Laid Back Jack profile picture

Laid Back Jack

About Me

I'm a big fan of people who have the ability for independent thinking and originality the most, but in general I can get along with anybody.

My Interests

making and listening to music, movies, sports, challenges, great conversations

I'd like to meet:

yo mamma .. width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Bobby Digital, Meth, Genius, Immortal Technique, Pharoah Monch, Jedi Mind, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Redman, Beatnuts, Mobb Deep, The Last Emperor, Biggie, Chino XL, Mr. Lif, MF Doom, Cannibus, Big L, Scram Jones, Common, Big Pun, Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Dr. Octagon, Rakim, KRS-ONE, Gang Starr, Brother Ali, Bob Marely, Bird, Dizzy Gillespi, John Coltrane, Atmosphere, Bob Dylan, Beethoven, Ween, CCR, Matisyahu, Radiohead, NOFX, E-Town Concrete, Monk, Tribal Knowledge, Zeppelin, Roots Technique, The Congos, Sevenseventeen, Astro Cusion, Aaron Dugan, Roots Tonic, Jonny Cash, The Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel, Charlie McQuiggan, Sublime, The Meters, Van Morrison, Al Green, The Beatles, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, One King Down, NWA, Snoop Dogg, Dre, Eazy-E, Sonic Youth, The Lox, Jethro Tull, Dispatch, The Who, Gnarls Barkley, Marvin Gaye, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Live, Portis Head

Movies:

Fight Club, Young Frankenstein, Cannibal Holocaust, Night of the Demons, Rush, Crash, Snatch, Blow, Pulp Fiction

Television:

Too Much

Books:

Silver On the Tree, The Grey King, The Dark is Rising

Heroes:

Mother, Father, Brother, Sister

My Blog

Another rant

It is unavoidable that the heartbeat of American culture happens when a parent sits his or her child in front of the television for their first time.  Along with the introduction of the child to ...
Posted by Laid Back Jack on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:53:00 PST

African American Stereotypes Through Hip-hop

Although the Civil Rights movement helped to thoroughly cleanse racism from the political correctness spectrum, it is not realistic to suggest that such a deeply engrained social pattern of oppression...
Posted by Laid Back Jack on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

Media Violence and the Budd Dwyer Incident

Due to the tragedy that took place at Columbine High School, along with many other similar events that have followed since, the nation has come face to face with a terrifying reality of it’s own...
Posted by Laid Back Jack on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:03:00 PST

The Road to Hell

I had a dream last night that I had died and my soul was sent to the gates of Hell to be processed.  It was the reverse of Christian ideology where one is sent to the gates of Heaven and St. Pete...
Posted by Laid Back Jack on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:26:00 PST