tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post3632824470682179007..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: Ta-Nehisi CoatesSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-4042189676601796952010-01-12T13:35:11.944-08:002010-01-12T13:35:11.944-08:00I've always enjoyed the song. I have a soft s...I've always enjoyed the song. I have a soft spot for it because I liked going to the <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=959" rel="nofollow">First Theatre</a> when I was a kid. The group that performed there would also do that song.J—https://www.blogger.com/profile/18170012454374960050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-52579988685467383722010-01-12T12:34:09.142-08:002010-01-12T12:34:09.142-08:00I've found "I'm My Own Grandpaw"...I've found "I'm My Own Grandpaw" to be a really strange litmus test for an audience. The damndest people just lose it laughing. It might only be that they had never heard it before but it's reliably weird.<br /><br />Others snora.guitarist manquénoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-90111431113922818882010-01-12T10:09:33.248-08:002010-01-12T10:09:33.248-08:00Do you read this guy regularly, Substance?
Nope. ...<i>Do you read this guy regularly, Substance?</i><br /><br />Nope. I saw him linked at LGM was once again impressed at how awful he is.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-90690497101542270852010-01-12T08:42:50.538-08:002010-01-12T08:42:50.538-08:00Switching, if I may, from Reid's remark to its...Switching, if I may, from Reid's remark to its publication, did you all see <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31384.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>?<br /><br /><i>The authors write in “Game Change,” published this weekend, that Reid had made the remark “privately.” They did not say he had said it to them.<br /><br />[…]<br /><br />In the book's“Authors’ Note," they wrote: “All of our interviews — from those with junior staffers to those with the candidates themselves — were conducted on a ‘deep background’ basis, which means we agreed not to identify the subjects as sources in any way. We believed this was essential to eliciting the level of candor on which a book of this sort depends."</i><br /><br />Instead of "I'm My Own Grandpa," one could sing "I'm My Own Anonymous Source."J—https://www.blogger.com/profile/18170012454374960050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-27990130132656066652010-01-12T08:18:55.651-08:002010-01-12T08:18:55.651-08:00I notice Coates skips over the phenotypical issue ...I notice Coates skips over the phenotypical issue and gives more attention to the linguistic one of code-switching, which can be more easily reduced to a binary than variation in skin color.<br /><br />Do you read this guy regularly, Substance? I would think the sloppiness in writing would make that a bit of a challenge.J—https://www.blogger.com/profile/18170012454374960050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-55450586718913306102010-01-12T00:29:18.142-08:002010-01-12T00:29:18.142-08:00Yes, I am quite terrible.Yes, I am quite terrible.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-51495700474247599752010-01-11T20:56:02.646-08:002010-01-11T20:56:02.646-08:00Clearly you're a racist.
You know, like Harry...Clearly you're a racist.<br /><br />You know, like Harry Reid.<br /><br />Not like that nice Trent Lott, but you know what I'm saying...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-91048789785704237052010-01-11T18:12:59.092-08:002010-01-11T18:12:59.092-08:00Thank Goodness we have the Repuke-lickins to get a...Thank Goodness we have the Repuke-lickins to get all pc for the common good.<br /><br />Is M.C. Steele going to tell Jeff Sessions to hold off on wearing his KKK outfit until after the 2010 elections?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com