Our friend Kara Place had a hand in this. We’re proud to know her.

The other day, I was lucky enough to be at an event to bring the arts back into schools and got to see an amazing collaboration between Yo-Yo Ma and a young dancer in LA, Lil Buck. Someone who knows Yo-Yo Ma had seen Lil Buck on YouTube and put them together. The dancing is Lil Buck’s own creation and unlike anything I’ve seen. Hope you enjoy. —Spike Jonze

Yup.

By LA-based videographer <https://vimeo.com/mikedempsey>Mike Dempsey

The Fable of Annabell Lee — a tale of love lost at sea. Hand-painted by Ace Portland mural artist Evan B. Harris animated by Fashion Buddha, with an original score by our very own design heavyweight Peter Bowhan, recorded on Thomas Lauderdale’s ol’ grand under the influence of absynthe and 3D adult movies.

Bayard Rustin — debating here with Malcom X — was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest confidantes. A passionate and earnest speaker and a very sharp mind, he was also queer as a three dollar bill, and became a somewhat bifurcated icon of two occasionally divergent movements that ultimately sought — and seek — a common goal: a humanity so free that our eyes nearly ache with the brightness of the horizon. He was one of the fiercest and most adored champions of that vision — and we honor him in celebration of Black History Month. Find a way to watch Brother Outsider — you will be glad you did.

Stay tuned for more about some of our African American icons this month. In the meantime, let’s go be free, and remember our political ancestors.

Some fake ass propaganda shit. We know how it’s done.

Make your own kinda music and submit it to the 2013 Cha Cha Lounge Independent Skateboard Film Festival in LA. Created by and for skateboarders, the festival aims to shine a light on some of skateboarding’s under-appreciated talent by recognizing the best independent filmmakers and skaters. New work is being considered for categories including Best Short and Long Form, Best Single Skater and Best Film Wildcard.

Get your reels turning and send your film in by April 24. Screenings and awards run May 28-30 at the Cha Cha Lounge in Los Angeles, and online.

Two mesmerizing videos from New York City circa 1986, with the velocity of molasses and the all the hypnotic, mundane sparks of any old day. Posted this weekend in honor of once-mayor Ed Koch, who passed Friday, you can also see a number of photographs from Koch’s Manhattan.

Inspector Norse : Todd Terje — Eurodans

Dancing on some of these racist graves. Like dancing so hard, our shoes are smokin.

John Peel’s favorite song of all time, Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, a Northern Irish punk band of yesteryear.