Jee-Nice and Double D with some real shit*
Rotari - Dec, 18 th
Be there!

See the weird DJs Are Not Rockstars, aka Princess Superstar and Alexander Technique spinning 4 turntables. They are among the few DJ’s who are mixing well-known house, hiphop, classic rock, 80’s classics, punk and electro tunes. The show is spanning 40 years of popular music. In one track they are mixing The Clash's "London Calling", Khia's "My Neck My Back", MU and Salt-N-Pepa. It's really hard to imagine, but it works!! The Princess is also live mcing and her partner is doing the live scratching.
Check also Princess' new album "My Machine", which was was dropped on !K7 on sept, 13.

Kool Lady Blue is one of the most important entrepreneur, promoter and manager in the hiphop history. She introduced hiphop to the world south of 125th St. and the South Bronx, at her legendary venues Negril and Wheels Of Steel at the Roxy. THE "ROXY ROLLER RINK" ON 18TH ST. was transformed into one if the greatest hiphop clubs of all times, with legends like the Rock Steady, Double Trouble, Cold Crush 4, Fantastic 5, Buzy Bee, Starskie and many more. In 1982 she became the manager of the Rock Steady Crew (who were founded in 1977) at a time when the crew`s popularity escalated. She booked them on the Roxy Tour "The NYC Rap Tour", together with Afrika Bambaataa, Phase 2,The Double Dutch Girls, Grand Mixer DST and the infinity Rappers, Fab 5 Freddy, Rammellzee to London and Paris. It was the first tour of this kind mixing DJ's, MC`s and graffiti artists.

Now Kool Lady Blue is still in the biz, she`s booking Afrika Bambaataa & Grandmaster Flash exclusively! She keeps them busy traveling the world. Perhaps some of you have seen them on the Germany tour this year.

Ricky Powell, aka the Rickster toured for two decades with the biggest hiphop acts or spotted everyday people on the street, only equiped with an instamatic camera. In "Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985–2005", Powell presents the actors, musicians, performers, and artists that inspired him, including Method Man, Doize Green, Bill Adler, Slick Rick, Run DMC, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eric B. and Rakim, Keith Haring, Public Enemy, Sophia Coppola, Nina Hagen, Biz Markie, LL Cool J and many more. Also presented in Public Access are Powell’s never-before-published collaborations with graffiti writers and photographers including Ron Galella, Ron English, Phil Frost, Lee Quinones, Sam Flores, David Choe, Dalek, Dr. Revolt, Zephyr, Quik, Team, Daze, Seen, Kaws, Jest, Bigfoot, Ssur, and Haze, among others.
Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985- 2005/Miss Rosen Edition/powerHouse Books/ISBN 1-57687-261-0, $35.00
Preview the exhibition at The PowerHouse Gallery and have a look inside the book.

Jee-Nice & Ralph
Rotari - oct, 16 th

The korean artist Nikki S. Lee observes over a period particular subcultures and ethnic groups. She introduces herself as an artist in the groups, adopts their style and attitude through dress, gesture and posture and approaches the group in her new guise. She`s spending several weeks participating in the group`s routine activities and social events, while a member of the group photographs her and the group with an ordinary automatic snapshot-camera.
Her projects include The Punk Project (1997), The Lesbian Project (1997), Young Japanese (East Village) Project (1997), The Tourist Project (1997), The Hispanic Project (1998), The Yuppie Project (1998), The Ohio Project (1999), The Swingers Project (1999), The Seniors Project (1999), The Exotic Dancers Project (2000), The Schoolgirls Project (2000), The Skateboarders Project (2000), The Hip Hop Project (2001), and Part (2003).
For sure I like most the HipHop Project.....See some more photographs in the Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects Gallery.

BOOKS:
*Parts/Hatje Cantz/2005
*Projects/Hatje Cantz/2001

Documentary by Alex Hinton, 94', Beta, 2005

Pick up the mic is the directorial feature debut of Alex Hinton. Over a period of 3 years the film was shot and recorded in major cities like New York, San Fransisco and Los Angeles, but also in areas like Houston, Minneapolis and Madison. It features more than a dozen queer contemporary hiphop artists, representing a striking range of sexual and ethnic diversity. Featered artists are: Aggracyst, Johnny Dangerous, Deadlee, Deep Dickollective, Dutchboy, Tori Fixx, Tina G, God-Des, J.B. Rap, JenRO, Juba Kalamka, Katastrophe, Miss Money, Mister Maker, Paradigm, QBoy, Scream Club, Marcus Rene Van Tim'm T. West and Matt Wobensmith.

The Days of Fab5 Freddy's "Yo MTV Raps"!
Thanx to Dream Chimney, who makes it possible: YO! Dream Chimney Raps! See his selection of classic rap videos from EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, MC Lyte, Self Destruction, Eazy E, LL Cool J, Grandmother Flash to Schooly D, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane and many more. Enjoy!

The first handbook "We B*Girlz" featuring b-girls all over the world is out now! And their site is also up!

"Featuring pioneering B-Girlz like Rokafella from the Bronx, who now dances professionally, and Asia-One from L.A., who organized and promoted the B-Boy Summit for ten years, We B*Girlz also showcases the gutsy girls who dare to dance with all-boy crews such as Vendetta from Atlanta's Burn Unit and Valentine-whose Paris crew, Fantastik Armada, came in second in the 2004 Battle of the Year, the largest international competition in Germany. Presenting girls of all ages and walks of life, We B*Girlz spotlights twelve-year-old Wonder Woman from France, a serious contender at last year's IBE; Krazee Grandma, a beloved sixty-five-year-old B-Girl from Sweden who still spins on her head and travels around Europe to dance competitions; B-Girl Mom Honey Rockwell, whose three-year-old daughter is known as "The Annialator"; and B-Girl & Boy couple Chyna and Sake who organize an annual couple's battle called "Lover's Rock" in San Diego."(from We*BGirlz Site)
We B*Girlz is a must-have, look inside and buy it here. Check out their site with a huge gallery of pics by Martha Cooper. Some b-girls you might know!
Peace-n-Respect to SnapZ & Neek aka Martha Cooper and Nika Kramer!

We B*Girlz/Photographs by Martha Cooper/Text by Nika Kramer/A Miss Rosen Edition

First female deejay?
Jazzy Joyce, Jazzy Joyce, Jazzy Joyce!
She's legendary, she's doing her game, she's first!

"Mixtress X: Hip-Hop's Unsung Heroine" (Video, 60 min, USA, 2005) by liberian producer and editor Dante Kaba documents the untold story of female deejays, featuring DJ Shorty, Cocoa Chanel, Kuttin Kandi, the legendary Jazzy Joyce and many many more.

have a look for Jacqueline Salloum, a palestinian-american artist and filmmaker based in New York who is working on SlingShot Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front, a feature documentary on the emerging hip-hop scene in Palestine, which uses rap as an creative non-violent resistance to military occupation and expression of Palestinian identity in the face of Israeli oppression. SlingShot Hip-Hop focuses the daily life of palestinian rappers living in the West Bank, Gaza, and inside Israel. Check out the five minute trailer and see amongst others the rap crew Arapeyat from Akka and MC Abir from Lid. Go to Jacqueline Salloums site and check out her other film projects and art stuff.

Hip Hop at Rollschuhbahn am Main

SKATE & JAM - Aug 26, 2005

DJs:
Grandmother's Flash & the Fantastic Dykes
Polymatic
1 euro (ex & hop)
le meuf (comme un samurai)
jee-nice (anattitude)

Films:
"Nobody Knows My Name" (Rachel Raimist/USA 1998)
"Rock It" (Jeannette Petri/Germany/2005)
"P-Star"/"Nymesis"/"Blind Fury" (Dani Gal/2005)

Veranda Ghostface & Jee-Nice
Rotari - may, 26 th

A birthday party, a video show, a mixtape and "The Droppin' Science" for free
Rotari - apr, 19 th

MELODEE & INT. ROCC C. PERCEE P. OH NO. WILDCHILD

Photos by Jeannette Petri