Supernatural is a unique documentary film that truly shows the power of music. It’s where the rubber meets the road. Director Rosylyn Rhee chronicles students from Japan learning how to sing gospel music. In Japanese culture, expressing raw emotion is considered rude in the company of others. Suppressed thoughts and feelings are buried under a mountain of societal contracts that forbid people from asserting themselves, talking in a direct manner or voicing their opinions. In a homogenous conservative country like Japan, everyone is equal, the …
Author: Tracy Jones
New young blood on the block Blaison Maven is a rapper out of Crenshaw, Los Angeles. He’s been crafting and cutting his teeth for a minute, since his 2012 mixtape The Stratosphere. He got a ways to go before his lines start getting more multi dimensional, but homie is off to a steady pace. He’s toured with Asap Rocky and MMG’s Stalley. The track below “Live From Crenshaw” is produced by Special Deliv & Soraya La Pread. Those thumping drums are ill. Maven surfs …
If you didn’t catch the first episode of The Boondocks, season four, “Pretty Boy Flizzy” it’s posted below. Spoiler alerts abound, go head, watch it here if you want to avoid getting your anticipation tampered with…. It’s only the first episode of the season, but it’s awkward and probably shouldn’t be airing given the show’s creator Aaron McGruder had nothing to do with it. Fingers crossed that his new live action show Black Jesus was worth crucifying such a beloved animation. According to Allhiphop.com, actor …
The artist that prophetically once said, “In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes” left proof that he already knew what was up almost 30 years after his death. At a 1985 tech conference showcasing and promoting multimedia potential, Andy Warhol made images on a Amiga 1000 computer. It was the latest and greatest from PC company Commodore International. The pixelated drawings included Warhol’s iconic Campbell soup can, an interpretation of Sandro Botticelli’s “Birth Of Venus (notice the third eye),” and a portrait of Debbie Harry …
Legendary graphic designer and creator of the Brooklyn Brewer identity, Milton Glaser breaks down craft beer labels. By Spencer Bailey [New York Times] Portland, Oregon artist AJ Frosik did a show in Tokyo called, “Beast From a Foreign Land Artwork.” Peep the flicks from the opening. [Hellion Gallery] Annie Leibovitz sells her art book for $2,500 and The Wu-Tang Clan is asking five million dollars for their encased album The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin. By Jillian Steinhauer [Hyperallergic] “The Oral …