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XXXXL [Fashion]
Published 6/25/2008 by Hamilton Nolan at Gawker
... A Brooklyn rap crew has started a movement against tight clothes in hip hop. Cool! Not so cool: "'It basically boils down to: You are in a homosexual attire, and you are claiming to be something else,' says 28-year-old TSF member Blanco the Don. 'That's what I have a problem with—not the homosexualism.'" [VV. And what about the ...

SPOTLIGHT: THE “NO TIGHT CLOTHES” ALLOWED
Published 6/26/2008 by LexAve at STRAIGHT OUTTA NYC
... Force ) says HELL NO to the trend. This Brooklyn based rap group claims those sagging jeans cinched tightly below the hips—is causing some confusion. “No Tight Clothes” is their protest against the trend and their idea of breaking into the rap game. “The tight clothes—what, the boys is gay now? Boys walking around thinking they girls, girls walking around thinking they boys . . . No wonder all the girls are dating girls—because the boys are gay!” WOW! Read their story on this anti-tight gear movement . I’m saying, does the clothes really make the man? And if so, does ...

"Indie 500": David Bowie, The Spirit of Space/Taft, The Dodos, video round-up
Published 6/30/2008 by Vadim (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
... Video round-up will probably not be a regular feature here, but a couple of things deserve your attention, one good, one reprehensible. Naturally, the reprehensible thing is more fun to talk about: Arcynta Ali Childs, a reporter with way bigger balls than mine, recently spent an afternoon following Thug Slaughter Force, a Brooklyn posse I sincerely hope to not run into on the street. Their thesis statement ...