QUICK BLOG 1: SOMETHING ROTTEN IN TENNESSEE
So, I’m standing on the train platform and I look up at the wall and I realise it’s the old Jack Daniels poster. You know ‘Mr Jack Daniels was no saint, but he started something of a religion’ – that type of thing. And I’m reading the poster, and waiting for my train, when it suddenly hits me. JD no.7 whisky was brought to life in a place called Lynchburg, Tennessee. Does anyone else wonder how that town came by it’s name? Care to guess?
Now I know why there’s never any black people in those adverts…
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Thought the same thing the other day waiting in kilburn park, i see it every day. Lynchburg hey, its a shame that we dont see or read between the lines when we buy or consume these products i.e. timberland boots lynching tree….. any way i’m a young fan and i’ve read most of your books apart from 1c3 need to get it. You are an inspiration to a young person who loves literature, 9th wonder, jdilla and japanimation. keep up the work i really dont think i would of made it to college each day if i didnt have something to read on the tube other than the metro or look at the lele face people dem with their 40k per annum salaries. thankyou
Hey, thanks for your comment and the good vibes, good to know you reach people every now and then. I do wish we were more discerning with our economic power although I’ve been heartened by the response to the crises in Haiti. And funnily enough I’m a J Dilla/9th fan too, it’s cool how these things mix and match.