Oct
15
I spent this morning watching a live stream of a conversation with Def Jam Recordings founders Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin presented by the New York Public Library and facilitated by Paul Holdengraber the library’s Director of Public Programs. They were there to chat about 25 years of Def Jam and to support the release [...]
Tags: awareness, Charles' Gallery, Decoded, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label, DJ Eddie Cheeba, DJ JazzyJay, Green Day, hip hop, Hose, jay-z, Johnny Cash, LL Cool J, meditation, music, Negril, Neil Diamond, New york Public Library, Paul Holdengraber, Public Enemy, punk rock, Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, The Roxy
Hip Hop Insight,Inspiration
Oct
10
Tashaki Miyaki is a two-piece band from California that I instantly fell in love with upon first listen. The first track I heard from them was a beautiful cover of the Everly Brothers’ All I Have To Do Is Dream (hear it at the end of this post). Little is known about them, they [...]
Tags: 50s music, 99 Problems, All I Have To Do Is Dream, blink-182, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, creativity, David Bowie, Everly Brothers, jay-z, Jesus and the Mary Chain, john lennon, Juan Iglesias, Karen Carpenter, Kurt Cobain, Lou Reed, magic, Man Ray, Neil Young, Nirvana, outer space, Sam Cooke, science, Somethin' Is Better Than Nothin', song craft, Tashaki Miyaki, the cosmos, Walter Payton
Interviews,Music
Jan
24
Photo by Juliana Coutinho “Your life will not go unnoticed, because I will notice it.” ~Susan Sarandon When I was little girl my parents always told me ‘Don’t trust anyone or don’t put expectations on people that way your chances of getting disappointed will be a whole lot less.’ Hearing that from such a young [...]
Tags: agnostic front, fraggle rock, friendship, friendship manifesto, GOD, jay-z, rancid, rihanna, self-love, sick of it all, trust
Inspiration
Jan
20
Photo by Future Shape Hola friends! Happy mid-week! If from reading the title you think this is a post about my lady lumps sorry to disappoint… however If you just groaned at reading ‘happy mid-week’ this post could be for you (ha,ha). It’s the time of the week where we’re half way from last weekend [...]
Tags: advice, astrology, blackalicious, buddha, challenges, Conversations With Punx, gratitude, Inspiration, jay-z, motivation, music, rancid, ray cappo, shelter, sick of it all, Silvère Teutsch Photography, Vic DiCara
Inspiration