Category Archives: Ponderings
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December 5, 2012Ice-T: Why do you think that rap music … doesn’t get the full respect of jazz and blues? Marley Marl: I think it’s because we’re not banded together like jazz and blues artists. You know, you’ll see reunions with jazz …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged art of rap, hip hop, ice-t, marley marl, rap, respect | Leave a commentWhat It Feels Like To Drown
February 8, 2012I drowned once. There wasn’t a white light, and there wasn’t a tunnel. In fact, it was all purple. Purple, purple, purple… dark and light shades of purple as if I was swimming in a sea of Kool-Aid. Chest ready …
Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged drown, drowning, experience, featured, how does it feel, what it feels like to drown | 3 CommentsI Like To Meet People I’m Never Going To See Again
November 19, 2011There’s something magical about talking to someone you’re never going to meet again. I was boarding this bus getting ready for a return trip from Boston to New York. Settled in my window seat, tucking my water bottle into that …
Posted in Advice, Blog, Ponderings | Tagged bus, conversations, friends, meeting new people, strangers, subway | Leave a commentThe N Line Is The Most Powerful NYC Subway Train Of All Time
November 13, 2011Let’s begin by getting one thing straight, the N line may very well be the most powerful NYC subway train of all time. It jumps from the heart of Brooklyn to Canal St. in Manhattan within a single stop. It …
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