On July 1, the United States Postal Service issued a new set of stamps composed of four hip-hop designs based on the four elements of the lifestyle: rapping, DJing, break dancing, and graffiti art. “Since …
August 27, 2020
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Hip-hop goes postal
Sextus Propertius: great poet of the Augustan age
Prologue poem, addressed to Tullus Cynthia was the first. She caught me with her eyes, a fool who had never before been touched by desires. I really hung my head in shame when Love pressed …
August 27, 2020
Hopster Pot and the Three-Way: a match made in New England heaven
It’s that meat slicer. Whirring away. If it hadn’t been for the thin waves of blushing beef it was peeling off, I would have manfully resisted the temptation. Instead, here I am, inside Thorn’s awesome …
August 27, 2020
Beasts Clawing at Straws: Greedy-go-round
What is it that will ultimately draw the following four characters together: the misfortunate maintenance man at a men’s sauna, a crooked customs officer, the resilient boss of a glittery nightspot, and the battered B-girl …
August 27, 2020
When the Go-Go's were punk
“They broke the building elevator trying to get a cow down into the club,” recalls former Pussycat Theater projectionist Dan Whitehead of the Masque punk club in the basement of the Hollywood Pussycat Theater, where …
August 27, 2020