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Philly hipsters rapping about the city's hardcore history
over beats constructed out of screamo and hip hop records. Its overly gimmicky and the execution has its moments but I lose my shit when I hear "find major taylor and bring him up on war crimes / my records stacked tall like a dozen eric wareheims."

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

i want to call this "reverse beastie boys" but i dont think thats quite right.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

meta-insular! guaranteed success! (at the khyber, silk city, etc.)

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Saturday, 5 March 2005 17:53 (twenty years ago)

you know brian started the t* board? he's to blame!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

philadelphia's hip-ternal internet communications sites demonstrate the genuine lameness inherent in philadelphia's scene (separate from the bands themselves) - it's all a why can't we be friends - all the time, except for the michael bolton moments of how can we be lovers if we can't be friends.

rapping about all of this - sux0rs.

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Saturday, 5 March 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

i think if i remove myself from the incestousness of phillys internet scene, i like YMD.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

you philebrities

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 5 March 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

this a joke right...

― the rock n roll nigga (the rock n roll nigga), Saturday, 5 March 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

do you think it is?

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Major Taylor?

http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/images/a-portrait.jpg

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Saturday, 5 March 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

i wouldnt be surprised if ralph from franklin was referencing him! he was the fastest bike rider [bike punx unite!] but never was recognized for his efforts because he was black.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 March 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

ten months pass...

cops raid YMD gig in south jersey: http://herjazz.org/maria/2006/01/21/694

watch the video clip!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 21 January 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

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