BABYLON FALLING

original scans from my collection of magazines, newspapers, and print ephemera

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Live from the 41st side of 12th Street the photographer known as RISE, aka Dark Brother, takes us on a journey into Queensbridge through three decades of hip-hop history to reveal a layered portrait of a man and his neighborhood both past and present.

*Featuring never-before-seen photos of Mobb Deep, Big Twins, Big Noyd, Infamous Mobb, CNN, Nas, Cormega, AZ, and more.

I was on ‘b’ camera and did interviews alongside Alexander Richter who shot, edited, and quarterbacked the project. Original music by The Doppelgangaz. Design by Darrell Krum. 

New Year’s day. Tune in!

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This Friday (06/29) at 7:30 pm. Come through!

Interference Archive is excited to be screening the new short documentary, Armed Love, by Sean Stewart. The film is a meditative look at and conversation with Ben Morea about his role in the groups Black Mask and Up Against the Wall/Motherfucker. Ben will be present for a free-flowing discussion after the film.

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(1925 – 1965)

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The New Gurus

Art Kleps, John Leary, Karl Kesler, Bill Haines & Belle Barr interviewed at the Millbrook estate in 1967.

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This poster was done by young 15-year-old revolutionary sister Lynn Celeste

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why the capitalist gun is inferior

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A Structure for Survival

East Palo Alto Branch Black Panther Party Opens with Community Survival Day

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Something / Come Together

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DMC, Jam Master Jay, and Run with Japanese B-boys in Tokyo 

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1968 

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by Martin Sharp

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The peace signs are gone, and the D.A.I.S.Y. is outta here, but the musical and lyrical talent combined with unlimited creativity and an ingenious sense of humor is still in like Flynn. [...]

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Everyone can see the handwriting on the wall, but nobody knows what it says.

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at last the madcap laughs

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Who Gives a **** about a God-Damn Grammy?!, The Source (1989)

We all know that this year the Grammy awards finally gave rap the recognition it deserves by awarding it a Grammy. But, as the Fresh Prince put it, what the rappers did not know was that they "gave us the diploma and did not let us walk down the aisle."

The Grammys decided to present the rap award off camera, disrespecting our legitimate and powerful art form. To protest this decision, all the rap nominees (with one notable exception) boycotted the Grammy ceremony. In its place, Yo! MTV Raps, with host Fab Five Freddy, threw a party at LA's Cat & Fiddle on Grammy night. The turn out they got was incredible.

Ice-T and the whole Rhyme Syndicate posse showed up, along with Slick Rick, Kid 'n' Play, Def Jef, Eazy-E, 7A3, the Boys, a few surprise guests, and four of the five nominees: Salt-n-Pepa, JJ Fad, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, and Kool Moe Dee (LL was busy working on his upcoming double album). The party was definitely the hippest place to be on Grammy night in LA.

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by all means

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the sixtyfold o.d. of amyl nitrite does its legendary thing...