Archive for the tag 'jay-z'

Oct 15

A Conversation on Def Jam with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin

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 [...]

Oct 10

Tashaki Miyaki: Nirvana, Mystery & The Cosmos

  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 [...]

Jan 24

The Friendship Manifesto [24 January 2010]

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 [...]

Jan 20

My Humps, My Humps, My Humps [20 January 2010]

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 [...]