• Martin Cizmar finds out what happened to all of the original NWA posse on LA Weekly.
• Andrew Nosnitsky of Cocaine Blunts unpacks crate-digging culture in the South with a short ditty on the occasion of a new mixtape by Mississippi’s Big K.R.I.T.
• In Crawdaddy, sound engineer Dinky Dawson has a regular feature in which he recounts his life on the road with the Byrds, Fleetwood Mac, Warren Zevon, Steely Dan, and so on. The latest installment features a monkey, Doris Day, a shotgun, and “Kokomo.”
• One-liner from Camille Dodero of the Village Voice: “the fact that the baby chasing the dollar bill on the iconic symbol of ’90s ‘alternative’ culture now works for Shepard Fairey, who embodies the 21st-century commodification of underground culture, is, well, rich.“

Comments

1. ↩ doorknobs / 8 May 2010

   Nice CB K.R.I.T. piece, hadn’t seen that. Also, Crawdaddy link is a little wonky.

2. ↩ Zach / 8 May 2010

   Thanks — fixed that.

3. ↩ Zach / 18 May 2010

   The comments thread on the CB piece is great, I should add.