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, [...]
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The Illvibe Collective: Philadelphia’s DJ Heroes
April 25, 2010 – 4:51 pm
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On My Mind: Beauty Mags Have it All Wrong
March 8, 2010 – 3:14 pm
There’s a magazine I started grabbing off the newsstand recently, and now, it kinda makes me sick. It’s a fashion and lifestyle publication that targets young women with flashy covers of recognizable white women in bright party dresses and wind-swept hair.
As someone who’s kind of a tomboy, reading this magazine has served as a monthly [...]
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Fresh Vinyl: Teena, Sister Nancy, Fleetwood Mac
February 10, 2010 – 5:14 pm
At the beginning of the New Year, I discovered the holy land: Amoeba Music on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, “the world’s largest independent record store.”
Two friends introduced me to this orgasmic music paradise that’s crammed with endless rows of everything–classic rock, soul, reggae, electronica–on vinyl. You could literally spend days combing through the stacks of [...]
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The Purpose Finder: A Conversation with Jullien Gordon
December 29, 2009 – 3:03 pm
Jullien Gordon wants to help you realize your purpose. Not an easy task I know, but one that this motivational teacher has been mastering for years.
At only 27 years old, Jullien has already tucked some incredible accomplishments under his belt, earning two masters degrees from Stanford University and launching the Department of Motivated Vehicles (DMV), [...]
