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Caterpillar’s Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing’s...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:32:00 -0500

Caterpillar’s Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing’s Mouthpiece

- 5/16/13, Bloomberg Businessweek

Times are hard, you’re afraid to pay the fee / So you find yourself somebody who can do the job for free

- Dirty Work; Steely Dan

Regular Genius: Searching for anything but Bobby Fischer at...

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:56 -0500

Regular Genius: Searching for anything but Bobby Fischer at School Scrabble Nationals

- 5/14/13, Deadspin

Turned the corners in the ninth grade / Now they saying that I might be one of the best ni**as ever

- 3 B’s; Tree

Bret, Unbroken - June 2013, Runner’s World There comes a...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:52:44 -0500

Bret, Unbroken

- June 2013, Runner’s World

There comes a time in every man’s life when he’s gotta handle shit up on his own

- Runnin’; The Pharcyde

Addicted to Guns - 5/8/13, The Chicago Reader It just got warm...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:27:38 -0500

Addicted to Guns

- 5/8/13, The Chicago Reader

It just got warm out, this the shit I’ve been warned about / I hope that it storm in the morning, I hope that it’s pouring out / I hate crowded beaches, I hate the sound of fireworks / And I ponder what’s worse between knowing it’s over and dying first / ‘Cause everybody dies in the summer

- Pusha Man (Part II); Chance the Rapper

What Do You Desire? - Issue 16, n+1 I ain’t worried...

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:32:55 -0500

What Do You Desire?

- Issue 16, n+1

I ain’t worried doin’ me tonight / A little sweat ain’t never hurt nobody

- Get Me Bodied; Beyonce

The Touch-Screen Generation - April 2013, The Atlantic Or maybe...

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:28:13 -0500

The Touch-Screen Generation

- April 2013, The Atlantic

Or maybe you could touch it, see where it leads

- Touch It ft. Kanye West; Pusha-T

Life after Hadiya - 5/4/13, The Chicago Tribune People say...

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:26:00 -0500

Life after Hadiya

- 5/4/13, The Chicago Tribune

People say I’m the life of the party ‘cause I tell a joke or two / Although I might be laughing loud and hearty, deep inside I’m blue / So take a good look at my face, you’ll see my smile looks out of place / If you look closer, it’s easy to trace the tracks of my tears

- Tracks of My Tears; Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Home Court: Filipino Hoops in Canada’s Frozen North -...

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:39:00 -0500

Home Court: Filipino Hoops in Canada’s Frozen North

- 5/1/13, The Classical

If I could build my whole world around you / then that would be alright

- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You; Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Double Feature Out in the Great Alone - 4/24/13, Grantland The...

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:54:01 -0500

Double Feature

Out in the Great Alone

- 4/24/13, Grantland

The White Wall

- 4/22/13, The New Yorker ($ req)

I’ma ride / I’ma ride / I’ma live / I’ma live / I’ma die / I’ma die for my motherfucking dawgs

- For My Dawgs; Waka Flocka Flame

Why NBA Center Jason Collins is Coming Out Now - 4/29/13,...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:01:30 -0500

Why NBA Center Jason Collins is Coming Out Now

- 4/29/13, Sports Illustrated

I ain’t like those other guys you hang around

- I Wanna Be Your Lover; Prince

You Send Me, April 2013 The OtR Crew Track List Nobody But Me;...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:29:00 -0500

You Send Me, April 2013

The OtR Crew

Track List

Nobody But Me; The Isley Brothers
Drive Slow ft. Paul Wall and GLC; Kanye West
Tell Me; Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Gone to the Moon; Future
Wait Here; Al Green
God Bless the Child; Billie Holiday
Band of Gold; Freda Payne
Long Time; Chance the Rapper
Pastime Paradise; Stevie Wonder

The Man Who Transformed High School Baseball on the South...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:22:59 -0500

The Man Who Transformed High School Baseball on the South Side

- 4/25/13, Chicago Reader

Been spendin’ most their lives living in a pastime paradise

- Pastime Paradise; Stevie Wonder

On Beyond 100 - May 2013, National Geographic You better not...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:52:50 -0500

On Beyond 100

- May 2013, National Geographic

You better not miss this, overdose dope and mixes / Let ya throat close with a boatload of dope quotes within it

- Long Time; Chance the Rapper

A House on the River - May 2013, Esquire Now that you’re...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:23:37 -0500

A House on the River

- May 2013, Esquire

Now that you’re gone, all that’s left is a band of gold / All that’s left of the dreams I hold is a band of gold / And the memories of what love could be / If you were still here with me

- Band of Gold; Freda Payne

The Hell of American Day Care - 4/15/13, The New Republic Them...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:28:54 -0500

The Hell of American Day Care

- 4/15/13, The New Republic

Them that’s got shall get / Them that’s not shall lose

- God Bless the Child; Billie Holiday

Faltering Courts, Mired in Delays - 4/13/13, The New York...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:30:08 -0500

Faltering Courts, Mired in Delays

- 4/13/13, The New York Times

Wait Here; Al Green

The Man Who Pierced the Sky - May 2013, Vanity Fair I’m...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:49:06 -0500

The Man Who Pierced the Sky

- May 2013, Vanity Fair

I’m gone to the moon, I float like balloons

- Gone to the Moon; Future

The End and Don King - 4/4/13, Grantland Women and booze, the...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:58:43 -0500

The End and Don King

- 4/4/13, Grantland

Women and booze, the weapon I choose then was truly major / I’m ringside with Don King when Ali fought Frazier

- Tell Me; Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Boston taxi cab drivers, often cheated, work in a world where...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:12:00 -0500

Boston taxi cab drivers, often cheated, work in a world where risk and reward are a mismatch

- 4/2/13, The Boston Globe

I’m leanin’ on the switch, sittin’ crooked in my slab / But I could still catch boppers if I drove a cab

- Drive Slow ft. Paul Wall and GLC; Kanye West

Skateistan - 3/29/13, FT Magazine Nobody can do the skate like...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:27:20 -0500

Skateistan

- 3/29/13, FT Magazine

Nobody can do the skate like I do

- Nobody But Me; The Isley Brothers