Archive for April 2009

KEEPING CAMERAS ROLLING (2)

Apr 29th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - ART, - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video, -- Video

– Imagine a world where blacks and whites can “all just get along” under the same roof…

How funny was that? The people that created the video did so as part of a web series called ”Custom-built, Micro-Budget Commercials for MicroBilt Customers”. And it appears that the people in the video are the people you’ll find moving [...]



PAULIE RHYMIN’ AND SCHEMIN’

Apr 25th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– Steve P.

By – Dank Lucas

Cali Bay Area emcee Paulie Rhyme has blessed stages all over the world. But before moving to The Bay he was a longtime staple of the underground Cleveland hip-hop scene as a solo act, as well as a front man for the eclectic Finless Brown outfit. A true road warrior, I have [...]



LET ME PUT YOU ON GAME – THE ‘MUSIC, MAGIC, MYTH’ EDITION

Apr 23rd, 2009 | By JC | Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS

By – TimS
Some may know The Last Emperor from the collabo he did with KRS-One and Zach De La Rocha on Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1, released via Rawkus Records in 1998. Some may know him from his brilliant Secret Wars records in which he assumed the voices and flows of some of his favorite rappers, as he [...]



FUCK YOU – THE PLAID SHORTS EDITION

Apr 23rd, 2009 | By JC | Category: - SOCIETY, Featured Articles, –– TimS

By – TimS
Spring is here!!!!
And for those of us living in the southern regions that means warm sunny weather, blooming flowers, and pollen covering outside surfaces like frat boys on a passed out freshmen.
Living in an area highly populated by college students I get to witness both one of the most wondrous, and one of [...]



VISIONS OF THE MASTERS

Apr 21st, 2009 | By JC | Category: - SPORTS, -- Golf, -- Photo, –– Contributors

From April 6-12 the golf world revolved around the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia as the Masters Tournament was played out. Rusty Burnett was there to see the famed Green Jacket bestowed upon the tournament’s winner and take in the sights of the Amen Corner, Rae’s Creek, Eisenhower Tree, Magnolia Lane, and more.
Among the [...]



MOTHER FUCKING PETEY GREENE!

Apr 16th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - SOCIETY, Featured Articles, –– Craig Mazer

By – Craig Mazer
Who? If you already know, fuck you. You’re lucky to have already known about this badass. But until I saw a PBS documentary in early February, I’d never even heard of the cat.
And by cat, I mean Lion. This man could roar. I say “could” ’cause he’s dead. From cancer in 1984. [...]



KEEPING CAMERAS ROLLING (1)

Apr 13th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video, -- Video

We’ve got videos. Some are timely, others just interesting…
As of late, stories of pirates highjacking boats seem to be the rage nowadays. (And Johnny Depp is not even part of the production this time around). But aside from that, did you realize earlier this month that April 5, 2009 marked 15 years since Nirvana frontman [...]



CYANOTIC: THE CHAD M. STORY

Apr 10th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - ART, -- Video, –– Steve P.

By – Dank Lucas
The Akron Film Festival has hosted a 48-hour film challenge over the past couple years now. The premise of the challenge is to write, shoot, edit, render and burn a DVD of a short film you’ve created over that 48-hour period.
There were maybe 15 teams that showed up at the University of Akron [...]



VISIONS OF INDIA

Apr 7th, 2009 | By JC | Category: - ART, -- Photo, –– Contributors

When Brandon Bowman touched down in India for a business trip a couple years back, there were visits made to the Lotus Temple, Red Fort and Taj Mahal, among other places. These are just some of the images he brought back.
 
 
 
 
 



IT’S AN EAST COAST FINAL FOUR AFFAIR

Apr 3rd, 2009 | By JC | Category: - SPORTS, -- Basketball, –– J. Charles, –– Ray-Way Wallace, –– Steve P., –– TimS

Four remain in the NCAA Tournament. Who you putting your money on?

MICHIGAN STATE – by Dank

Big Ten stand up!
They said we were weak, overrated and didn’t deserve all the nods we got for the tournament. But they won’t be having their Final Four without us!
Congratulations is due to the Michigan State Spartans for knocking off [...]