Gathering of the Juggalos, Revisited

It's that time of year again. This year's lady-journo-gonzo-stoner is Deadspin's Emma Carmichael.

I have not listened to any ICP since my last blog post about Gathering 2010. Charlie Sheen was there, but so was Ice Cube (!)

More Hunter S. Thompson-esque gonzo blogging can be found in Daulerio's excellent Xbox LSD no-hitter story. Deadspin circa 2011 feels very edgy & anti-mainstream right now.

-dk

Childish Memes, Reprised

School has been kicking my ass lately but I'm resolving to increase my post output in this little private corner of the interwebs.

Hat tip to PD, one of your faithful editors, for both the template upgrade & the Childish tumblrage.

-dk

Childish Memes

We dig out Childish Gambino here, but we're not clever enough to come up with these meme sites.

For your consideration:

Hipster Childish Gambino

Childish Childish Gambino

And the new kid on the block, Edited Childish Gambino

Odd Futurism by Bethlehem Shoals

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/241404?id=241404

I've been struggling for a while now with trying to articulate my feelings towards Odd Future -- both in terms of their music and in terms of their cultural meaning. Fortunately, Shoals here has covered every topic I had in mind, as well as addressing numerous ones I am not smart enough to think up independently.

On a side note, it feels appropriate to post this after the recent news that freedarko (an NBA blog founded by Shoals) is shuttering its doors. I had the same feelings reading this article as I do when reading an especially great freedarko post: it's lengthy, dense and cross-references a ton of outside material from different media. The only thing that would make the article more freedarko-esque is a bunch of random photos that seem to make no sense in the context of the writing.

Finally, it is relevant to note that my first introduction to the concept of 'SWAG' comes from this 2007 freedarko post. ("SWAG = competitive style. It's as simple as that.")

-dk