Money: Hedge Fund Manager = Top Paper

Source: New York Times (Thanks for the Reference Corporate Takeover)

Wall Street Winners Get Billion-Dollar Paydays

“You talking mon-nay. I got plentay,” Shawty Lo

By JENNY ANDERSON

Hedge fund managers, those masters of a secretive, sometimes volatile financial universe, are making money on a scale that once seemed unimaginable, even in Wall Street’s rarefied realms.

One manager, John Paulson, made $3.7 billion last year. He reaped that bounty, probably the richest in Wall Street history, by betting against certain mortgages and complex financial products that held them.

Question: Is this too much?

Source: TheDirty.Com

I’m asking because I want one of these. No for real.

Gnarls Barkley - Going On

I love this concept. Stylized brothers and sisters from the motherland getting down. I can’t tell you how many times I dreamed about a good pair of boots, something interesting to do with suspenders, and a John Malkovich portal.

“Don’t Follow Me.”

-Gnarls Barkley

Question: How Do We Feel About…

the Barack Edwards ticket?

Next: Miguel “Sure Thing”

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

Santogold is breaking up fallow ground with her latest release LES Artistes. Something about her music sounds like a New Movement and I can appreciate something new.

Santogold is on my Rebel Soul Playlist along with Gnarls Barkley, Lauryn Hill - a la “The Re-Education Mixtape,” and Marvin Gaye.

“Good Morning” - Dr. Maya Angelou

A Rock, A River, A Tree
Hosts to species long since departed,
Marked the mastodon.

Ideas? Links? Videos?

Send them my way… CarlosCollins04@hotmail.com. I’m interested!

Take 3 Mintues - Expand Your Mind

Who knew that African-American singers rose to these heights in the world of classical music? Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett are the gold standard, but just two in a line of great singers whose talent has been recognized on an international scale. What I find most fascinating about these people is their degree of cultural fluency. These artists are completely refined…

Classic Moments in YouTube History

RATED R - LANGUAGE, CHILD OUT OF CONTROL