Attack Of The Killer Kangaroo

They NY POST reports on a horrific brush with nature:

“This kangaroo’s adrenaline is up… and they’re very aggressive,” Krstic said.

“Col’s lucky [the kangaroo] didn’t disembowel him.”

Kangaroos can actually be a menace and seem to come into conflict with humans via their dogs. Men will gallantly defend their dogs at any cost but i have to question what’s up in the minds of the dogs sometimes. Does a dog-looking animal on its hind legs throw them off or something? Do the Kangaroos mistake the dogs for little Kangaroos?

What’s going on? Never understimate a roo.

SOME CREATIVE MOTIVATION FROM ICE T, CHUCK D and COZMO D

I went on a deep dive reading/listening to some interviews by the aforementioned trio of old-school hiphop legends. I think alot of what they say is analogous to the art world or any creative endeavour.

Two came via Red Bull Music Academy from around 2008 (Ice T and Chuck D, available as both written and youtube audio) and the last one a youtube interview with Cozmo D was from 2021 and on a channel called the AllCity Taxi Talk Show.

All up this could occupy you for hours, but a quick takeaway is from Chuck D (okay not so quick, a 5 min read):

Jeff “Chairman” Mao:

It was the underdog, but if you look at an Eric B & Rakim album cover, and they’re very proud of their…

Chuck D:

Fake gold. That real big thick gold chain is real, real, fake and light. They were aspiring, but when we look at it, were they really paid in full? No, it was a nice thought. Everyone can wish. When they say that Jay Z is worth $300 million, I don’t know what that means, or where it comes from, if it’s a weapon of mass distraction. What does that do when someone is trying to learn their craft? “Wow, I’m gonna be an MC because Jay Z’s got $300 million and Beyoncé.” If you don’t get Beyoncé and the $300 million, are you still going to learn the craft to make that feed your soul? And if a person says “No,” then, OK, I can accept that. You’ve got to do something, either you’re awake or you’re asleep. The beautiful thing about art is that it enhances you and fills your time. If everyone here says, “F--- music, f--- that,” what are you going to fill your time with?

Are you a creator or a consumer? How many of you have friends who cannot get away from the PlayStation and are lost in the video game instead of designing one? That’s a reality, too, you can get lost in your zone. You don’t have to be a productive person, you can get lost in your zone and that’s cool, too, I guess. But the beauty of hip-hop comes from looking inside yourself and at the terrain and coming up with something you think is brilliant, and trying to push that into the forefront to entertain and inform people. Bottom line, people at the end of the week, if they work hard… this place [that we’re sitting in] used to be a textile plant. Do you think of that, how 20 years back inside these walls they were working their ass off for 40 years, eight hours a day, punching the clock? At the end of those weeks, people still flocked to something that made them feel better, and that was entertainment, that was art, that was music. There will always be room for people to say, “I want to release myself from everyday work and enjoy myself.” I think everyone in this room has the ability and the love to create something that gives others a breath of fresh air in their life. That’s the beauty of it – the release.

When you’re grown, pull out all the stops, your kid days are over, you’re not 14 years old with a thumb in your mouth or a lollipop like Lil Wayne. Seriously, it’s time to be grown, which means what? You’ve got an apartment, gotta pay rent. You still live with your mom? How long are you gonna do that? You’ve got a girlfriend or a boyfriend, might have a baby. Who’s gonna take care of the baby? “Oh, I was out there skateboarding, I broke my leg.” Got insurance? Mom and dad, they passed away, who’s going to bury them? You get an introduction into adult life that might not cater to your tastes, but somebody’s got to do it. Welcome to adulthood, so you can be an adult, but you’re also able to give people a break. This is the advantage we have as producers, DJs, engineers, MCs. Because a lot of people don’t have your abilities or your flexibility, and there’s a lot don’t have your insight. So, always keep the music with you, because people will need it more than ever, this year, next year, and in the years to come.

This isn’t a thing to give up because you can’t make a living, just figure out how to parlay the tools: work in a textile place, but still do your music. The minute the music gives you the answers of where you spend your time, “Oh, I’ve got a chance to work in this club, and I get to pay some of my bills.” You’ll see it, instead of saying, “I’ll just not work and I’ll wait for the music to pay me.”

April 1st, 1987, our first tour with the Beastie Boys, I worked at a job until that Friday. I wasn’t leaving my f---ing job until I’d seen a clear answer, that I could make a living and support my family doing rap. And I’d already made a record. I wrote Yo, Bum Rush The Show while I was driving and working. I wasn’t waiting for music to pay me, I better see it work. When I could see a little bit I put in my resignation, worked until the Friday, and was on tour Monday. I had two days from going to a job to my own business. There are only three options: you have a job, you have a business or you ain’t got no job. The only other option is death. I was a grown person when I made my first record, and it had to be serious to me. For me, to do music full time I had to see it. Last day of work, March 1987; my first day of my business, April 1st, 1987. I’m not making kid-ass moves, I looked at with a realistic approach. I was going to do music anyway, but I was going to do it in my time around my life as an adult. I don’t know if y’all can relate to that, but that’s my story. Everybody here over 16? Everybody over 18? I don’t have to tell you where you are in your life as adults. [Applause] I know I might have been running my mouth, and it’s 95 degrees up in here.