This place is cluttered to the maximum. Here, are all of the books that I have ever read. Starting from the pretty picture book fairytales on to the uncompromisingly honest autobiography of Malcolm X, illustrated only by the beautiful-ugly truths of America. Not to forget the obligatory collegiate readings that crushed the fairytales only to [...]
photo of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s “Uptown” I sat one row away from the stage in the Orchestra pit at the New York City Center waiting for the show to begin. This is where The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is performing its wonderful creations, running from December 2, 2009 through January 3, [...]
In the first part of our Black Body Politic series, we briefly discussed the history of black models and fashion. This installment finds us chatting with up and coming model Khayattollah. Khayattollah has been a model and muse for the Boxing Kitten brand, an amazing company whose designs are based on the tradition of women with [...]
Initially, I was not particularly excited to see Where The Wild Things Are. I kind-of-sorta-maybe-almost-vaguely remember glancing at the book as a kid. In my childhood the only wild things were drug addicts on Lenox Avenue who could navigate the streets of Harlem at an abnormally quick pace, while greeting you, asking for money and [...]
The word model derives from the Latin root modellus, which describes a human’s typical approach at coping with reality. A model has the propensity to illustrate and define the segment of reality that they are representing. In the case of fashion models the same rules apply. Fashion designers are folks who attempt to create their [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Madvillain – “All Caps” DOOM is in a forthcoming edition of The New Yorker. Head over to Stone’s Throw for an excerpt. Related: Taster’s Choice 7 // MF DOOM
The late Octavia Estelle Butler became the first African-American woman to be recognized as an internationally renowned award winning science fiction writer. Such illustrious awards include the PEN lifetime achievement award and the Macarthur foundation “Genius” grant, to name a few. With her work, Butler injects the experiences and perspectives of African-American women in the [...]
Dante of Dante’s Fried Chicken – a dope culinary cultural mash up event of sorts that in the past has featured folks like Santigold, Mapei and more, drops some jewelry (and a free recipe) over at DAZED.
The events of the past 24 hours didn’t really hit me until today while on break from work. In a very testosterone filled environment, the combination of hearing a faint echo of PYT on a radio inside, the view of the murky afternoon sky from where I was sitting and some other intangible variable, suddenly [...]
Chad “Pimp C” Butler 12/29/1973 – 12/4/07 Updated news report: BBC
