Is the one on the right Janet?
// April 28th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
ARTWORK: DONNY MILLER
More Miller shenanigans after the jump…
Archive for April, 2009
Sparkle Motion
// April 28th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Music
Sparkle Motion is one half DJ Yoda and one half Tobes, editor of Spine Magazine. After their 80’s infused R&B mix Flight School Vol. 1, the dynamic duo do us a solid and drop New Jack City Vol. 1. The new mix picks up where Flight School left off and is “taking things forward a few years to the days of hi-top fades, parachute pants and doing ‘the running man’. Think Bobby Brown cruising for chicks in a 1989 testarossa, and Mike Tyson riding shotgun with a white baby tiger on his lap”. Enough said. Enjoy this entertaining bite-sized lesson in music history served as a dope summer cruising soundtrack.
Tracklist + Download after the jump…
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Words mean everything.
// April 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music
Rest In Power Shawn
// April 27th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // History
Photographer Shawn Mortensen (1966-2009) passed away last week. His death is mourned widely by photographers who called him “a kinetic force of optimism and seemingly limitless positive energy.”
Shawn, 43, traveled the world several times during his career as a photojournalist and artist and wherever he went he impressed. Shawn is known most for his wonderful portraits of artists, musicians and entertainers. His photographs include a stunning collection of popular heroes in a career spanning over twenty years. The collection includes photographs of Keith Haring, Tupac, Henry Rollins, James Brown, The Notorious BIG, Bjork, Jun Takahashi, Leo Fitzpatrick, Christopher Wool, Mark Gonzales, Ed Ruscha, Vivienne Westwood, The Bad Brains, Dash Snow, Grandmaster Flash, Neil Young, MIA, John Lee Hooker, Nigo, Sofia Coppola, Agnes B., Sonic Youth, The Beastie Boys, Keith Richards, Chloe Sevigny, The Foo Fighters, Everlast, Kraftwerk, Wu Tang Clan, and The Sex Pistols and many, many more.
More Mortensen pics after the jump.
Geek Down!
// April 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music
A white rabbit riding bmx + dancing women in tutus + some heavy 808s and dope lyrics = Zion I’s new video. Peep this mind melt of a vid from Zion I for the song “Geek to the Beat” off their new album “The Takeover” which is in stores now! (Video directed by M.A.Y.O.)
The Pirates of Puntland
// April 27th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Issue
The somalian issue of piracy has received a lot of press in our neck of the woods lately. Grade Scool is going to do what we can to bring awareness and hopefully with your support, aid to this one issue currently affecting Somalian communities. Here is the piece that opened up a world of learning for us here in Toronto on the issue. Watch K’naan talk about his perspective of the issue of piracy in Somalia from HardKnock.tv
Dat Kid from Cleveland
// April 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music
Here is a link to download Kid Cudi’s latest mixtape Dat Kid from Cleveland by DJ E-V. The mixtape is a prelude to Cudi’s official album Man on the Moon: The Guardians, out on G.O.O.D/Universal Motown this summer.
Tracklist + Download link after the jump…
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Welcome back to Grade Scool.
// April 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized
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