Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to the latest issue of Hi-Fructose. I was a fan long before I got involved with them. Although I did a feature on painter Jon Fox, there’s a plethora of goodies in those pages. San Francisco based artist David Choong Lee is repping pretty hard in there too. The magazine’s statement is below. We’re pleased to show you a preview for our next volume of Hi-Fructose New Contemporary Art Magazine! Our first issue of 2014, …
Author: Tracy Jones
Prince Po is out the gate next month (February 4th) with his latest solo album Animal Serum (Wandering Worx & Green Streets Entertainment), produced by west coast rapper and producer Oh No. For those that don’t know, Po was Pharoahe Monch’s partner-in-crime when they were the pioneering duo Organized Konfusion. The futuristic music they made in the 80’s and 90’s remains relevant and groundbreaking to this day. Po’s solo albums, particularly The Slickness (2004), was a personal favorite. On “Bump …
Lately Peter Mayhew aka Chewbacca has been feeling all warm and fuzzing inside since he’s been tweeting these crazy ill behind the scenes Star Wars flicks. He’s release 70 images so far, but said he still has 1200 in the vault. More images here. …
This is dope, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and his art collective, A Country Called Earth will air “Time Is Always Now,” a live show featuring all new material from the continent of Africa. The show is this Friday, January 17, 12:30 a.m.(CAT)/5:30p.m. (EST)/2:30p.m. (PST). That’s 7:30am Japan time. The performance will commemorate the birth-date of the all time charismatic champion of the world, boxer Mohammad Ali. The undisclosed location of the concert will be revealed at the end of the …
Rhode Island rapper and slam poet Sage Francis is a veteran and long time independent artist. He established his own label Strange Famous Records and hasn’t looked back. If anyone can say that they walked a tight rope into the darkness and lived to tell about it, it’d be this guy. The visual for his single “Blue” is off his mixtape Sick to D(eat)h, released December 12th of last year. In the video, the camera follows a soldier suffering from …
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