JTTS x KarmaLoop TV
Posted on February 8, 2010 by Martín Caballero - Filed Under Media, Video | 4 Comments
KarmaLoop shows JTTS some love on the Daily Loop. Apparently our credibility is growing somewhat on the Interweb. My guess is our hits are growing just from Wite and Bushes reloading the page every 10 seconds; if so, thanks.
Shouts to Chelsea @ KL.
It Turns Out The Vocoder Has Been Evil Since Day One
Posted on February 4, 2010 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Consumerism, Hip Hop, Media | 1 Comment
The History of the Vocoder.
Dropping in hardcover this March.
Written by hip-hop journalism godfather Dave Tompkins.
From the publishers:
This is the story of how a military device became the robot voice of hip-hop and pop music. Though the vocoder, invented by Bell Labs in 1928, was designed to guard phones from eavesdroppers, it expanded beyond its original [...]
RESPECT (Magazine)
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Martín Caballero - Filed Under Hip Hop, Media, Photos | 2 Comments
Just got put on to this mag recently. Surely nobody is foolish enough to pay for words printed on a glossy page anymore, so maybe this is a better idea: RESPECT, a hip-hop magazine dedicated to photography. The first issue is a “hip-hop classics” round-up with Jay-Z, Nas, Tupac and all the other guys your [...]
Hip-Hop Journalism Is Dead
Posted on January 24, 2010 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Hip Hop, Media | 3 Comments
From the media perspective, it’s been clear for some time why legitimate rap music has been pushed further underground while a handful of vapid commercial egomaniacs get to share the top tier. Alternative news outlets, which in the case of other genres dutifully expose obscure rising talents – completely whiff in their hip-hop coverage.
This week’s [...]
Stalking for Beginners
Posted on January 21, 2010 by Martín Caballero - Filed Under Media | 1 Comment
One of VICE’s greatest how-to guides…
I decided to pick a random stranger and stalk the shit out of him. Just for kicks. Here’s what happened…
DAY ONE
I didn’t want to stalk a friend of a friend. I needed to find some jock in a shitty bar. Me and my best friend headed out to the lame [...]
One Last Round-Up of Year-and-Decade Round-Ups
Posted on December 31, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Media | 1 Comment
Heading into this New Year season I was none too enthusiastic about taking time out of my hectic schedule to look back at shit. Especially a whole decade’s worth of it.
But I wound up doing a bunch of different round-ups (links below), and enjoying a bunch of others. Here are the best look back corrals [...]
Year-End Rap-Ups from Skillz and Bekay
Posted on December 31, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Audio, Hip Hop, Media | 5 Comments
Year-in-review rhymes are a major perk of hip-hop fandemonium; I’m pretty sure that folk, rock, and country cats don’t do this, and if I’m wrong I have no interest whatsoever in hearing them. Somehow I don’t think I see things through the same lens as anyone who’s ever worn cowboy boots or Birkenstocks.
While Skillz is [...]
Don’t Be Blinded By The Right
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Media, WTF | 4 Comments
Even those of you who who blast my writing must concede that I make more sense than those conservative assbags who populate the New York Times Best Seller List. Of course you won’t – since you’re likely ignoramus sympathizers yourselves – but deep down you know what I’m talking about.
My Boston Phoenix colleague David Bernstein [...]
Book Review: “Who Shot Rock & Roll”
Posted on December 16, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Arts, Media | 1 Comment
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955-Present | by Gail Buckland | Knopf | 336 pages | $40
With Who Shot Rock & Roll, iconic photo editor Gail Buckland performs a tremendous service for the culture voyeur in us all. After spelunking the portfolios of 100 acclaimed music photographers, she emerged with nearly 300 pages [...]
New Funkmaster Flex Feature in New Era’s “Your Lifestyle: Fitted”
Posted on December 9, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Consumerism, Hip Hop, Media | 1 Comment
As reported not too long ago, my old editor from The Source is now running the New Era digital mag Your Lifestyle: Fitted. It’s a bold effort; in addition to being almost exclusively about hats, they’ve also done away with paper and traditional Web formats by creating a full-blown digital publication.
So far I’m feeling this [...]
Lane Smith Season Has Returned
Posted on December 7, 2009 by Martín Caballero - Filed Under Media, Video | 2 Comments
“You could have been one of the greats…and now look at yourself. You’re not even a has-been. You’re a never-was.”
Respect the God.
wild weird Monday update starts after the jump
This Is Why Highbrow And Mainstream Media Need To Stop Covering Hip-Hop
Posted on December 5, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Media | 4 Comments
From the Washington Post corrections column:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.
A Must-Read For All Indie Artists and Label Owners
Posted on December 5, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under Media | Leave a Comment
On an unheralded fall weekend right before Thanksgiving, a roomful of amateur hackers and Web rock stars gathered in East Cambridge for a historic convention that could dramatically reshape the way we get our music. At stake in this laptop orgy on the quiet end of Memorial Drive, appropriately held at Microsoft’s New England Research [...]
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