I was surfing the web and came across this interesting and innovative project called “Beyond Digital: Morocco.” It turns out the guys who are traveling to Morocco have a really high concept purpose behind their trip, planned for June 2011, and they are fundraising using a novel online tool called “Kickstarter.” I don’t think I [...]

One of the coolest annual festivals to hit our city is the Manifesto Festival. Hip-hop is the touchstone that unites many of the hundreds of artists and performers who participate. As I post we are in right in the middle of it! It takes places over 7 days from Sep 20-26 and there are a [...]

Oi! Tudo bem? It’s been a long time since I said/wrote that, but I think it’s time for me to publish/release “Mikooshka’s Best of Brazilian Music” collection via a podcast. It could be more a of a “mixtape” flavor as I intend to include all kinds of classics, and make it a selector or collectors [...]

RiP: Remix Manifesto is a really cool project by a filmmaker named Brett Gaylor.  It looks at issues of intellectual property in the age of rampant piracy and a digital culture obsessed with notions like remixing and mashups. Brett talks with musical icons from the present/past (Girl Talk and Gilberto Gil). Watch a 6 minute [...]

Radio Coco–Featuring Ulysses Castellanos by mikooshka It would seem I can’t resist trying out some new kind of collaborative / social networking music sites and one that I joined a year ago but haven’t used much is Sound Cloud.  SC has a very simple tagline: “We Move Music”. Some of the cool features they have [...]