Written by: Amanda Seales / Directed by: Roger C. Jeffrey
Women are fist fighting all over television Little girls want to be reality stars. The only female rapper in the mainstream is a Black woman that calls herself “Barbie” and many of the most talented ladies in the industry have become egomaniacs. According to tv/web personality, recording artist, & actress Amanda Seales, the Diva is dead.
In her latest project, a comedic musical one-woman show Amanda challenges pop culture’s portrayal of women one character at a time. Melding melody and monologue, this hilarious, thought provoking show calls out the cause and effect of the overwhelming number of negative images of women in today’s media and gives rise to restoring the balance. Accompanied by a three-piece band, and video imagery, the show is dynamic and interactive compelling audiences to laugh, empathize, and nod their heads to the original musical numbers integrated throughout. A timely piece Death of the Diva invokes thought, raises awareness, and encourages movement towards countering the overwhelmingly negative position pop culture has taken in how women should be represented on media’s global stage.
Fri, March 23 & 30 at 8p Sat & Sun, March 24,25, 31, & April 1 at 4p
From making a name for themselves from socks to hats, HUF presents their Spring/Summer 2012 with Starter for the Hawaiian Snapback Pack, consisting of the HUF Big H Hawaiian Starter Snapback and the HUF Classic Script Floral Starter Snapback. Both styles are offered in three colorways, and are set to Starter’s signature 6-panel snapback. Now available through the HUF online store.
“Piss Test” is a speaker-detonating slice of Parental Advisory rap from A-Trak, Juicy J and Danny Brown. It’s the first teaser off Loosies, the upcoming Fool’s Gold hip hop compilation. Play this at high volume, preferably in a residential neighborhood.
Today, Converse announces that it has brought together three artists for the next Three Artists. One Song collaboration featuring Mark Foster of Foster The People; rising star, Kimbra; and A-Trak. “Warrior” track and video will coincide with the launch of Converse’s footwear collection of seasonal colors available exclusively at Journeys locations nationwide this spring. The music video and track will be made available to music fans via free download on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at www.journeys.com/pluginto.
Japanese paper artist Terada Mokei has developed ’1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series No.6 New York’. The work is an entirely constructed from parchment representation of a bustling New York City subway station created at a 1:100 scale. ‘No.6′ is sent flat by the artist to be built by the person receiving his work with the size of the rectangular kit measuring 104mm x 148mm. Each component is removed from the rectangular frame and glued into place. This functional art piece may be constructed in the context of an architectural model, enhancing the environment of the potential building, or as a miniature model of one of the world’s major metropolitan zones for display in his/her home.
Nike continues their collaboration with Liberty of London for Summer 2012 and present 5 new sneaker styles, decorated in the iconic patterns by Liberty. Here’s the first shoe from the new collection – the Nike x Liberty Free 5.0. The rest of the collection feature styles such as the Air Max 1, Cortez, Hyperclave, Dunk Sky High, and Blazer. Each shoe makes use of a psychedelic print courtesy of Liberty making for some unique footwear. The Cortez, Air Max 1 and the Free 5.0 will be hitting retailers on April 2, while the Hyperclave, Dunk Sky High and Blazer drop in May.
Headlines today have been dominated by the outrage and public show of support for the family of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Florida high school student who was shot and killed by a self-appointed neighborhood-watch captain, George Zimmerman.
It turns out that a young ad man, 24-year-old Daniel Maree, a digital strategist at Interpublic Group of Cos.’ McCann, was behind the organization of a march in New York City — and social-media campaign — that has succeeded at winning a lot of attention.
Raised in South Africa, Mr. Maree attended college in the U.S. and worked for the World Bank before joining McCann. His desire to raise awareness of Mr. Martin’s murder stems from personal experiences in which he felt discriminated against merely for walking down the street wearing a hoodie.
Italian commercial photographer Federico Chiesa has developed a series picturing the aging horror stars from cult films of the 1970′s and 1980′s. With the assistance of Carolina Trotta for makeup, styling and special effects, villains from iconic films such as a ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’, ‘The Shining’, ‘Friday the 13th’, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Halloween’ have been imagined in their old age. The collection entitled ‘Horror Vacui‘, latin for ‘fear of empty space’, pictures the once-feared characters, when first introduced on the big screen, now alone and lonely in the twilight of their lives.
“The Wave” was one of the most bizarre and amazing videos we’ve seen in a while, so we asked Miike Snow to show us some of their inspirations. Naturally, their recommendations were completely insane and incredible.
After 5 qualifiers in the country, Red Bull Manny Mania defines the best skater in Argentina, who will represent the country in the international final, that will take place in New York.
