Historian. Author. Ranter. Idea Junkie.
This a blog. Sort of. I rarely use it anymore.
What grabbed me was the imagery: Here was a group of young women using digital media to turn EVERY convention of music video and rap culture on its head, right down to the way they were dressed. It was genius. WHAT they were singing was irrelevant.
Read MoreBut I gotta tell you: Sometimes it just wears a woman down. Sometimes I just wanna go sit in the rocker and watch the clouds.
Read MoreThe change begins. So gradual. It's easy to miss the opening act.
Read MoreI can't figure out where the comment is --- but someone, a few weeks back, pointed out that the link to the Meat Book Song was dead.
I finally had a chance to look into it. For some reason, YouTube had "disabled" the link. I've fixed the link here at the site. So whoever you were: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
And if you've never seen our awful, horrible song, well, please! Don't waste another minute!
Meat Song Final Take
I have accumulated zero pieces of paper. Nice bonus to the other benefits. [click no further; end of post]
They're more territorial, for one thing, and with a hefty percentage of the world's urban street corners tenanted by a slavering green and white multinational competitor, you really can't blame them.
Read MoreWebsite of Maureen Ogle, author and historian. Books include Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer; In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; and Key West: History of An Island of Dreams.
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