__________________________________________________________________________________________
SINCE I LAST E-Diarized, Don Imus said "nappy headed ho" to describe some very accomplished highly respectable female student athletes from Rutgers, 32 innocent people died unnecessarily at Virginia Tech, Alberto Gonzales, of Gonzo-Gate infamy, squirmed and said "I don't recall" 72 or 76 times, kind of like 72 or 76 virgins like the Al Qaeda myth that awaits the suicide of those charming religious moderates (I bet if Alberto had 72 or 76 virgins waiting for him if he could recall he would recall), and the Boston Red Sox swept the New York Yankees in three games.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Throughout tragedies in Iraq and Virginia and Gonzo-Gate, Anna Nicole Smith remains the most important and widely discussed person. I was not around when Christopher Columbus was around but how he could Columbus be as important or widely discussed just for getting lost on a sailboat outing - not a three hour cruise a three hour cruise (Sherwood Schwartz needs royalties for that copy, distribution and unauthorized derivative)?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
I've taken to writing haiku again but some will not be for public dissemination.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Nappy Headed Imus
Imus was wrong but if he gets fired, why should Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Glenn Beck not get fired, as they've been much meaner much more often. If Imus had an urge to say "nappy," he should have said, "looking back on when I was a little nappy headed boy, then my only worry was for Christmas what would be my toy..." I first heard that song, "I Wish," when I bought SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE in 1976. It was one song on Stevie Wonder's anxiously awaited masterpiece. I had to use a dictionary (pre-the days of dictionary.com) to look up the meaning of the word, "nappy." Nappy didn't apply to me so I never used hat word until now. Nappy is not a word Imus should use. And "ho." That's the bad one. It's bad because of its offensive nature - accusing a woman you don't know of being a "whore," is bad. And shortening whore, an already-short one-syllable word, to "ho," is also bad. Imus' CONTRITION Tour did not work out (claiming drug dependence seems to con more people more successfully), so he'll next write a book about it, go on Oprah (Sharpton's show is not enough), make a lot more money and sign on to satellite radio. He could have been XM's answer to Sirius' Stern but S & X might be bedding down later this year so who will have Imus? Which nappy headed CEO need apply?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Nappy Headed Decision by Nappy NBC
NBC should never have aired the Virginia Tech killer's video material as that only makes him succeed from the grave and possibly inspire those few who might look up to this evil kid. It was not newsworthy and just because you can is never a good enough reason. Their "exclusive" was sickening and depressing.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
BOSTON RED SOX
The BOSTON RED SOX JUST BEAT THE NEW YORK YANKEES, a team with unlimited money, three times in a row culminating with the ten-pitch four consecutive home run desecration of a rookie. The FOUR are Manny Ramirez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek. The Four will now enter Bostonian folklore. They will "join the ranks of" the Bston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, the shot heard around the world (April 19, 1775), Paul Revere, John Hancock, the Minutemen, guys named Adams, Joseph Kennedy and Albert DeSalvo. (DeSalvo was praised by the Texas State legislature - hating Northerners does not always take place in the South. There are those Rodney King moments.)
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/04/23/smashing_success/
__________________________________________________________________________________________
I'll be attending the 2007 Digital Summit tomorrow. I was on a panel at the 2006 Digital Summit. The lowlight this year wll be the same as it would be any year - words from the RIAA. When the RIAA speaks, I, a lover of music and a buyer of music, am saddened and angered and almost embarrassed that I work in the music industry. The RIAA, like the North Korean government, want the future to arrive only if it can arrive in the fashion that suits them. Suits, like lawsuits. The RIAA are happiest when they initiate lawsuits even though their propaganda/education has worked as well as their lawsuits. But they have to sue, just like a wild animal has to hunt, the tides have to come and go, and male dogs have to be male dogs.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
I do like the RIAA for two things:
1. I like their cute counting and awarding of gold, platinum and diamond awards, and
2. how they defend their right to release albums with objectionable lyrics. I could give them credit for defending free speech when they defend their artists' lyrics but they are really not that noble. It's about money only but it does have the potential for positive spin. So, realistically, I guess I only like them for being able to count in multiples of 500,000 and 1,000,000.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Here is the schedule for tomorrow's events.
I love the description of Mitch Bainwol, the RIAA CEO:
"Bainwol has brought to the RIAA a lengthy track record of developing strategic initiatives, a consummate insider's understanding of political nuance in Washington..."
What a great way to be memorialized - he had an insider's understanding of NUANCE. May I remain looking like a guy who falls over furniture if what Bainwol does is referred to as "nuance," "articulate" and "highly effective." (He is highly effective. He makes us forget Osama Bin Laden.)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
I hope Alberto Gonzales hangs in there in the same way, and for all the wrong reasons, that I hated to see Rumsfeld step down or Harriet Miers go away.
__________________________________________________________________________________________