Simply Amaze-ming!

I like his show but he needs to call it Simply Amazming-not Simply Ming.

It's funny how he's never able to develop much chemistry with his guests. He's better as a one-man show.

NY MOMA

Just flipping through some old photos and noticed this one I took at the MOMA of a Matisse. Isn't that his masterpiece? Just casually hung behind a stairway? Embarrassment of riches I tell you--just like the Yankees. It's not fair.

Embarrassment of riches, embarrassment of bitches. That's a nice kernel for a rap lyric right there. You can go ahead and use it. I got more where that came from.

Co-worker at the urinal yesterday

Told me about a funny Twitter feed--DadBoner. It was awkward urinal talk, but I'm glad he told me about it--it's FUNNY!

Funny one from yesterday: Don't remember much about last night except for smashin a toilet we found on the side of the road. Real satisfyin. So loud. Always rocks.

Funny ones about his buddy Dave's dad who just died:

I mean, when Dave's dad died, I took some work off right away. Didn't even know him either. I'm a go getter when it comes to showin respect.

I'm not gonna spring for "I'm sorry" 'za & cold ones for Dave's dead dad NOW. That ship's sailed, kimosabe. Death is forever, not sympathy.

Purveyor to Gentlemen

Kim Bop

Great idea for a K-POP magazine: Kim Bop. Kimbap is Korean sushi. Though it's usually not filled with raw fish. Bop is the name of the American tenny-bopper mag. So there you have it: Kim Bop. These are actual k-pop bands: 2 pm, Big Bang, The Bubble Sisters and Rain (not a band but just one singer guy who also acts and has his own clothing line). Gong Yoo and Hyori are actors I think.

I couldn't believe it when I stumbled across the Bubble Sisters pic. They perform in blackface and dress like Buckwheat and Aunt Jemima. K-POP seems to be making inroads in the US--I wonder how the Bubble Sisters' schtick will play over here. :)

Stefan Kanchev

I'm generally not a reposter but this guy's work is incredible. Like I posted on Mike Davis's excellent blog where I originally discovered his work, it's as if Stefan is able to articulate everything that I've only been capable of vaguely imagining. Check it:

Ben Horowitz

Read about this guy somewhere recently--either in The New Yorker or The Week--he's some Silicon Valley VC bigshot who dispenses management advice via rap lyrics. Not to take credit for what he's doing but I've always felt that way about rap. That it's very capitalistic--people say it's all about boasting but it's more about self-preservation and self-promotion; if you don't believe in yourself nobody else will; like this Kanye line: Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem. Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams.


I've had these emotive moments listening to rap on the treadmill where a line will hit me and I think man, I could be so much more successful if I just believed in myself and trusted myself more. That's what rap is capable of and it can be very empowering.

Horowitz posted a quote from the legendary trainer Cus D'amato:

I tell my kids, what is the difference between a hero and a coward? What is the difference between being yellow and being brave? No difference. Only what you do. They both feel the same. They both fear dying and getting hurt. The man who is yellow refuses to face up to what he’s got to face. The hero is more disciplined and he fights those feelings off and he does what he has to do. But they both feel the same, the hero and the coward. People who watch you judge you on what you do, not how you feel.


Alright--let's not be a coward anymore, DP. Anyhow, here's his blog if you're interested.