Dante Ross Interviews Boogie

One of the best hip-hop journalists of the last decade, Dante Ross (Mass Appeal), sits down with Boogie, the Serbian photographer best known for his b&w work with gangs and drugs in NYC. Boogie gained commercial acclaim in 2004 after working with Nike on their W 4th basketball project, and has since published a number of award-winning books. Still, most of his work is quite dark and focuses on those less fortunate living in grave situations. He currently lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, but tends to shoot mostly in Bushwick and Bed-stuy.
All of Boogie's photography, commercial and otherwise, is available for viewing here.

The Break Room: David Byrne

Back at it with our new weekly section spotlighting Brooklyn musicians outside of the hip-hop scene.

This week David Byrne, lead singer for the Talking Heads and original New Yorker, takes the award. Mostly because he is Kanye part II...he is versatile in the art, fashion, and design scene as much as he is a part of music.

Aside from recently releasing an album with Brian Eno (first track below), Byrne just designed and installed nine unique bike racks throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan as part of the City Racks Design Competition. You can view the whole set of designs at davidbyrne.com.

Also worth a visit is City Racks, where you can see the other finalists. One design will be released throughout NYC as THE bike rack design, period.

DAVID BYRNE - STRANGE OVERTONES