The Gamer's Quarter

[seryogin]

McSweeney's is really shitty. I don't like Vice either.

And about the dude's jacket. I knew plenty of guys who dressed like that (minus the Harlem cap; they weren't complete morons), and dressing like that really is "breaking all the rules" in Russia, cause you seriously have to worry about people beating the shit out of you whenever you step outside. This is no joke; Friday drunks (which is about 90% of the country) really love any reason to pick a fight and unless someone's driving you and picking you up, there a 50/50 chance that you're going to have to fight/ run away from a few dickheads on your way home or to the place.
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[kirkjerk]

International hiphop is kind of a strange beast.

I was visiting England (on a terrible, terrible bus tour my family arranged, 3,000 miles in 2 weeks is no way to see a country) and had to burn a little time, so I was watching some music videos. What I learned from that was this: the French use "Mais Oui!" as a rough equivalent of "Awwww Yeah!"

I guess it's good that this thread hasn't quite devolved into a dumb game I play with my girlfriend, which is to wait until I hear some little aspect of Russian culture that seems odd or suboptimal (and look; obviously Russia has an amazing culture, not to mention kickass pragmatic engineering etc) and say "geez, no wonder you guys lost the cold war" I mean, heck, they don't have a word that easily indicates if a door is shut and locked or merely shut! What's up with that? (And to my credit, there's been a thousand things in the English language and/or American culture that I've been willing to say "yeah there's no good reason for that, it just is that way")

[seryogin]

I don't know why you'd focus on that aspect; there are hundreds of other things to gripe about the Russian language.
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[Shapermc]

[kirkjerk]

[seryogin]

[dhex]

assjack: irish is an actual language. it reads like a bad headcold.

beautiful people, though.
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[seryogin]

[Lockeownzj00]

[dhex]

actually, gaelic is the scotch version of this celtic family of languages.

THE MORE YOU KNOW!
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[seryogin]

[dhex]

[helicopterp]

[kirkjerk]

[simplicio]

[dhex]

lady sovereign is northern state for guys who are really into date rape.
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[Lockeownzj00]

[dhex]

unrelated: is your nick a reference to john locke as in "john locke owns you fuckers" type shit?

cause if so you are now god.
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[kirkjerk]

[simplicio]

[dhex]

[GilloD]

I didn't mean to dissapear from the discussion, but I got a real 9-5 that was annexed with apartment hunting for the better part of last week, so I was getting in at 11 and waking up at 6 and the internet wasn't all that appealing. On the upside, I signed a lease in Brooklyn, so hooray.

I suppose McSweeney's and the asthetic that sorrounds it is either something you like and enjoy or you despise not only MS, but those that like and enjoy it. It's fine either way, but it reminds me of when the broker asked us why we hated a place last week. "Was it too small? Did it not have enough windows? Was it too dirty?" and all I could say was, "It just didn't feel right". Also, "workshop-y" is not a valid critcism of anything, but blah blah, this is a thread about hip-hop now, so, uh. MF Doom?

[helicopterp]

[dhex]

where in brooklyn?

the gnarls barkley album is quite smashing.
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[GilloD]

[kirkjerk]

On a whim I picked up "Blue Wizard is About To Die"

It's kind of Lucky Wander Boy-ish in some of its analysis and mood, maybe not quite so much.

False advertising though, it claims to be "prose and poetry" but it looks like just poems. Given that I consider myself more of a prose guy, I was a little disappointed.

[dessgeega]

i have a signed copy of blue wizard.

i rather like it.
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