Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
Here’s something I didn’t plan on finding today: a senior adult church hip-hop choir called Funky Fresh Seniors. They don’t seem too engaged at the beginning with Eminem’s lyrical work, but they definitely warm up nicely to Nelly at the end.
Bonus: they’re available for weddings, private parties, and bar mitzvahs! I only have one question: what church approves of their elders singing “It’s getting hot in here, let’s take off all our robes”? This is highly disturbing on multiple levels.
MC Hammer’s social networking side project, Dance Jam, will be debuted later this month. From a Washington Post interview on the topic:
At the right time, I will introduce several styles of the Hammer Dance — including tips on executing some of the classic moves […]
Hammer Time!