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New HowlAtMe.com

Welcome to HowlAtMe.com: Logan Wolf Edition.

This new update is part of an ongoing campaign to visually establish the intrinsic look and feel of the Logan Wolf brand.

In case you miss the old site & its era of eclectic, ever-changing design elements: Fear not! (Fear=TheMindKiller)

I’ve already prepared & preserved for you a cool Front Page that harkens back to days of old:

Re-Cyphered Ruins

Not enough for you? Check it!

How’s that for a blast from the past?

If you scroll down, you’ll find a nice little menu that will take you back in time to some of HowlAtMe.com’s other Classic Front Pages.

Just like this:

Current Front Page

Previous Front Page

Previous Front Page (OG Edition)

-4D

Chillin' @WBRU w/ DJ missAKW

So a week ago -- while I was in the middle of enjoying the BEST Weekend EVER -- I just couldn’t seem to fall asleep.

What’s there to do in Providence after midnight, when everything’s already BEEN closed?

Then....
OUT OF NOWHERE.... my homegirl DJ missAKW hits me up and invites me to come chill with her over at WBRU while she spins dope records!

“FUCK YEAH, AKW! I’m in there like swim-wear.”

Needless to say, I had a freakin’ AWESOME time! Poking around the storied WBRU radio station was on a whole new caliber of crazy ‘did that really happen?” unbelievableness -- like when I met Vinnie Paz at Haven Bros the next day. (The champ boxer, not the rapper who borrowed his name. Why the fuck didn’t I get a picture w/ him?)

However, I DID remember to quickly take a few flicks at WBRU before we bounced 2 let the Rock N Roll DJ do his thing:

“U seen the new pirate movie? Itz rated Arrrrrr..”

Gotta have 1 w/ a stoopid face, lol.

Shout out 2 the immortal Clark Darger!

SOOOOO MUCH FUN!
THANKS AGAIN, AKW!!
-4D

The Best Weekend Ever

It’s 5:55 AM.

I’m sad because it’s now Wednesday Morning, Ashley just left, Lorraine’s already gone, and

The Best Weekend Ever is almost over.

Oh well :/

It’s 5:56.

I’m gonna go crawl into the Crib and see if I can find myself a spot.

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I didn’t want to wake anybody up.

No Crib.

Time to hit the road!

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8:22 PM

The journey was incredible.

I love all of you so much.

Like my family.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Fuck Do I Know Anyway?

Ahh, FUCK IT!

The fuck do I know anyway, right?

I hereby Rescind, Revoke and Retract (“It’s The Three Rs, baby”) all statements I have ever published on the internet about anyone or anything. [Editor’s Note: 4D (pronounced Ford) has also gone COMPLETELY sober to commemorate the occasion.]

Especially those comments made on SOHH and ThisIs50.com about famous people I’ve never even met -- let alone truly know a damn thing about.

I mean seriously.

The FUCK do I know, anyway?

P.S. John Busbee and Fake-Ass-So-Called-Circe-Berman do NOT get a pass. They are excluded from my retractions on the grounds that one is a fake person, and the other is pretending to be a character from a Kurt Vonnegut novel.

No, for real. John Busbee is NOT a real person. He’s actually my favorite fictional character.

Extra Special Shout Out 2 anyone else I’ve ever offended with something I wrote about them. This one’s for you!

“You need haters. What the fuck are you complaining about? What the fuck do you think a hater's job is? To hate. If you have someone hating on you right now, you better think of how to get five more people hating by Christmas. You need haters to make you stronger.” -Katt Williams (roughly paraphrased)

Fuck That Fake-Ass 'Circe Berman'! Sam Bassett Forever!!

QUOTE: """"Could hack Bassett be the next Rabo Karabekian? Mmmkay.""""

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/masking-tape-art-with-one-vehement-critic/#comment-561469

Response:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/masking-tape-art-with-one-vehement-critic/?apage=3#comment-567953 [UPDATE: Times keeps taking down my comments. This is the original unedited]

Clearly, Sam went way over your head.

The only thing hackneyed here is your irrelevant, baseless 'contribution' to this discussion, draped in a 'subtle' and 'clever' literary allusion like it's the fucking American Flag.

How is Sam a 'hack'?

How is Sam's work even 'hack'-like?

You're the only one spewing dull, unoriginal phlegm here, 'Circe Berman'.

If you're gonna accuse somebody of being a 'hack', back that shit up and use your real name.

Or stay home and keep to yourself if you don't feel like doing shit, you lazy arrogant pile of shit.

At least cite some examples.

It's easy. Watch.

For instance, you chose the name Circe Berman.

Circe Berman?

Please.

What could be more dull, unoriginal, and REPETITIVE than pulling your fake name from a Kurt Vonnegut character?

I don't care how fucking dope you think your reference to Bluebeard is.

The moment you get in line as self-fellating-mother-fucker-#1987 to 'borrow' that pen name, you've already defeated your own purpose.

How are you gonna plop that shit out, then spin around and have the nerve to call someone else a hack?

You're a walking contradiction, Polly Madison.

Kill yourself.

Sam Bassett Forever.

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Ford4D.com

New Front Page For HowlAtMe.com

[NOTE: Blogger Version Of Above Image Has Washed Out Colors]

So yeah....

I feel like it was probably a poor choice to tell some very lovely people I had just met to check out Ford4D.com & 4DFoundation.com while I had a blog entry up about how I was “Going A Lil Bit Crazy”.

Hyperbole at its finest.

So I wanted to take this opportunity to throw a Extra Special “I’m even worse at spelling names than remembering them” Shout Out 2 Rachel (Rachael?), John (Jon?), Laura (Lore-Ah?), Eric (Airick?), Georgia (GA?), Amy (Atreyu?) & Richard (‘Don’t call me Rich’).

In no particular order.

So I re-designed the Front Page for HowlAtMe.com around this new image which I may choose as the definitive icon for WolfCast.

I say may because I’ve grown rather fond of it as a Front Page / Splash Page image.

In honor of the occasion:

Current Front Page

Previous Front Page

Previous Front Page (OG Edition)

As you can see, the Current Front Page appropriates the text objects and images from the two Previous Editions.

Shit, by the time you read this, I may have already given the type a complete overhaul.

Compare with included image above if necessary.

And please: Leave me some feedback!

TheRealFord4D AAAATTTT gmail DDOTT com

Peace!

Going A Lil Bit Crazy

So yeah, just a lil bit.

I’m debating with myself whether or not I should post Going Crazy parts 1 and 2.

They’re just a little bit more than nuts.

Btw, if you’re reading this from 4DBlog, go check out 4DFoundation.com, or if you’re already here check out www.Ford4D.com and read 4DBlog.

R.I.P. Warren Schor

“I can’t believe you’re gone.”

Feels like you hear that all the time.

Shit, I wish so bad this wasn’t true, but I’ve said it before.

Yet for some reason, when Warren passed, it just felt new again.

Different.

The feeling behind those words have really taken on a life of their own.

It’s inconceivable to me that I’ll never get a chance to see Warren again.

That I only had so much time to see him again.

FUCK!

So unfair!!

Why Warren?

Of all people... why Warren?

He deserved so much better.

So much better.

He was the best of us.

I’ll never forget you, Warren.

R.I.P.

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If You Can Make It, Please Pay Your Respects:

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Service for Warren Schor planned for Monday, September 14

Many of you will already have heard that Warren Schor, son of Andy Schor '67 and Maxine Schor, passed away on Friday, September 11. A member of the Hackley Class of 2007, Warren was beginning his junior year at Cornell University.

A four-year boarder at Hackley, Warren lived near Rhinebeck, NY, where he enjoyed horseback riding and acquired a great love of "the farm." He was studying Agriculture at Cornell. Warren served as a class representative for the Class of 2007, helping keep classmates in touch as they moved on into their college years.

I have been in touch with Andy Schor, and have shared the Hackley community's deep sorrow for his family's loss.

Cornell University President David Skorton, in his statement to the Cornell community and to the press, said:

"It is with deepest sadness and regret that I inform you of the loss of one of our students today at Cayuga Medical Center. Warren J. Schor, 20, died of complications related to H1N1 influenza. The university has been in close contact with Warren's family, and we wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to them and to his many friends. Please keep them in your thoughts in the following days.

"We ask everyone to be alert to the risks related to certain underlying health conditions and the more severe symptoms that should trigger prompt consultation with your health care provider."

Andy has told me there will be a memorial service at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) of White Plains on Monday. As of 2:30 Sunday, we had not heard back from Andy as to a specific time, but will send an update once we have more information, or you may call the JCC directly on Monday morning.

You may write Andy and Maxine Schor at 174 Jamison Hill Road, Clinton Corners, NY 12514.

Please join us in offering support to Warren's family in this difficult time.

Sincerely,

Walter Johnson

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Service scheduled for 1:00 pm, Monday, 9/14

We have learned from Andy Schor's friend and Hackley classmate Mat Gluckson '67 that the service for Warren will begin promptly at 1:00 pm at Congregation Kol Ami (formerly known as JCC), 252 Soundview Ave., White Plains, on Monday, September 14.

We have also learned from Warren's Hackley and Cornell classmate Chris Vandivort '07 that Warren was majoring in Applied Economics and Management (the Business major at Cornell), with a focus in Accounting.

Sincerely,

Walter Johnson

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On The First Day

...There was Blog.

And Blog saw that this was good.

“Blame Rakim.” -Crooked I

‘Throwback’ Repost #3: Prediction: Google Wave = The Future Of Collaboration!

Check the fly shit, y’all!

Google Wave!

Pretty incredible, huh?

To intentionally sound like a broken record, I predict that Google Wave will enhance and encourage creativity and collaboration across all avenues of society, and if embraced by the Music Industry, will usher in a new era of features plus larger, more involved and creative collaborative projects (i.e. better and more joint Albums).

Man, forget JUST the Music Industry, this could be revolutionary for both the Hip-Hop Community and Artists in general. (I’m looking at you, The Underground!)

With the kind of ease and accessibility Google is known for, more Artists will have the tools they need to effectively maintain projects with each other over vast distances, with less of a burden on administrators, managers & labels to expend time and resources to connect the dots for Artists.

I am very eagerly awaiting Google Wave’s release! I have a few ideas...

-4D

‘Throwback’ Repost #2: 50 Cent Sold You Your Copies of The Graduation & Deeper Than Rap.

50 Cent Sold You Your Copies of The Graduation & Deeper Than Rap*.

"The Rick Ross sh-- is outta here," Whoo Kid described. "It's over, he's done his promo — 50 promoted his album very well, so Rick Ross is outta here. Now he's worried about his own sh--. They got the Tia book out there. That should be the last level of anything that has anything to do with Rick Ross."

Spoken quite well.

I saw that shit from the beginning. Did any of y'all honestly think this 'BEEF' was anything but marketing for Ross's album?

Y'all 50 versus Ross motherfuckers need to wake the fuck up.

Obviously 50 Cent knew that him beefing with Ross was gonna boost his album sales.

50 stay promoting Def Jam artists.

Have y'all already forgotten Kanye West versus 50 Cent?

I'm sorry, say whatever you want, but Kanye would not have moved as many units with that LP if he didn't have the controversy with Fif to sell records. I know at least 10 people personally who bought the Graduation CD in stores instead of downloading it specifically cuz they wanted 50 to lose, so you've already got factual, tangible proof of said concept.

The Graduation sold nearly three times as many units as 808 & Heartbreak. Where was the intense interest the second time around? Where was the motivational HATE to push people into record stores and CDs off the shelves? It's not like people weren't downloading 808 & Heartbreak, even if they were complaining about the Antares AutoTune.

Graduation Versus Curtis was the first time in SoundScan history that two different artists each sold over 600,000 records in one week.

Pretty nice for Def Jam and Interscope, huh? Seems like the Univers al ways aligns for their Records...

50 gets music fans off their asses and into record stores. Period.

Game proved it. Kanye West proved it. And now Rick Ross proved it.

50 Cent is probably the best thing to have ever happened to Rick Ross, Tia Kemp, and their careers. Everybody's making money.

Do you really think 50 could give a fuck how much money he makes off a record? That's peanuts compared to his endorsement deals alone.

Naw. Reality is, Fif is just plain lucrative for the music business.

And right now, the Rap Game is on some WWF shit.

"Rap is full of good guys. 50 Cent is the villain."

And guess what? A good hero is only as good as his villain. Dark Knight proved that.

So here's a toast to all the Jokers of the Rap Game --

whose nefarious exploits and evil plots give us a reason to tune in every week.

See you guys Next Episode. Same Rap Time. Same Rap Channel. -4D

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*Well... maybe not Deeper Than Rap.... Just checked the numbers and it turns out it might not go Gold like his last effort. I suppose Fif was right when he said the publicity won’t help if people aren’t passionate about your music. Guess we can’t all be musically gifted Rapper/Producers like Kanye West.

Or can we?

'Throwback' Repost #1: Fuck John Busbee

It all started with an honest question from an engaged creative-mind, just looking for help:

(Click Above)