Video: Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday (u2 Cover)

Saul Williams The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust (2007, Self Release) Verdict = Groundbreaking Saul Williams is the most evocative lyricist in modern hip hop. There is really no one on the landscape of emcees that is as powerful a wordsmith in my mind. This has been always been the case for me. Ever since the release of his debut album, Amethyst Rock Star , it was clear that Williams was a whole different animal. On his third album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, Williams continues to turn [...]

I was watching videos last night and for some strange reason a common a river , theme ran through them: People Getting Hit with Shovels. First, I finally got around to watching Kanye West's Flashing Lights directed by Spike Jonze: And then the video for Sunday Bloody Sunday by Niggy Tardust. I find it hard to take this guy seriously... and while the message (about the plight of [...]

Ryan Adams' true "Halloweenhead" Christmas in July? Okay, that makes sense, especially during those hot summer months that beg for cool refreshment - unless, of course, you live in the southern hemisphere, where it actually does seem like Christmas in July, at least to all of us North-hemies... anywhoo... - or maybe it's a growing nostalgia for the yuletide kitsch. What is it about January, though, that makes us long for Halloween? Considering this week's Video Roundup , that's certainly how it seems. Maybe it's the dark winter months that bring [...]