Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Kid Koala and Dan the Automator are Deltron 3030. In 2000 they debuted their classic conceptual self-titled album that, at the time, may have seemed far reaching. Although the plot line was choppy, it was about a futuristic world ruled by corporations. Their next project, Event II via Bulk Recordings is dropping October 1st. This time, according to Del, the plot thickens, “the album has a specific story. The Deltron world has gone too far with …
Author: Tracy Jones
31-year-old Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing warning shots near her abusive husband, Rico Gray and his two sons. She claimed that her husband had been abusing her for nearly a year, in some instances, choking and punching her. Marissa was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She thought she was protected by Florida’s stand your ground law, but the court didn’t think it applied in this case. Read more …
Spike Lee said that his remake of the 2004 classic Korean film Old Boy is a “reinterpretation.” Writer and director of the original Oldboy, Chan Wook Park just directed and co-wrote his first American film (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Stoker. Watch Spike Lee and Chan Wook Park’s trailors below. …
Fruitvale Station, directed and written by Ryan Coogler, reenacts the days leading up to the shooting of unarmed 22 year-old Oscar Grant of Oakland, California. The real-life shooting took place in Oakland, California at the Fruitvale subway station on New Years Day 2009. Grant, a young black male, was taking the BART train back home to Oakland after celebrating New Years Eve in San Francisco. When the train stopped at Fruitvale, supposedly 12 people under the influence got into a …
Lukasz Kazimierz Palka, or Lukas, is a prolific street photographer from Chicago, Illinois. He’s been living and working in Tokyo, Japan for the past five years. His photos range from revealing the hidden beauty in the mundane, to exposing the delicate pulse of life in a chaotic and over crowded city. Tumblr Facebook Deviant Art …