Aside from the high school adventures of Archie and Jughead, I’ve never been much of a comic book reader or enthusiast. Last summer, while on a flight to Fort Defiance, AZ, I read an article in the New York Times about a new series set in Uganda that explores the country’s gruesome and violent 16-year [...]
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The Death of Privacy: How an Internet genius got us to bare it all
May 4, 2010 – 12:12 pm
The era of privacy is officially dead, and Joshua Harris, “the Warhol of the Web,” predicted it. This incredibly innovative, and equally twisted Grim Reaper was the subject of We Live In Public, a documentary released last year that eerily maps out our current relationship with the Internet—a decade before it all went down.
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M.I.A. is “Born Free”
April 26, 2010 – 8:36 am
M.I.A.’s new single, “Born Free,” is the kind of song that rattles your core. It’s the kind of music that makes you wanna shave your head, throw some punches, and take to the streets to fight the system.
Check the video to see what I mean:
M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS [...]
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The Illvibe Collective: Philadelphia’s DJ Heroes
April 25, 2010 – 4:51 pm
Ill! from Rashid Zakat on Vimeo.
Filmmaker Rashid Zakat created this short documentary on “Philadelphia’s Most Respected DJ Crew,” the Illvibe Collective. As an undergrad youngin’ at Temple University, my friends and I would catch this five-person crew of turntablists/music magicians at a hole-in-the-wall spot called the Aqua Lounge on Girard Ave. (The owner was extra, [...]
