Here is one of two Juan Epsteins for the week. Sorry for Sendspace, but I jacked this from Ciph…

A dream realized for me….

Fridays can be pretty adventurous in NYC.

This is a MUST-READ on who the Clintons really are–from yesterday’s Times:

Seeds of Destruction
By Bob Herbert
Published: May 10, 2008

Their repertoire has always been deficient in grace and class. So there was Hillary Clinton cold-bloodedly asserting to USA Today that she was the candidate favored by “hard-working Americans, white Americans,” and that her opponent, Barack Obama, the black candidate, just can’t cut it with that crowd.

“There’s a pattern emerging here,” said Mrs. Clinton.

There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Republicans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limited to the South. Now the Clintons, in their desperation to find some way — any way — back to the White House, have leapt aboard that sorry train.

He can’t win! Don’t you understand? He’s black! He’s black!

The Clintons have been trying to embed that gruesomely destructive message in the brains of white voters and superdelegates for the longest time. It’s a grotesque insult to African-Americans, who have given so much support to both Bill and Hillary over the years.

Read the rest

TNA’s Scot Steiner spoke to Kevin Eck from the Baltimore Sun this week and ran his mouth on everything and everyone. I did not watch Steiner during his first couple of runs, but I have gone back and watched a lot. I have never been particularly impressed. His body looks absurd. He is one of the most obvious roid cases in the business, he has NO mic presence whatsoever, and his matches are very limited. That doesn’t stop Steiner from running his yapper, though.

what’s more disgusting–the chain net on my
head or my bulbous steroided belly button?

In his rant to Eck, Steiner buries HHH, HBK, and Ric Flair. He calls Flair “a cry-baby” and claims that no one in the WWE locker room respects him except his friends Hunter and Shawn. He also claims Michaels isn’t a real athlete and says Hunter’s success is only due to his marriage to Stephanie.

This is one thing that has made me sick about the wrestling business as I have learned it. It is a very political business and a worker’s success depends more than anything on his relationships with other workers and management. Some guys are unable to play the game. Some guys’ egos are too big. And as a result, they feel short-changed for their entire career. Scott Steiner obviously has a BIT of a chip on his shoulder. His comments were disgusting. Ric Flair’s place in history was written years ago. He has done so much for pro wrestling that it goes beyond anything I can write in a blog.

As for HHH, I certainly hear where Steiner is coming from, but give me a break. HHH has done a lot for the business himself and has put over a lot of people besides HBK and Flair. As for HBK–well I am the world’s biggest Bret Hart fan–and I STILL respect HBK. A - he is a different person today than he was years ago and B - he is a brilliant and innovative wrestler.

So Scott–keep talking trash. You better make sure it gets posted in blogs, though, or I’ll never hear it. In fact–without blogs, I would never hear from you again. Fortunately for me, I don’t care.

feat. Funk Flex, Mister Cee, and others…

If you have not made it to one of Ciph’s comedy shows–do yourself a favor and go. The next one is this coming Tuesday at Comix in NYC.

Dame and I discuss Jim Jones’ progress as a rapper, Obama’s struggle, and much more. The best part of this is Dame’s interaction with his nephew. I have always admired Dame and think he is one of the quintessential New York hip hop characters and in this video, he is just so him. It’s also worth note that I bumrushed him on the street on his birthday while he was enjoying a leisurely cigar. His mood goes from semi-guarded to completely talkative over the seven minutes. Then I ran out of space on the Flip Cam.