Imagination is in constant evolution… and other revelations by Wendell McShine

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“Imagination is in constant evolution” #ICYMI Internationally renowned artist and animator Wendell McShine’s latest exhibition The Storytellers, at Betti Ono gallery in Oakland, CA is closing this weekend. Don’t miss [...]

Delayed Reaction: Portishead — Dummy

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There are those who say trip-hop is dead. Trip-hop is one of those delicate genres.  It found its footing in the mid- to late-90s with bands like Lovage and Massive [...]

The Dictator Hall of Fame

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  The Illest Dictators across the globe… according to Artist & Designer Pete Kirill   Miami based Neo-Pop artist Pete Kirill recently shared these images with me of his latest [...]

Casey Veggies + Travis $cott Meet & Greet in Atlanta

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  ATLANTA! Get Ready! This Friday Casey Veggies & Travis $cott will be at The New Era Store for an official meet and greet. The event is presented by Kesh [...]

Lyrically Speaking: “US Placers” ft. Thom Yorke – CRS (Child Rebel Soldier)

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Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger [...]

ICYMI: “Punks jump up, to rock the gown; trap squad ennui, shade the crown.” #metgala

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ICYMI: “Punks jump up, to rock the gown; trap squad ennui, shade the crown.” #metgala        

Lyrically Speaking: Ms. Lauryn Hill – Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)

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“We’re living in a joke time, metaphorical coke time Commerce and guru men, run the whole world man Broke world and debauchery, old world brutality Cold world kills softly Whole world works [...]

Love in the FAME of God

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Jonny Burt creates mixed media pieces on paper and canvas, predominantly using charcoals, pastels, acrylics, oils and collage. According to Jonny, we now live in a schizophrenic society with a [...]

GREATeclectic’s POPup opens June 13 at The Alchemical in NYC

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#BUYBYE #BUYBYE #BUYBYE #BUYBYE #BUYBYE #BUYBYE Art Nouveau Magazine and The Socials invite you to a night of music and art. Thursday, June 13, 2013 for one night only Miami [...]

J.G. Angeles is one Crude Dude

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Jose Gabriel Angeles is one crude dude. Don’t believe me? Take one look through his portfolio which gives equal parts of beauty and the grotesque. Welcome to disgusting, sleazy, weird, insane world [...]

Defining where iamamiwhoami is taking us

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2012 has brought so much new music to my hears that I am surprised of the quality of music I’ve heard during a shitty year. Guess we all need something [...]

The Show Must Go On

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When one chapter closes, another opens. The story is simple. One crisis leads to another climax, another climax draws upon a sudden conclusion, and the conclusion brings us right back [...]

becca and Philip Lumbang’s Awesome Teamup

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New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles – it has been a whirlwind tour of big city writers’ conferences for me the past half year. Nothing like the dense urbanity of [...]

Lyrically Speaking: “Drivin’ Me Wild” ft. Lily Allen – Common

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Good music speaks volumes… rather than impose analysis, step back and expose linguistic artistry… why critique that which has achieved perfection at its own masterful conception… listen, look, and linger [...]

Welcome to the Trap Haus #popoff

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[Foucualt / Hysteria] Like a natural response to the four-on-the-floor Dutch House jams, #TrapPop is the latest sub-genre re-imagining Pop music like none other before it. Part Ratchet Gucci Mane [...]

Where Violence and Style Intersect, You’ll Find Ian Francis’ Worldview

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Working in mixed media on canvas, Ian Francis combines abstraction, figuration, and elements of both painting and drawing to create distinctly contemporary works. He draws his inspiration from cinema, pornography, [...]

“I Wanna F*CK Rihanna” – Dope.Boy.Magic. #streetbrilliance

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Well this is forward… #MakeNoMistake   “I Wanna F*CK Rihanna” – Dope.Boy.Magic. #streetbrilliance

A Clockwork Orleans, The Drowned and The Fury, Kanye Shrugged #bushlibrarybooks

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#icymi The G.W. Bush Library opens: “a huge, glitzy, glam museum of spin; a giant campaign commercial in museum form” — Kari (@swiper_bootz) April 24, 2013 A Clockwork Orleans, The [...]

Young Rapunxel: “because there’s no church in the bedtime story”

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THIS + THIS = THIS #WatchThisSpace …because there’s No Church in the Bedtime Story  

Read This Rainbow: “The Love Song of Jonny Valentine” – Teddy Wayne

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Take a look, it’s in a book – not your Nook or Kindle #readthisrainbow   The life and times of a modern day prepubescent pop star are the sardonic fodder [...]