“I feel really lucky, although I hate that word — ‘lucky.’ It cheapens a lot of hard work. Living in Brooklyn in an apartment without any heat and paying for dinner at the bodega with dimes — I don’t think I felt myself lucky back then. Doing plays for 50 bucks and trying to be true to myself as an” — here he put on a faux snooty voice — “artist and turning down commercials where they wanted a leprechaun. Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn.”
The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer. (A nice bit of editing with the visuals and music by YouTube user MaxSchlick.)
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Groucho Marx and George Carlin
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EL-P - “The Full Retard”
Some brand new El Producto (courtesy Pitchfork). A certified neck-breaker sampling the late Camu Tao’s for the chorus. EL-P’s 3rd studio album “Cancer for Cure” drops May 22 and features the likes of Killer Mike, Danny Brown, Interpol’s Paul Banks, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire and others. You’ve been warned.
Amazing way to start my vacations! Darwin damn!