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Bed-Stuy – do or die. This Brooklyn neighbourhood has been made famous by the rhymes of local figures such as Biggie and Mos Def, and also immortalised in picture thanks to Spike Lee and his seminal films such as Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn. Dozens of recognisable names have grown up in this area – Chris Rock, Michael Jordan, Aaliyah, Jay-Z and Talib Kweli to name a few – that New York Times states it as the “largest predominantly black neighbourhood in New York City”.
By Carly Ogborne When I told a friend from Sydney, that I was on my way to see an exhibition of Brisbane fashion designers, he laughed and retorted – “That won’t take long.” To which I replied, “Bora, Daniel Alexander, Easton Pearson, Julie Tengdahl, Sass and Bide, Juli Grbac…” Eventually he got bored and hung up…
Spring time in Melbourne is awesome! Warm weather, half-naked girls frolicking in the sunshine, parties, street fiestas and music festivals! So to keep you Mooks in touch with up-coming events, I thought I’d hand pick five activities over the next five weeks that should check out…
The king of Brit-pop, Jarvis Cocker, spent the majority of this week performing at the Village Underground Gallery in Shoreditch. It’s here that Cocker and his motley band, provided the backing track to a variety of bizarre workshops, including, pole dancing, hula-hooping and yoga classes. Open to all, and intended to break down the barriers between performer and audience, musician and artist and of course Cocker and fans.
Finding success in the music industry can be a challenging task – to say the least – while a handful of artists can find success, most struggle to earn a living and many buckle under the strain. After six years and dealing with more than a few ups-and-downs, hard-core Melbourne band Mill Perra, have reunited with a newly found passion and determination that could boost the group to new heights.
Mmm… The task of writing about the festivities in Berlin this week, is indeed a difficult one. We have not been sure as to how to approach the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall in blog format, so here we go with an entirely too brief reflection on what it may mean. Twenty years ago last Monday, Berliner’s East and West took to the some 140 kilometer cement barrier with pick-axes and joyous liberation, and with every segment chipped away, so to chipped away at the presence of communism within Germany and indeed, greater Europe. |
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