@thisiselmattic

Editor in Chief, The Marcberg Review of Books

elmattic.substack.com
Joined June 2011
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DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: JULTOBER In which we play The Old Game. Rap returns, aging, the artist's compulsion, Dutch tulips, Bourdain and Chuck Barris, and newish records from Alaska, @Mike_Eagle, @defcee, Wiki, @NickelusF, Serengeti, Del x @marskumari and Qwel. Link in reply.
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Matt@brightloud9h
The narrative that dropping all creature comforts will somehow pull them out of poverty
BriBri
@BriaMo77722h
What's something broke people need to stop buying?
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Wine in the chalice, I'm in the Sahara with Arabs, I’m too arrogant for Donna Karan Great thread, full of gems
CASINO CAVIAR
@YamscasinoOct 22
Roc Marci has said some of the most bewildering things all in just a line or two
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[Car Wash sample voice] I knoooow you’re gonna dig this (I did. @rhyslangston pulled out all the stops.) rhyslangston.bandcamp.com/al…

to live and die in E.U.L.A., by Rhys Langston

12 track album

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Used to be something called 'head shops' where you could buy bongs and pipes and etc. At least one in every ungentrified neighbourhood in every major city. Stop trying to rewrite history.
FrothyCapSteadySlap@TennesseeChrisOct 22
GEN X HAD TO SMOKE OUT OF SODA CANS WITH SCREENS FROM A SINK FAUCET AND THEN BLOW IT INTO A TOILET PAPER ROLL FILLED WITH DRYER SHEETS SO GEN Z COULD HIT A WEED PEN AT TARGET
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Head shops started in the ‘60s for hippies for Christ’s sake. I mean I guess if you’re from Iowa or some Breakfast Club type place you didn’t have them, but that’s your problem.
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Roni Sighs@GingerSlim19h
It's Ten For Ten time again and this week I've got blackchai (@blkchai) in the house gingerslim.wordpress.com/202…

blackchai: Ten For Ten

This week on Ten For Ten, I’m joined by rising indie favourite blackchai. After recently celebrating the release of his latest solo album, Making Sense, the NY artist dropped by the blog to s…

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this mf said 'the Wired'
Vadim Rizov@vrizovOct 21
Both racist *and* mind-meltingly stupid. One day you’re mainlining Richard Pryor, the next you’re on fire.
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Obviously this is moronic crackpot right wing bullshit, but that giant Muslim piranha goes so hard.
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Martini on the slang rocks, certified chatterbox Vocabulary Donna talking, tell your story walking
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pxt@paulxtOct 19
Today at the magazine, I have the incredible honor of speaking at length with Kurtis Blow, who tells me about his upbringing in Harlem—including having his life saved by Malcolm X's wife!—and becoming rap's first major label star powmag.net/p/kurtis-blow-rem…

Kurtis Blow Remembers It All

The legendary Harlem rapper will be honored by the Paid In Full Foundation this weekend in Las Vegas.

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TYPE 4@TYPE4Boston6 Apr 2024
Even though writing on US rap & hip-hop history is still just scratching the surface, I think a very interesting book could be written about hip-hop's diaspora out into the world, with detailed chapters exploring when & how rap arrived & took root in different parts of the globe.
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According to Google this already exists, and my name is Matt Leake, so I guess I’m gonna have to start it. But not changing my passport.
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Main takeaway is: don’t change your bio to “currently using chatgpt to design biological weapons” or something as a joke.
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Wake up bitches, I wrote words again.
Elmattic@thisiselmatticOct 16
DOPE OF THE MONTH CLUB :: JULTOBER In which we play The Old Game. Rap returns, aging, the artist's compulsion, Dutch tulips, Bourdain and Chuck Barris, and newish records from Alaska, @Mike_Eagle, @defcee, Wiki, @NickelusF, Serengeti, Del x @marskumari and Qwel. Link in reply.
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Was gonna quote the Biggie about “don’t be mad, UPS is hiring” but I’m pretty sure UPS isn’t hiring
philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_Oct 16
Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has been fired, after less than a week on the job, NYT reports nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po…

Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days (Gift Article)

The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

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I think we should’ve waited until 2103.
Pablo Torre Finds Out
@pablofindsoutOct 16
We found Wu-Tang's infamous 1-of-1 album, "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin" — once purchased by pharma bro Martin Shkreli — and played it for Method Man (and you) for the first time.
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