Tag Archives: The Cool Kids

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 2 — Happy Jew Year!

For those not “in the know,” it will be Rosh Hashanah, or “Jewish New Year” as it’s known to the Gentiles, until sundown tomorrow. Since I don’t currently have the cash to serve the usual meal of BBQ beef brisket, roasted red potatoes, carrot tzimmes and challah that my family has historically partaken in to celebrate […]

What’s More Expensive, a Laser, Life, a Time Machine, Or a Panda?

The term “throwback Rap” has become something of a byword, associated with brightly-colored hipster fashion, tight pants, retro-futuristic graphic tees and a couple of oft-profiled rappers fond of drum-machine beats and synthesizers. Being a fan of 808 kicks and stuttery sampled vocal hooks myself I really don’t have any sort of beef with that. […]

Shuffle Songs

Spending a good portion of the weekend out of doors with my earbuds in (so as to deflect the “how long you been growing that hair” and “is that your real hair” inquisitions) and my iPod on shuffle meant I got to listen to a lot of good music while enjoying the temperate weather and […]

How Can Someplace So Glamourous Be So Square?

Summer officially broke in my neck of the hood last week. The sun shone brightly, temperatures soared and I traded hoodies & Timbs in for shorts & Rod Laver’s. As soon as the mercury approached 80-degrees the other day I made it a point to hit up one of the neighborhood storefronts to pick up […]