In response to Jeff’s posting of the charming Will Phillips video, I thought I’d draw attention to the excellent William E Jones film being shown at Swallow Street right now. The overwhelming poignancy of this simple film of found footage emerges with the contextualizing record of each grainy, voiceless figure: John Smith, 27, married, 2 [...]
Tag Archives: Raekwon
New York from the Gutter to the Penthouse
September 17, 2009 – 11:34 am
September 8th saw the release of the new Raekwon and Jay-Z albums, both debuting as the top downloaded albums on the US iTunes. Since both released their first albums in the mid-90s, they have had extremely divergent careers. Raekwon’s career has to a large extent followed the path of Wu Tang, never living up to the [...]
