We here at NXT firmly believe in the adoption of advanced technologies and using them to our own nefarious ends. We're very much like a Bond villian in that regard. Let's hope we never get hold of that weather controlling device they have at the Gulf of Maine Institute, or Bowdoin's time machine.

And with that completely odd non-sequitur, readers, commentheads and innocent bystanders alike, behold, we have made a Podcast.

The thing about having a hip-hop legend in town is that some part of you, a small, insecure but pragmatic part of you, worries they won’t live up to your expectations.

Slick Rick is one of the originators of hip-hop as we know it today, but he’s mostly associated with the music’s "Old School" era. What if he’s lost a step, what if the thick gold ropes have lost their sheen?

I’ve never built a boat, and my knowledge of boating has faded over the years (those summer camp sailing/rowing/kayaking lessons disappear fast), so I have a great deal of appreciation for people who can do either, and do it well.

When someone says "the dude abides," what exactly comes to your mind? Do you scratch your head, look at them strange, or perhaps say back "the Dude abides."

For several years now the League of Young Voters has been doing the best it can to crash the traditional political scene by bringing a bunch of young people with them.

When Byron Hurt says he loves hip-hop, he needs you to know it’s real, from the heart and sincere. It's real in that way you tell someone you love them right before an intervention.

Holy freakin’ crap, there’s a lot going on this weekend! If I was an anchorman I might say something like, “Better super-size your weekend because there’s a lot going on around town! Let’s send it to Tom for the fast-cast!”

I don't know if I've ever spent as much time at the Station or Space as I did over last weekend. But in the final assessment, I (and I suspect a lot of other people) would say it was worth it.

I think Talib Kweli was on the front page of the newspaper this morning, but it looks like he fell into Photoshop along the way.

There’s also a non-Monday column sighting too, summing up the shows hitting town this weekend.

You know what’s funny, making jokes about it snowing in April. Really, that does not get on people’s nerves when it’s snowing…in…April.
All the same, it’s likely to be spring at some point, so let’s just move on.

Talib Kweli is coming to Portland.
It was just announced that Kweli will be doing an all-ages show with DJ Jon at the Station on Saturday, April 21.
Read that to yourself again.