Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius honored in Congressional Record
Recently deceased entertainment icons Don Cornelius and Whitney Houston were honored in a congressional record by a Southern California lawmaker this month. Rep. Laura Richardson (D) of Los Angeles County commemorated the two entertainers during a congressional gathering. The significance of her statements is that they are forever recorded in the county government’s record of [...]
Ital-K Interview
(Photo Credit: Roy Kasten) Local KDHX DJ Ital-K is a veteran of the reggae industry whose 30 plus years of experience has taken him around the nation. He has had the pleasure of working with many top reggae artists including members of the Marley family. In his first St. Louis interview Ital-K discusses reggae as [...]
Audiowear: Musical Jewelry
(Photo Courtesy of Elasticbrand) Audiowear is a unique creation that combines fashion and music in the form of musical jewelry. The wearable collection of instruments is the development of Amsterdam-based designers Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright. The entire set consists of a horn bracelet, pan-flute collar, xylophone bracelets in five different sizes and colors, guiro [...]
DJ Needles Interview Part 2
(Photo Credit: Steve Ley) By: Dannie Boyd This is Part 2 of Dannie Boyd’s interview with DJ Needles. Read Part 1 here. Dannie Boyd: If someone follows your Facebook page or any type of rhetoric that you display you can tell that you’re a socially conscious person, do you think that influences what you select or play? [...]
DJ Needles Interview Part 1
(Photo Credit: Steven Ley) By: Dannie Boyd “My name is Needles…I got to have a needle on the vinyl.” Nappy DJ Needles is known across the St. Louis hip hop and soul scene for his turntable tactics and fresh groove for every occasion. Needles describes his comical yet interesting story of how he came up [...]
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