Word: djs
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...DJing, breakdancing, rapping, and graffiting. These elements collectively comprised an alternative form of entertainment and self-expression for inner-city youth, while creating a burgeoning impetus for social change. At the center of this cultural maelstrom was Grandmaster Flash, né Joseph Saddler, who, along with fellow DJs Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaata, formed a veritable holy trinity of hip-hop. In the 30 years since Saddler’s heydey, however, the genre’s rough edges have been whittled down to reveal a slick, commercially malleable force to be reckoned with. With his first studio album...
...from notable designers like Meike Sahala Hutabarat and Delia Von Rueti, whose fantastical one-of-a-kind creations incorporate materials from coral to sheepskin and snakeskin. In the well-stocked CD section you'll find everything from Javanese classical works and progressive-house compilations from the city's top DJs to the albums of Jakarta-born pianist Ananda Sukarlan, famed for compositions based on gamelan and folk music. Get them to go in handbags made from recycled toothpaste tubes or gift wrap fashioned from old cement bags. (See pictures of Singapore...
...unprecedented success the genre has met within Europe puts us to shame. And, beyond the music itself, it’s embarrassing that, while European DJs sample from musical traditions all over the world, America’s Top 40 often refuses to look beyond its own borders (resulting in infinite permutations of the same sugary mock-country tracks...
...what's going on," says Glenn Rosenbloom, president of the Alpha Media Group, which publishes Maxim. "But having said that, our readers love football, our advertisers love football, and so do we." The sponsors for the party, which will take place on Friday and feature two well-known DJs, include Samsung and Gillette...
Suddenly in Kabul, DJs are in demand. Ball gowns are being brushed off and red, white and blue outfits picked out. American expatriates are debating the relative merits of competing inaugural balls, one hosted by Democrats Abroad, another by the U.S. embassy. Tickets for both are sold out, and for those who are neither Democrats nor American, viewing parties have been planned across the capital. Afghans with access to satellite television are charging car batteries to ensure that not one minute of the inaugural festivities will be lost to the city's chronic power outages. Not even Saturday's suicide...