They Made America | Set your TiVos for this PBS documentary (the 'Rebels' episode features Russell Simmons & Ted Turner) -- This four-part series, based on the new book by Harold Evans (The American Century), examines the history of innovation in the United States and its impact around the world. By telling the stories of the inventive men and women who transformed the world, THEY MADE AMERICA explores the political, social, economic and environmental forces that made the United States an incubator for so much radical and far-reaching creativity. Evans provides on-camera commentary.
August 31, 2004
The Apprentice on Friendster | An interesting partnership, although somehow I doubt it will be very interactive. We'll see. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the new season of 'The Apprentice'. And the Donald sure knows how to pick women who are easy on the eyes. :-)
August 23, 2004
Prince is a Money-Making Machine! | A good article on Prince which shows how much better he's doing financially now that he controls his master recordings.
'Deadwood' shines spotlight on historic town | The wild and woolly days of Deadwood's golden past not only come to life in the HBO series named for the place, but have kindled intense interest in this historic town that once was home to Wild Bill Hickok and other colorful characters.
June 17, 2004
Hip Hop's Gender Problem | Recently there's been a lot of talk about the problems with how women are represented in hip hop, but very little about where the influences for these images and ideas come from. Perhaps we should be looking at the influences instead of the performers themselves.
June 15, 2004
Netflix Plans Video-on-Demand in '05 | In its aim to be a one-stop-shop for movie rentals, Netflix talks about its plans to roll out its video-on-demand movie rental service early next year, and why the Starz service isn't a threat.
May 31, 2004
Deadwood's Best Lines | I can't believe that 'Now that's how you scrub a fucking blood stain' didn't make the list!
The Leftover | If you like the Daily Show or the Onion, check out The Leftover. From their about page:
The Leftover was created by a group of young social activists who are committed to the fight against economic, political, and social oppression (lofty ambition, eh?). Our founding group is made up of people of color, women, immigrant, queer, and working class people. We believe that humor and satire are essential tools in the struggle for justice. More importantly for us, though, is to connect political humor to the concrete changes happening on the streets- this is why we have action alerts at the end of articles, feature interviews with grassroots organizers, and maintain a calendar of progressive events and actions that you can take part in. We are also low in carbs and fat free.
PLEASE, READ IT! Do not make us get normal jobs. Some of us get nosebleeds if we sit in a cubicle for too long.
Oh, by the way, if you didn't already know, most of the stuff on this website is SATIRE and REALLY NOT REAL. So don't cite us in your thesis.
The Real History of The Source - Part One | Jay Smooth breaks down who the real founders of The Source Magazine were -- no Benzino involved. I can't wait for part 2.
December 17, 2003
Finding Bin Laden Video | George Bush, Colin Powell and Osama bin Laden grab starring roles in the new short film "Finding Bin Laden," by People Under The Stairs (PUTS).
Ok, it's not really them, but animated versions of these world power players populate a hilarious clip created to promote PUTS' upcoming album O.S.T. The video finds true school enthusiasts Thes One and Double K accepting a mission from Bush to locate the notorious Bin Laden, who's hoping to infiltrate American airwaves through wack rap beats
December 14, 2003
MovieRap.com | Reviews of the latest movies - all in a music video format performed by several up-and-coming hip-hop artists.
December 09, 2003
Netflictims with Netflixia | This guy really needs to learn how to manage his NetFlix rental queue. Mix it up!
Too Much LeBron? | Despite the best efforts of star rookie LeBron James, TV execs might yank some of the 13 televised NBA games featuring the Cleveland Caviliers, because the team just can't win a game.
Strong Debut for iTunes for PCs | I'm glad to see Apple doing so well in this space, but I still think the stock is over-valued.
September 25, 2003
Another Law & Order Spin-Off? | I'm a fan of The Law & Order franchise, but I have to say 'No Más!' SVU was cool for a while, but it's getting depressing. Criminal Intent is just hard to believe with Mr. Super Genius Detective, yet I still watch it for some strange reason. Do we really need another L&O show???
September 22, 2003
Not Your Father's Heineken Ad | Stick Men Ninjas, Kung Fu, and the Matrix meet in a Flash Ad. While 'regular' TV ad guys fret over commercial skipping on DVRs you get material like this which people are spreading freely.
KRS-ONE & Mad Lion Team Up | This should be good. I always liked KRS' reggae influenced joints. Also has tracks with Barrington Levy and Born Jamericans
Trailer for 'The Rundown' | Looks like it'll be good, except for the limited screen time that Rosario Dawson gets. Starring the Rock, Seann William Scott and Christopher Walken.
August 14, 2003
Jin, the Rapper Who Happens to be Asian | Comments (1)
| Eric makes some excellent points. I wonder if Jin will get hated on nearly as much Eminem. One thing's for sure, he proved himself on all the Freestyle Friday battles he won hands down.
August 13, 2003
Web's first 'e-première' | A British film, 'This is not a Love Song', is to get the world's first 'e-première' when it is released on the internet at the same time as in cinemas. The film will be available on 5 September at 1800 BST in various size files at www.thisisnotalovesong.com.
Fans who download music buy more CDs | The Music Research and Programming survey of 500 British fans aged 13-45 with internet access challenges the received wisdom that downloading is the prime source of a slump in music sales.
July 03, 2003
The Last Samurai | This movie looks like it'll be really good. But I'd still take Samurai Jack over Tom Cruise. :-)
Prime-Time Porn | Borrowing tactics from the old Hollywood studios, Vivid Entertainment has ditched the plain brown wrapper and is taking the multibillion-dollar sex-film industry mainstream.
Bling Bling! | Boondocks commenting on the recent addition of the term 'bling bling' to the Oxford English dictionary.
June 17, 2003
Diversity in the Matrix | A look at the reasons behind the multicultural casting of the Matrix movies.
E-Mail Soapbox | This video is spot on about some things that irk the hell out of me with forwarded e-mail. This should be required viewing before anyone is allowed to have an e-mail account!
Indigenous Cultures Photo Library | A collection of photos by Phil Borges, who says: My photographic projects are devoted to the welfare of indigenous and tribal people. My intention is to help bring attention to the value these cultures represent and the challenges they face.
ShockAnime! | ShockAnime.com features animated short films created with Macromedia Flash Technology. Not only can you watch Manga & Anime inspired animation here, but you can also create and submit your own animated short films as well.
Nike's Le Parkour Ads | Again, old, but always fun to watch... especially the Angry Chicken.
Hop Fu | Comments (2)
| fusion of hip-hop and Kung-Fu. Featuring DJs IXL and Excess of the Kolabz crew who conduct a LIVE score of the Kung Fu cinema masterpiece, The Prodigal Son, complete with kicks, punches and jabs that are synchronized with scratching, tweaking and mixing of hip-hop recordings.
Cool Honda Ad | I thought I'd re-post this for those that haven't seen it yet. Check out this Honda ad which took over 600 takes to make.
May 30, 2003
GameFly | The NetFlix concept applied to video games. Rent PlayStation 2, Xbox, or GameCube games online.
2 Labels Embrace MP3s | While the record industry sweats over how to prevent consumers from transferring music from commercial CD's to digital files and swapping copyrighted material online, two labels are exploring a different approach to the format battle
