The Mostly True Story of Vanilla Ice
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The Mostly True Story of Vanilla Ice
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#2Why is this garbage on Hacker News?
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#3My brother-in-law, who has Down Syndrome, went to see him in Radio City Music Hall a couple of years ago. What? Vanilla Ice is performing in 2019? He gets no media exposure and scores no points with the critics by going out and performing his cheesy early hits for a few thousand fans, so at the time I assumed he needed the money. We dropped my brother-and-law off and next thing you know, there's a video on Facebook where he's up on stage and Vanilla Ice is sharing the mic with him. And now I read he's been doing fine for money all along. Much respect to the man for valuing the pleasure he brings to other people, independent of the money.
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#4Maybe it’s just me, but I got about 20% in to the article and had to stop. These articles are written for word count alone - that has to be it. Because otherwise there is no reason to jump a head and back over and over again.
Tell a story in order!
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#5Maybe it’s just me, but I got about 20% in to the article and had to stop. These articles are written for word count alone - that has to be it. Because otherwise there is no reason to jump a head and back over and over again. Tell a story in order!
It's a particular style of editorial you often find in Rolling Stone or other biographical works. They're trying to set a mood and paint a picture. To transport you to the time and place.
It's magical, but it's not for everybody.
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#6Maybe it’s just me, but I got about 20% in to the article and had to stop. These articles are written for word count alone - that has to be it. Because otherwise there is no reason to jump a head and back over and over again. Tell a story in order!
I read the Wikipedia article [1] instead. I figured it ought to contain the relevant historical notes.
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#7My brother-in-law, who has Down Syndrome, went to see him in Radio City Music Hall a couple of years ago. What? Vanilla Ice is performing in 2019? He gets no media exposure and scores no points with the critics by going out and performing his cheesy early hits for a few thousand fans, so at the time I assumed he needed the money. We dropped my brother-and-law off and next thing you know, there's a video on Facebook w…
In his hometown he was known for bringing some speakers outside and playing impromptu block parties for anyone around.
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#8Maybe it’s just me, but I got about 20% in to the article and had to stop. These articles are written for word count alone - that has to be it. Because otherwise there is no reason to jump a head and back over and over again. Tell a story in order!
it seems to include an eclectic amount of music-references for just filling that wordcount.
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#9I heard "Ice Ice Baby" about 1000 times when I used to roller skate, and loved it. I found a used CD of "To The Extreme" later and snapped it up. What a disappointment - not only didn't the rest of the songs live up to the hit, but even the hit didn't. The version I had been hearing must have been a different mix from a single, and the version from the album wasn't nearly as good.
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#10He killed Avdol and Iggy :(