Sunday, April 13, 2008

Perspective and the Human Condition

What happens when one of the world's great musicians, playing on the most masterful violin ever made, performs incognito before a traveling rush-hour audience of 1,000-odd people? The answers to this social experiment run deep and broad, and make for one of the finest articles I've ever read. Check it out...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Planet B-Boy

Planet B-Boy, a new movie highlighting the proliferation of the most physical of the four elements of hip hop, is screening at a quality arthouse theater near you. Haven't seen it yet, so I can't say if it trumps its stellar precursor, The Freshest Kids, but the trailer at least gives credence to what a lot of hip hop heads have known for a long time: the best that hip hop culture has to offer is happening overseas.