Foot-Pounds
Foot-Pound Force:
The foot-pound force, or simply foot-pound (symbol: ft·lbf or ft·lb), is a unit of work or energy (a scalar) and also a unit of torque (a vector)
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James Brown was the absolute king of soul. this clip is so haunting, so beautiful in the way that his sheer dancing ability to rises above what is almost blatant minstrel-ism. James’s legacy over American music, specifically hip hop, is so tightly intertwined with postmodernism and commercial music success in America that it’s almost impossible to deconstruct. he saw it all, and he lived it all. to me, he was that crucial linkage within the soul/R&B lineage that runs unbroken from field hollers and spirituals to Akon and Flo Rida.
RIP, Godfather.
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remember when we had a president who puked at state dinners? or looked like this?
i think it’s safe to say Mitt or Newt (are those their real names, even??) couldn’t squeeze out a little Al Green if their very lives depended upon it.
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R.I.P. Jimmy Castor
from BrooklynVegan
If you’ve ever listened to Ultimate Break and Beats, classic Hip Hop, the classic mixes of Larry Levan, or watched a breakdance crew, chances are you probably came across the music of Jimmy Castor
Funk/disco great Jimmy “The Everything Man” Castor passed away on Monday from unknown causes in Las Vegas, according to reports.
RIP, Jimmy Castor. Though your music will live on with breakers, and in the music of Ultramagnetic MC’s, Eric B. & Rakim, Jungle Brothers and countless others.
Castor, a respected saxophonist, was the leader of the seminal funk/disco band the Jimmy Castor Bunch. The group was behind funk classics like the 1972 smash, “Troglodyte (Cave Man).”
Though the group’s popularity faded at the end of the disco era, Castor’s music lived on through hip hop as his song “It’s Just Begun” became a staple break of the ’70s and ’80s b-boy break dancing scene. The song served as the back up music for the iconic b-boy collective the Rock Steady Crew in the 1983 film Flashdance. -[BET] -
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
this thanksgiving remember, brothers and sisters, you can still stand tall.
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holy hell, girl. i’ll be seeing you at the greek this summer FO SHOW
who knew puffy had it in him???
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big up to dustin sussman for showing me this…
