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21MC/21X designer, and our boy, Tall Owen was honored by being featured on the popular graphic design blog manystuff.org today. Congrats Maroon, the Europeans love you! ;)
September 16, 2008 at 5:31 pm / No comments / View ¥ego $.V.'s Profile /
This week… just one mixtape and a free track to download. A bit more mellow but still Fresh & FREE!
This week it’s:
• September Mix by Paul Pre
• Daykeeper by The Foreign Exchange featuring Muhsinah
Enjoy!
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September 15, 2008 at 12:00 am / No comments / View M.J.'s Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
This week’s gif post is a simple one. Check a direction, N/S/W/E, follow the South Star, Crossed Palms, and watch out for those Aligned Igloos in the belly of the beast.
September 14, 2008 at 11:37 pm / No comments / View ¥ego $.V.'s Profile /
Greetings from the Afro-Triangle!
We’re pleased to say that since our migration to the new server, things have been progressing.
And in an effort to spread Maroon Culture and expand our sights we are inviting allies and comrads to contribute to this, The 21st century Maroon Colony Website.
Here’s what we’re looking for:
1. Journalists to blog on this site.
2. Photos of Maroons sporting our wears
3. Links to your favorite-
Authors, DJs, Bands, Designers, Painters, Photogs etc.
4. Suggestions on how to make our site better…
You can:
1. Login/Register to this site and leave a comment below
2. email hello@21maroons.com with ideas or submissions
3. Message our myspace page
That’s all for now. Looking forward to meeting you all.
September 14, 2008 at 2:07 pm / No comments / View M.J.'s Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
Flying Lotus Myspace || Flying Lotus Website
I suggest you PURCHASE, yes purchase, the new Flying Lotus album, Los Angeles. It’s bitter, beautiful, free from unevenness, and asymmetrical all at the same time. You can hear a bit of a Dilla influence, but unlike any other album, he’s galaxy riding on this one. He’s giving us a comet course and we don’t even realize it yet!
September 14, 2008 at 1:21 am / No comments / View King Texas's Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
Oh Won’t You Break These Chains
And Set me Free! Open Up The Gate!
September 12, 2008 at 8:32 am / No comments / View ¥ego $.V.'s Profile /
Here’s a really cool lil PSA shot during The Roots picnic that contains some of our favorite people including Muhsinah, Brook D’Leau and Miss Jack Davey. : )
It’s a clear reminder that on this day a few years ago a lot of lives were lost in the pursuit of lawd knows what…. Don’t sleep. Vote.
PS- What’s even nicer is… both Yego and I got to attend this event in Philly and I’ve got a ton of amazing video from it! I promise you I’ll try to post some reeeeal soon! Good times.
September 11, 2008 at 12:58 pm / No comments / View M.J.'s Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
Yesterday our friend and ally Maya (bka M.I.A) made a public statement via her myspace blog, to once again denounce her involvement and support of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). She made mention of a web article she found about this, but more interesting than that was her mention of a film that has most assuredly fallen under the radar.
“My Daughter the Terrorist” is a 2006 Swedish documentary that takes an in depth look at the life of one member of the female Black Tigers (a specialized squad of LTTE suicide bombers, deployed for critical missions). Apparently Maya has yet to see the film and only just ordered it. If you have any interest buying the film just be mindful of NTSC vs PAL formating in DVD players ; )
Anyhow… I added the trailer below in hopes that you all continue to use the tools we have been provided to stay educated. Lest we not forget, we are the first generation of Post-Colonial times to own these “internets” and tools like this. Put them to work!
September 10, 2008 at 10:01 am / One comment / View M.J.'s Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
Over the wknd MJ, Yego, Ekene and I connected over at the 21Trillion Collaboration Studio for a brainstorming session.
Ponchos, anyone? Im just as excited as everyone else.
Stay tuned, eh.
September 9, 2008 at 9:40 pm / No comments / View jelsen's Profile /
Inspirational doesn’t seem like the word to sum up Clay. He’s funny, adorable, intelligent, thoughtful, a giant, a King, and a overall beautiful person. Jeremy and Clay showed me around New Orleans, and although it was a small dose, I’ve been hooked ever since. It is one of the most capturing and incomparable cities I have ever been to in the United States. I remember when I left I felt like crying because I knew I was leaving something behind. Sure enough, I was leaving behind Jeremy who is the brother and friend I’ve never had before, and it is always sad to leave someone you love. However, when I left I felt as if I carried something with me that has only recently opened up its doors and allowed me in. Its a very vague and overwhelming thing to describe especially for someone whose not good at expressing anything through words. Ever since I came back from New Orleans, I’ve felt a little bit more safe. I don’t feel someone is watching over me, though. I feel someone is with me. When I’m uncertain about my next move, their voice guides me to the path I should be walking on. When I’m angry, their voice is what causes me to clam down and collect the tiny pieces of patience that has shattered on the floor. When my creativity is diminishing, their voice points me to books or music that will spark that fire in my heart all over again. Whoever it is, I’m totally safe and content and I thank New Orleans for that. I thank Jeremy for that. I thank Clay for that. However, I need to go back. Every time I hear Nina Simone’s ‘You’d be so nice to come to’ – I think about her: New Orleans.
Recently, Clay wrote about New Orleans and the Preservation Hall Jazz band. I think you should check it out.. here is a bit from the piece:
‘One note of a New Orleans horn is a shout out to generations of a city’s collective experience. It doesn’t matter if you hear that horn in Paris or New York City, the first bars of old standards like “Eh La Bah” will put you firmly in the holy city of New Orleans. Drunk on every ounce of the history. Every moment of the experience. It’s an understanding that once this place gets in you, you will never be able to see, able to taste, able to hear a place quite like you did this one. Go anywhere else in the world, and the smallest remembrance of New Orleans will make your eyes light up. As sure and steady as jazz rolling through the night, that’s a promise.’
T-Sides B-Sides: Preservation Hall Jazz Band (click here)
September 9, 2008 at 8:17 pm / No comments / View King Texas's Profile / Follow this Maroon on Twitter!
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