Archive for December 2008
Dec 31st, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles
Tear down boundaries. That’s what the Tow Away Zone does every Wednesday morning from 10 am-12 noon in the basement of 91.5 FM (www.WPRKDJ.org) at the Rollins College campus in Winter Park, FL. As 2009 approaches and the one-year anniversary of the show nears, host J. Charles sheds light on the past 11 months…
Why Call It Tow Away Zone? [...]
Tags: - MUSIC, 91.5 FM, Alias The @ikt, All Good Funk Alliance, AMC, atmosphere, Azeem, Baba, Beck, big daddy kane, Black Sabbath, Blockhead, Blur, Bob Marley, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, brother ali, Buck 65, Cee-Lo, Clinic, Coldplay, Common, David Bowie, Devotchka, Digital Underground, DJ Kittybat, DJ Revelution, DJ Shadow, Elbow, Erykah Badu, florida, Flowers Forever, Flux, Gang Starr, Ghostface Killah, gil-scott heron, Glue, Gorillaz, Iggy Pop, Iriscience, j dilla, J-live, James Brown, Jane's Addiction, jay-z, Jean Grae, Jel, John Lennon, johnny cash, Kap, Kid Beyond, KRS-One, Lupe Fiasco, Marvin Gaye, Menomena, mf doom, Modest Mouse, Morphine, Mos Def, Mr. Dibbs, murs, nas, Nine Inch Nails, Omega One, p.o.s., Parliament, playlist, Presto, Primus, Psycho Realm And Street Platoon, Public Enemy, Q-tip, radio, Radiohead, Rakim, RJD2, rollins college, Ryan Weaver, rza, Sage Francis, saul williams, Shape of Broad Minds, Shortstack, Sincere Vega, Skillz, Slick Rick, solillaquists of sound, South, Spoon, Stevie Wonder, studio, Suzanne Venzina, Talib Kweili, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Black Hammock Band, The Black Keys, The Budos Band, The Flaming Lips, The Foreign Exchange, The Helio Sequence, the roots, The Toadies, Tim Fite, Vast Aire, Vic Freeze, Wax Tailor, Why?, winter park, wprk, X:144 And SPS, Zach De La Rocha Posted in - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles |
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Dec 29th, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS
Because his opinion is very important (even if only to himself), Joint Contrast contributor TimS offers up his picks of the 10 best non hip-hop albums of 2008…
Get Your Mind Right – Included are the 10 non hip-hop albums that didn’t make me want to throat fuck myself with a soup spoon. Seriously, extremely bad and nonsensical [...]
Tags: - MUSIC, Adele, akron, albums, Amy Winehouse, Ani Difranco, aretha franklin, bob dylan, Cat Power, Cee-Lo, Chan Marshal, danger mouse, DJ Shadow, Dusty Springfield, el-p, Fall Out Boy, Frank Sinatra, Gnarls Barkley, hank williams, Ike Turner, India Arie, jay-z, John Mayer, joni mitchell, Kings of Leon, Mars Volta, Motown, MySpace, Neil Diamond, ohio, One Day As A Lion, Rage Against the Machine, Raphael Saadiq, Ray Cash, rick rubin, Righteous Babe, rock, The Black Keys, The Kills, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Trent Reznor, Zach De La Rocha Posted in - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS |
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Dec 26th, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - ART, -- Photo, –– J. Charles
A passenger seat view of Jacksonville, FL via I-95 northbound. Taken several years ago with a camera that required the film to be developed afterwards. – J.C.
Tags: camera, florida, I-95, jacksonville, photo Posted in - ART, -- Photo, –– J. Charles |
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Dec 23rd, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - HOLIDAY, –– Steve P.
Before settling in to celebrate the holiday, Joint Contrast contributor Dank Lucas dug deep to uncover “The 9 Lil’ Known Wiki-facts of Christmas.” They are Included below for your holiday amusement. “I mean, it’s according to Wikipedia,” said Lucas of the list. “Take it for what it is. You didn’t actually think I was going to put [...]
Tags: bible, christmas, coca-cola, holiday, jesus, religion, santa claus, Wikipedia, xmas Posted in - HOLIDAY, –– Steve P. |
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Dec 20th, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - SPORTS, -- Football, –– J. Charles
Most fans who have a rooting interest in sports seem to carry their allegiance with them into the great American arena of gambling. After all, It’s as much a part of this country as fast food and perscription drugs. Though certainly not for everyone, a little wager here and there makes these games a little more [...]
Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Arizona, Ball State, bcs national championship, Boise State, Boston College, bowl, Buffalo, BYU, california, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Clemson, college, Colorado State, Connecticut, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, florida gators, Florida State, football, Fresno State, gambling, games, georgia, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Houston, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, LSU, March Madness, Maryland, memphis, Miami, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Navy, NC State, Nebraska, Nevada, north carolina, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, oklahoma sooners, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, pittsburgh, Rice, Rutgers, scott mccall, South Carolina, South Florida, Southern Miss, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, Troy, Tulsa, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Western Michigan, Wisconsin Posted in - SPORTS, -- Football, –– J. Charles |
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Dec 12th, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - HOLIDAY, - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles
Warning: Not for the faint of heart (in case the headline doesn’t get that point across!)
The Vitals: Redneck reindeers? Christmas in jail? Would somebody actually have the balls to pop a cap in Santa’s ass? Those are just some of the twists and turns on the 2008 version of Happy Muthaf—in’ 2008 Holiday Season. Somewhere between the [...]
Tags: - MUSIC, Alexandria, Asleep at the Wheel, Atbann Klann, atmosphere, Bigger Than Plastic, BT, Buckwheat, california, Canal Fulton, Canton, Capital Records, Chicago, christmas, Cicero, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cross Lanes, Dale Watson, Dean Martin, Delaware, eazy-e, florida, Frank Sinatra, holiday, Illinois, impact press, Joe Diffie, Lodi, Magnolia, Menajahtwa, Mickey Mouse, mixtape, Nelsonville, ohio, Orlando, orlando improv, Orrville, Pacifica, Pennsylvania, Rat Pack, Red Simpson, Richard Youngs, run-dmc, sammy davis jr, Sanford, Sanford Flea Market, santa claus, the doors, The Heliocentrics, The Louvin Brothers, The Ohio Players, Time Life, Trick Daddy, Urbana, Virginia, Wadsworth, Weezer, West Mifflin, West Virginia, Wooster Posted in - HOLIDAY, - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles |
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Dec 10th, 2008 |
By JC |
Category: - ART, - HOLIDAY, -- Features, –– J. Charles
This sketch is a small piece to a much bigger puzzle that was created a little more than a decade ago. It was hardly by design. Just a way to make it through court-order classes as a wild 22-year old. – J.C.
Tags: art, christmas, drawing, sketch, xmas Posted in - ART, - HOLIDAY, -- Features, –– J. Charles |
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