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This morning, the Adidas “Originals Store” will open its doors to the Cambridge crowd, selling reintroduced clothing and footwear from its classic lines...
...musical approach. This announcement seems to dovetail well with many other recent traditional-minded releases by artists such as Aesop Rock, Sage Francis (via his Non-Prophets collaboration with Joe Beats), Soul Position (RJD2 and Blueprint) and Boston’s own Akrobatik, many of which have emphasized the classic rap duo sound (one MC rapping over melodic beats provided by one DJ) over more dramatic experimentation...
Thankfully the samples in here go beyond the ordinary R & B hits of the 60s and 70s. They dig and find hooks—often narrated instead of sung—that they can dominate instead of giving a new twist on an old classic that dominates their rhymes...
...Yasujiro Ozu festival finishes up at the HFA, take a chance on this classic 1932 silent, a favorite of knowing Ozuphiles like director Wim Wenders, writer Phillip Lopate and movie critic Donald Richie. Like much Ozu, this film deals with the interplay within a family: raised in the suburbs, kids are bullied by better-off children. The bullies particularly delight in pointing out the father’s middle-management position. In retaliation, the kids become bullies themselves and begin protesting their parents’ mediocrity. The real treat, however, is live Benshi (narrators of silent films) narration by Midori...
...know what it is. You’ve seen the sequels. Now, get a chance to catch up with the classic original. The bullet time that’s launched a thousand imitators and parodies. The movie that made Keanu Reeves briefly respectable. Now that’s worthy of a “whoa!” 7 p.m. The Harvard Film Archive...