Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Kanye Ain't Shit

Kanye West fancies himself a tough guy. He's coming hard at Pete Davidson for the comedian's relationship with West's ex-wife Kim Kardashian, for example. In the words of Senator Clay Davis, sheeeeeeit. Kanye doesn't know from tough. Check out Taras Topolya, lead singer of the Ukrainian band Antytila:

Unfortunately, the organizers of the charity event scheduled for this evening declined Antytila's offer because they seek to avoid military involvement in the concert. Which is a shame. It's not as if Antytila wants to be wearing helmets and flak jackets at this moment in history. I'm for recognizing their bravery as warrior-poets and taking a side in this conflict. 

Instead, we're left to show a couple of their videos in a very pale homage to Topolya and his bandmates.



And buy their music and tickets to their shows when the world shakes off this lunacy.

24 comments:

rootsminer said...

My youngest recently reported that he's been getting into Kanye's older stuff. He didn't seem that interested in my recommendations for some more old school hip hop.

A 16 year old not respecting his parent's taste? Weird.

zman said...

This deserves a post but I don't have time and it's over tomorrow:

https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/the-art-and-influence-of-hip-hop

Whitney said...

Been watching the HBO Winning Time silliness, with amusement, and so far Kareem seems fairly dickish. But this is some pretty enlightened shit.

https://kareem.substack.com/p/will-smith-did-a-bad-bad-thing

Whitney said...

Drive-By Truckers playing in Virginia Beach the Tuesday before the OBFT. Gonna be a good week.

rob said...

it's 'the' obft now? i like the branding.

rootsminer said...

I just saw that date. Don’t think I can add two extra days to my OBFT. My liver has limits.

Whitney said...

Hasn't it always had the "the"?

Marls said...

Kareem’s take has been widely criticized by the black community as punching down and illustration of an outdated view that only plays into the hands of racists.

Moose out front should have told you.

Mark said...

Marls beat me to it. Black Twitter is not feeling Kareem on this one at all.

Whitney said...

Well, his punctuation was sterling.

zman said...

Why do people say "align" when they mean "agree"?

Whitney said...

I align, Z. Annoying.

rootsminer said...

I would like to affirm my alignment with this sentiment.

Whitney said...

Bruce Willis has aphasia. I looked for the Greasetruck music video for "Aphasia" that has Dave's cartoons of Danny DeVito and Gary Busey and such, but I think the internet ate it.

zman said...

“Aphasia” and “Dirty Girls” are masterpieces.

Juan Carlos said...

“Align” is the term people use when they want you to agree with stupid idea.

rob said...

align to disalign, juan

Whitney said...

Juan Carlos aligned with all of our good ideas in Daytona Beach precisely 30 years ago in Daytona Beach.

Danimal said...

Drive by Truckers playing here at the quaint Ponte Vedra Concert Hall next month. 8 should see them, no? On a tue night tho...bummer

zman said...

Chiropractors align. The folks at the tire store align. People agree on decisions.

I agree Danimal, you should go see the Truckers. If it's a small venue, all the more so. Tuesday stinks but if it's nearby and you can limit your booze consumption (or if you can take Wednesday off) you should to it.

Whitney said...

I align with Z.

Whitney said...

Need some content… Marls

rootsminer said...

I'm heading down to the Harvester tonight to see Pokey Lafarge. First actual show in a couple of years.

OBX dave said...

As great a nom de tune as Pokey LaFarge is, it might be an even better euphemism.