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The Rubble Kings is a film by Shan Nicholson. The documentary tells the story of New York gangs from the late sixties through to the seventies and the birth of Hip-Hop. Here we have a short trailer for the movie
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Pablo Lobato is a Graphic Designer and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His Portfolio includes work for New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, LA Times Magazine, LA Magazine, The New Republic, Boston Globe, Texas Monthly, Cosmopolitan Germany, Chief Executive, Flare, AARP, Paste Magazine,...
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In New York City from 1965 to 1970, musicians blended English and Spanish lyrics with Afro-Cuban, jazz, rock and R&B rhythms to create Latin boogaloo. We Like it like that is a project by New York Filmmaker and Writer Mathew Ramirez Warren, who has worked for Wax Poetics magazine and the New York...
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These have been kicking around on the internet for a while, but we thought we'd share them. French Graphic Artist Stephane Massa-Bidal designs what it might of looked like if websites such as Facebook and Twitter were created years ago and came with manuals. Here’s the full series of his cover designs.
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It's 1969 and floppy hats, flared trousers and other far out fashions are the student attire of the day. These photos from the Life magazine archives were taken by Arthur Schatz. The pictures capture a day in the life of students attending an American High School in California.
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Although we've never done a feature on Muhammad Ali, the boxer has appeared on the blog a couple of times. Once in our Bill Withers post, where he's pictured hanging out with the Soul singer and another time in the story of the mighty Andre the Wrestler. So we had a rummage around the World wide...
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Robert Norman 'Bob' Ross was born in Daytona Beach Florida. The future tv painting legend, was then installed into The USA's Air Force at the age of 18, and swiftly posted to snowy Alaska. This was to have a big influence on his later career.... He soon discovered he could paint, and although he did well...
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The 1968 Olympics were notable for several firsts. This was to be the first Olympics to be held in a developing country (Mexico City played host), the first in a Spanish speaking country and the first (and only to date) Olympics to be held in Latin America. In addition these were the games where Bob Beamon...
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Cannonball!! Comedy actor Will Ferrell may have played a mean Jazz flute as Ron Burgundy in the film Anchorman, but back in 1967 his father Lee Ferrell was blowing saxophone and tinkling the ivories for The Righteous Brothers Band Prior to joining The Righteous Brothers Band, Lee also...
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Strangely enough when Berry Gordy first signed Brenda Holloway to Motown records he hadn’t actually heard her sing such was the captivating nature of her beauty. When Gordy first saw Brenda perform she was lip-synching to Mary Wells classic ‘My Guy’ and he knew as soon as he saw her he had to sign...
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