November 2006
The first thing we will always remember is how, just yesterday, Ted Haggard didn't even know the male escort, Mike Jones, how incredibly sincere, humble he was, standing in front of his carefully manicured home, no doubt surrounded by his follower/neighbors, feigning ignorance about where these accusations were coming from. Today, of course, his version his getting dirtier by the minute.
It's very simple. It's no one's business how you like to snort, bang, slang or whatever else interests you. But it's everybody's business if you are preaching and pushing a political and religious agenda contrary to your actions. But my question is this.........if this does go all the way up to the White House (it does, especially on Mondays), where is this dignity the Bush Administration was supposed to bring back to the presidency? I haven't seen it happen yet. Well, maybe once, when he stood over the remains of the World trade Center speaking into that bullhorn. But just once?
Def Jam is making so much more out of its deal with EA Sports than what it's worth, to EA anyway. It lovely that some new music is going to get exposed on a few titles and Chicago has a new office for this collabo, but don't get it twisted, EA at the end of the day doesn't need the music industry to enhance the mojo. The other way around is more like it!
Seattle's own Livio has never, ever backed away from street controversary and this month ain't no Diffint either, mutha fuckas. At least that's how I think he would say it. Cop the mix CD making the rounds up here, he's calling out a couple of cats. Answer record, anyone? And be sure to check out the cover, Livio takes "clowning" to another level yet.
It doesn't have to rehashed here because everyone in Seattle hip hop already is behind him, but DJ DV One is still in the middle of deep doo doo with Seattle's finest, about an incident at the Seattle Center a month ago. Fortunately, PD chose to mess with a very, very popular figure in the Seattle music comminity and the prosecutors office needs to have a heart to heart conversation with its people......stay tuned...and keep up with the issue on DV One's MySpace page.
Box wine was something we laughed about all the way through the 90's. Well, guess what, in 2007 it's coming to a high end refrigerator near you. This may be the answer to the cork shortage!
BUZZ FOR NOVEMBER: www.EnglishCut.com, The Eve Club (London), www.Kilgour.com, Amex Red Card, www.CarltonHotelNY.com, ThirtyNine Hotel (Honolulu).
WANKSTER FOR NOVEMBER: Lake Limerick Country Club. Washington State. You people make me laugh. First, I take a property your neighbors abandoned and turned it out completely. Now you want to extort money from me because of those imrovements. I DON'T THINK SO. See you in court.
"Too Humble Is Half Proud"
-- Yiddish Proverb
Gene Dexter
Crazy Pinoy Promotions