Category: create
World Gone Mad
Have you been paying attention? The used and abused have become the pitiful and dangerous, the dwellers and imitators and clouded judgment. Insane is now sane, idiocy is at an all-time high, the gifted are the least supported. Bigotry, sexism, racism, what is it? We’ve lessened ourselves. There’s no thin line anymore. What is life […]
watch | DJ Fatz and DJ 2wenty of Choice FM on party-rocking, and The People’s Station
DJ 2wenty: We’re for the people. Nine times out of ten if the people want it, we do it. Choice FM 92.1, is a radio station reaching Rocky Mount, Wilson, Oxford, Nashville, Zebulon, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham. Affiliated with the nationally syndicated Breakfast Club, they cover mainstream Hip Hop and R&B culture and music; […]
In Conversation with Ducee’ Drop Top
Devin May has a very unique moniker. The 24-year-old rapper is known as Ducee’ Drop Top, an alias he was christened with as a result of his obsession with a certain automobile. “We used to get rentals a lot when we were a little younger, when we would take trips wherever we wanted to go,” […]
watch | Cool Boy 36 speaks on video art, streetwear, Raund Haus
Cool Boy 36 sat down to share what the movement and collection is about, shouting out creatives in the Durham, NC scene. Click to get a little more familiar: Sass.Art Young Estelle Trandle Drozy Raund Haus sister, brother Shop Cool Boy 36 art and gear at bigcartel and keep an eye out for Flora (Cool Boy […]
“I want them to feel it”: jazz musician Mike Casey on one of music’s undefinable genres
Jazz: just the word alone conjures up many images, perhaps old photographs of noir-drenched scenarios, a dark underground club in New York, a range of colors and beats bounding together in a seamless and yet non seamless dysphoria. One thing that jazz is not supposed to be, however, is forgettable. Mike Casey, 23, originally hails […]
Growth through Darkness: A Gallery Walk with Charvis Harrell
“My art comes from a dark place,” wrote Charvis, when we asked him to share about his process and introduce himself. We all know the saying meant to push us through times of intense adversity and ongoing challenges: “that which doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger”. But if you ask him, “it’s […]
Illustrating Monsters in Human Nature with Mananiko Amarilla
Mananiko Amarilla Kobakhidze lives and studies as a graphic designer and illustrator in Tbilisi, Georgia. At 25, she shares the belief that we all encounter and harbor inner selves as often as other human beings. Her work accentuates these beings – and ways of being – in familiar form, inviting us to see we all experience them. […]
Canadian band Autopilot takes their ambient rock to the road
“Searching for what we hope to find. We’re just crooked lines,” sings Canadian band Autopilot on their latest release, Hurricane. Based in Saskatoon, Saskachewan, the band, composed of guitarist and singer Marlon Harder, bassist Colton Fehr and drummer Jose A. Fuenzalida, are about to wrap up an extensive North American tour that has taken them […]
Cypherpunk Hammy Havoc’s take on privacy, open-source society, and true self-sustenance
Hammy Havoc is a multi-faceted cypherpunk writer based in Liverpool, United Kingdom. We had to have him tell us more about how he – and others – can practice what he preaches; cypherpunks are advocates for social and political change via strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Cypherpunk principles tie in directly to his workflows as CEO of Split […]
