Inspired by Chromeo

One of a series of creative pieces inspired by various albums. Published on okiko.org, 2008 Chromeo Fancy Footwork Feels like . . . I gotsta put on my dancin’ shoes, slide on over to the nearest spot and boogie on down ‘cuz these jams are hot! Chromeo takes me back to elementary school, when all … Continue reading »

Inspired by Glitch Mob

One of a series of creative pieces inspired by various albums. Published on okiko.org, 2008 The Glitch Mob Feels like . . . Post-apocalyptic robots are officially in control.  Before the ice caps melted and snow storms hit the east coast, before firey earthquakes dropped LA off the tip of the continent and Japan fell … Continue reading »

Inspired by Neil Landstrumm

One of a series of creative pieces inspired by various albums.  Published on okiko.org, 2008 Neil Landstrumm Restaurant of Assassins Feels like . . . I’m neither living nor dead, somewhere between dimensions, traversing a relentlessly expanding and contracting Universe, floating between planets, each one hissing the glitch, bloom, bap forming the soundscape I live … Continue reading »

Inspired by Son Lux

One of a series of creative pieces inspired by various albums.  Published on okiko.org, 2008 Son Lux At War with Walls and Mazes Feels like . . . I’m adrift in a sea of undulating beats, waves of electric current floating atop the grand depths of chamber music and symphonic tide. I’ve been waiting a … Continue reading »

Samurai Garden – Fairytale

Samurai Garden A feminist take on the traditional samurai value system as expressed in the traditional German fairy tale style In a medium-sized cottage, surrounded by the most impressive peach garden one could imagine, lived a man and wife by the names of Tadashi and Hiroko Fujimoto.  Their daily affairs consisted only of tending to … Continue reading »

why? – Interview

Do you ever wonder why? Why am I never satisfied? Why do we have that funny drop of flesh hanging at the back of our throats? Why is my mom always right? Why did why? pick why? for his name? why? is Jonathan Avram Wolf, one of the eight members of anticon, a label and … Continue reading »

Trouble on Vinyl – Gig Review

Trouble on Vinyl The End October 4, 2002 Jo-Mama and Defro It’s been almost ten years since Clayton and Mark started TOV, one of the toughest and most prolific of drum and bass labels. With years of experience and a sincere desire to develop cutting edge music, you can always expect a quality night with … Continue reading »

Anticon & Themselves – Gig Review

Breakin’ Point Magazine November, 2002 London Themselves, Sole and Sage Francis of Anticon, the grey undulating cloud of the avant-garde hip hop underground, finally made their way to the UK this year, commencing a six-week European tour. Themselves were right at home in the dark recesses of London, playing an intimate session for John Peel, … Continue reading »

Rainwater Harvesting – Article

Tucson, Arizona, 2008 For Natural Awakenings Magazine Say “rain water harvesting” and visions of scantily clad hippies dancing under a rainy moonlit sky hugging big homemade buckets comes to mind. Thankfully, that’s not the whole story. Rain water harvesting is no new age idea; in fact, in areas around the world, whole communities rely on … Continue reading »

Karma Yoga – Article

“Karma Yoga is the selfless devotion of all inner as well as the outer activities as a Sacrifice to the Lord of all works, offered to the eternal as Master of all the soul’s energies and austerities.” Bhagavad Gita Doing With a Difference – in Tucson Karma Yoga is doing to the best of our … Continue reading »