Articles Posted in the Offbeat Category
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From Daddy and Sean: John Lennon’s To-Do List
John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980. Lists of Note has unearthed a hand-written to-do list Lennon left for his assistant, Fred Seaman, just months before his death. Lennon composed the list on a…
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Freedom Of Expression Is Great!
A Softer World is a great daily webcomic that has been a welcome addition to my RSS feeds for quite some time. It utilizes slightly abstracted photographs split into three panels and the first two…
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Russia Turns Up The Heat With A ‘Sexy’ Voting Campaign
Russian parliament has their underwear up in a bunch over what the opposition sees as an uncouth campaign trying to make voting ‘sexy’ to young folk, who they are having a hard time with convincing…
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THIS ISN’T DUBSTEP! (a Venn Diagram)
Read any random post on a dubstep song anywhere online and there’s a fat chance you’ll see multiple comments like “THIS ISN’T DUBSTEP!”, “YES IT IS!” and everything in between. When a genre reaches a…
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Smokin’ Joe Frazier Has Passed Away
Boxing legend Joe Frazier has passed away. He was suffering from liver cancer that had been diagnosed as recent as last September. Far into his old age he kept running a boxing gym in Philly,…
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Blunt Cards: When Greeting Cards Aren’t Enough
Have you ever felt like saying something to that someone that you can’t stand but thought better? Blunt Card has you covered. What follows is an assortment of direct, rude, hilarious, blunt cards sure to…
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Jay Smooth On Occupy Wall Street ‘Outing The Ringers’
Real talk. Love how Jay started from a third person perspective and ends up saying ‘we.’ As in, we are the 99%.
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The Sad Reality Behind 50 Cent’s Street King Campaign
Fiddy’s plan to feed a billion kids is admirable, who can possibly object to feeding the hungry? It’s great to see him use his star power for a positive force like that, so in no…
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Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear…
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Thoughts On Troy Davis And The Death Penalty
Damn. Having just caught wind of the tragically fitting T.R.O.Y. rework by Jasiri X makes me wish I would’ve posted it in a more timely fashion. But as gruesome as the case is in itself, the execution of Troy Davis is even part of a much larger problem in our world.
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Steve Urkel Rapping
So… This is downright disturbing. In case you were thinking that the often misguided appropriation of hip-hop culture by mainstream media was a fairly recent development, here’s a totally radical wake-up call from 1990.
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Never Forget: Bun B on 9/11
Ten years ago today, America was forced to learn the hard way that no country is ever invulnerable. Unrivaled military power and the world’s largest economy are not sufficient in guaranteeing safety, the harsh truth is that nothing really is.
