Author: Elisabeth Ouni
Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger for a Rapper’s Delight.
I know, I know. It’s been a while. For various reasons I have been obliged to put the blog on hold for some time. But, I’m back. Bigger, stronger, faster, harder. Kanye could not have said it any better. Or Daft Punk for that matter. Let’s cut the crap, and get straight to it. The […]
All Night Long for D.A.A.
DATE????? Sometimes Lady Fortune IS on my side! Not so long ago I ended up in Paris in a venue called LE NEW VIP ROOM helping out a friend and Make-Up artist for the Designers Against Aids and H&M launch. This is the second time that H&M and D.A.A. worked together and reached out to different […]
Cash Money Will Save The Economy
For once, I’ll keep it short. No drama, no small details. Nothing. For once, I won’t waste your time with words and more words. Because for once, things were easy. Just for once. Don’t get your hopes up for the onces coming. Believe me. DON’T. Anyhow. DJ Cash Money àll the way from Philadelphia playing a set in club […]
How to Bust a fort (k)Noxx
Spring is in the air, summer is around the corner and a lot of artists start their European tour. Great for the blog and my project since this results in my agenda having less and less blank spaces and me having less and less sleep. Busta Rhymes was coming to Antwerp, due to perform in […]
Hurricane on Heels
DATE???? Now this is one of my favorite stories. Where do I begin? Do you remember when you saw Grace Jones for the first time? I do. I saw Grace Jones when I saw Eddy Murphy’s Boomerang for the first time. I was watching Boomerang on tv while I was supposed to sleep. I was […]
Name: Mulatu. Age: 66
Mulatu Astatke. Mu laaa tuu. As. Tat. Ke. It took me a while to pronounce it. For the people who know the man: great. For the ones who don’t, let me be so kind to introduce you. Mulatu Astatke is the Godfather of what people call Ethio-Jazz. Word is that Ethio-Jazz is created by Mulatu Astatke and therefore […]
At the end of it all it was Q
Ancienne Belgique So many stars in the sky. So little you can touch. I prefer planet earth. Like in ‘down to earth’. What is the perception of a ‘star’? Do you get rated by the screaming fans at your doorsteps? How many albums you sell? The lyrics one writes? The beats you produce or the records […]
The Groupie Trick
Feest In Het Park, 15/08/2009 While taking a bath I was thinking about the lessons I’ve learned with N.E.R.D. 1. A backstage pass isn’t necessarily a one way ticket to Polaroid heaven. 2. You have to be bold but polite, persistant but not pushy. 3. Groupies get inside. Or at least girls who carry that […]
One for All, All for one Polaroid.
Lokerse Feesten, 07/08/2009. It doesn’t hàve to be difficult. Sometimes the hustle isn’t necessary. Sometimes, you just have to depend on your instincts. Simple. Baloji for example. Baloji is a Belgian artist and just released his first solo album, an autobiography called ‘Hotel Impala’. He was scheduled to perform right before N.E.R.D. and I hoped I could […]
