It was a sad day to find out that my neighborhood Latin restaurant, Nuela had closed it’s doors. Business seemed good, but insiders speculate that it had more to do with the owner’s lack of interest in running and maintaing a restaurant. The named stood for a style of cooking, Nuevo Latino, that fused several [...] Click to read more »
Ailey at The Apollo – May 8, 2012
Carlton Jones, Stylist and Progressive Pulse’s Fashion Host was ‘Out and About’ at the Alvin Ailey Gala at the Apollo and shot some great photos. Click to read more »
Getting to know the talented Rachael Sage: Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Painter, Label head
Rachael Sage has made a big name for herself in the Indie music scene, being named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years, while running her record label, Mpress Records. She just dropped her 10th studio album entitled, “Haunted By You”. Music has always been at the forefront for [...] Click to read more »
Various Projects Showroom opens the fashion doors to preview progressive designs for Fall 2012
Various Projects Showroom features several progressive fashion labels like Christian Wijnants, Fort Makers and Walter Van Beirendonck. They even carry their own label of suits, rain gear and salvaged denim. Carlton Jones paid a visit to the showroom to check out his favorite designers to look out for this Fall. Watch the video! Arielle de [...] Click to read more »
This year’s PULSE International Art Fair in New York featured notable work from Jordan Eagles, Jason Bryant, Fred Wilson and Courtney Love
The seventh edition of PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in New York took place last weekend at the Metropolitan Pavilion. The international fair also has an edition that coincides with Art Basel in Miami every year. This year’s fair featured surprising art work from Courtney Love as well as inspired work from Fred Wilson [...] Click to read more »
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again – 4 of 5 By Patrick K. Sister
First time I got in touch with Kiwanuka’s work was on iTunes. I saw his album cover and thought is this guy Japanese? But he is black! He looks black (in a late 70’s Motown kind of way). So my curiosity made me listen to his songs. And I have to say I found myself [...] Click to read more »
Black Taxi – We Don’t Know Any Better – 3.5 of 5 By Patrick K. Sister
It all started with Julian Casablancas singing “Last Night”… Well, actually it started long before that. New York’s rock scene is way older than The Strokes but in this Era of short attention span, let’s stick to this garage rock/post-punk revival (by the way: it’s been more than 10 years since The Strokes debut album). [...] Click to read more »
The least famous part of the Caribbean : Dutch Antilles – CURACAO By Branca Sister
Curacao is an island near the coast of Venezuela. It’s only a 40 minute flight, from Caracas, to arrive there. It is 444 square km and it is the biggest island from the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao)- all part of the Netherlands Antilles. Although their official language is Dutch, they speak Papiamento, which [...] Click to read more »
The President Evolves…How Marriage Equality Became the First Position Taken by President Obama in Reelection Campaign by Frank D. Pond (aka Walden)
What a week! President Obama announced (formally and to no surprise) that he is running for reelection. What may have been clear for months was made official this past weekend. This was not newsworthy nor were his rallies which (though Drudge, Breitbart.com, Fox all drubbed as “undersold”) which were full at 4x the capacity of [...] Click to read more »
