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- Kanye: Curated
I finally got around to reading the Kanye interview in the Times. And it was dope—full of equal parts brilliance and insanity. Here are the highlights:
… if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, “This is wrong.”
I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.
[the Taylor Swift interruption at the MTV Video Music Awards] only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That’s all it is.
I don’t have one regret.
If anyone’s reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.
“Dark Fantasy” was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: “Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves.”
Yeah. I love the fact that I’m bad at [things], you know what I’m saying? I’m forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I’m forever the 5-year-old of something.
[on 808s] It was the first, like, black new wave album … I hadn’t heard new wave! But I am a black new wave artist.
I knew when I wrote the line “light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson” [from the song “Slow Jamz”] I was going to be a big star.
… you know, this one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration.
… kill self. That’s all I have to say. Kill self.
I don’t believe that it’s luxury to go into a store and not be able to afford something. I believe luxury is to be able to go into a store and be able to afford something.
… I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness!
… respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins; fresh kids win; creatives win; the company wins.
I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it’s like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.
I’ve been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, David Stern.
I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.” So when you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it’s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities. I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus.
I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.
[the Taylor Swift interruption at the MTV Video Music Awards] only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It’s only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That’s all it is.
I don’t have one regret.
If anyone’s reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.
“Dark Fantasy” was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: “Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves.”
Yeah. I love the fact that I’m bad at [things], you know what I’m saying? I’m forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I’m forever the 5-year-old of something.
[on 808s] It was the first, like, black new wave album … I hadn’t heard new wave! But I am a black new wave artist.
I knew when I wrote the line “light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson” [from the song “Slow Jamz”] I was going to be a big star.
… you know, this one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration.
… kill self. That’s all I have to say. Kill self.
I don’t believe that it’s luxury to go into a store and not be able to afford something. I believe luxury is to be able to go into a store and be able to afford something.
… I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness!
… respect my trendsetting abilities. Once that happens, everyone wins. The world wins; fresh kids win; creatives win; the company wins.
I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it’s like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.
I’ve been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You have like, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, David Stern.
I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.” So when you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it’s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities. I will be the leader of a company that ends up being worth billions of dollars, because I got the answers. I understand culture. I am the nucleus.
Chilled soup with melon lemongrass, and coconut milk served with a Serrano ham chip. Paired with Caldera Ginger Beer. (at Elements)
Bay scallops, shrimp, and calamari with chayote squash, watercress, orange supremes, and guajillo orange vinaigrette. (at Elements)
Jeremy and I started Sunrise a few months with the vision that a better calendar was not just a dream, it’s something we could build as designers.
We could imagine how much a new calendar would improve the life of millions of people everyday. We had to do it – or at least try.
Today, I’m…
Hopefully this means the best calendar app on iOS is coming to Mac.
BREAKING NEWS: GAME OF THRONES EPISODE FORCES PLANE TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
A plane on route to the San Francisco International Airport tonight had to make an emergency landing when passengers watching pirated versions of the HBO series Game of Thrones began hyperventilating, screaming hysterically, and violently damaging their tray tables. The situation turned more volatile when an airline stewardess unintentionally spoiled the ending of the episode for the captain, after which he stormed out of the cockpit shouting obscenities, forcing his co-pilot to land the plane on his own.
“I’ve never seen something like this before,” said one passenger on the flight. She was sitting next to one of the victims. “One minute, the guy next to me is just watching a show on his laptop, then all of the sudden, he starts shouting ‘No way! No F**king way!’” According to the witness, the man then slammed his laptop shut and violently kicked the chair in front of him. “He just wouldn’t stop screaming. He wouldn’t stop shouting cuss words.”
Another witness reported a similar incident at the front of the plane. “This chick next to me just started freaking out” says Martin Lodge, 39. “She was sobbing and kept saying ‘why, why, why’. At first, I thought maybe her boyfriend had just broken up with her by email or something, but then I heard this guy at the back of the plane yell ‘no way! no f**king way!’ and I knew something was going on. But what really tripped me out was the lady behind me. She started laughing!”
That lady was Angelica George, 32, who says she would have given anything to have had a video camera. “This was one of the most hysterical things I’ve ever seen. I’m a huge Game of Thrones fan and I’ve read the books, so I know exactly what happened in tonight’s episode. I just couldn’t help but laugh at their reactions, especially when the captain ran into the cabin shouting “f**k you George RR Martin!”
After landing, the plane was unloaded quickly and the affected passengers and captain were rushed to a nearby emergency room where they were treated with oxygen, heat blankets, and a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Rocky Road Ice Cream.
There is no word yet on their condition.
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- Director of Branding & Marketing at Travel MedfordWriting and Editing | Medford, Oregon Area, USExperience
- Jan 2012 - PresentDirector of Branding & Marketing / Travel Medford
- Aug 2008 - PresentOwner / Eloqui, Inc.
Eloqui is a team of freelance writers with specialties in both Creative and Technical Writing. We have experience in feature articles, grantwriting, copy writing and script writing.
- Sept 2007 - PresentFounder / sexy gypsy.
Pop culture blog focused on independent film, music and literature.
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2007 - 2008Southern Oregon UniversityBusiness
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2006 - 2007Napa Valley CollegeBusiness
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2003 - 2005Pacific Union CollegeBusiness
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Interests:Independent Music, Film, Literature, Sports
