Hello World. The muse known as Lola Smalls here typing live from my CPU to yours all the way from Atlanta, GA. For those unfamiliar with me, I head the domestic PR efforts for 21MC and 21X and I run a PR/Creative company called The Knotoriety Network. I’m originally from the Bay Area (East Palo Alto to be exact) but I’m now residing in Atlanta where I’m finishing up my undergraduate studies.
Outside of 21MC, I am one heck of a collegiate undergrad and a hard to find socialite that enjoys all things creative. I collect nameplates, floppy disks and buttons. I speak Spanish and English and I want to learn another language…maybe French? I’m way too obsessed with men’s sneakers and I am sooooo infatuated with Nasir Jones. Oh yeah, and I’m always working on something new.
I’ll be posting here from time to time on things that I think you’ll find interesting and hopefully they will relate a lot to 21MC culture and our surrounding societies. You all feel free to hit me up with ideas, pen pal requests or just to say hello but DO NOT SPAM ME please.
I’ll peace this thing out at this point. It was nice chatting with you.
Graffiti kids in Brazil, “pixadores”, busted into an upscale gallery and created what looks like thousands of dollars of damage in protest of the commercialization of street art this past week. Sao Paulo is home to Brazilian graf and serves as an excellent example of what we in 21MC like to call Creole Typography. Graffiti in the world’s second Blackest country on earth has adapted to Sao Paulo’s culture, environment, and architecture like perhaps no other modern letterforms I’ve seen. 21MC supports these pixadores in their fight to keep graf on the streets (aka relevant) and… well… punk, for lack of a better word. Of course, this is a complex issue, and artists should be able to get paid for the work they do. However, when pixador culture is being appropriated, it’s only natural to try to take it back like a maroon. First read and seen here.
It’s getting colder in New York, and that means our thoughts are turning to tropics. Tall Owen made this gif in preparation for a winter in switzerland… ya dig?
It’s hella late here, or early (depending on who you ask, I suppose). If you were to ask me right now, I’d say my back aches, my stomach is growling and my eyes burn. But none of that is going to deter me from posting right now. It’s just that I happened across something I had almost forgotten, and I want to make sure to share this before memory fails once again.
At the very end of 2007 Amnesty International (France) released a new public service campaign- As a whole it was nothing short of compelling. Still pretty profound in concept… the folks responsible are due some negro nods for having the gaul to say something important, in an emphatic way. It’s inspiring to see people who speak plainly and are less concerned with offending you and more concerned about whether you’ve receive the message they aim to deliver. So… many a negro nod goes out to:
TBWA\PARIS, Boulogne-Billancourt
Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen
Art Directors: Ingrid Varetz, Javier Rodriguez
Writers: Daniel Perez, Veronique Sels
Photographer: Michael Lewis
Retoucher: Jean-Pilippe Camus
While cruising mypsace, I found a couple new things on Afrikan Boy’s myspace page that I thought were worth sharing. AB has been Reppin’ hard! Can’t be mad at all.
I saw both their latest videos for the first time today. Gotta say… Janelle’s won by a lot. Kanye’s wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t as cohesive. There were a few things actually, but none worth discussing. But just incase you haven’t seen Janelle’s, enjoy!
So the past couple days I’ve been toiling away with recoding things. Improvements you probably won’t even notice and features that you won’t see until the relaunch of the site. None the less… I’ve been working hard.
A couple of the new functions I’m excited about… email blasts and syndication!
Since a number of our colony members have their own blogs, we’ll be sourcing in some of their posts, eliminating the need for them to post in two places about the same thing.
But what’s better is, when we get a must read post… you’re gonna get an email about it!! : P
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