Leaked Night At The Five Spot

If you are lucky, there is a creative and fun event, created and maintained by gathering of like minded people going on in your city that all the "in" people know about. It could be focused on politics, food, music, sport etc and the results are amazing. If you are really lucky, you have had the chance to attend or be a part of something like this from beginning, middle or end.

I, however, was not lucky.

The Black Lily open mic night at the Five Spot was an event that I always took for granted because I thought, in my youth as all young people do, that it would last forever. A who's who of neo-soul (or soul) artist from the late 1990's and the early/mid 2000's sang there. When it burned down in 2007, I missed my chance.



The good people at ReelBlack created a documentary called Leaked Night At The Five Spot from the footage of the jam sessions and interviews with the artists. I couldn't attend (damn night job!) but I bought the DVD and I look forward to watching what I missed years ago.

Read more about ReelBlack and purchase the dvd.

Snax Magazine Release Party

I've known Ashley Butler since we worked at infraRED Entertainment when we were in college, and she has created Snax Magazine to showcase emerging fine art and photography. I attended her release party and it was great to see her ideas come to fruition.

 

 

Ashley invited me to submit to be in the next issue, so I gotta get to work!

Keep up with Snax Magazine on Tumblr and Facebook

Note: the photos above without my watermark were not taken by me.

Street Knock Swizz Beatz -(feat. A$AP Rocky)

Posting some music while I get myself together. I have some new photos and a couple events I attended. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, this banger by Swizz Beats caught my ear over the past few weeks. I'm starving for new rap that doesn't all sound like a repeat of whats already out there (like the beat for Dance (a$$). I bought Common's new cd The Dreamer / The Believer also, so I'll post about that later.

The New Catwalk Queens: 12 Brown Models You Need to Know

Tyra Banks, Selita Banks, Naomi Campbell.

These were the only names I knew when it comes to high profile fashion supermodels of color, so I found this article on Style Blazer about the new generation of women ripping up the runway and creating some excellent print work.

Read more about who's who on Style Blazer

Black Girls

I came across this video by Chester French called Black Girls and found it to be interesting visually; The contrast of light and dark skin and exposure, plus the obvious sexuality.