SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

17 Apr

© Spaztacular As a life-long junkie, I can attest to this! by Mark O'Donnell TimeOut Yes, there's the small matter of Record Store Day coming up soon. But buying vinyl is a way of life, not just a one day fling. So what's the deal for lifelong vinyl junkies and record shop staffers? Take a look below...

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15 Feb

Soul on Bikes & Black Chrome | The History of Black Motorcycle Culture

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SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

I've always wanted a Harley, since I was a kid. Eyeing one of those Harley Trikes now...

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12 Feb

London’s Pirate Radio Pioneers

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MUSIC, SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

by amfmLondon amfm.org.uk Tracing the history of London's original dance music stations through clips, music and contemporary news reports and interviews. The beginning It seems crazy now, but in 1980 there were just three stations playing popular music in London: Capital Radio, Radio One and BBC Radio London. Even worse, the music licensing agencies restricted them to playing records for 12 hours a day or less. On Sunday evenings Radio One closed down at 7pm and Capital Radio had classical music followed by...

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10 Feb

‘Dust & Grooves’ Book: The Secret Lives of Vinyl Hoarders

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MUSIC, SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

(Someone understands :: sob ::) by April Greene | Cuepoint Magazine Questlove and other obsessive record collectors are chronicled in Eilon Paz’s "Dust & Grooves", a photography and interview project Although I’ve known Dust & Grooves founder Eilon Paz since he moved to New York from Israel in 2008, and have been a follower, fan, and contributor to his documentary project about vinyl record collecting since nearly its beginning, I don’t know everything. I hadn’t known that he only got one of his choice interviews because the 2010...

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10 Feb

Black Like Basquiat: Jean-Michel & the Black Kids Downtown

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ARTS, SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

(This is an intimate piece written by one of my many prolific and famously unknown friends, Jennifer Jazz, about some of our soon-to-be-very-famous friends. She really captures the spirit of that magic time.) by Jennifer Jazz | AFROPUNK People are always coming and going to Felice’s. There are writers Luc Sante and Darryl Pinckney and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Felice Rosser is the Woman-in-the-scarf in Jim’s short film Permanent Vacation and obviously the inspiration behind the character Bargatta in Darryl Pinckney’s novel High Cotton. There’s...

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7 Feb

Homemade Twinkie Bundt Cake

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SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

I haven't tried this yet, but I will soon...

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21 Jan

The East Village in the 1980s: Then & Then

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SUBCULTURE/LIFESTYLE

"Eighth Street Between Avenues B and C" 1983 | Ken Schles I started hanging out in the East Village in my senior year at the HS of Art & Design; of course young creatives flocked there (and not-so-young). We were advised do not go east of 1st Ave unless you were copping or selling. But many of my close friends lived right on the border (Felice, Halina, Shari, Jean-Ulrick ), and I also had friends who lived in deep in Losaida. Many a...

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