Today’s Blogarithms story in Metro is the excellent Docmaker on the Go, a hip hop vlog with clips of breakdancers, graffiti artists and rappers performing on the streets of New York.
Documentary maker Lynn Lane has a real passion for his subject. He has interviews with the very first hip hop artists like Grandmaster Caz (of Cold Crush) and contemporary hip hop artists like Buddha Bride. Even if you’re not into hip hop I dare you to watch her and not be impressed by her energy, passion and skill.
If you’re into graffiti you might like this interview with WINE during Old Timers Day at 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum in Queens.
I met Lane the other week near Union Square and he has some very exciting ideas about vlogging. He’s found that as a documentary maker vlogs are an excellent way of sharing his work with a wide audience. He’s starting a new vlog called vlogumentarian in the next few weeks, which might be worth bookmarking now.
For the full story about Docmaker pick up a copy of Metro or download this pdf file. And just remember hip hop was born in New York.
Pics courtesy of Lynn Lane, Docmaker on the Go
Link for today:
A fascinating video about the amen break—six seconds of drumbeat from 1969 that are still being sampled today. (Via Macboy). Related Wikipedia article.
Big Apple Blog Festival - March 13, 2006
Welcome to the Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week’s posts by NYC bloggers. The Big Apple Blog Festival likes to go on tour … if you don’t like what we covered here, and if…
If you are interested in any of that, you should consider coming to some of the events at the Skirball Center (566 LaGuardia Place/Washington Square South) April 3-15 during our Fest Forward Hip Hop Unbound festival. The festival is comprised of various events including performances, workshops, retrospectives, turntablism, beatboxing, rapping and rhyming, music, dance, theater, video, fashion, and community. We are bringing in professionals in all these feilds for workshops, performances, and retrospectives. General admission for most events is $15. For more information check out:
http://www.hiphopunbound.com
http://www.myspace.com/skirballcenter