Culture & Media

Six months of hanging out in smoky, grungy "genbas," or Japanese hip-hop clubs, gave cultural anthropologist Ian Condry insight into how American rap music and attitudes were being transformed by the youth in Japan.

Six months of hanging out in smoky, grungy "genbas," or Japanese hip-hop clubs, gave cultural anthropologist Ian Condry insight into how American rap music and attitudes were being transformed by the youth in Japan.

Nintendo's latest home console system was released in North America on November 19th 2006. Nintendo's goal seems to focus on casual games which entertain a broad demographic of gamers and non-gamers. Nintendo's product is the cheapest new generation home console system on the market, retailing for USD $249.99, and challenges to change the way people think about gaming.

There has been some controversy about Harry Potter and its suitability for kids. Critics have claimed that due to the Harry Potter stories’ heavy emphasis on wizardry and magic, kids can be negatively affected by being made to believe that real life isn't what it really is. That is, kids can lose touch with reality. In fact, Harry Potter is not anymore fictional than the most common children's stories.

James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici's recent documentary that claims a tomb in Jerusalem is the resting place of the family of Jesus is wishful thinking at best. These two gentlemen may sell a lot of books and be in line for Hollywood royalties in the future, but it may well be at the cost of some credibility.

A review of the popular online word processors. The reviewer looks at Google Docs, AjaxWrite, ThinkFree, and Zoho Writer.

If you're just boarding on the AdSense train, and looking to find a quick way to make the profits you've seen all being pulled of all over the Internet, you might be interested in a couple of tools.

Web 2.0 sometimes known as the Semantic Web is an evolution of the World Wide Web in which information is machine processable (rather than being only human oriented), thus permitting browsers or other software agents to find, share and combine information more easily.

Beyond words, this powerful film renders my supposed eloquence to pure silence… '300' rips your heart with death but redeems it soon after with its glory. It is a must-see film. With ‘300,’ every warrior who is ready to die for glory ‘would have some wild night.’ Every citizen who advocates freedom ‘would be engaged.’ For everyone else, ‘it would be a formative and uncompromising experience within the battlefield.’

The 1970s was probably the first decade in which the cynicism of a generation was widely reflected in the popular culture and music of that generation. Like most decades, musically the ‘70s could be divided up into five year periods; the first years saw the rise of the influence of indie band the Velvet Underground and a shift away from bubble gum rock of the ‘60s; the Beatles broke up and suddenly everyone was experimenting.

Music World Entertainment announced today that, "DREAMGIRLS - Music From the Motion Picture," the official soundtrack album for the film, released by Music World Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax received the NAACP Award for Outstanding Soundtrack.

White Trash played R&B, rootsy rock & roll, gospel, and funk flavored tunes. You couldn't pigeon hole these guys like you could every other artist that was on the radio in those days.

Made up of two very unique characters called “W” aka Alison Mosshart, and “Hotel” aka Jamie Hince, they are a duo much like the White Stripes in that one is male and one is female, their sound is stripped down and they play an interpretation of the blues. Listening to the two bands back to back though, they sound as different as day and night.

The Portable Camera for Sony PlayStation has been the topic of a whole lot of attention but very little info in the long way of its release. So here is some info about PSP camera.

In 1970, with amazing results, two of the best guitarists of the day came together, although only briefly. Only one short year later one would be dead, the other removed from the music scene, but that brief moment, the “perfect storm” collaboration, is forever immortalized in a single song: “Layla”. The band was called Derek and the Dominos, the album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, and the guitarists were Eric Clapton, and Duane Allman.