Check out the photos on LARemezcla of the ‘Quilombo: Arte en Resistencia’ event which took place this past Saturday @ Sunset Junction’s ‘Mi Alma Gallery’. Shout out to everyone involved with the event: DJ Ethos, Ops, Boca, Cambio, etc! While co-producing the show, I came across some people asking, “well what exactly are you ‘resisting’ … Read More
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it’s me, i’m alive
“After I was 70, I realized that, okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could. But part of me is saying, maybe I’m not going to have that much time. It was a very strange feeling, so some of the songs are very eternal and some of the songs are … Read More
Local as global
Show amor, for Eagle Rock’s very own cultural space + bookstore, IMIX Bookstore – they need help. Find the store on Facebook and check out the store’s FUNDRAISER on 2/19/10.
Boom bap boom boom boom bap – This Saturday!
This Saturday, Mexico City’s Bocafloja returns to Los Angeles (Mi Alma Gallery in Silverlake) w/ some local LA talent, Cambio + (the KRS-ONE approved) DJ Ethos. Also super talented artists Timoi and Jeyd will be painting live. There will also be vendors selling all sorts of hand-made treats. All the event info is here. LARemezcla … Read More
lately: i conrazón nneka
she’s nneka and she’s her own, but i can’t help but think manu chao + africa + erykah + lauryn + bob + fela + 2010 + hiphop when i listen to her music. power. she’s pure heart. get the mixtape she did w/ j.period for free. listen to her on kpfa. watch her on … Read More
For the birds – ‘Youuuuuu bettah watch yo’ self’
The Nuyorican Resovoir Dogs. The tight shot on the PR honey in the Yankees jersey. The role call in all-white. Tony Toca. Angie! Dave Meyers directed? The money! The flute. I love this song and I find it funny to watch the video now – it feels oh so 1997. “”Off The Books” is brilliant, … Read More
Does it mean that much to you?
I think it’s important that NYT’s Nick Kristof is shedding light on Congo’s forgotten war and the atrocities that continue to plague the country. Check out this Op-Ed piece from over the weekend, ‘Orphaned, Raped and Ignored’. When will this become a ‘sexy’ enough issue for the world to address? 5.4 million people…disappeared from this … Read More
Change Laws, Not Lightbulbs
Al Gore on Bill Gates’ comments regarding ‘innovation over insulation’. Pandora, I see you.
don’t be afraid of the lizard, just shut her up
Seth Godin, I love you.
Blitz the Ambassador ‘Remembering The Future’ + West Coast Dates!
This is the future. Transplanted from Accra City to Brooklyn at the age of 12, Blitz the Ambassador makes a particular brand of hip-hop, recorded and performed with a live band, and influenced by the High Life sounds he grew up around in Ghana. From Okayplayer. Here’s a video of Blitz The Ambassador performing his … Read More