The Leader Of Hip-Hop’s Tea Party Movement : NPR

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Jay Smooth on Waka:

Waka Flocka Flame simply shouts the simplest couplets imaginable at the top of his lungs, often mixed with wordless grunts and growls and screams over a beat that sounds like the marching band that would come with the four horsemen of the apocalypse as they destroy the earth.

story. transcript.  ‘Hard in da Paint’ is produced by Lex Luger.

What will you listen to, during the apocalypse?

Vivian Maier

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Vivian Maier – Her Discovered Work.  The Kickstater project is raising funds for a film.

I purchased a giant lot of negatives from a small auction house here in Chicago. It is the work of Vivian Maier, a French born photographer who recently past away in April of 2009 in Chicago, where she resided. I opened a blogspot blog with her work here; www.vivianmaier.com.

I have a ton of her work (about 30-40,000 negatives) which ranges in dates from the 1950’s-1970’s.

via kottke.

Miami-Dade demographic data

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US Census released American Community Survey, 2005-2009 data set that gives a snapshot of the American population.  The Herald  reported on the data for Miami-Dade and Broward.

Some interesting facts:

  • Miami-Dade’s population about 2.5 million.
  • 61 % Hispanics, 20 % Blacks, the rest being mostly white non-Hispanics.
  • Median family income : $39,000 – Blacks, $45,000 – Hispanics, $84,000 – White; $62,000 – US

via Miami-Dade is rich, poor, polarized and getting better educated – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com.

The War on Cameras – Reason Magazine

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The War on Cameras – Reason Magazine.

It has never been easier—or more dangerous—to record the police.

Be aware you can go to jail for recording(video and audio) and photographing public officials, especially the police.

“There’s this idea that just because charges are dropped, there’s no harm,” Miller says. “But that isn’t right. There’s definitely harm when someone is illegally arrested and has to spend a night or more in jail. Your life is disrupted. You now have legal bills to deal with. There’s also harm when a cop wrongly tells someone they can’t photograph or record. He’s intimidating them into giving up their rights.”