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isn’t it kinda sad

aditya — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:17:41 +0000

…that Jake Voskuhl, who was signed December 14th, 2008, is first off the bench on a good defensive/offensive sequence for the Raptors. Chris Bosh makes $175,738.793 per game (that is if he plays all 82 games). Jermaine O’Neal makes $260,396.341 per game (or more because he hasn’t been fit enough to play every game in this young season). Jose Calderon makes $90,707.536 per game. If these players don’t want to play in Toronto… cool. If no players want to play in Toronto: freakin’ amazing. Don’t play. We don’t want to pay a sorry ass team that doesn’t have the will to win. It’s a freakin’ recession… I feel sorry for all season seat holders.

Can we boycott this sorry ass team? I don’t really want to pay Chris’, Jermaine’s or Jose’s salary… do you?

rock the bells wrap up

aditya — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:02:08 +0000

It was dope. Period. And all that. We had some of the greatest seats (or standing spaces) I could have ever imagined. I was literally 5 feet away from Meth and Red! There were periods which weren’t very nice that I could tell you about but not here. Too many people read this!

But overall a great experience. I will definitely go to this again next year. Security was a bit tight so I couldn’t bring my camera but some people did manage to sneak in theirs. Here’s a bit that I really liked. This dude named Supernatural is pretty ill with the freestyle.

It was indoors btw which was nice because it was pouring on Sunday.

rocks the bells festival

aditya — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:40:23 +0000

Rock the bells: I missed it last year in NYC. This year they are coming to my city. No way I am missing it. This will be my first concert since I saw Talib Kweli at TUMF. Btw: Dilated Peoples are in town this year for TUMF. Hit me up if you want to come with me. I’ve never seen Dilated Peoples live and they were one of my favorite bands growing up.

Rock the bells is tomorrow. I am hyped even though it is supposed to rain. Mos Def, who is lyrically out of this world, will be showering us with lyrical bombs (and rain). Can’t wait. We’ll try to get there as early as we can with lots of fluid (water, ) because that’s the only way to get good seats and survive the wait. It starts at 11am and ends at 10:10pm. I doubt I’ll last that long, but I really do want to see Tribe Called Quest and they are the last act. We shall see. I might take pictures and possibly post it here since I am post-facebook. No, I don’t think I am too cool for you (possibly intended for Ara – I know you still read this.).

It might not be too late to get tix since people in Toronto don’t listen to real rap. Flow 93.5 is not rap. At least, it’s not every good rap. So hit me up if you are coming!

I am really excited about the lineup; Mos def, Meth and Red, Tribe Called Quest, Nas, RAKIM!, and De La Soul! Omgoodness.

the lineup (in case you aren’t already drooling):
http://www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells/settimes/SetTimes_Toronto.pdf