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related:
rages against the dying of the light
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Ah, okay, heh.
related:
Kamala Harris' celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop was funny, but this one may take the cake:
James Beard Award-winning chef JJ Johnson has invited the best Black chefs in New York to showcase their signature cuisine, which, similar to hip hop, is a storytelling artform where chefs are the artists reconstructing past foodways and honoring culturally relevant ingredients and techniques.
[pause]
If that's not enough to get you intrigued and hungry, Chef Johnson will attempt to set the world record for the largest amount of jollof cooked at one time.
Even better, there will be a performance by Rev Run and Ice-T.
Our MCs will be Tamron Hall and Angela Yee.
So, wave your hands in the air. And wave 'em like you want tasty fare! This cookout will be a serious rapper's delight.
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37. Blackout (WWE NXT, 5 Sep 2023)
Stray Observations
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) begins on Thursday.
I booked my AirBNBs for TIFF in early May.
I early-bird registered for TIFF industry accreditation in mid-June.
I booked my flights to and from TIFF shortly thereafter.
Throughout August, I researched places to eat at during TIFF.
And then, 24 hours before my flight to TIFF, I discovered that my passport expired in July.
[sigh]
That time I discovered that I had left my packed bag at home after landing in Las Vegas has been supplanted.
I considered changing my flights to and from TIFF to accommodate an expedited passport renewal, but I would be spending like $918 to not lose $1068.
I'm comforting myself with the fact that this year's strike-impacted festival missed out on a bunch of notable films.
36. Missing Package (How To with John Wilson, S03E06)
Honourable Mention
Stray Observations
(Harley Quinn, S04E08)
(How To with John Wilson, S03E06)
Year-End List Idea: The Top 50 Celebrations of "50 Years of Hip-Hop" of the Year.
Interesting that as we celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, an entire year has gone by without a rap song reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The last time the Hot 100 went without a rap champ for at least a year was after Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" reigned in July 1999. Following the soundtrack single's one-week rule, rap was absent from the Hot 100 summit until Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me" began a two-week command in February 2001. [source]
"The Real Slim Shady" didn't hit number one?!
2023 is also the longest we've gone into a calendar year without a rap album at number one on the Billboard 200 since 1993.
Cypress Hill's Black Sunday hit number one the week of August 7, 1993. Travis Scott's Utopia hit number one the week of August 12, 2023.
Thinking about how Sony's pay-one U.S. licensing deal with Netflix for feature films means that more people in America probably see Sony's films than any other studio's.
A Man Called Otto: The number one film on Netflix when it hit Netflix.
Missing: The number one film on Netflix when it hit Netflix.
65: The number one film on Netflix when it hit Netflix.
The Pope's Exorcist: The number one film on Netflix when it hit Netflix.
If it didn't hit Netflix at the same time as a new Adam Sandler film, Big George Foreman would currently be the number one film on Netflix.
More people in America will probably see No Hard Feelings than Fast X just because it's available to stream on Netflix.
Shit, more people in America will probably see Bert Kreischer's The Machine than Mission: Impossible 7.
35. Redacted Fundraising Group (Telemarketers, S01E02)
Honourable Mention
Stray Observations
(Minx, S02E06)