Red Bull has become a savior for unknown creatives around the world. They’ve helped a lot of artists develop their craft and get their work exposed to a much wider audience. Unlike their music events, their switching things up with The Red Bull House of Art, a three month intensive program. The first one was established in Brazil in ’10 and the second was in ’12 in Detroit. It’s pretty dope. It doesn’t exclude any medium. The three month cycles …
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This is for the somewhat loungin’ laid back ears. The warm bass sounds and head nodding drums keep it engaging. I was surprised to hear the slowed down Monie Love’s “It’s A Shame (My Sister) throwback. This cat is from the East, where the sun rises for real. DJFYO a.k.a. Do Justly From Your Own (Music & Strength Crew) moved back to Japan in 2010 after being active as a DJ, producer, and music supervisor in Los Angeles, California. He …
As part of the Pow! Wow! Hawai’i week long event, in conjunction with Thinkspace Gallery, they had a show at Honolulu Museum of Art School on February 8th. Dubbed “Pow! Wow!: Exploring The New Contemporary Movement” the show featured 2×2′ pieces from nearly 50 artists. Some of the featured artists included Fernando Chamarelli, Curiot and Low Bros. Curated by Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace, the exhibit will stay up for the duration of Pow! Images of said artists’ work and flicks from the gallery space are below. Images …
Recently George Clooney wrote and directed The Monuments Men, a true story about a World War II platoon, requested by FDR, to go into Nazi Germany and recover artistic masterpieces. Clooney’s vision of the war story, from what I’ve heard, despite its low Rotten Tomatoes rating, is “engaging,” but restrained. The 2006 PBS documentary, based on the 1994 book, The Rape of Europa is ridiculous. Rejected by Austria’s top art academies, it portrays Hitler as a frustrated artist that sought to …
I got my Solillaquists of Sound package weeks ago, but procrastinated on posting about it. I was too busy enjoying its contents to take a picture of it. In September they started a Kickstarter and raised $16,127. Their goal was $12,000. The campaign was to fund their double album, The 4th Wall. It was their final installment to “The Listener’s Trilogy.” $60 got me three albums (five considering the double), a mini comic, and a guide to “Decoding The Listener’s Trilogy.” If you missed it, you missed …
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