Seeing that it’s the new year I’m sure we’re all reflecting back on what we’ve done and what we’ve accomplished. On this tip I’ve been thinking a lot about the Soren Kierkegaard quote:
“Life is understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.”
We all want more, but at the same time life is lived in the now on the daily grind. To put this into perspective I’ve researched the life of some of the top hustlers in hip hop to see where they can from. We all know Nas, Biggie and Jay-Z as the kings of hip hop but they were not overnight success stories. They all honed their craft through mentors and hustling on the daily. It’s refreshing to see them as fresh faced kids.
I’m no hip hop star or have any aspirations to become one, but I think we can all apply this model to whatever our passions and industry of influence are. Thanks to my mentors and collaborators from 2008.
Playlist:
Simon Says – Pharoahe Monche
Sound of da Police – KRS One
Buggin’ Out – A Tribe Called Quest
Nickel Bags – Digable Planets
Brakes – De La Soul
Check One, Two – Diamond D and Psychotic Neurotics
Snoop, Warren G, Dre – Cut Killer and DJ Abel
Speak Your Peace – Lord Finesse
Soul Flower – Brand New Heavies feat. Pharcyde
Let’s Get it On – Tupac feat. Biggie Smalls
Don’t Understand – Masta Ace feat. Greg Nice
Party and Bullshit- Biggie Smalls
Fish and Grits and All That Pimp Shit – Outkast
I Have a Dream – Common
All the videos are now up from the talks at Interesting Vancouver 2008. I have two comments on my video:
1. Why didn’t anyone tell me I talked with my hands so much?
2. I swear people in the audience were laughing at my jokes, even if they were courtesy laughs.
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Playlist:
AutoNomadic Herbalizer and Latryx Ninja Tunes
Little Bit – Lykke Li
In My Arms – Mylo
Hands in the Dark – Chromatics
Remind Me – Royskopp
Back In Your Head (Tyler Fedchuk Remix) – Tegan and Sara
We Are Your Friends – Justice vs. Simian Mobile Disco
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Future – Cut Copy
The Light 3000 – Schneider TM vs. KPT Michigan
Lover in Japan/Reign of Love – Coldplay
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Jose Gonzales
def. Combining media memes together to form a new memetic piece of media
This is an experimental work where I combine three versions of the song Heartbeats by Jose Gonzales with the advertising meme of the bouncing Sony balls intercut with characters from Halo 3 repeating the same movements.
Will we ever get to a point where we’ll be used to reading media this way?
