Why Social Media Matters--a video for your viewing pleasure

My friend and colleague, the social media maven Kerianne Mellott posted this video on her blog today.  Because of my job (and general marriage to the internet), I end up spending a lot of time explaining why social media matters.

Here are the numbers.  Watch it. love it.

The Changing World of Slam Poetry

The New York Times:
Is Slam in Danger of Going Soft?

Apparently it's popular in Texas...

Drank is the new "anti-energy drink" designed specifically for the hip hop community. It's grape flavored, it's spiked with a bunch of herbs and compounds to mellow you out...it's actually called Drank! On the can (see here in this Village Voice article...thanks Syd!) is something that looks like a cough syrup bottle...or as we here on the 3rd coast like to call it, a sizzurp bottle. There is no attempt to obfuscate what's going on with this product;
and that makes me appreciate it even more.