The essence of hip hop truly is the transformation of existing objects and forms. – KRS-One A quick hip-hop lesson courtesy of BBC: Hip hop encompasses music, dancing, art, poetry, language and fashion. Its originators were from the inner-city immigrant strata of society: frustrated young people who felt disenfranchised by the system, excluded from mainstream […]
Some random things I noticed while wondering why the fuck we were taught to play the recorder in elementary school: I like the way the young people dress in this city. Mostly very casual and stylish. A bunch of them could definitely pass as if they were from the LES or Williamsburg. Once in a […]
I get a ton of couchsurfing requests, about 2 per day on average. I read them all, as my curiosity in people allows me no other option. I’ve had a father/son request, a request from 3 Japanese girls, a bunch from couples, even one last week from a 57 year old woman. While all intriguing […]
Posts been slackin a little bit lately. Sorry about that. Been busy. Had a couple visitors. Let’s discuss. I decided to test out the whole couchsurfing thing. I hosted a girl from Hungary, named Timea, for 4 days. It was an interesting experience, as I expected. Timea was really sweet and nice, very respectful of […]
Last night was Andre’s last night in Barcelona. We went to his favorite, and the most popular, party in the city. It’s called “Nasty Monday’s”, and takes place at the Apollo in the neighborhood of Raval. The party is crazy. It’s been running for 3.5yrs at Apollo, and a couple years prior to that at […]
For some reason, the flipcam didn’t pick up the sound well at all, so the bass is really heavy in the video clips, which is annoying. The sound in the venue was pretty money, so don’t think it was one of those shows where the audience couldn’t hear anything. Just a flipcam flaw. Bottom line […]
Quick follow-up to the last post. Can’t believe I forgot to mention this, but my 1st time in Amsterdam was on my 21st birthday. My crew and I banged out 21 joints on February 5th, 1998. Shots are for pussies. Here is a pic of the 21 already smoked joints (in case you were doubting […]
“The WU is comin through, the outcome is critical…”. –GZA Literally. I’m in the airport again. No, I didn’t freak out, pack my shit, and decide to come back to NY (sorry ladies). I’m on my way to Amsterdam. I can’t recall if it was a supreme court ruling or one of the ten commandments, […]
Have you heard of this phenomenon? So Sunday night I went out to dinner with Andre(yes, we’re adorable). After dinner, we go to meet his friend Joao(zhu-oww), who is with a girl. Joao is Brazilian, and has been living in Barcelona for 3yrs. Andre tells me that Joao is always with girls. I like him […]
Calling it ‘a heist’ may be stretching it a bit, but it is a catchy title. It wasn’t a bank robbery/hostage situation like ‘Inside Man’, although I wish there were more of those in real life, would make for great entertainment. It wasn’t stealing an old, valuable sword, like that mediocre Deniro/Norton movie, although I […]
So it’s been a week. This is what I’m thinking. No one tips here. I do, and I will continue to do so. Maybe it will help me make friends. If I have to buy my way in to begin with, so be it. The city is so fuckin clean. Never any garbage on the […]
Tonight is my first night in Barcelona alone. For the past week, since I arrived, I’ve had 4 different crews of people I know from NYC here. (4 crews?? 4? Do people I know always visit Barcelona? Or is this just coincidence? My theory is that people caught wind that I was moving here and […]
It’s 7/7/10 — The bulls are running in Pamplona and I’m sitting in the airport bumping 36 chambers on my ipod waiting to get on the plane (fuck you I’m getting in the plane – let evil kinevil get on the fuckin plane – shoutout george carlin). I’m thinking exactly what you all assume I’m […]