These days, the average rap career has a shelf life of about 5 years, but the Hip Hop Theater Festival, now in its 8th year, is an organization that has been steadily building its profile as the spot to see cutting edge artistic work and is supporting the very artists that are expanding the definition of Hip Hop culture beyond what the average Joe sees on BET, and proving that Hip Hop is timeless and far from dead. As any true Hip Hop head will tell you, Hip Hop is far more than rap music. Your purists will point out there are only five elements of Hip Hop (I got a special a prize for whoever names all five in the comments), others will even say that Hip Hop is so much more than five things, that it has grown so big it is undefinable; there are tentacles stretching into every facet of popular culture. The Hip Hop Theater Festival proves that authentic Hip Hop can and will be on stage and it will be put there by the very artists who made it. (more…)
For all saggy pants wearers, Tuesday represented a victory in Florida, as a city wide ban was deemed unconstitutional. Now we can get back to important things, like banning extra tight pants. Common sense ruled the day as the judge determined that tax payers had better thins to waste their money on than arresting, fining and jailing dumb ass kids who enjoy mimicking prison culture to share with the world the sexual availability. ($500 says that none of these dumb ass kids know where, how or why the trend originated.) Now if Louisiana, Texas and Georgia will follow suit, baggy pants around the nation will safely droop. (more…)
As we get closer to the November presidential election, the campaigns are getting more and more dramatic and the candidates are proving themselves more and more stupid. In an effort to keep you, my darling readers more informed, today is the first installment of “American Dumbocracy” how dumb we, our politicians, policies and politics are becoming. Here’s hoping it’s not as much a sign of the apocalypse as fear mongers might have it be. (more…)
It’s the end of the world as we know it. At least tomorrow it just may be.
Does it even anti-matter anymore? (Yes, that was the worst Science Nerd Humour on the planet).
Tomorrow, the European Organization for Nuclear Research a.k.a. CERN (yes, I’m aware the initials don’t line up. That’s the Europeans’ for you) a.k.a. the cool science hub that was talked about in the book Angels & Demons which is a.k.a. the book before the Da Vinci Code, will start up the Large Hadron Collider that will look at the smallest of particles in the Universe and try and figure out where the big bang came from.
Although I truly enjoyed High School Chemistry I’m no scientist, but I’m sharing this with all of you so you know that the world might end tomorrow, but to encourage you to live your lives as if the world might end every day. Too often we sweat the small stuff, obsess over the trivial and spend more time thinking of those who piss us off than those who make us smile. Take a moment and think of those who make you smile, and let them know. (more…)
Before we get started-just for shits and giggles, here’s a little video clip that highlights some of the ideals of the Republican Party.
On to business…
I wanted to write this unbiased, from a relatively neutral point of view, but as I mentioned in my talented compatriot Rey’s blog, I’m not a fan of this ho. Regardless, I think it’s important that we all remain as informed as possible on this election, not only because its gravely important to fix the country we choose to live in, because let’s face it, there’s a 50/50 chance it’ll go either way, and as they say know your enemy. So here is your (moderately biased) history of Sarah Palin.(more…)
Happy Fucking Friday! Its Friday, its pay day (for some if us) and time for sexy time (for the lucky ones.) Here are some things to consider before you get freaky this weekend: (more…)
Breaking into any business is hard, but the music business is particularly difficult offering a set of unique challenges. It’s an insular field with many gatekeepers who guard the gates carefully. It’s one of the few industries where nepotism runs almost unchecked, and what you know isn’t as important as who you know. Fortunately, there are some enterprising minds who are working to open the gates to up and coming talents, both behind the scenes and on stage. iStandard Inc. has earned a reputation for seeking out the newest producing talent through their website and producer panels and showcases in New York, Lads Vegas, Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix, Philly and Chi-town, and they’re now partnering with Miami-based DBHH Management to produce the first annual Beats on the Beach conference this October in Miami Beach, an event we here at Alumnah are proud to support.
I recently had the opportunity to chat with organizers J Hatch and Don Di Nappoli about their work and what attendees can expect at the first annual Beats on the Beach Conference and why it’s important to climb every rung on the ladder to success.(more…)
As you may be aware, Barack Obama finally chose a running mate. The pick was promised to be delivered first to his supporters via text message, but somehow the news leaked, so many supporters received text messages about 3am EST on Saturday morning with the announcement. I wasn’t one of them; I’m of the opinion these politicians have more than enough money and mine is better spent paying my own bills.His choice of Biden wasn’t much of a surprise to politicos and those paying even slight attention to the presidential race. Barack has faced a great deal of criticism for being too young, too inexperienced in foreign policy and national security. And the whole he’s Black thing. A natural and seemingly wise choice to combat all that criticism was Joe Biden, a career Democrat, and an old White guy.
You may already be voting for Barack because you are a staunch Democrat, you like him, he’s Black. You may already have decided to vote for McCain because you’re a Republican, you like old White guys, you have a POW fetish. Or you may be of the opinion that the Illuminati has already decided the fate of the election so the actual act of voting is futile, and therefore you’ll spend election day eating Cheerio’s and watching Cartoons and Porn. Regardless, you should all be a bit informed, so to save you from searching through websites, newspapers and books to learn about Joe, we here at Alumnah have worked tirelessly to compile this (hopefully) helpful Joe Biden primer.(more…)
