Great video with M.I.A. protege Rye Rye by our friends at Coolhunting.com. This video visits the rising star in the studio working on her yet as unreleased album and at a WWD Daily photo shoot. The 18-year-old Baltimore native shares the story of how she came up, a few dance moves and what she likes to rap about.
It’s amazing how kids that are still in highschool are making such big waves w/out major record labels. You can thank the internet for that!
I gotta admit that I was really excited to see Died Young Stayed Pretty, a new full length documentary focusing on the DIY rock poster (see gigposters.com) movement that has brewing in the US and beyond for the the last decade. The doc has hundreds of interviews with big names (many of whom you’ve never heard of) within the close knit rock poster scene,who discuss personal taste, poster philosophies, and what role money,drugs, and 70′s&80′s porn plays in rock posters. Many of the artists interviewed are amazingly talented (i.e. Tyler Stout & Brian Chippendale) and interesting, sharing with the viewer a small glimpse of their creative process.
542,000,000 years after the start of the Phanerozoic eon comes the announcement of self-titled sound clip “Masters of the Universe - part 2″ by collaborative creative group The Russian Frost farmers. The video is a tad on the long side (13 but it’s got the usual psychedelic lo-fi meets shaman noise band sounds that are so prelevenant these days. Worth a look.
Craig Nunn is a London based photographer and one third of pop group Internet Forever.
In June of 2008 Brendan “Solve” Scanlon was murdered in Chicago. Since Brendan was a graffiti/street artist his friends have created a campaign to giveaway Solve stickers to people all over the world as a symbol of Nonviolence and to honor Brendan’s life. Head over to Solve Stickers and get some free stickers, post them up in your town and spread the word!
We haven’t posted any abstract paintings in a while so I thought post some work by Rockford Illinois painter Jennifer Krantz. These paintings have everything in them from fire crackers to spray paint to sequins. Although some of the work reminds of Fiona Rae I think Jennifer gets a pass for creating such fun chaos.
If you’re in the LA area and looking for something to do swing by Ronin to see a 2 person show by Parskid and Julian Duron. Parskid and B/D go way way back as his work has been featured in our Skate Or Die issue and numerous times on our site. Julian will also have some work in Book 2 being released in November. If you haven’t subscribed yet you better do so as Julian’s spread will knock your socks off!
