Interesting article in The Wallstreet Journal last week, which stated that bling is out. No one wants to boast and show off their wealth and fancy lifestyles at this moment and the recession is effecting hip-hop artists and wannabes (especially this last category). Especially the ‘regular’ rappers, other than the multi-platinumselling artists, are finding it [...]
Categories: Codes,Looks,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Street culture,Urbanyouthfiles
A while back I mentioned Gigposters.com in one of my first blogposts. Since 2001, Gigposters.com has been the Internet’s first and best resource for rock-show poster art; their massive online database showcases more than 90,000 posters from 7,000 different designers, including all of today’s top poster studios. Gig Posters Volume I brings us tover 700 [...]
Categories: Bookreviews,Entertainment,OutoftheBlog.com,Quickie,Street art,Urbanyouthfiles,Youth culture
Tagged: book, gigposters, gigposters.com
“From New York and Los Angeles to the Brazilian mega-cities, South African townships, and Mumbai, authors Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon, and Anthony Smyrski highlight cultural hotspots around the world. Divided into more than 50 topics and illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this book celebrates the street as a stage for the visual creativity of [...]
Categories: Bookreviews,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Street art,Street culture,Urbanyouthfiles,Youth culture
Tagged: book review, street world, urban culture, worldwide
Two weeks ago I stumbled upon this initiative on Facebook. It was called Botellon and drew my attention because it was simple, social, spontaneous and is taking place in the city I’ve spent the last six years of my life, Ghent. Now what is this botellon all about? Botellon is an offline happening which starts [...]
Categories: Connectivity,Gathering,OutoftheBlog.com,Urbanyouthfiles,Word of Mouth,Youth culture
Tagged: botellon gent, Sint-Pietersplein
“Your daily dose of inspiring photography from around the globe” The Black Snapper promises to become a great project, based from Amsterdam. Its is the brainchild of Frank Kloos, an interactive media designer, and Diederik Meijer, a documentary photographer. (One of his projects, amongst many other, was a photo documentary on Dutch women working in [...]
Categories: Gathering,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Skills,Street culture,Urbanyouthfiles
Tagged: Amsterdam, diederik meijer, interview, Photography, the black snapper, theblacksnapper.com
