Some cutting room floor footage from the Inspector Deck interview at the New Era store as I warmed myself up to meet the legendary emcee.
*And keep your eyes peeled for more video interviews via the DP x iHipHop connection (you see what I just did?)
Archive for March, 2010
DP x iHipHop.tv: Coming To Your Eyeholes [ll]…
Friday, March 26th, 2010The Boot Camp Clique Chronicles…
Friday, March 26th, 2010
^ Greatest. Shoe. Evar.
This is the ultimate shoe for khaki pants. The rugged soles or the boat deck bottoms. Either way you can not properly prep out your style without a pair of the handsewn mocs.
I’ve been in touch with Timberland this week because the 6″ black field boot that I featured here a few weeks back failed me the other day. I’m hoping that Timberland will repair the soles as opposed to replacing the boots. Since the style is no longer in production a replacement pair almost feels like a downgrade.
Here’s a great article to read of an interview with the CEO of Timberland Jeff Swartz. He puts the company’s recent failures on his shoulders and talks about finding the path back for Timberland by doing just that – hitting a trail. Timberland isn’t Nike. or adidas, or even Rockport for that matter. Their product always represented the outdoors and the things people did everyday from construction to just plain hiking.
Timberland represents the sensibility of the everyman. The blue-collar, lunchpail, hands-on worker. For the folks that don’t take any days off, why should your shoes? Ha! I’ve been wearing Timberland boots for too long you can tell. It’s gotten to the point that I need to start writing copy for Timberland.
Thor And The Warriors Four…
Friday, March 26th, 2010
I used to go to the Comic Book Club on Tuesday nights which was hosted by a couple of uber-geeks who would review dozens of titles weekly, but for the love of comics it was the best $5 I could ever spend. One of those uber-geeks, ALEX ZALBEN, has been granted the dream job of a lifetime. He gets to write a mini-series starring the god of thunder along with Power Pack. When Walt Simonson was on the drawing board for Thor it was one of the most lavish, fantasy filled books ever. Simonson created stunning characters as well as he gave a new edge to the staid Thor mythology.
Zalben is penning a Power Pack mini-series where the kids are faced with their grandmother’s imminent passing. As kids they try to prevent the inevitable and this means traveling to Asgard to somehow secure a mythical golden apple. These are the golden apples that have given the Asgardians their immortality. Power Pack hopes these apples can do the same for their grandmother. I like the storyline already and Zalben being a fan of stories like C.S.Lewis’ Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe means he’ll insert a dark and true life element into the story. It was the reality that nothing lasts forever which makes me love comics to this day.
Have we changed from the earliest humans who carved in stone and wrote on walls to express parables?
Nah, now we just kick the truth to the online youth.
A Kinder, Gentler Game…
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Jayceon Taylor is showing us a more mature side for his latest album. He’s also relentlessly name-dropping producers now. #iHipHop
AFRO-LATINOS: The Untaught Story…
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Editor’s note: The following drop via AFROLATINO.TV press release…
Creador Pictures announces the official website launch for the groundbreaking television documentary, “Afro Latinos: The Untaught Story” (Afro-Latinos: La Historia Que Nunca Nos Contaron”). Created and Produced by award-winning television producer Renzo Devia and co-produced by celebrated journalist Alicia Anabel Santos. This seven part series is expected to leave viewers with a new perspective on the heritage of Latinos worldwide, in addition to a better understanding of the modern day adversities still facing Afro-Latinos today.
Who are Afro-Latinos? Afro-Latinos are the descendents of the enslaved Africans who were forcibly taken from their land and dispersed throughout Latin America. There are an estimated 200 million Afro-descendants throughout Latin America; yet the majority, have no political or economic power.
More than two years in the making and independently produced and filmed throughout Spanish and Portuguese speaking nations across the Caribbean, Central and South America. This provocative documentary Afro-Latinos: The Untaught Story delves deep into the Afro-Latino experience as no one has ever seen before. Segments cover topics ranging from history, identity, language, religious taboos, beautiful traditions, art and social issues. This documentary gives a voice to these marginalized communities who have been excluded from history books for centuries. Creador Pictures, LLC hopes to unite all of the Americas with the fascinating knowledge they have gained.
The documentary features provocative scenes capturing intimate rituals, such as Santeria and Voodoo. The series offers revealing interviews from AfroLatino celebrities, political figures, scientists, educators and anthropologists. The most moving footage comes straight from the voices of the people—this is a story that directly affects these communities located in the outskirts of Latin America’s bustling metropolitans.
AFROLATINO.TV is the definitive on-line destination for the global Afro-Latino community. Visitors can watch video footage and see photos taken from the producer’s journeys to dozens of countries on their quest to decode the lineage of African blood in Latin America during the documentary filming.
Teachers across the nation have already used this valuable site as a resource to encourage the curious to further investigate the history Afro-Latinos. This site offers comprehensive information and links to philanthropic organizations for each country visited to inform those communities on where to go if they are discriminated against. In addition to moving and entertaining blog testimonials, the film crew shares information about the books, music and artwork they discovered along the way with via digital travel journals.