#NW - Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Official Trailer - I think this is what I hoped “Heroes” would have been. Looking forward to this.
#NW - Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Official Trailer - I think this is what I hoped “Heroes” would have been. Looking forward to this.
Crazy Bert & Ernie image. Created by concept artist Dan LuVisi, he says:
Well here’s the story. I imagined Bert as a Marine who left his little brother behind for the Vietnam war. Over the years, Ernie started to turn into a junkie without his brother’s guidance, falling into the wrong crowd and dealing/using with the wrong people thus making some very bad mistakes.
Until Bert returned, leaving one war, only to fight another for his brother.
Oh man, Ernie. What a psycho.” #sesamestreet #Art #gangsta #bert #ernie
Have you submitted something yet for this amazing book? I’m holding open submissions!! featuring photos by @Chicano_Soul. Boom! Details on my website: www.brokenswordpublications.com Or hit me up on twitter @sjrivera. Design by Emilio Medina of MuyCreative.com @pocho_cholo 😎#indie #BSP #Lowriting
#NP - Shola Ama - “Boyfriend” - I guess she has a boyfriend…
#NW - Los Rakas - “No Tan Listo” - Mis hermanos Panameño have a banger right here… can’t wait for the album.
My latest game review for Denver Post’s Game on blog:
When developers announced that BioShock Infinite would no longer be in the underwater city of Rapture like the first two games, and that it would have a totally new story and new characters, some fans paused. And with good reason.
Rapture was the perfectly beautiful post-apocalyptic underwater city, and despite how in-depth the first two games were, fans wanted to continue exploring it. Instead, the team at Irrational Games has taken us to the clouds in the floating city of Columbia (not to be confused with South American country, Colombia) for BioShock Infinite.
You play as Booker DeWitt, a former detective down on his luck now headed up to Columbia in the year 1912 on a mission to pay a debt. The mission? Find a young woman named Elizabeth and bring her back to New York City. Sounds easy enough, right?
“White privilege is knowing that even if the bomber turns out to be white, no one will call for your group to be profiled as terrorists as a result, subjected to special screening or threatened with deportation,” writes author Tim Wise. “White privilege is knowing that if this bomber turns out to be white, the United States government will not bomb whatever corn field or mountain town or stale suburb from which said bomber came, just to ensure that others like him or her don’t get any ideas. And if he turns out to be a member of the Irish Republican Army we won’t bomb Dublin. And if he’s an Italian-American Catholic we won’t bomb the Vatican.”
#NW - Jessie Ware - “Imagine It Was Us” - Don’t know if you youngins’ know about Vanessa Daou or Lisa Stansfield, but that’s what Jessie reminds me of… and it’s good.
#NW - Daft Punk, Pharrell WIlliams, Nile Rodgers - “Get Lucky (SNL Ad)” - Sorry I’ve been neglecting you Tumblr. But here’s this.
#NP - AlunaGeorge - “Attracting Flies (Baauer Remix)” - Pretty slick remix of a pretty dope song. Check it.
My entire coverage of Colorado hip-hop are unsigned artists. If there was an unsigned artist that I really was feeling, someone who was innovative, creative, bringing something new to the table, that I felt people had to know about, I would. But it’s rare. The last couple of artists who actually made me feel that way are cats like K-Os or Kenna or AlunaGeorge or New Look or Los Rakas… it takes a lot to impress me enough to want to talk to you about your art and then write about that conversation.
#NW - AlunaGeorge - “Attracting Flies” - My favorites dropped a new video. Can you name all the fairy tale references in the video?
#NP - Tricky - “Nothing’s Changed” - Aw yeah. The song title says it all. This joint really takes me back to the 90’s trip-hop “Pre-Millennium Tension” days. This one feels good.
#NW - Kat Dahlia - “Gangsta” - I like the song and video. She seems to have an old soul. Plus gotta support the Latina emcees!
My latest for Game On:
The original developers of the PS-exclusive Sly Cooper games, Sucker Punch, went on to bigger things in developing the successful InFamous franchise.
But with the re-release of the first three games in the Sly Cooper Collection HD, Sony handed off development duties to Sanzaru Games for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.