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pele2 is apparently a dutch midget (maybe a dwarf?) rapper. i was walking through nieuwmarkt on my way to central station to sort out my train ticket and his van was there with him performing. his website appears to only be in dutch. i think his tour may consist of driving around in the van and doing random performances with his dancer(s). i suppose this is where someone could use some pantu-tanosimi girls.

the video is in ogg theora format. the only patent-unencumbered reasonable codec. learn it, love it. you shouldn’t have any problems playing it assuming you have vlc installed. it’s 8 megabytes.

i couldn’t get the video to upload so maybe they have some on his website. maybe i’ll get it up later.

i forgot to mention this. at some point in the past 5 days i went to try and find the phish live cd from the 1995 new year’s eve show at madison square gardens. which i went to. supposedly, it’s one of the top 5 concerts of all time. anyway, i went down to the n1 centre to h.m.v. (big chain music store) since there doesn’t appear to be any independent cd stores in the neighborhood (flashback has used cds, but no phish. there are 2 vinyl stores within a block of my place though. weird). anyway, i don’t find any in the rack and so i asked this guy that worked there. looked like he might have even been a manager type. “do you have any phish?”. “aren’t they usually in an aquarium?”. i didn’t laugh. he then starts asking what type of music etc. so he walks over to the ‘f’ section. i inform him that no, it’s spelled with a ‘ph’. after not finding anything, like i didn’t, he asks this other girl who also hasn’t heard of them. am i in a music store? at some point i had informed him they were an american band. didn’t help. i asked if they had an ‘imports’ section. he said no. really a stupid question since if they did everything in the store would be in it except the beatles, rolling stones, led zepplin, oasis and tom jones (assuming an ‘import’ is outside the uk and not england). he offered to order it, but i gave up and left.

so, i went right next door to the book, music, dvd store. i can’t remember the name, but it’s a chain that’s all over the place as well. they had 1 copy on junta. there first cd from over a decade ago.

i guess i’ll have to remember to get it when i get back.

one of my flatmates left the radio on in the kitchen. i don’t ever listen to music on the radio. ludicrous’, sorry ludarcris’ (i forgot he can’t spell his own name) “move bitch” (obviously i don’t listen to the radio since this came out in 2001. not that they played the unedited version in the u.s. anyway. i bet that was good for a laugh) came on. here’s the lyrics. obviously, i don’t have a problem with profanity. i have been behind somebody in a car and wished they would move. i’m sure i’ve even yelled “move bitch!” at some point (appropriately modified if it’s not a woman). but really, what is the point of this song? i know all the free speech arguments (turn it off, you don’t have to listen, yada yada). i’m just asking why? i’m not sure what art is, but i’m fairly certain this is not it. it definitely doesn’t pass moose’s extremely liberal definition. of course, the record companies don’t care. they’re just in it for the money (and so is pepsi). which, other than getting exposure by being an ass and a danger to people on the road (actively promoting d.u.i. and starting fights) why would someone buy this?

i’m not saying you need to sing about flowers or some other bullshit, but could you at least have a point? i guess what i’ve heard most quoted from women about rap is that they don’t listen to the lyrics they just like to dance. i’m sure they’re giggling and twirling their hair as they say it too.

this is more than the song’s worth.

btw, is it any wonder nobody cares when the record companies complain about copyright infringement by downloaders? they screw (in more ways than this) the exact “artists” (so they tell me) they’re claiming to protect.