Youtube Gangsta Rap: Power meets Creativity meets X Rated Material

YouTube is arguably the most powerful networking/marketing/social grouping/ online tool that allows us to post virtually any video of our likes (other than homemade sex-I heard for that you go to youporn...check with you parents though) for public viewing. Look how far we've come since early nineties, the prenatal stages of the worldwideweb (as least for me in Bangkok, Thailand), when most of us had as much internet savvy as the beanie boppers. To be fair, we weren't retarded yet (now, we are), just slightly impeded by the technological sophistication of those caveman times. Now, I can watch Youtube vids on my bling bling Iphone almost anywhere but underwater, in a batcave, or at the base of the Empire State Building? Can you hear me now?

I discovered these X rated vids on YouTube, and thought dang! thank you to all those courageous and creative aspiring artists, and/or shameless and free-spirited internet geeks (positive connotation to the word geek here), all of whom despite being overlooked more often than not, are keeping busy reviving humor in media entertainment. Much love and respect. No judgement. Watch out SNL, comedy shows, and news daily shows, the Youtube show is here to stay (sorry to my chinese friends in mainland- post something controversial and share with us what bodyparts you have left post video-upload phase!). We, the intelligent human species, flourish around innovation, creativity, humor and above all, controversy! During recession, some of us start blogging for no apparent reason (for now.. we still have jobs.. probably not for long though), some of us post videos on Youtube, and some of us go straight to the nightlife scene hoping that the continual state of blissful oblivion will tighten our asses and sharpen our wits. All for the better. See you all next at the club moving to the beats and if you're lucky they'll play these rhymes.... For what it is worth, although the vids might be old, I'm doing some free marketing for these peeps.


TI-Whatever you like Spoof: Barack Obama at his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-yJBsjatW0

American Boy Parody: First Asian boy -I don't know this guy, but I like his attitude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CqbZNHaf1o

Dangerous Cup-What was I listening to at this age? Aqua? Mariah? Backstreet boys? Guess I was a late bloomer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8RP_qdAfkY

Ashley Alexandra Dupre Eliot Spitzer's former booty call's vid- "what we want" remix with C James. Britney like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6oBPP_Vzk

Mariah Carey's- Without you "Ken Lee" - Bulgarian American Idol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CqbZNHaf1o
The improved version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT18LZItBLA

Is Rihanna as tasty as chocolate? tasty as Nutella? Check this one Umbrella Nutella Remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkz4NjFQkk

This next one is not as fun. I did call Leona Lewis to fame though. Is the next upcoming female superstar Esmee Denters? Justin Timberlake found her videos on youtube and signed her; she's releasing an album in March 2009. She has a decently cute face (pretty average by mainstream standards) and has an unique Dutch accent, but her innate gift is nothing next to that of mariah, rihanna, leona. My bet is that she'll likely make it big since she'll: a. master an instrument, b. shake her body like crei-crei on stage, or c. bed JT.
Here's a sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3uXltabpns&feature=channel

Roubini, You were one step behind Calvin

Found this on Clusterstock and it fits perfectly into my life given the empowering symbolism of this cartoon and by virtue of the character at hand (Parental Advisory: Other than similarities in our names, Calvin and I have quite different personalities, or so I believe). It's amazing that this comic strip was written 15 years ago. This is another example of a foretelling, but latent red flag that depicts the root cause of a contributing factor to our pending financial collapse at the fundamental level: corporate greed laced with inattentiveness to the consumers' needs (More dangerous than marijuana laced with blow...). As an example, Calvin's ambitions and mindset are quite analagous to that of our friends over at Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Luckily for them, their $Bns in subsidies will keep them around for a little bit longer. Where was Hobbes when Calvin needed him to level his head? Where were the board of directors? More importantly, Where Mamma at? Need some bling.

Merry Berry Xmas - The Spirit of Christmas?

Christmas is in my interpretation the supposed pinnacle of joy and fun each year when family members from across the globe (or the rooms of the same house), reunite to celebrate the birth of Christ. There can be a heated debate about which holiday dictates more family unision: xmas or thanksgiving, but personally, being a traditional Non-American (residential non-alien is what they list me as on my passport) Catholic, I would like believe in the latter as it represents a more global tradition. I am Catholic by default, but if one questions the extent to which I practice piously and wholeheartedly believe in the religion, I rest my case.

Naturally, this glamourous occasion has evolved to include our friends, lovers, and anonymous individuals (some guy by the xmas tree), as we continue to encourage the spirit of sharing and caring beyond our blood-ties. Even for those Non-Christmas practicing individuals who out of principles and values, blindly or not, guide themselves to contradict the spirit by staying home alone drinking or blatantly wreaking havoc out on the streets, somewhere within their souls, the harboring of unfulfilled emotional cravings meets a flame that has been lite to ignite some celebratory sense of excitement or comfort. Afterall, for those of us, like myself, who have long been disconnected with the idea of Christmas (one of a few reasons being...I stopped receiving presents wrapped as gifts or simply became smart enough to suspect the reality of the cast of christmas characters), surely the adapation of an obese, old, and winter-proof Santa Claus, spotty red nose reindeer that fly, promiscious female elves in tight green stockings (hm...), and gifts that fulfill our dreamy desires, should reinstill some sort of hope and optimism in our lives?

A time of prayer. A time of joy. A time to reflect. A time to spend $$. A time to stuff our faces silly. Let us recognize, not all of us are fortunate enough to share in good faith. While some of us are starving to death unknowingly in the dark corners of the world, the rest of us are still logging hours at work through the wee hours of the night. Yes, even on Christmas Day. Nevertheless, we are grateful of what we have and wish everyone smiles and positive energy-Qi. As the complexity of world issues becomes more convoluting and the interconnectedness of individuals at the personal/physical level becomes more digital, what's left of us as emotional and rational beings to engage what we often hear as : "change the world" or "out of touch"? Is Christmas another rare time during the year when reflection is socially endorsed?

Ironically, I spent Christmas eve with a buddy of mine watching the movie "Equilibrium", zipping on a beer to tunes of the howling wind striking against the windows. The movie, as inspired by the lofty books 1984 and Farenheit 451, reminds us that our feelings of jealousy, hatred, fear, love, anger and forgiveness..etc, gives us the ability to sense. We should not be deprived of or restrained from sensing, for it is perhaps what defines us as beings (of course, there are consequences of out-of-control sensing that affects social norms -don't get crazy ideas). During Christmas time, our senses are heightened, our feelings are vulnerable, and our minds open up to absorb like sponges. Fact: the period from Christmas to New Years is the highest mating period during the year. Whether you like it or not you were probably made during this time (Stamp: Made in China Dec 2008). Everybody is getting it on! People are sensing out there! No wonder the streets are desolate. From a rather suspicious angle, the cultivation of Christmas ass over the years has renewed the "spirit" of our holiday.