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  1. Bullseye With Jesse Thorn: Prodigy Of Mobb Deep | Maximum Fun

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    Bullseye

    Guests: 

    Prodigy

    Guests: 

    Carolyn Kellogg

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    Prodigy: Member of Mobb Deep, Crusader From Queensbridge

    Queensbridge, New York is an important place for hip-hop. Not since Motown, 25 years earlier, has such an astonishing number of artists with a distinctive, sought after sound, emerged from such a specific neighborhood. Nas, Marley Marl, Cormega—these are just a few of the huge names that sprang from America's largest housing projects, located just across the bridge from Manhattan in Queens. Since the early 1980s, Queensbridge has been a veritable hotbed for new directions in East Coast hip-hop.

    And no rap-group has drawn inspiration from Queensbridge more vividly than Mobb Deep. Composed of rappers Havoc and Prodigy, Mobb Deep create music that makes you feel like you, too, grew up in Queensbridge. Listen to Shook Ones Pt. 2 enough times, and you'll feel like you could stab an unlucky sucker's brain with his nosebone.

    Jesse sat down with Prodigy, aka Anthony Johnson, after the release of his autobiography, My Infamous Life in 2011. Prodigy had just recently been released from prison, where he spent three years on gun charges. He talks about growing up with sickle-cell anemia, being dragged along on his father's jewelry store robberies as a teen, and how he used his time in prison for some serious personal transformation.

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    Carolyn Kellogg Recommends: Farewell, My Lovely and The Crying of Lot 49

    Carolyn Kellogg, book critic and staff writer for the LA Times, joins us to recommend two of her all-time favorite books.

    First, she recommends Farewell, My Lovely

    by Raymond Chandler. This hardboiled Los Angeles noir features Chandler's iconic language—analogies stronger than the libations his protagonists down in LA's most dimly lit nightclubs.

    Kellogg's next pick is Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying Of Lot 49. At less than 200 pages, The Crying Of Lot 49 is an accessible, pun-filled entry into the dense world of Pynchon.

    Read more of Carolyn's writing on books, authors, and publishing online at the LA Times' blog Jacket Copy.

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    The Outshot: Randy Newman's "Sail Away"

    If "You've Got A Friend In Me," is the only thing you think of when you hear the name Randy Newman, we've got an Outshot for you.

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    http://www.maximumfun.org/bullseye/bullseye-jesse-thorn-prodigy-mobb-deep

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  2. Listen to Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry Address From Just For Laughs 2016 :: Comedy :: Audio :: Paste

    Andy Kindler takes the comedy industry to task once again in his annual State of the Industry Address.

    https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/andy-kindler-state-of-the-industry-address.html

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  3. Listen to Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry Address From Just For Laughs 2016 :: Comedy :: Audio :: Paste

    Andy Kindler takes the comedy industry to task once again in his annual State of the Industry Address.

    https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/andy-kindler-state-of-the-industry-address.html

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  4. Episode 45 - Chris Remo

    This is a show about videogames, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest on the show talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that forged connections with others & games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest today is Chris Remo. Chris is designer and a composer at the videogame studio Campo Santo and the producer and host of Idle Thumbs. After spending a number of years as a videogame journalist Chris moved into development, working on games like Gone Home, The Cave, Thirty Flights of Loving and most recently, Firewatch.We talk early obsessions with Civilization, first discovering Star Wars via the PC X-Wing games, college dorm Starcraft battles, playing through the videogame canon in a matter of months, and why his love of Lucasarts adventure games have played such a pivotal role in his life.Videogames.iTunes HERE -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWRSS HEREGames discussed: Gorilla.bas, Starcraft, Civilsation, X-Wing, Imbroglio, The New York Times Crossword, Halo, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, The Legend of Zelda, Quake, Spelunky, Super Metroid, Firewatch, Sim CityCover design: Craig Stevenson - http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.ukMusic: Samuel Baker - http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki

    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Checkpoints-DeclanDineen/~3/wDX3fadJUD0/yxsz52eswg4e2lwe7lxn6kyxtfm8kd

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  5. Idle Thumbs > Shows > Three Moves Ahead > Episodes > Chess in 2016

    June 10, 2016 The inmates are running the asylum as Three Moves Ahead producer Michael Hermes takes over the show to talk about the state of chess in 2016. Joining Michael is chess professional and Youtuber John Bartholomew, an FIDE International Master and all-around chess guru. There are many reasons to be excited about chess right now, such as the boom in Youtube and streaming and the dynamic state of the professional scene. John and Michael go over some of the tools available to modern players, the sites they get excited about, and how St. Louis has become the chess capital of the US.

    Chess

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    https://www.idlethumbs.net/3ma/episodes/chess-in-2016

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