Here's a picture I took of myself, then edited to make it look like a drawing. I like the way it came out after the editing (it was a lousy picture before that).
Roots Picnic Pics and Review
Got some of the pictures from The Roots Picnic up on Flickr now. Check out, comment and critique away.
My review, and better photos from a REAL photographer can be found here
Enjoy!
My friend Marques has a blog
It's a collection of random funny stuff from the internet. You can find it here.
Pretty much any funny stuff I link to on twitter or facebook comes from there.
My favorite link of the moment? Sucks to be Cleveland.
I'm Learning to Use A DSLR and Need Help
Any pointers when it comes to lens selection, accessories or general composition would be greatly appreciated.
You can check out some of my photos on my Flickr page.
This photo is of Rah The Sun God (aka Rah M Sungee), a bassist from Philadelphia. It was taken at Doc Watson's pub during a performance by Akilles.
Throwback: B-Boy BBQ 06 Stuff
As you all know I was at the B-Boy BBQ on Saturday, June 10th.
Here are some videos and pictures of the event.
If you didn’t make it out this year, be sure you come out next year.
(Oh, and if anybody knows the names of the people in the pics or the videos, let me know and I'll put it in the captions)
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Fly chick and a tall guy breakin'.
X-travagant breakin'.
B-Boys battlin'.
More battlin'.
Future b-boys?
Guy in an England shirt gettin down.
Guy with blue shorts breakin'.
Transmute ANS and Truth.com freestyle
Cat with a Repstyles shirt breakin'.
X-Travagant vs Knuckles.
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First of all, let it be known that there were mad heads at the spot.
I mean maaaadddd heads.
I'm sayin, everybody and they grandma was at this jawn.
Some folks were flowin'.
Some were hittin up walls.
Some were breakin.'
...and the DJs rocked the crowd.
Breakin in front of a crowd.
What's this cat making?
Ohhhh....dope
I liked this one a lot.
Workinonit.
Putting on the finishing touches...
Posing with his finished work.
Yeah, that's dope.
He said "I'll battle ALL youse guys".
My favorite wall.
VERY trippy.
There was no shortage of dope graf.
Another shot of my favorite wall.
The B-Boys were going at it.
I wonder what this is going to turn into...
Ahh...
Chun Li has nothing on this cat.
Ciz reppin' North Philly in South Philly.
Watching this being made was incredible.
B-Boy.
Taggin all over the place.
These cats paid attention to the details.
Battle.
Heads takin in the art.
3rd Eye Vision.
2Nice.
Break, break, break.
Me and Verso.
Some sort of angry TV monster.
This wall was doooppee.
This chick had some moves.
More graf.
Niles in the B-Boy stance.
This cat had a dope bike.
I likes.
See past the surface.
Verso, the ill emcee (the cat besides him can spit too).
Rhymes Like Dimes.
Chillin.
Hand styles.
Graf.
More of the Abby, Break, 2Nice wall.
Cool wall outside Jake's house.
Abby.
You didn't even have to be a human to break.
I think this guy was trying to make em' run into each other. It didn't work.
The children are the future of hip hop!
That's it. Hope to see y'all next year!
Oh, btw, check out 215HipHop.com for more pics and stuff.
A Random Something at 3:32 a.m.
I figured I'd write this hear rather than on twitter or facebook since it's a pretty self indulgent story that can be taken the wrong way, and what better place to put something like that than on a personal blog that nobody reads anyway? Although I know that's a flawed notion and that somebody will likely see this other than me, at least any presumed cockiness on my part would be more understandable.
Anyway...
Mind you, I'm writing (or rather should be writing) something else so my brain's not all there, but I literally read what I'd written back in March and thought "wow, that guy feels exactly the same way about this band as I do!"
Once I shook off the cob webs and realized, "hey, I AM that guy" I thought it was pretty cool that one of my favorite bands quoted me on their website and got a bit full of myself for a minute or two.
If you take nothing away from this random blog (aside from the fact that I could really use a nap), know that The Mean are an incredible band and that you owe it to yourself to give their music a listen or get out to a show whenever they play at a venue near you.
Also, in case you were wondering
1. Asian Kung-Fu Generation
2. Gorillaz
3. The Mean
4. the pillows
5. The White Stripes
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Random Thoughts and related links
Black Swan by Thom Yorke is one of the dopest songs I've ever heard. It came on at the end of A Scanner Darkly and I immediately knew I had to find out what it was. I picked up the Eraser Rmx cd the other day and have enjoyed it so far, but I kinda wish they had the real Eraser CD. FYI: FYE (the chain) has it for $15...it's an import that will run you $30ish most places online. Oh, and by the way, A Scanner Darkly...pretty damn good as far as dystopian future flicks go.
Speaking of Radiohead, I love Bilal's cover of High & Dry, which I also got this week. Screw Tower.com though. I ordered this CD a minute ago and just now got it this week? Grrrrr.
SF4 is consuming most of my free time, which these days is pretty limited. Honestly, they might as well call the game Ken Fighter IV, since everybody and their momma goes for that blond haired loser first. Not that I'm complaining though; me and Zangief have been mopping the floor with shoto scrubs all day. They're probably playing this song on repeat.
New MF DOOM. He's actually going by just DOOM now (don't forget all caps when you hear the man's name). I really can't wait for this. DOOM is in my top ten and I got spoiled by that stretch when he was trying new stuff every other month. This one has an old beat, but it's still heat rocks. That's That.
Check it out here!
Nintendo's latest DS revision, the DSi, finally got a US release date. Amazon is doing pre-orders, and I put mine in for one of the baby blue ones already. I realize it's pretty much a DS that can't play GBA games and has two crappy cameras, but I have a long standing tradition of buying any and every incremental revision or release of a Nintendo portable dating all the way back to the Gameboy. Well, technically I still have never purchased a Virtual Boy, but we all know that doesn't count.
You can be like me and buy it here.
Speaking of Radiohead, I love Bilal's cover of High & Dry, which I also got this week. Screw Tower.com though. I ordered this CD a minute ago and just now got it this week? Grrrrr.
SF4 is consuming most of my free time, which these days is pretty limited. Honestly, they might as well call the game Ken Fighter IV, since everybody and their momma goes for that blond haired loser first. Not that I'm complaining though; me and Zangief have been mopping the floor with shoto scrubs all day. They're probably playing this song on repeat.
New MF DOOM. He's actually going by just DOOM now (don't forget all caps when you hear the man's name). I really can't wait for this. DOOM is in my top ten and I got spoiled by that stretch when he was trying new stuff every other month. This one has an old beat, but it's still heat rocks. That's That.
Check it out here!
Nintendo's latest DS revision, the DSi, finally got a US release date. Amazon is doing pre-orders, and I put mine in for one of the baby blue ones already. I realize it's pretty much a DS that can't play GBA games and has two crappy cameras, but I have a long standing tradition of buying any and every incremental revision or release of a Nintendo portable dating all the way back to the Gameboy. Well, technically I still have never purchased a Virtual Boy, but we all know that doesn't count.
You can be like me and buy it here.
At an impasse
I started this blog originally to cover hip hop events in Philly by actually going out to the events and taking photos and videos. I soon realized that was incredible impractical, and stopped, letting the blog stay dormant for about a year.
I then got the bright idea to list upcoming events in the city. That worked out a bit better, and even got me noticed by the nice folks at Philly.com, who let me work on Phrequency, doing what I originally wanted to do with this blog.
Finally, I got a nice gig at the Daily News doing upcoming events listing; basically what I'd been doing on here for the past year.
Things have kind of come full circle, and it's been a real interesting and fun experience. At the same time, this blog as either a listing for upcoming events or as a forum for coverage of the events would be a bit redundant.
So, this blog is going to be more of a personal blog I guess. I don't really use myspace anymore, and twitter isn't a good place for any introspective thoughts, so that's what this will be about...for now.
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