The Internet is Neat - Old School Hip Hop Edition

I was channel-surfing in my automobile the other day and went to the Backspin station, a no-brainer preset on Sirius. I was grooving out to the classic "White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Grandmaster Flash in the sad way that a 40-something Dad running errands in the 'burb grooves out. I remember thinking how awesome that bass line of that tune was, and I wanted to find the origin of that sample...after I picked up the dry cleaning, bought wiper fluid and got some Boar's Had Honey Maple Turkey from the deli for the kids' lunches.



Thanks to the wonders of the world wide web, I was able to dig up this information in about 20 seconds. Many of you may know this information already, but I did not. Turns out the sample is from an early 80's new wave band called Liquid Liquid (which I'm sure Whitney knows and loves and could write a 5-page essay on from the top of his head, because he knows and loves every non-Mike Love band around). 

Turns out Grandmaster Flash did no do a whole lot, other than rap on top of that bass line about the dangers of booger sugar, while adding in a bit of scratching. The original is below. That bass line is is incendiary. Incendiary.

An Olympic Performance to Remember

Now that we're a couple days past the magic, we can sit back and try to gauge the magnificence of the performance - the raw power, the dominance over the competition, the ability to step up and bring the goods. Yes folks, we are here to praise Liu "Muscles" Chunhong for her ballsy gold medal winning performance in women's weightlifting.

As predicted on this modest site two weeks ago, the Honger ran roughshod over the competition. Despite weighing only 69 kg (152 lbs for those of you who like your weights in US terms and your metric conversions without sarcasm), the Honger snatched 128 kg (282 lbs) and did a staggering clean-and-jerk of 158 kg (348 lbs). Both individual amounts are new world records.

So here's to you, Liu Chunhong. Though you may have a penis like Gheorghe, you have a heart like him too, so much so that we don't begrudge you for annihilating Gheorghe's Romanian competitors on your road to victory.

To all you smitten fans out there, no more yanky her wanky. After this tough competition, the Honger need food.