Lucky for us users of the world wide web we get to stumble across treasures like this: the BBC’s 2004 documentary Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk. As the title suggests, the one-hour documentary tells the story of how the squalid, crumbling streets of downtown New […]
7
Jun
The BBC's 2004 one-hour documentary hits the interwebs
22
Mar
The Photography of Janette Beckman and David Corio at The Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City
Another impressive opening at The Morrison Hotel Gallery (Bowery) in New York City went down March 11th — a joint photography exhibition documenting the monumental punk and hip hop movements of the 70s and early 80s. For those who are not in the know, The Morrison Hotel is a fine art photography gallery based in […]
28
Jul
Rock some female rock icons on your deck
After suffering through The Runaways this week, this new collection from Girl Skateboards resonates for some reason. Although the movie was god awful, it did make me remember how much I dug Joan Jett, Blondie, Patti Smith, etc. back in the day. So when Girl released their new line today, dedicated to female rock icons, […]
Sometimes after a full day walking around Silverlake a half hour in line at Intelligentsia, I get a sudden pang of sorrow when I realize I can’t fully remember any complete ensemble from the vast tracts of hipsters I came across in my travels. Was that young fop in the Blondie tshirt wearing checkered socks […]
21
Jan
Hit play, fight through the muddle and pluck the genius
Yes, the quality is crap and half the microphones are blown, but if you have 20 minutes in your day then you have time for Mick Jones on TV Party. The cult landmark TV Party (re-released awhile back on DVD) was a free cable access show in New York City that ran from 1978 to […]
7
Jan
Mad Decent's tropical beauty Maluca tells us about her esquina
Coordinates: New York City via Maluca Diplo’s Dominican-via-Bronx-via-Manhattan protégé Maluca dropped her debut video for “El Tigeraso” (Mad Decent) in December, a merengue/reggaeton/cumbia blast with a hearty serving of electro thrown in for the kids. Besides being easy on the eyes, the girl sets her hair with beer cans for rollers. What’s there not to […]
I do have a thing for cassette tapes. I did have a pretty big collection at one point. That was a long time ago, though, but the nostalgia is still around. I’m not 100% sure if I’d be down to hang a big cassette on my living room wall, but it could be fun in […]
20
Aug
A new generation of artists paying tribute to the legendary art, music, and scene of 1980’s New York City
If you’re in LA Friday, September 4, 2009 get your ass over to Meltdown Comics (7522 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood). Anytime someone brings up comic books and/or art related shops in this town, Meltdown is the place. They’ve been on top of the game for the last two decades. So yeah, the store itself is […]
