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random goodness

Posted: April 23rd, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: film, hip hop, magazine, photography | 2 Comments »


FILM: killer of sheep: charlie burnett’s debut full length feature (it was his MFA thesis submission at UCLA). raw, rambling, unstructured, filmed neorealismo style in watts in the 1970’s with mostly friends and acquaintances. it is one of the most nuanced portrayals of black american life anywhere on film. must see.

PHOTOGRAPHY: flickr set: hip hop culture. more hip hop “baby pictures” taken by ricky “mr. wiggles” flores in the bronx circa 1984. it all looked so innocent in those days before crack, NWA, bling and “puff daddy”. Correction: Ricky Flores and Mr. Wiggles are not the same person, per Mr. Flores himself (thanks!)


MUSIC: The Roots “Rising Up” ft. Wale & Chrisette Michelle. more go go flavored goodness. 23 year old olubowale “wale” folarin who reps DMV (DC, MD, VA) via Nigeria (parents) features on the first single from the roots new album “rising down” which drops 4/29.

shook
MAGAZINES: shook magazine: possible successor to the late, great global underground music magazine straight no chaser, the passing of which is much lamented here at casa forota. shook even sports the same experimental (sometimes unreadable) typography/design style.

2 Comments on “random goodness”

  1. 1 Ricky Flores said at 1:40 am on July 14th, 2008:

    FYI, Mr. Wiggles and Ricky Flores are two separate entities. I took photos of Wiggles but I am not Wiggles.

  2. 2 kamau said at 8:19 am on July 14th, 2008:

    I’ve corrected my post to reflect that fact, pardon the error. I took another look at your flickrstream; much respect to you for documenting life in the Bronx back in the day, shows the life of a place that few wanted to photograph and many ignored or just plain misunderstood.