“Drug Ballad” is one of several songs from the Marshall Mathers LP Eminem has performed in front of us at his unforgettable show in Paris Bercy 2003. “Drug Ballad” lets you travel into the mind of a drug user. You can feel the sensations he gets through the rythm and the words. It’s like feeling words spinning around you. Words that are artistically expressed by a brilliant poet. The poetic value of “Drug Ballad” has been deeply analyzed on this website. Check it out:
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Archive for February, 2004
Drug Ballad
Sunday, February 29th, 2004Cassini approaches Saturn
Sunday, February 29th, 2004Cassini is fast approaching Saturn, due to arrive in June. This photo was taken from a distance of 69.4 million kilometers. Some good science coming up in the Summer!
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Palm Island, Dubai
Sunday, February 29th, 2004I’ve heard that the island has sunk by 1 metre so far – many Irish people, and celebrity football stars, have purchased houses on this artificial island.
Blix: I was a target too
Saturday, February 28th, 2004Hans Blix is now saying he was bugged too. No surprises there then.
Iraqi money
Saturday, February 28th, 2004
My sister picked up some Iraqi Dinar.
Eminem Buying Neverland? Nope … But Never Say Never
Saturday, February 28th, 2004Eminem Buying Neverland? Nope … But Never Say Never
02.18.2004
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Ice Cube Puts Chill On Dr. Dre’s Supposed Final Album
Saturday, February 28th, 2004Ice Cube has put a chill on Dr. Dre’s supposed final album.
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A treason that cuts like a knife
Saturday, February 28th, 2004« What are friends?
Friends are people that you think are your friends
But they really your enemies, with secret indentities
and disguises, to hide they true colors
So just when you think you close enough to be brothers
they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain’t lookin… »(Eminem,“If I had”)
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Take Action! Lift the Curtain on E-Voting
Friday, February 27th, 2004MediaRights.org have a call to action here, raising all the appropriate questions.
Millions of American voters will use electronic voting systems when they cast their vote for president this year. Many of these machines will get their first test on March 2, Super Tuesday, when voters head to polls in ten states. If more states install these new machines, the repercussions for American democracy could be worse than any hanging chad.
Since election reporting began last fall, network news coverage of the switch to e-voting has been little more than a blip. Media for Democracy analysis shows that since October 2003, ABC, NBC and CBS nightly news programs broadcast only four stories on e-voting machines. A look at CNN.com and FoxNews.com yields an even smaller assortment: a total of three reports between September 2003 and February 20, 2004, all on CNN.
Despite the already checkered history of the new machines — which includes evidence of political favoritism by the executives of the primary manufacturers of e-voting terminals, and tests that reveal extensive flaws to their software — the networks have failed to consider electronic voting worthy of coverage. As a result, few voters will see news reports about these glitch-riddled systems before they come face to face with the voting machines on Election Day.
Handing over control of America’s electoral system to a handful of corporations constitutes the privatization of America’s most public endeavor. Media for Democracy members must pressure mainstream media to focus more reporting on this important threat to democracy.
Tell news executives today that the problem of e-voting is a story they can’t ignore.
Irish e-voting marks new era: BBC
Friday, February 27th, 2004The BBC have a somewhat ‘safe’ piece of journalism on the electronic voting saga ongoing in Ireland. It talks about tallymen, and the loss of the traditional voting count to electronic voting.
What crap.
Nothing about the level of media coverage and the volume of criticism. Little about the enormous level of hostility to e-voting, and little on the justified position of requesting a paper trail to be added. Oh and the problems of e-voting worldwide are not mentioned.
Surely the BBC could come up with something more substantial?
“ I’m a regular person who’s just like you”
Friday, February 27th, 2004Have you ever read the third verse of « Don’t Approach Me », a track that Xzibit did in collaboration with Eminem ? If you have, you have probably noticed Eminem’s embarassement to deal with typical problems due to his fame :
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Don’t prejudge him, try to understand him
Thursday, February 26th, 2004Many people are shocked by Eminem’s subject matter and don’t understand why the talented M.C chooses to talk so much about his life and to share so many things about his past with his audience. Rapper Tricky, whose childhood has also been a living nightmare said about Eminem :
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Bill Hicks: December 16 1961 to February 26 1994
Thursday, February 26th, 2004
Last laugh: Bill Hicks
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004First article I’ve seen in the lead up to Bill’s anniversary. A good job with some good exerpts.
I also found this mention on a blog too.
I found some more mentions in quite a few places using technorati. Oh and here too.
GCHQ whistleblower cleared
Wednesday, February 25th, 2004A surprise decision – but Jeremy Paxman gave her a VERY hard time on Newsnight tonight.