837160230434089180746"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837161747573397337130"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15837164923238380138331">stars</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw></gwmw> opposite Ben Affleck in the recently released film 'The Way Back' (2020).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Admittedly, though, it had been so long since I'd heard her name that I actually had to run a google search to make sure that the singer and the actress were one and the same. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The subsequent confirmation made me love </span><a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/news/janina-gavankar-ben-affleck-the-way-back-stucco-sxsw-1203525202/" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">the previously posted quote of her comment to co-star Affleck </a><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(shared on Facebook) even more: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"I’ve been marginalized for 15 years. There was no way I would get to act across from you in any of these years until now."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As is true for most of those whom we think of as an "overnight" celebrity, Gavankar's star turn didn't happen overnight. She was doing the work while the rest of the world slept. But also working twice as hard, as a brown girl, to earn one of those chances that are too frequently given to someone with half the ability.</span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="9a0q6-0-0" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That moment when you discover – a <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830152786758415986970"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095224872879684050"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095637967156986916">bajillion</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw> years after the fact – that Eric Benet’s gorgeous duet with Faith Evans, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGN-I7KM_Q" target="_blank">“Georgy Porgy” (1999</a>), was a cover. And not only that, but that rapper MC Lyte’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGN-I7KM_Q" target="_blank">“Poor Georgie” (1991)</a> sampled the song that Benet later covered–a soulful 1978 rock song by <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830153419952327756939"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095234086505722672"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095644455213573418">Toto</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw>. And you <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830152743256194695803"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095241477947090090"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836096162065134932177">friggin</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw>' love <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830152743259657084760"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095241474517461589"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836096162067444708247">Toto</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw>, but never knew about their OG version until stumbling across it on YouTube just now.</span><br />
<span data-offset-key="9a0q6-0-0" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I mean, what the hell? What other musical mysteries are out there <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830152750493253461834"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095247316039413825"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095653862590587837">waitin</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw>' to bamboozle me? I've strived to know<gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15830152754553108722758"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-anim ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15836095252582025212146"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15836095656787009188348">...</gwmw></gwmw></gwmw>well, pretty much everything. But now I'm <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15830152759830610414794"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15836095661213923987705">feelin</gwmw></gwmw>' like I don't know up from down! How do people live like this?!?! </span><span blockkey="9a0q6" class="_3gl1 _5zz4" data-offset-key="9a0q6-1-0" end="642" start="640" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t53/1/16/1f605.png"); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 16px 16px; display: inline-block; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span class="_ncl" style="color: transparent; display: inline-block; transform: translatey(-3px); z-index: -1;"><span data-offset-key="9a0q6-1-0">😅</span></span></span><span blockkey="9a0q6" class="_3gl1 _5zz4" data-offset-key="9a0q6-2-0" end="644" start="642" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png"); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 16px 16px; display: inline-block; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span class="_ncl" style="color: transparent; display: inline-block; transform: translatey(-3px); z-index: -1;"><span data-offset-key="9a0q6-2-0">😭</span></span></span><span blockkey="9a0q6" class="_3gl1 _5zz4" data-offset-key="9a0q6-3-0" end="646" start="644" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.png"); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 16px 16px; display: inline-block; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span class="_ncl" style="color: transparent; display: inline-block; transform: translatey(-3px); z-index: -1;"><span data-offset-key="9a0q6-3-0">🤣</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">"Today, I didn't even have to use my AK. I gotta say it was a good day." – Ice Cube</span>St. Pacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14084840755669014127noreply@blogger.com0