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...grass we're referring to is the expansive roof garden of a commercial podium at the city's digital hub, Cyberport. But no matter, Clockenflap, as the event is known, is a highly enjoyable "music and multimedia festival" now in its second year. It replaces the void left by Rockit, an annual band fest in the city's Victoria Park that sang its last hurrah in 2006. (See pictures of Hong Kong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clockenflap Festival: Try a Little Grass | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...Rockit opened doors and proved that a festival format was possible in Hong Kong," says Justin Sweeting, Clockenflap's artist-relations manager. "The fundamental difference is that Clockenflap is a festival with film, art and ecological components as well as music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clockenflap Festival: Try a Little Grass | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...album “Headhunters,” whose opener (“Chameleon”) and funk version of an earlier Hancock track (“Watermelon Man”) influenced R&B and hip hop artists for decades to come. His 1983 mainstream single, “Rockit,” won a Grammy for best R&B instrumental and several MTV Awards for its robotics-centered video. Most recently, Hancock was featured in another music video, organized by Black Eyed Peas member Will.I.Am and supporting Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Last year, actor Laurence Fishburne received...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hancock To Appear at Cultural Rhythms Event | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...Rockit" Herbie Hancock The first time the wider world heard scratching, courtesy of the great D.ST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Best Hip-Hop Songs | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

Herbie Hancock: Rockit (Kevin Godley and Lol Creme). An infectious synth-jazz riff keeps a group of unlikely robots-all unfinished-dancing as they putter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: THE TOP 20 VIDEOS | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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