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May 6th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video
You don’t see the kind of unity today in hip-hop that there was back in the day, when moments such as this one on the Arsenio Hall Show could be expected and appreciated by fans. There are appearances by KRS-One, Guru, Wu-Tang, Naughty by Nature, Das EFX and Tribe Called Quest, among others.
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Tags: anthony marshall, Arsenio Hall, big daddy kane, Boogie Down Productions, brooklyn, cleveland, Das EFX, DJ McCoy, eminem, Eric B, Guru, jam master jay, KRS-One, LL Cool J, Marley Marl, Naughty by Nature, NWA, ohio, okayplayer, Rakim, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, rolling out, run-dmc, scion easy 10, serato scratch live, Todd William, Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Posted in - MUSIC, - THE RUNDOWN, -- Video |
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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 [...]
Tags: akron, documentary, film festival, mocumentary, ohio Posted in - ART, -- Video, –– Steve P. |
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Mar 2nd, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - SPORTS, -- MMA, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles, –– Steve P.
Words by – J.C. Carnahan
Photos by – Dank Lucas
If the thought of strikingly swift kicks to the body and submission-inducing choke holds is an image that causes queasiness, then let’s assume the story of Ryan “The Lion” Madigan is of little concern to you.
But before making such a sudden rush to judgment about a competitor in the [...]
Tags: kickboxing, mixed martial arts, ohio, ryan madigan, the lion, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship Posted in - SPORTS, -- MMA, Featured Articles, –– J. Charles, –– Steve P. |
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Feb 18th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS
By – TimS
As I sit here preparing to write a couple album reviews (not really reviews, just a couple short articles explaining why I like what I like in a charmingly obnoxious manner that infiltrates your brain matter, therefore causing you to deeply respect my opinion and adhere to it’s merits), I feel obligated to [...]
Tags: can ox, def jux, el-p, hip-hop, new york, north carolina, ohio Posted in - MUSIC, -- Features, Featured Articles, –– TimS |
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Jan 29th, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - ART, -- Video, –– Contributors
By – AMC
Is there really much difference between escaping and getting lost somewhere? That’s what I’d eventually do with a video camera in the middle of one of the most beautiful natural wonders along Route 33 in Hocking County.
Ditching the 9-to-5 riggers of manual labor in favor of a creative release elsewhere, I packed up my [...]
Tags: cave, darko, hocking, ohio Posted in - ART, -- Video, –– Contributors |
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Jan 22nd, 2009 |
By JC |
Category: - SOCIETY, Featured Articles, –– Steve P.
By – Dank Lucas
I stood in a lobby full of applauding students and teachers Tuesday at a technical school full of laid off workers and unemployed mothers in one of the most hard hit regions of this country over the last eight years, Canton, OH. I marveled at history. My president is black. Wow.
We here [...]
Tags: barack obama, ny, ohio, president, united states Posted in - SOCIETY, Featured Articles, –– Steve P. |
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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 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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