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Jake Parent for the Chronicle of Higher Education by Daily Double A on Nov 6, 2009 in state schools UC Santa Cruz UCSC Alison Yin schools editorial I photographed Jake Parent at UC Santa Cruz awhile back for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Parent, a stellar student, received conditional acceptance to San Jose State University, his first choice school, yet after accidentally marking the wrong...

Friday Funk: Billy Paul by iLL-Literacy on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized Billy Paul Jazz singers in recent history – Billy Paul. A recent documentary Am I Black Enough For You has brought the silent legend closer to the public eye, unfolding some of the reasons the classic “Me & Mrs. Jones” was the peak of hi...

VIDEO: Grizzly Bear “Ready, Able” by iLL-Literacy on Nov 6, 2009 in Under the Influence Video grizzly bear This video is so hardbody!!  Or perhaps more like malleableblobby.   You already know that we’re huge fans of stop-motion, and huge fans of Grizzly Bear, and in this video the band takes it a step further (a step towards TRIPPIN BALLS!).  Ju...

This is what it’ll feel like when iB4the1.1 drops next Tuesday by iLL-Literacy on Nov 6, 2009 in Video No offense to Uruguay.

California Will Pay for Your New Appliances by CalFinder Remodeling Blog on Nov 6, 2009 in Green Remodeling On the heels of the successful Cash for Clunkers trade-in program, the government has now allotted $300 million to encourage consumers to buy Energy Star appliances. $35.2 million of that funding has been allocated to the California Energy Commis...

ILL-HOMIES: Keelay & Zaire “Addicts For Real RMX” (Behind the Scenes) by iLL-Literacy on Nov 5, 2009 in Video iLL-Homies blue scholars inverse papalodown The homie Keelay was in town a couple of weeks ago for CMJ, and bunched together with Papa Lo, Geologic, Jern-Eye, and several shots of $4 tequila we found ourselves stumbling around a trance club with umbrellas and tiny plush tigers.  We FOCUSED, M...