AMX and the Growing Hip Hop Movement in ATX
One of the things that surprised me when I moved to Austin four years ago was that in “the music capital of the world” so little hip hop was perform...
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The Sound of Chip Tunes in ATX
The blasting sound of 8-bit sound waves is electrifying. Sounds crafted in retro waveform generators such as the one of the Comodore 64 and the Gameboy, can be ...
The Colombian Graffiti Explosion : 24 Hours of Writing in Bogota, Medellin, and Cali
Grafitti writing and street art have spread through the walls of Bogota and other Colombian cities during the last decade opening an important space of creative...
Music and Humor : The Cartoon Music Aesthetic of Carl Stalling
Although the power of music to elicit emotions has been widely recognized, the capacity of music to produce laugher has been relatively unexplored. First of all...
Honk! Community Marching Bands Festival in ATX
When musicians march in the streets people is happy. Or at least that is what I like to think. I love parades. Walking, marching, dancing in public space is a s...
Youth Cultures, Youth-Made Media, and Mainstream Media: A Brief History of Inextricable Relationships (Part 1).
The relationships between youth-made media and youth cultures and between youth-made media and mainstream media are diverse and inextricable. All of them occur ...
Grrrrrrrl Thang Zine
Following the traces of the youth grassroots media production in Austin has been exciting. It is nice and intellectually challenging to discover new worlds. As ...