Featured Blog Posts – December 2010 Archive (15)

Beef Aside, Thomas dishes post The Mars Volta

I wanted the beef on his split with The Mars Volta, but he wouldn't dish out. At the age of 27, Thomas Pridgen, is far classier than most musicians I've encountered over the last year, even with his split with the Grammy Award winning band, The Mars Volta, back in 2009. For the last year, Thomas has been tediously working on his new music venture, The… Continue

Added by Afro-Punk on December 31, 2010 at 10:24am — 4 Comments

Shingo's Top 20 Albums of 2010

Another year has ended, and chances are your NYE bash was banging with your favorite jams of 2010. Before we bring in 2011, I want to reflect on some of my favorites from 2010. This was a big year in music and this was a tough list to put together, but I finally did it. These are just my personal favorites, so hit me up in the comments with your top picks of the year!

Wishing you and yours a…

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Added by Afro-Punk on December 31, 2010 at 12:30am — 5 Comments

Beautiful Black Women 2.0- Who's Measuring Your Beauty?

Beauty is one of those misnomers like the chicken and the egg. What came first? Were we born with our idea of beauty in our head and then shaped our lifestyle around who or what we find beautiful OR is it that we are born with no concept of beauty and those around us shape and form our ideas for us? And if that's the case, in a society that has been dominated by white men, do other races ideals of beauty stand a chance of being considered beautiful in our subconscious…

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Added by Afro-Punk on December 29, 2010 at 1:29pm — 6 Comments

Coming out of the closet for the holidays

In the holiday season, there are halls to be decked, presents to be bought (or made), carols to be sung and family to be dealt with. For many of us, it is that yearly trek that updates us on family and for some of us, reminds us why we don’t often stay in touch for the rest of the year. It could be the teen niece wants to dress like Nicki Minaj and throws a tantrum if you tell her to turn down her Usher. The deadbeat cousin that can always think of some get-rich-quick scam – I… Continue

Added by The Establishment on December 27, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments

African Websites Highlight Designers Across Continent

Ask the average person who some of the top designers in the fashion industry are and the names and locations will stream like clock work: Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, France, Italy, London. In main stream marketing media, few cultures dominate the fashion world and the industry has…

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Added by Safety Pins on December 24, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

White Supremacists Boycott “Thor” Over Idris Elba Role

The Council Of Conservative Citizens, a White Supremacist organization is calling for a boycott of the movie, “Thor” which is based on a comic book that is based on Norse mythology because of Idris Elba’s role as the Norse God, Heimdall. Elba, who is British, has been in several movie and televisions show, but it perhaps best known for his role as Stringer Bell on the TV Show, “The Wire.”

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Added by The Race Card on December 22, 2010 at 5:59pm — 21 Comments

Fuck Santa Christmas Party Photo Recap

Last Thursday night we decided to get in the holiday spirit and hosted a Fuck Santa holiday party at Webster Hall. We hooked up with Brooklyn band, California Kings to release their new album, La Belle Epoque. Earl Greyhound performed after, with some dj sets from electro beat dj, Dances With White Girls aka…

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Added by Afro-Punk on December 20, 2010 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Not all Muslim Punks Approve with Film About Taqwacores

Remember that film that was released recently about the Muslim punks called The Taqwacores (originally a book depicting a fictitious Islamic punk rock scene)? Apparently, not all Muslims in the…

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Added by The Establishment on December 17, 2010 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

Biggest Prison Protest In History Underway In Georgia

The biggest prison protest in history is currently underway In Georgia where thousands of inmates are on strike from working. On Thursday morning, December 9, 2010, Georgia prisoners refused to work, stopped all other activities and locked down in their cells in a peaceful protest for their human rights.…

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Added by The Establishment on December 15, 2010 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment

I'm a Black Pagan, Would You Date Me?

Being Black and Pagan is already difficult, but to be Black, Pagan and wanting to date? That’s a multiplex issue in itself. The problems for Black Pagans that want to date stem from mostly religious and fairly racial grounds. Many people are still fairly ignorant about Paganism, witchcraft and Wicca and will…

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Added by The Establishment on December 10, 2010 at 5:25pm — 9 Comments

CoCo & Breezy make their 20/20 collection for outer space

Minnesota was just too lame for Coco & Breezy, 20-year-old fashion designers/ entrepreneurs, who released their eye wear collection 20/20 this year. After feeling like their fashion and style was a little too out of the box for their Minnesota counterparts, last year the sister duo packed up their bags, saved their money, and moved… Continue

Added by Safety Pins on December 8, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Book Contest Winners announced: Check out AP top books

Thanks to everyone who participated with our recent book contest, where readers were asked to submit the name of their favorite book for a chance to win a free copy of the newly released book, The Exene Chronicles, by Camille Collins. Author, Camille, picked her favorite three submissions out of the… Continue

Added by Eye Candy on December 6, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

DNA tests link all humans to East Africa

National Geographic set up a DNA testing site one day in Queens, NY, where they sampled hundreds of people of different nationalities and genders to trace their ancestral history. What they discovered shocked most participants-- based on their findings, regardless of nationality or… Continue

Added by The Race Card on December 6, 2010 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

If it bleeds, it leads...isn't that right?

We're all guilty of it. There is something in us that wants to pass along negative news that will illicit a response from our friends. Many people in the Afro-punk community voice that they are tired of the tainted stigma people of color seem to be casted with, but sometimes, do you feel as though we slip into the trap of guilty pleasures as well (sending the… Continue

Added by The Establishment on December 3, 2010 at 5:30pm — 6 Comments

Pop-up Art Show this weekend- Win A Free Print!

As part of the Afro-punk summer festival, we have a huge art wall where we let up-and-coming visual artists come and trick it out. All we give them are the supplies and a theme to stick to. This weekend, Dec. 4-5th, artists who have graced their talents on the Afro-punk graffiti wall, such as Ibrahim Yaqut,… Continue

Added by Eye Candy on December 1, 2010 at 6:41pm — 1 Comment