M.J.’s Studded Glove Chat by M.J.

September 16, 2008 at 6:09 pm / No comment

Tall Owen on Manystuff.org by ¥ego $.V.

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 comment

Mixtape Mondays 03 by M.J.

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!

September 15, 2008 at 12:00 am / No comment

The New Maroon: A Weekly Digest - 9/14 by M.J.

Sept 14th - Propaganda
Sept 14th - Recolonizing: We Want You!
Sept 14th - Flying Crunkness
Sept 12th - Gatekeeper
Sept 11th - Declare Yourself
Sept 10th - My Daugter the Terrorist
Sept 9th - 21Trillion Collaboration Studio Meeting
Sept 9th - Clay Franks & New Orleans
Sept 8th - Mixtape Mondays 02

September 14, 2008 at 11:59 pm / No comment

Propaganda by ¥ego $.V.

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 comment

RECOLONIZING: WE WANT YOU! by M.J.

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 comment

Flying Crunkness by King Texas

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 comment

Gatekeeper! by ¥ego $.V.

Oh Won’t You Break These Chains

And Set me Free! Open Up The Gate!

September 12, 2008 at 8:32 am / No comment

Declare Yourself This 9/11 by M.J.

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 comment

My Daughter the Terrorist by M.J.

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 / 1 comment