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 [...]
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 [...]
By – J.C. Of all the roles David Carradine ever played, on both the big screens and small, the 72-year old actor will forever be remembered by a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately society as the title character in Quentin Tarantino‘s Kill Bill saga. Yet he was known for much more than that. There was the 1970′s television series he starred [...]
Did you get a chance to see “Iron” Mike Tyson decked out in a suit and tie while being interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the other night? Didn’t take long for Kimmel to bring up ear-biting. But what could have turned into a tailspin of a conversation was actually a quite good one. It turned [...]
By – Dank Lucas “They’re his dog’s, he can do what he wants with them,” replied fellow National Football League player Clinton Portis when asked two years ago how he felt about the dog fighting allegations against Michael Vick. While his statement isn’t going to rally an army of dog-fighting Vick supporters to march on [...]
By – TimS Def Poetry Jam was the definitive example of the world of slam poetry. Sometimes the performances were amazing in an otherworldly sense and others were recycled pretentious garbage. You know the formula… Start off slow, build to a crescendo, repeat your signature line three times and finish with a slow…stuttered….pace. Like hip-hop or any [...]
By – Dank Lucas Let me recap an era for you real quick… We’re nearing the end of Master P and the run by No Limit as the most incredible hustlers and piss-poor rappers ever in hip hop, and now the Ruff Ryders are on top of the world off the strength of two DMX [...]
The music video. Who remembers when this art form actually meant something? That was back when MTV and other “music video channels” actually played music videos for music fans. The platform was once used as a way to introduce new sounds to a new audience. And it worked from where we sat. At least for [...]
By – J.C. I don’t know what it is about the NBA postseason this year but I’ve been on board for much of it this spring. Maybe it’s the priceless postgame interviews with Ron Artest that keeps me tuned in, as that’s some good reality television right there. It sure doesn’t get anymore uncomfortably awkward than [...]