Based in Los Angeles, the Detroit Illharmonic Symphony is a multi-piece ensemble of musicians (cello, violin, bass, horns, percussion, guitar, piano, turntables and vocals) mixing hip hop, classical and jazz with world rhythms. The group’s members come from varied backgrounds: hip hop, classical, jazz, punk, reggae and soul, and include former members of Dakah, Beats-N-Bluntz, 4 or 5 Dopes and the L.A. Posse (who produced platinum records for LL Cool J, Whodini and Run DMC).
Archive for May, 2008
Duty, Honor, Patriotism. All great reasons to be a soldier, but usually not what a person thinks about when joining up. For most young people, the ideas swirling around enlistment in the armed forces involve career training, escape from a small town or inner city, and even possibly the chance to live out the video game
PUT ME ON is the show that collects the detritus of the internet and puts it together into one tasty nugget of short attention span theater! What’s your major malfunction Private Pile???? In Part 2 of this Very Special Veteran’s Day episode, we present a classic U.S. Military instructional video on the importance of saluting!
Find out the right and wrong ways to salute, when, where and who to salute to, and if that weren’t enough fun, learn when to put your hand over your heart! If you’re a soldier, a former soldier, or just someone who likes to dress up in camo and run through the woods, this is the Can’t Miss video of the year! Put Me On: If it’s on the internet, it’s probably worth watching!
In this 1942 Looney Tunes classic, Ala Bahma the magician is posting fliers for his magic show everywhere, even on the tree where Bugs Bunny lives. Bugs protests this defacement of his home and ends up getting a pie in the face from the nasty magician. Bugs vows revenge: “Of course you realize this means war.” Bugs shows up at Ala Bahma’s magic show to wreak his terrible vengeance, and then finishes it all off with a nice Hawaiian song. Get your Bugs on at the Strip!
Cabbagetown, a neighborhood east of downtown Atlanta, originally consisted of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill and the housing built for the factory workers. While Cotton had always been King in the South, that generally referred to the agricultural production of the plant. The actual milling of cotton, the process of turning plant fiber into cloth, was done in the Northern states and even overseas.
The Cost Of War is a documentary directed by Patrick Phillips in cooperation with the Brazos Valley, Texas chapter of Veterans For Peace. It is the story of veterans from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq providing their perspectives on war and what it does to all of us. These veterans reject the idea that blind loyalty in time of war is the same as love of one’s country.
The Cost Of War is a documentary directed by Patrick Phillips in cooperation with the Brazos Valley Texas chapter of Veterans For Peace. It is the story of veterans from Korea, Vietnam and Iraq providing their perspectives on war and what it does to all of us. These veterans reject the idea that blind loyalty in time of war is the same as love of one’s country.
Pimp C was found dead in the Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood early this year, three days after he had performed with Too $hort at the House of Blues. Police reports indicate he died in bed and there were no signs of foul play. due to a deadly mixture of codeine and a sleeping disorder called sleep apnea.
PUT ME ON is the show that collects the detritus of the internet and puts it together into one tasty nugget of short attention span theater! In this Special Old Skool Porn episode, we present newsman George Putnam in Perversion for Profit, a 1965 public service film financed by Charles Keating (a future star himself in the American Savings and Loan Scandals of the 80s) arguing for the postivie aspects of good old fashioned Porn!












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