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Photos: ReadySetDC and No Kings Collective present Activation 440

Last Friday night was the first of the two night opening of Activation 440, the Artist Bazaar. Presented by ReadySetDC and No Kings Collective, the show presented a mix of artists that mostly use a cross between street and pop art aesthetics, though there were some interesting photography and modern art in the midst. Now [...]

June 7, 2010

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LIVE: The Temper Trap & Florence + the Machine at the 9:30 Club, DC

Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Temper Trap – Science of Fear [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Temper Trap – Drum Song [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Playing at a sold out show on Tuesday night at the 9:30 [...]

April 9, 2010

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Adventures With Lady Glock: Art Basel Miami, 2009 (Part 2) – Art Whino

During Art Basel, DC area gallery Art Whino was down in Miami doing their own fair in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. The show included some 200 artists showcasing old work, new work and site specific installation pieces. DC art favorites Aniekan Udofia, Brandon Hill (who you saw in my previous post), James Walker and Tim [...]

December 14, 2009

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Adventures With Lady Glock: Art Basel Miami (Part 1)

Art Basel is an art event to top all art events. Having started in Switzerland, the art fair came to it’s sister city of Miami to  It’s when all the biggest names in the art world come together to show off new (or not so new) talent, buy ridiculously priced pieces and just be all [...]

December 11, 2009

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PHOTOS: Q-Tip Michael Jackson Tribute at the Nokia Theatre, NYC

All photos: (c) Jaecyne Howell, MoonRisingNYC.com/Giant Step Unfortunately, I was not able to make it up to NYC this past weekend for not one, but two events celebrating birthday of Michael Jackson. While the Spike Lee event went on in Brooklyn, Q-Tip led an all star crew in Manhattan’s Nokia Theatre. With a lineup that [...]

September 1, 2009

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Photoset: Neil Maclean – Amsterdam

Photoset is the new series profiling street photographers. If you would like to be included in this series, please contact articleonline [at] gmail.com for consideration. My homie Neil went to Europe for two weeks and came back with these amazing photos. Check his website to check out more photos from his series, including shots from [...]

August 25, 2009

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Clipse @ Commonwealth DC

This past Saturday was the big Sneaker Pimps event featuring Wale and The Clipse. I did not go to it. However, I did go to the Clipse instore that happened before the show at Commonwealth. While this was not the first time I’d gone to a Clipse instore, it was the first time that I’d [...]

July 22, 2009

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Pictures: DC Loves Dilla at Liv

Last Wednesday, it seemed like all of DC made it out to Liv to pay tribute to Jay Dilla. Photographer Danielle was there and took these amazing shots. Everybody from Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest, to new local sensation Phil Ade, to Illa J and Ma Dukes were in the building. It was [...]

July 14, 2009

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Photos: Blisspop Dance Party Extravaganza

I was going to do a write up of Blisspop but Marcus beat me to it. Ah well. Here are some more photos from the debauchery that was Friday night.

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July 6, 2009

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Photos: The Roots Picnic

So unfortunately, I was not in Philly for The Roots Picnic which took place this past weekend, but my homegirl Vickey (aka Sneakshot) was in the building, and took these dope shots of the show. If you didn’t know, The Roots Picnic was stacked with acts like Santigold, The Black Keys, TV on the Radio, [...]

June 9, 2009

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