By – J.C. A couple muggy nights ago, as I made my way home from a long road trip, I decided to make a quick pit stop at the most widely known of all fast food joints, McDonald’s. I try not to frequent such places anymore but every now and then I choose convenience over [...]
The World Wide Web is a busy place, a place where Joint Contrast also exists. Check out some of our neighbors while you’re here. You never know, you might find something you like. Or not. But at least you would have put forth the effort… = June 22, 2009 == Analog Giant == This blog contains President Barack Obama’s speech to [...]
“Troubleshooting” by 11:00A.M. 05-troubleshooting By – TimS As the music business crumbles around the ancient ideals of rich white men, musicians are still creating. The music is still being heard. It’s still being performed. It’s still being passed along from friend to friend. So as the rich white men scramble to stay afloat in this [...]
THE DELFONICS – “Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)” The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love) Let’s assume everyone is familiar with the 1996 version made famous by the Fugees. The fact that Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras did it better on “Ready Or [...]
Foreword by – J.C. Carnahan The celebration began for the Los Angeles Lakers during a timeout with 40 seconds to go on Sunday night, but their 15th NBA title had already been wrapped up long before that though. It didn’t take much from there to make it official either, by way of a 99-86 Game 5 decision over [...]
Well, it’s not quite a jukebox. At least not yet. But it’s at least a place to post music! So you get the idea. We’ll see how this evolves over time… ASTRONAUTALIS – “The Wondersmith And His Sons” Astronautalis – The Wondersmith And His Sons First song on the 2008 album Pomegranate. BEASTIE BOYS – “Hold It [...]
Foreword by – J.C. Carnahan In the most recent episode of the NBA Finals on Thursday night the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers overcome a parade of whistles by an eager officiating crew at Amway Arena to actually make a game out of Game 4. The 99-91 win for L.A. gives the Lakers a firm 3-1 series lead and inches the franchise [...]
Foreword by – J.C. Carnahan Proving there is indeed a first time for everything, the Orlando Magic won their first NBA Finals game in seven tries on Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers. That cuts the series lead to 2-1 for L.A. and improves Orlando’s futile mark in the Finals to 1-6 overall in this, their second trip. The [...]
Foreword by – J.C. Carnahan You would think that after the second-half blowout we sat through in Game 1 on Thursday night the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic would remember they’re in the NBA Finals and act accordingly. But instead we at Joint Contrast had to ride the edge of our sofas into overtime before finding out how the second [...]
Photos by – J.C. Saturday’s Graffiti Bus Jam at Orlando Brewing wasn’t quite the rousing success it should have been – if judging merely by attendance figures. But it was a great time nonetheless for those of us that did make it out. Disappointing though that the local hip-hop community didn’t show up to take part in [...]