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INTERVIEW: DMITRY KOMIS : CHELSEA PLACE CURATOR
The Chelsea Hotel is an icon of New York’s endangered free spirit — replete with freaks, geeks, ground shakers, noise makers, and artists who just don’t give a shit about capitalist progress. Though the latter has gnashed its teeth and the Chelsea’s caboose has stuttered to a halt, the spirits in the air will never vacate the premises.
Writer and independent curator...
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One of our very favorite culture and fashion sites, Nowness, today premiered a Chinese language version of their original content, including this short about Beijing-based artist Zeng Fanzhi. It behooves you to keep an eye on them — they are excellent hunter gatherers.
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : ALEX PASTERNAK OF LEMONADE
Alex Pasternak grew up in Half Moon Bay, California playing punk and hardcore and jazz bass. He studied ethnomusicology and anti-boasts a repertoire of rare magic from all four corners of the planet including Turkish Cifteteli, North African Rai, samba-reggae and Folklorico, and he mixes it all with two-step, grime, kuduro and cumbia digital. He lives in Brooklyn, plays drums with Lemonade, has...
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : VANESSA WRUBLE OF...
Okayafrica editor Vanessa Wruble co-hosts a night of live music from the heart of Africa in the Amigo Room Saturday April 21 for Desert Gold. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 present Chief Boima from Sierra Leone and Sinkane from Sudan, with Afro-futurist visuals by Just A Band from Kenya. See the full schedule and get a room.
Put some Okayafrica in your life long after the fires have cooled in the Amigo...
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