The Trouble With TigersWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:51AMThere are 3,000 tigers left in the wild. But there are more than 7,000 in America. Most are not in established zoos -- they're kept as pets, or mascots, even enforcers for drug dealers. NEWSWEEK looks at America's obsession with one of the world's deadliest predators.
Original Jazz Crusaders, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Melanie Fiona & More Set for Long Beach Jazz FestivalTuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 5:31AM *Long Beach, CA – Rainbow Promotions presents the 23rd Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival August 13, 14 and 15, 2010. The Festival again takes place at the lovely seaside setting of Rainbow Lagoon Park on Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, California. As with previous Long Beach Jazz Festivals, the 3-day music extravaganza has [...]
Mystikal Recruits Lil Wayne & Pharrell For AlbumThursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:15PMNew Orleans rapper Mystikal has already recorded collaborations with Lil Wayne and Pharrell of the Neptunes. Mystical was realeased in the beginning of 2010 after serving a 6-year sentence for sexual battery and extortion.
The Making of OutKast's AqueminiThursday, June 24, 2010 @ 2:06PMAndre 3000, Big Boi and cast look back on a classic by Rodney Carmichael With additional reporting by Jacinta Howard and Phillip Mlynar Man, first they were some pimps. Then they were some aliens or some genies - some shit. Then they be talkin' 'bout that black righteous space. Man, fuck them. I ain't fuckin' with them no mo'. - "Return of the G' skit, Aquemini By the time Aquemini was due to ...
Music Monday: Lil B and White Rainbow, The Skins, Shabazz PalacesMonday, June 21, 2010 @ 1:35PMIn which experimental Portland, OR beat scientist White Rainbow remixes 20-year-old Berkeley, CA Internet-junkie rapper Lil B . I won't be surprised if online music outlets write off this "Real Life" remix as some kind of hopeless hipster hiphop hijack, like they did when Pictureplane remixed it a few weeks ago or when Diplo put Lil B on a mixtape some months back, but the key difference here is ...
Ex-Mayor of Detroit Gets Five YearsTuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 12:35PMThis just doesn't seem to end, does it? From mlive.com: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is heading back behind bars.
Friday Favorites: Language Arts, Caribou, Gonjasufi UPDATEDFriday, May 21, 2010 @ 2:12PMThe other night in Capitol Hill, I closed my eyes and listened to Seattle rapper Language Arts lob punch line grenades over deadpan syllable napalm. He did it for about 30 people at Chop Suey, opening for the opener for the headliner, but really, he did it for rap in general.
US-ENTERTAINMENT SummaryFriday, May 21, 2010 @ 11:23AMTearful James says threw away Sandra Bullock marriage
Manly Movies, Chick Flicks, Adventures and Comedies Come to the Big Screen This SummerFriday, May 21, 2010 @ 3:35AMBy RAFER GUZMÁN NEWSDAY More and more, summer means familiar names and faces, some from movies you recently saw ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon") and others from long-ago favorites like "The Karate Kid," being remade with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, and 1978's "Grease," being re-released with added sing-along subtitles.