Photo Credit: Madam Toussaint, DJ C Reality at WBAI reppin A Tribe Called Quest
This guy tells me he works on his skills everyday. Once I finally get past feelings of needing to step my own game up in my life I get to be impressed with his work all over again.
DJ C-Reality threw in (more…)
Miss banks if you're nasty...
On her myspace the young rapper from Harlem lists some of her influences as “Soft-Sheen Carson, Weave Shops, Beatings from Childhood, Negroids, Caucasoids, Conspiracy Theories, Other Esoteric Shit.”
I’m wit it. I’m also wit this Interpol “Slow Hands” cover from Azealia Banks. (more…)
Cabeça de Porco
One time I made this joke: I invited all those people to an art opening and I cooked this big feijoada for them.
That’s a traditional Brazilian dish with black beans and lots of pork.
Right next to the pots and dishes I put the deformed pig’s head on the table…
I think I created some new vegetarians that day.” ~Zé Carlos Garcia
What a wacky sense of humor! Maybe that’s the understatement of the year, but either way Brazilian artist Zé Carlos Garcia will continue making sculptures out of dead animals, among other things. (more…)
This is a pretty fresh links post. We’ve got some art, lots of music, Hip Hop influentials and of course Antoine Dodson. Dig in. (more…)
Welcome to the future, I guess. Here we have a product that is disposable but so eco friendly if you throw it away it helps plants grow while also being edible. New York-based design consultancy The Way We See The World has developed disposable cups called Jelloware made of agar agar, a gelatin derived from algae and used as an ingredient in desserts. (more…)
Really, Janelle?” ~Seth Meyers, ESPY Awards host
I’m sure she gets that a lot.
July found a post World Cup funnyman Will Ferrell in the role of Jeff Vuvuzela, alleged inventor of the notorious plastic horn. Apparently he cut an album with the non lesbian, pro android lover herself Janelle Monae. The pair performed a song off their 40 track album at the ESPY Awards which you can watch below. (more…)
Rapanui: (L) Rob (R) Mart Drake-Knight
I recently found out about mens and womens eco-fashion brand Rapanui, but to simply call them that is an understatement. Brothers Mart and Rob Drake-Knight have created a company where every step of the production is as environmentally conscious as possible. Add to that a website to go with it that is a resource of green information while showing transparency in their process so this post is full of links back to rapanuiclothing.com.
These 2010 Sustainable Business Award winners in the Isle of Wight, UK can let you can literally track your garment online from textiles to shipping and find out what’s so green about it for yourself. I got the chance to rap a taste with Mart Drake-Knight of Rapanui and it went a little something like this… (more…)
