Please observe a moment of silence or pour out a little liquor for Nick.
Or, you might want to listen to "Gangsta Lean." I find it helps at times like these.
Annnnnnddddd...that's it. For today. Any recap I'd put up now would suck so hard, you'd start hating me on the spot. Sorry. I'm tired. Yeah, I know that just yesterday, I went all Heather Nomi in the comments section of the Grammys post:
ProjRun recaps...go up on Fridays. In the words of Nomi Malone,
And now I apologize again: sorry I'm breaking those rules. But really, it'll be better later. Promise.
The recap will be up by Monday morning.
In the meantime, if you want to read an essay I wrote about SWV's "Weak" (a plea for its canonization, really), look no further. It's not often that I mention extra-blog stuff here because who cares, right? This, however, is totally something I'd post. And, whatever, you know you love "Weak."
You love this more:
The original, non-"Human Nature Remix" video for SWV's "Right Here." They were so raw, dancing in a crosswalk and shit.
Edit: I'm an asshole. While talking about SWV, I should have included a link to Bill's eviable SWV MP3 post that went up earlier this week. Dumb dumb dumb of me, considering that Bill's site, osn (One Soulful Negro) is my favorite MP3 site that ever existed. Develop your habit now.
I love your nails.
Posted by: | February 10, 2006 at 03:01 AM
okay im back in love with you.
now wheres my leather Bongo short shorts>!<>
Posted by: bob | February 10, 2006 at 03:22 AM
have u heard the new cazwell track "all over your face. its hillarious.
Posted by: fendie | February 10, 2006 at 05:20 AM
Hold up! Did Nick get eliminated? I might have to stop watching now. :-(
Posted by: a. | February 10, 2006 at 08:16 AM
Rich, you seriously make my life worth living.
Posted by: NV | February 10, 2006 at 08:40 AM
A mention of Gangsta Lean and Weak all in the same post..... Rich, I think I love you! Finally someone that understands my eclectically diverse taste in music and also loves ANTM. Will you marry me?
Posted by: Saun | February 10, 2006 at 09:22 AM
bravo. bravo. the SWV classic has been a fave of mine since day one. it is still in heavy rotation in my iPod. thank u.
Posted by: Pip | February 10, 2006 at 10:20 AM
You have no idea how you've totally made my morning. SWV? Gangsta Lean? Oh boy, did you take it back. I'm doubled over in pain/joy! Your blog is such a guilty pleasure. I loves Porgy!
Posted by: cinderelli | February 10, 2006 at 10:41 AM
okay, so Weak was the song that everyone who thought they could blow would sing and sound all fucked up, especially the chorus, because NO ONE knew the lyrics. Oh, memories.
Rich I love you. You would be the perfect white boy to take home to my momma.
Posted by: Kia | February 10, 2006 at 10:46 AM
This song's dedicated to my homies in that GANGSTA LEAN.
Why did you have to go soooo soooooon?
Seems just like yeeeestaday, we were hangin' 'round the hood.
Now I'm gonna keep your memory alive like a homey should.
Posted by: Kia | February 10, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Rich, love the outfit, is it Ver-Sace?
Posted by: Kel de Texas | February 10, 2006 at 10:56 AM
Ahh...the days when black women were allowed to be in music videos without a weave. :::getting misty:::
Now personally, I like the "human nature" remix better than the original. I'm talking the song. Very smooth.
Now if you feel like talking SWV, you need to talk about that bomb-ass song they had called "Downtown." Now there's a song they need to bring back...
Posted by: Shasta MacNasty | February 10, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Right Here (Original) video > Right Here (Human Nature Remix) video
Posted by: Joshua | February 10, 2006 at 02:35 PM
Oh shit, I remember "Downtown". No one demands cunnilingus like Koko.
Posted by: pepper | February 10, 2006 at 03:18 PM
'Weak' is so perfectly in synch with its time. Love it, can't think of the early 90s without resting my mind on that tune for at least a moment or two or three. Great write up...
Posted by: Neha | February 10, 2006 at 03:52 PM
such a short project runway post? I was looking forward to it! :(
the show is not fun without Nick.
Posted by: Oksana | February 10, 2006 at 04:03 PM
SVW is the bomb. I miss it!
Posted by: duane | February 10, 2006 at 04:10 PM
i am counting down the moments until your PR post.
Posted by: janie | February 10, 2006 at 04:54 PM
I just busted out laughing at my desk when I heard Gangsta Lean! What is that '93? '94? And it totally fits!!! Rich, how does one even sift through the cobwebs to pull that one out?!? Truly amazed. As for the SWV track, everyone who was a fan then never forgot them. Remember the one with the moustache?
As for Nick, I was over his ass when he gave that Paris Hilton monologue. Why? Ugh, but at least this episode had plenty of tears.
Posted by: Ando | February 10, 2006 at 06:13 PM
Why is Leelee so useless?
Posted by: Kia | February 10, 2006 at 07:37 PM
cool blog... please dont tell me you really hang with fatty
Posted by: fatty fathammer | February 10, 2006 at 08:58 PM
omg. i can't stop looking at that picture of nick. it's making me want to cry. look at him! he looks so upset. look at his little upset eyebrow and the way he's wiping his tears. you seriously capped that at the saddest moment, and now i can't look away, even though it's making me feel terrible.
i miss him...
Posted by: jess | February 10, 2006 at 10:45 PM
Rich? A white boy? I haven't been able to figure it out but I don't put him on straight-up "white." Remember that Seinfeld episode about Derek Jeter and race...so Rich, is you or ain't you?
Posted by: lovejoy | February 11, 2006 at 01:35 PM
first concert I ever went to was DRS.
yes. I'm ashamed.
even moreso that me and my cousins stood outside their hotel after the show trying to get autographs.
Posted by: Bill | February 11, 2006 at 03:30 PM
Let the record show that I am 100% white meat. Mostly of Eastern Euro descent. I think the buzzed head throws people off.
Posted by: Rich | February 12, 2006 at 11:33 AM