I instantly fell in love with this song before the chorus was sung. Little did I know that my mind would be blown away by the soul vocals and precise wise raps that makes up the song “Wake Up Everybody.”…
Monthly Archives: August 2010
fripodding and waking up: “wake up everybody”
Tagged with: common, john legend, melanie fiona, music, music video, socially conscious, the roots, wake up, wake up everybody, wisdom
Posted in fripodding, john legend, music, music video, wisdom
Posted in fripodding, john legend, music, music video, wisdom
originality: an original origin story about an original originator
With a title like that, I really set myself up, didn’t I? Well I will spoil the ending now: there’s nothing new under the sun. Yet one can argue that there are no original stories left to tell, which might…
Tagged with: 500 days of summer, bubba ho-tep, inception, memories, movies, original, story, storytelling
Posted in babbling, movie, story, storytelling, writing
Posted in babbling, movie, story, storytelling, writing
fripodding and playing fair: “hey, soul sister” by train
The mother of one of my best friends recommended I check out this song, “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train. At the time, it was a song I thought I had never heard by a group I never heard of. My…
Tagged with: fripod, hey soul sister, indoob, music video, train, VMA
Posted in fripodding, music, music video, poetry
Posted in fripodding, music, music video, poetry
“kick-ass” film review
Quick tiny disclaimer here—I’m not usually one to use swears. This includes what I write and everyday dialogue. And I know to a lot of people, certain words aren’t considered swears while other people consider that they are. But for…
more “power”-ful insights
I’m back once again with a somewhat ongoing debate with the interwebs. I’m also here to give an update on what I’ve more or less been obsessed with for the past week or so. But this is my blog; it’s…
Tagged with: indoob, kanye west, MTV, music, music video, power video, see me now
Posted in kanye west, music video, news, rant
Posted in kanye west, music video, news, rant
fripodding and slinking – “slink (a hymn)” by locksley
Perhaps you may have seen or heard about a little show called The Good Guys? I hope so. It’s a top rate show in my book. Dare I say it, it may even be considered appointment TV for me. It’s…
Tagged with: friday, fripod, locksley, slink, the good guys, theme song
Posted in fripodding, hulu, music, tv
Posted in fripodding, hulu, music, tv
showing love for “love the way you lie”
I was going to hold this until my friPod post… but nah. As I was doing my in-depth write up of Kanye West’s “Power” video, during my research I kept discovering critics and bloggers comparing “Power” to Eminem’s “Love the…
Tagged with: eminem, kanye vs eminem, kanye west, love the way you lie, music video, pineapple, review, rihanna
Posted in music, music video, review
Posted in music, music video, review
revisiting kanye west’s “power” interpretation
I’ve decided to take another look at Kanye West’s “Power” musical portrait and expand on my “snap judgement” thoughts I posted last friDay. For the most part, I’m still sticking to those original thoughts and feelings I’ve had, but I…
Tagged with: analysis, artistic, interpretation, kanye west, music video, power, symbolism
Posted in kanye west, music video
Posted in kanye west, music video
2010 emmy picks – comedy
I snatched the following list from Entertainment Weekly because I wasn’t going to type out every single name and show when copy/paste works so much better. Anyway, since I can’t guess the Emmys as well as I can the Oscars,…
2010 emmy picks – drama
I snatched the following list from Entertainment Weekly because I wasn’t going to type out every single name and show when copy/paste works so much better. Anyway, since I can’t guess the Emmys as well as I can the Oscars,…
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