On this day in 2010, George Steinbrenner, the larger-than-life, longtime owner of the New York Yankees, who re-established the team as one of baseball’s most successful franchises, dies of a heart attack at age 80 in Tampa, Florida. Under Steinbrenner, who owned the team from 1973 until his death, the Yankees won seven World Series […]
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Corrientes tres cuatro ocho, segundo piso, ascensor,No hay porteros ni vecinos, adentro cocktel de amor. Pisito que puso Maple, piano, estera y velador,Un telefón que contesta, una fonola que llora,Viejos tangos de mi flor y un gato de porcelana pa que No maulle el amor. Y todo a media luz, que es un brujo el […]
Continue ReadingAll Hope In Eclipse
A thousand nights once succoured MeIn the shadow of Miss Anne ThropySat gargoyle-limbed amid My licking flame A cruel tongue at work in Her secret vaultsSent Rebellion’s embers into revoltThe comming of extinctionSynched to whimpers of my name…Legion I arose, a flood of inhumanityAn acid reign to purify the worldThe Asp at Pharaoh’s breastThe Atom […]
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I believe the sun should never set upon an argumentI believe we place our happiness in other people’s handsI believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for youI believe your parents did the best job they knew how to doI believe that beauty magazines promote low self-esteemI believe I’m loved when I’m […]
Continue ReadingA Man’s Home Is His Castle
Linda works the diner pourin’ coffee slingin’ hashShe said, "I wouldn’t have come in today"But I really need the cash"I know I can’t fool anyone ’cause dark glasses tell no lies"But make-up won’t cover up a blackened eye"Oh, oh, oh no "You see, Jimmy works construction now"But yesterday it rained"So he went down to the […]
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C’mon on, c-c’mon(Say what, say what)Yo yo, there she goGo girl with your fine ass You keep askin’ for my timeYou keep tellin’ me, that I’m fine!Give me your numberI wont call!Give me your pager tooNot at all will I call, not at all I know that you want a piece of my ass,Don’t you […]
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Looking in my own eyes I can’t find the love I want Someone better slap me Before I start to rust Before I start to decompose Looking in my rear mirror Looking in my rear mirror I can make it disappear I like pleasure spiked w/pain Music is my aeroplane It’s my aeroplane […]
Continue Reading2 Dope Boyz (In A Caddilac)
Verse One: Big Boi, Andre From the bottom of my lungs a nigga be blowin, spittin his gameComin up on ya from the South, the A-T-Liens aint changedCooler than most players claim to beA nigga that’s from the A-Town seeThe home of the Bankhead Bounce, Campbellton Road and other city streetsEnough of the verality, fallacy, […]
Continue ReadingA Few Minutes On Friday
She kills, with foreign filmsThe emptiness of day to dayAnd I wait until the weekend comesSo I can clear this uselessness from my brainI count the days until she arrivesThose precious minutes when she is mineAs we walk from my front door to her carWe’re so close and aloneBut that will disappearIn a room filled […]
Continue ReadingA Man With 18 Wheels
He’s been gone for ten long daysBurnin’ up that interstateHe’s got a run from coast to coastI’ve got one more night to go I love a man with 18 wheelsSeventy feet of polished steelBaby makes his livin’ on the roadWell he just called from Baton RougeOne more stop and he’ll be throughThen he’s mine until […]
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