http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/opinion/brooks-weed-been-there-done-that.html
― just sayin, Friday, 3 January 2014 09:31 (ten years ago) link
Turns out studies and findings all agree with him, imagine that.
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2014 09:59 (ten years ago) link
Paul Krugman is off today.
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2014 10:00 (ten years ago) link
"I stumbled through it, incapable of putting together simple phrases, feeling like a total loser." No doubt.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 3 January 2014 13:39 (ten years ago) link
writing process revealed
― bnw, Friday, 3 January 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
"I stumbled through it, incapable of putting together simple phrases, feeling like a total loser"
so he still smokes it then
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 January 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
I hope footage from that presentation leaks
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 3 January 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
"learning about drugs without facing criminal charges should remain an activity solely reserved for the rich"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
" Others fell deeply in love and got thrills from the enlargements of the heart."
lol
― andrew m., Friday, 3 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
My friend died from enlarged heart u asshole!
― andrew m., Friday, 3 January 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
The 1990s brought astonishing hip-hop — Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, the Fugees — and I got introduced to all of that like everybody else at the time. My hands were writing and editing conservative editorials for The Wall Street Journal; my ears were straight outta Compton.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
Brooks otm
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
I want to do an AI image rendition of "David Brooks being introduced to Wu-Tang Clan like everybody else at the time."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
It’s telling that he writes & edits with his “hands,” not his brain.
― "Mick Wall at Kerrang!" (morrisp), Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
Then there are the times that are just awkward — like the time at a Nas concert when a seven-foot-tall woman in a black bodice came up to me and asked, “What on earth are you doing here?”
haha
― jmm, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
Possibly a true story
According to my cousin, @nytdavidbrooks is currently at the Nas/Lauryn Hill concert. I can't begin to process this.— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) November 5, 2012
― jmm, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
xp that woman should be paid a good salary to just keep doing that wherever he goes.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 24 November 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
I asked, and it was her!
I just texted my cousin and…I think the answer is yes??? https://t.co/1qIj3Eu3oS— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) November 25, 2022
― jaymc, Friday, 25 November 2022 03:49 (one year ago) link
None of the rappers he mentioned were from Compton,
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 November 2022 03:58 (one year ago) link
lol, thank you jaymc. I had a feeling...
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:18 (one year ago) link
How did you find that old HB tweet?
― jaymc, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
I googled "david brooks nas concert" and that tweet was the second result
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
Nice
― jaymc, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:36 (one year ago) link
What a night. Usually when I’m up this late it’s because I’m listening to NBA Youngboy.— David Brooks (@nytdavidbrooks) November 4, 2020
― just sayin, Friday, 25 November 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
Also found this interview where he mentions the concert. He is so proud of having gone to that concert.
https://www.newsweek.com/david-brooks-new-york-times-columnist-narcissism-mockery-and-hip-hop-340318
"I believe that, over the centuries, smart people had incredibly valuable perceptions. But I don't live in the past. People stereotype me as a fogey. I am not. I go to hip-hop concerts.""Pardon?""I listen to Kendrick Lamar. I was at a Nas concert not long ago."
"Pardon?"
"I listen to Kendrick Lamar. I was at a Nas concert not long ago."
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Though this is the unassailably best quote imo:
"I had metaphorical moral headphones on. People didn't associate me with an intimate life. Now, when people have a trauma, they talk to me."
Meanwhile the interviewer is needling him the whole time.
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
"People have traumas after talking to me."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 November 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
In 1991 when David Brooks was a 30 year old man writing columns about how the Black people who make the music he likes deserve poverty and suffering, his current wife was six years old— Hilary Agro 🍄 @hilarya✧✧✧@masto✧✧✧.l✧✧ (@hilaryagro) November 24, 2022
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 November 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
― JoeStork, Thursday, November 24, 2022 2:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
lol otm
― The field divisions are fastened with felicitations. (Deflatormouse), Friday, 25 November 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
This dude and his Nas concert.
https://chicagomaroon.com/17637/news/uncommon-interview-david-brooks-a-b-83/
CM: So I read somewhere that you listen to rap music. Who are you listening to now?DB: [Laughs] It’s true. I was at a Nas concert! I can barely stomach Tyler the Creator, who gets a little raw for me. I come into contact with them through my kids, so they’re my avenue into the world.
DB: [Laughs] It’s true. I was at a Nas concert! I can barely stomach Tyler the Creator, who gets a little raw for me. I come into contact with them through my kids, so they’re my avenue into the world.
― jmm, Friday, 25 November 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link