Author: Tracy Jones

Marley Marl
Brooklyn Terry
DJ Sarasa
Artist Adano Takuya was live painting.
Celebrating Marley Marl’s 56 birthday.

On Speakeasy Tyo at RIDE featuring Marley Marl

October 12, 201824 Views

Speakeasy is a monthly dance party that’s been going for five years. Its a mobile event held in some of Tokyo’s most unlikely venues. Places like Sasazuka Bowl, Hotel Koe Tokyo, Zou-no-hana Terrace, and RIDE have acted as elaborate backdrops that frame the party’s family-like affair. Dancer and promoter, Brooklyn Terry is the man behind these shows. “I started Speakeasy selfishly, because I was homesick. I wanted the quality and vibe that I could relate to that didn’t exist here …

Club Write-up for Tokyo Weekender and DJ Marley Marl

October 4, 201828 Views

Tracy Jones

For Tokyo Weekender I just wrote 5 Best Tokyo Music Venues for Dance, Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop, Electro and More. And that’s all great. I’m proud to have done it. For the Tokyoites and tourists, -get put on. Sound Museum Vision has some retro themed nights that are worth a trip and that’s not the needle point of their arsenal. Your favorite rappers kill it there too. Its cool, but this Sunday, something rare is happening in Tokyo. Producer and DJ, Marley …

Let The Fire Burn, film review

September 27, 201819 Views

Tracy Jones

On May 13, 1985, after years of conflict and fighting between the city of Philadelphia and the controversial radical group MOVE, shit hit the fan. The police evacuated the residence surrounding the MOVE headquarters; cut the electricity, surrounded the compound, and a firefight broke out that lasted for hours. Ten thousand rounds of ammunition were fired at the group. MOVE had four guns, but no automatic. Under the direction of local authorities, the police dropped a military-grade explosive on the …

Passages from Mark Mathabane’s “Kaffir Boy”

September 19, 201820 Views

Tracy Jones

Not too long ago I read the autobiography Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane. Its about the author growing up in apartheid Alexandra, South Africa. The Arabic word kaffir is South Africa’s equivalent to nigger. The book begins in the mid 1960’s. South Africa’s regime is like the United States government after reconstruction. Blacks are always in fear of disappearing or committing suicide under police custody. The apartheid regime raid poor black townships asking people to show their “pass,” which during American …

Yo, you good?

September 19, 201836 Views

Tracy Jones

Some time last year in the month of July, I gave the TMG website a facelift and in the process, I lost an archive of content. For a minute I’ve been procrastinating on reposting old features. “The Hostile Apostle, featuring artist, Peter Adamyan,” “One-Legged Pedestal,” “Luigi Serafini’s Codex Seraphinianus,” “Fun Facts: The Federal Government Shut-Down of October 2013,” and the “Madame Tutli-Putli” film review were dug out of an old hard drive. I’ll be posting more of TMG’s past, along …