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  • LIVE: RMBA 2013, Culture Clash feat. 2 Chainz, Cam’ron, Robin S

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    LIVE: The Sweetlife Festival Presented by Sweetgreen

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Music

PLAYLIST: The Baker’s Dozen – Victim of Love
Posted On May 24, 2013 | No Comments

Welcome to another installment of The Baker’s Dozen, a feature in which I will deliver a playlist of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately and tell you why. I’ve been listening to Charles [...]

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Food + Drink

FOOD: Beginning of a Summer Herb Garden — Recipe Basics
Posted On May 23, 2013 | No Comments

I live in an apartment.  I have done so for most of my adult life with the exception of a couple years in graduate school when I rented a house.  However, having grown up in [...]

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Style

STYLE: Top 5 Bucket Hats
Posted On May 20, 2013 | No Comments

  The summer is here and on the streets or on the beach the bucket hat can have you walking with both form and function. Before Hip Hop artists started wearing bucket hats, fisherman actually [...]

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Design

ART: The Concrete Canvas
Posted On May 24, 2013 | No Comments

BROOKLYN: Franklin Ave Shuttle Station BROOKLYN: N14th St & Nassau Ave STATEN ISLAND: Castleton & Broadway   MANHATTAN: 53rd St & 2nd Ave BROOKLYN: 25th Ave D Station MANHATTAN: 15th St & 6th Ave MANHATTAN: [...]

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Screen

SCREEN: Wild In The Streets – Jilly Ballistic
Posted On May 24, 2013 | No Comments

An awesome short documentary by Dega Films that follow the adventures of street artist Jilly Ballistic doing what she does best in the streets of New York. This is one of a series of films [...]

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Interviews

INTERVIEW: Louie Vega
Posted On May 17, 2013 | No Comments

For twenty years music legend Louie Vega has been laying down the blueprint for modern DJ and dance culture. Usually after decades in a successful career most musicians start to slow down but in 2013 [...]

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Live

LIVE: RMBA 2013, Culture Clash feat. 2 Chainz, Cam’ron, Robin S
Posted On May 14, 2013 | No Comments

The dirty secret of New York is that despite its image as the world’s nightlife’s mecca it’s effectively worked itself up to the point where it’s too cool to party. Yeah, we put on our [...]

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