Archive for February, 2008
Web Zen
There’s something really great about Kanye West blogging about Darth Vader hot air balloons…don’t?
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Globalistas
Spannered just put up full transcripts of Camilo Rocha’s interviews with “Globalistas,” musicians who have ripped up national borders and redefined world music through their globetrotting, multinationally aware ways. I’m really digging how Part 1 is wayne&wax (Harvard grad (we’re not all lame), recent dad, fellow Jamaican enthusiast, ethnomusicologist, DJ), Part 2 is DJ/rupture (another [...]
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Pixish
I’m really digging this new startup I found via Drawn! called Pixish. Basically, it combines Etsy’s ability to commission people with Threadless’ community voting system to let you outsource certain illustration/art needs you might have to the web.
I’ve found that my favorite types of web tools usually focus on connecting people in pretty basic ways, [...]
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Everything I’ve Ever Wanted
…is apparently in this mix.
I mean, damn, we’re talking: Bounty Killer, Busy Signal, Daft Punk, MIA, the Bubble Bobble theme song, Three 6 Mafia, and Ay Bay Bay….ALL IN ONE MIX?
(Edit: As if this wasn’t awesome enough…I listened through the mix and was surprised to find this song that I heard in Jamaica and have [...]
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Transporting a Community
“When American troops began to leave the Philippines at the end of World War II, hundreds of surplus jeeps were sold or given to local Filipinos. Locals stripped down the jeeps to accommodate several passengers, added metal roofs for shade, and decorated the vehicles with vibrant colors and bright chrome hood ornaments. The jeepney rapidly [...]
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Tags: asian-american, blue scholars, chinatown, community, dragon bus, fung wah, jeepney, public transportation
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