LINKAGE 10.30.2006

O'Reilly's pompous ass on David Letterman: Part 1 & Part 2. He actually admits the Iraq war was about oil.

Hurry up and get your fixings of YouTube, cause all the clips that have probably brought a resurge in viewership for many shows will be taken down.

The NY Times does a tribute piece on "Apache" (c/o Different Kitchen, who kindley linked me here)

Sidenote: "Apache" was actually the song that introduced me to what an actual break was. Back in my freshman year of high school, when me and my friends would have "Planet Rock" on repeat during our Friday night bboy sessions, I was totally unaware of what a break really was until I heard this track on a bboy video. I scoured Napster to locate the track and "Apache" became the next most overplayed song during our sessions, along with "The Mexican" and "Its Just Begun." Make sure to make your way to Soul Sides for some more material on "Apache".

And a case of when "wacky videos happen to great songs" (Soul Sights):


"The Doctor's Advocate" is now officially leaked. I'm giving it my first listen as we speak. Nope, I'm not going to put it up for you, but since I'm sure if you really are looking for it, you'll be able to find it yourself. (Here's the new K-Fed though, not that anybody really cares.) If you can't find it, Discobelle has a couple tracks. The Nas and Just Blaze track is pretty ill. Though the name dropping on the album seems to be a lot worse than the last album. Jay Smooth summed up The Game's position in hip-hop:

Game is the Luc Longley of emcees: nobody's mistaking him for an all-star, but he knows how to play his role on a winning team, and he delivers his usual 10 points and 8 rebounds here.