That Low Country Kingdom thing is fascinating
― cardamon, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
'White, military people have crashed (?) and now are underwater (but also in a burning city) surrounded by dangerous but admiring non-white mermaids, the white men maintain their composure'
― cardamon, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
Seems to have nothing to do with China though?
― cardamon, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
sketchfactor "has a reporting mechanism for racial profiling," so it's got that going for it.
― le hague, Sunday, 10 August 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
I downloaded Sketchfactor and 99% of the entries are trolling, and some are really funny
― Dan I., Monday, 11 August 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors [Started by Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose) in September 2003, last updated 51 seconds ago by Jazzbo on I Love Music] 6 new answers
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:20 (nine years ago) link
what do u think of the word 'jazzbo'
2 US archaic A person, especially a black man.
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:22 (nine years ago) link
Here are names of some toys that will make many reader squinch: Jazzbo Jim, Tombo Alabama Coon Jigger, Ham and Sam, and Somstepa Coon Jigger. They certainly don't represent the finest hour of American manufacturing history.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-05-05/features/1991125223_1_black-memorabilia-jigger-jazzbo
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
I had never heard that meaning of jazzbo before! Had always taken it to mean geeks with sick chops.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
note that it doesnt say it is derogatory in itself, just that any 'neutral' word for 'a person, especially a black man' in early 20th c america will inevitably carry the value inferences of its age
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
I always thought jazzbo was a beatnik term--like a white dude grooving to a Charlie Parker set
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
that brief definition is provided by oxfordictionaries.com without any etymological support, not that i question their scholarship. i'm curious about this usage, though, as it's new to me. i wonder whether the word was ever really in common use in this extremely generic sense. perhaps the mention simply reflects the tendency of racist whites to turn anything associated with black culture into a hateful epithet?
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QGAn8IU.jpg
this is selling for $1900 on ebay
sick mouthy should be looking to expect around £25,000 for his mint condition ronaldinho bottle opener in 50 years time
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
can i still call jazz guys "cats"?
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
only if you're talking about the ownership of their bases
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:14 (nine years ago) link
does the name of the toy describe the character as a musician (playing banjo, "dancer"), or is it simply generic? and is there any clear difference between the two, given popular racist notions regarding "natural" aptitudes?
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
asking because i don't think that the tendency of racists to use the language of black culture in a hateful manner should be granted the power to render the language racist. suppose it's a question of degree.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
Someone should ask a Black person.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
[nods sagely]
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
Albert Richard "Jazzbo" Collins (born January 4, 1919, Rochester, New York[1] — d. September 30, 1997, Marin County, California) was an American disc jockey, radio personality and recording artist who was briefly the host of NBC television's Tonight show in 1957.
The name "Jazzbo" derived from a product Collins had seen, a clip-on bowtie named Jazzbows.
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
Let's ask Prince Jazzbo.
http://dublab.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/jazzbo.jpeg
Except he's dead. What about another DJ, Jazzbo Collins?
http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/52/1054352.jpg
A popular segment on his show was the "no stinkin' badges" routine. Al would politely request the main guest for that day don a Mexican bandit costume, complete with ammo belts crossing the chest, six-guns in holsters, a huge sombrero and large fake mustache. The guest then had to pose in front of cameras and for the TV audience. With pistols pointing at the camera lens the guest had to say (with emphasis) "I don't got to show you no stinkin' badges." If the guest did not say it with sufficient sinister tone Collins made him or her repeat it until in Al's opinion the guest got it right.
But he's dead too.
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
also from al "jazzbo"'s wikipedia page:
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
oh sorry for the repeat post. you've got to be quick on this site.
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
in any event, at least one jazzbo, we know, was racist
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Oof. My dad has a few Al "Jazzbo" Collins 78s that he played for me when I was a kid, and I remember them as being hilarious, but no idea if they hold up. That's some seriously fucked-up shit about his tv show, though.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Elvis Costello gets Stroppy with Aging Jazzbo
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
apparently, it was once thought by some that the genre's appellation descended from a musician named "jazzbo"
that's according to this site, anyway
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
the word "jazz" comes from "jasm", which meant semen but also was used to denote vitality and energy. this according to an art history professor from college.
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
All this jazzbo talk, I was about to make a witty remark about the Hasbro toy company.
But wait. Remember when "bro" was more of an African American reference, soul brother 70s street "jive" talk, etc?
Now it's more about frat boys and white people who surprise each other with bottles of Smirnoff Ice. Hasbro indeed.
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
Most of the music's innovators -- Ellington, Miles, Mingus, Monk, many others -- hated the term "jazz," which they (rightly) saw as limiting and demeaning at best.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
― lars von (Treeship), Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^fuck elvis i just picked up a gary peacock/mal waldren record at a garage sale, dude rules
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
who'd have thought a racial slur would be mentioned in conjunction with elvis costello
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
what
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0c2GQWBdY
― Gay Fire Beautiful Dong (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 14 September 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
Native America Become “Naturally Lazy” on The FADER
― well-behaved wingmen really hate Mystery (DJ Mencap), Monday, 29 September 2014 08:28 (nine years ago) link
http://circuitsweet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/b994e988-8fe7-4892-a306-7ba905033ad1.jpg
ha ha
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 29 September 2014 08:30 (nine years ago) link
are you fucking kidding me
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 29 September 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
brb, tearing my face off in frustration
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 29 September 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link
When asked about the origin of their band name, frontman Ross Farbe explained, “I was thinking about the heritage of the music I wanted to create, and how rock and roll originated in America. It’s a joining of cultures and influences that could only happen in our young, strange country.”
― marcos, Monday, 29 September 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
yes this is racist
sigh
― Nhex, Monday, 29 September 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link
“People are scared to love the Beatles,” says Ross Farbe, vocalist and guitarist of New Orleans dream-pop, rock ‘n’ roll band Native America. “Along with that, the Beach Boys. Another band that everyone’s afraid to like. We adore them.”
― nakhchivan, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
are we at that point in the decade again, because I thought people love the shit out of those
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
People are scared to love the Beatles and Beach Boys? Was there ever a time or place where this was true?
― Nhex, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
iran, 1980
― nakhchivan, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
Soviet Union in 1970?
― Mordy, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
and so forth
― nakhchivan, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
sad that quote is too long for a thread title
all right, fine, ya got me
― Nhex, Monday, 29 September 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Scared to hate them more like... LOL 'scared' tho
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
That's what's wrong with music these days, not enough musicians hate the Beatles
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link