WATCH: Rio Breaks, A Film About Favela Life and Surfing
The touching documentary Rio Breaks shows that surfing can be an organic lifestyle choice for black/brown folks anyplace there's sand, waves and a will.
WATCH: Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver debate the use of racial slurs
Daily Show correspondents Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver on Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Sarah Palin and that pesky N-word.
LISTEN: The Carolina Chocolate Drops Sound Off
This North Carolina group play the fiddle, bones, banjos and the odd kazoo. Sound like shuckin' and jivin' music to you? Guess again. These are virtuosos you oughta know.
WATCH: 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s, Cult Classic
The DVD release of the vintage documentary featuring never before seen interviews, a 40-page hardcover book with brand new liner notes, and lots more.
WATCH: Slideshow of rare Gil Scott-Heron photos
Peep this touching photo slideshow and listen to its running commentary from one of Heron's former lovers, Monique de Latour. (From the New Yorker's online archive.)
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"Very Artistical" the blog represents something more than puff-chest narcissism. It'll shout out the cool and complicated stuff in pop culture that gets the juices pumping. My juices pumping.
