  by: Notorious Lee Thanks go out to Mark Marcelo for letting me know about the long awaited 213 comeback… and what typifies left coast like summertime anthems. Fresh Prince’s Summertime was kind of a universal track that everyone could vibe too… Park and backyard BBQs, summer love, water fights…, everyone knows and loves summer. But Doveshack’s “Summertime in the LBC” (1995) made it geographically specific. It was as F called it “feel good music,” and showed a gentle side to the gangsta’ rap explosion from that era that to me sorta humanized rappers instead of getting the feeling I was watching a movie all the time. But besides that, it was sick ass song that made you even prouder to be from the West during a time where the LA scene was solidying its place in the music scene and slowly tearing away at the east coasts rap hegemony (if only for a minute). West coast made summers cooler than supersoaker 200s ever could (remember the one with the backpack that you filled with water?). But some 9 years since Dove Shacks classic, the westcoast (213) is back with “Another Summer,” production creds.
by Kanye West. This song is crazy! Summers should be the time out from drama…like snoop says is the song “remindin’ ya’ll, put your guns down, summertime, lets enjoy ourselves, we just wanna celebrate, it’s too hot for all that… "Stresses like school, work, studying, girlfriends, that stuffs for the other seasons… I think I love it so much in part since I’m leaving for MI in September. I don’t think 8 mile quite has the same appeal as g-funk and California Love. Nobody does Summer like the west coast.
Speaking of Summer…My summer has officially started. Last Tuesday was my last day of work at the bookstore and it ended in perfect fashion. There were no stupid customers. No ridiculous questions about the food and drink menu. No racial slurs from customers. No poo in urinals. It was the perfect way to end my stay at that place. I have to say, that has been the most interesting service job I have ever worked at. This job was meant to be something temporary, something to tie me over financially until I got a “real” job. But once I got into graduate school and at least mentally committed myself there, I felt that I might as well just stick with it. Paychecks every two weeks are nice. It never failed that I’ve have some story about hyper customer or co-worker dysfunction to take home with me everyday (along with the stomach aches from the coffee or food I snacked on when I was bored). Here’s a recent one: a co-worker one day taking an order and not making it for half an hour, but I don’t know who’s dumber, the co-worker or the customer who didn’t realize it for half an hour.
And yet while it was bad, VERY bad at times… I guess it made for great story telling in hindsight. Memories that I will… more like, I can’t forget. It’s a place where customers exploited customer service to it’s fullest extent, and instead of asking customers “would u like whip crème on your mocha,” I started asking them “would u like me to wipe your ass too?” I’m sure if I really asked that, I think 90% of them would have taken me up on that offer.
But in the last couple weeks leading up to my final day, I began to lose my patience. It was time to strike back for months of ignorance. Instead of letting customer interactions turn into MTV boiling points where I felt like I was getting punk’d instead, I just had to question customer intelligence. Usually I would just let out a sigh when customers could never decide what they wanted… or call them out on their inquiries about how drinks I made weren’t right.
The revolution was not televised… but came in the form of drink with my spit in it. Just kiddin. But if anyone has any retail experiences, please leave some comments. I would love to hear about more disgusting and socially grotesque customers follies On the music tip.. Dj Fuzzylogic Bowl Cutz Vol iii mixtape hittin’ the streets (and soulseek/kazaa) soon!! Title to be released when mixcd is released. Its dedicated to all the special people in my life who have hecka shaped my music interests. Better than Dj Clue, FMF, and Kay Slays…cuz there is no excessive shouting! 
