...menting system and Tumblr are probably the most prominent, allowing readers to directly chime in with commentary of their own. Ignoring the comments, however, has become something of a cardinal rule: the defunct Twitter account @AvoidComments once tweeted that “you wouldn’t listen to someone named Bonerman26 in real life”. It’s a sound observation.
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
Perhaps it’s no surprise that Genius, founded by three Yale graduates, started out as Rap Genius (a site for decoding rap lyrics), before branching out into a number of music genres, current affairs, history, poetry, technology and law. There are apparently plans to create Art Genius, which will...
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
Actually, it started out as Rap Exegesis. This was announced via blogpost on December 8, 2009.
Genius – a website that aims to “annotate the world”, like a Wikipedia of marginalia to explain the meaning of any text – seems primed to settle such scores. On the lyric in question it proffers this analysis, which has been upvoted 278 times by the site’s users: “When you pronounce ‘lasagna’, the G is silent (in English. In Italian the ‘GN’ sound is similar to the ‘ñ’ in Spanish). Real gangsters (Gs) move in silence too – they keep their hustles on the low, and they can literally creep up on you real quiet if the situation calls for it.”
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
Now it’s 282, and equates to 281 with the one downvote (as of March 14, 2015; 7:00 EST). Click here to see if it is still at 282; chances are it probably won’t be for long.
SIDE NOTE: This annotation is also significant for the fact that all 3 co-founders contributed to the annotation.
...entless, indiscriminate and self-consciously clever. Upon the release of his seminal single “6 Foot 7 Foot”, one particular line (“Real G’s move in silence like lasagne”) sparked bemusement from some (rap’s elder statesman Questlove tweeted the hashtag: #AmIGettinOld?) and fierce debate among others, notably amateur linguists (Is the ‘g’ in lasagne really silent?).
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
...at, for the non-diehards, can border on tiresome; his pun-toting is relentless, indiscriminate and self-consciously clever. Upon the release of his seminal single “6 Foot 7 Foot”, one particular line (“Real G’s move in silence like lasagne”) sparked bemusement from some (rap’s elder statesman Questlove tweeted the hashtag: #AmIGettinOld?) and fierce debate among others, notably amateur linguists (Is the ‘g’ in lasagne really silent?).
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
...s across the United States are using the website to discuss poetry and classical literature. Some professors are among the annotators, adding their notes to scientific, philosophical and legal texts. Notably prolix critical theorist Judith Butler has provided annotations on the extramorality of gender, based on a speech she delivered at the European Graduate School in 2008.
The Genius of explaining the meaning of any text | The Saturday Paper
This is actually referring to an interview… not a speech.
Judith Butler has provided some annotations for an interview entitled, “Gender is Extramortal” by the European Graduate School. Professor Fina Birulés of Universitat de Barcelona interviewed Dr. Butler at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB).
Refer to her the interview’s annotations, as well as her profile.
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Alex Rodriguez's return to the New York Yankees
On Tuesday, we descended into the seedy depths of Williamsburg, Brooklyn to interview the pair of Yale College graduates who, in 2009, founded the company formerly known as Rap Genius. (It was recently rebranded as simply Genius.) Their office space is a simple suite of apartments in a condominium building overlooking ...
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Alex Rodriguez's return to the New York Yankees
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His bat isn't quiet. Each time he connects, it sounds like a Civil War cannon. One, two, three balls go flying over the wall, where it says EXPLORERS. The boys whip their heads around, watch the balls soar into the outer darkness. Four, five, six balls sail toward the lights, prompting oohs and ahhs from all directions. Cars are now pulling off the...
Alex Rodriguez's return to the New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez's return to the New York Yankees
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