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Helm Splitter EP
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The Helmsplitter EP

We are proud to share The Helmsplitter EP with you – the latest homegrown media gem from our friend Rene Dongo. The Helmsplitter EP highlights unique voices in the Boston area through spoken word and music. Recorded / Produced by Daniel Fairclough and Rene Dongo. Featuring Seyonia Washington, Pause, O.T.O, Catch Wreck, and many more. Download the whole EP for free here: http://www.mediafire.com/?uwv7lixawbee2di Track List: 1. Seyonia Washington – Imagine if the Beat Stopped 2. Pause – Where You Should Be 3. The Helmsplitter – Fight An Animal! 4. Zayde Buti – Hot n’ Juicy 5. O.T.O. – Sail On Freestyle 6. Jasmine Mans – Nicki Minaj 7. Zeek – Hold To The Time 8. Anthony Febo – First Time 9. Catch Wreck – 1Tyme4UrMynd 10. Jack Kahn – Crisis 11. The Helmsplitter – Outro 12. Daniel Fairclough – Her Eyes (Bonus)

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US vs World Military Budget
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Spiritual Doom

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Found an interesting post comapring some stats about military spending on the Guardian Data Blog. Pretty mind boggling – if not surprising.

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Events

AeroSoul 2: Urban Hieroglyphics

If you are in the Bay Area or can get there by February, be sure to check out AeroSoul 2. Find out more at aerosoulart.com. Below is an invitation from the events organizer with the details: Greetings All, We are extremely excited about the February Black History month Show,”AeroSoul2″. The response for participation has been overwhelmingly Good. This is to be a Historic event that community particularly the youth will grow from and a celebration of high caliber Art coming from a rich legacy of STYLE. Many Legends of this Spray Art Calligraphy genre are representing on this occasion with Art,History,Style and knowledge…a coming together of creative geniuses. Please Follow the Link to the AeroSoul Art site. There will be constant updates to the site and We will keep you posted on news pertaining to the Art and hanging dates. aerosoulart.com Thank you, ~ Refa 1 & the Bay Area Aerosol Heritage Society.

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Info Graphics, Portfolio, Print

20 Year Homicide Report

The 20 Year Homicide Report was a project to visualize 20 years of data from 1,465 murders that took place in Boston between 1988 and 2008. These info-graphics were put together as a website which is hosted by Blackstonian.com. Read More http://jacobleidolf.com/gears/project/20-year-homicide-report-infographic-web/ http://jacobleidolf.com/gears/2010/12/07/1465/

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Album Art, Portfolio

Catch Wreck – Concerto

Cover Last week, Catch Wreck released the first track off of the forthcoming ADHD mixtape: “Concerto” over the classic roots track. Its been floating around on the web and getting some good feedback so I figured it was about time we posted about the art. Actually, in all honesty school has been consuming my life, and this is the first free moment I’ve had to write about it. But never mind the details. Wreck has been ready to release this track for a while now but due to the aforementioned school consuming my life thing, it took us a while to find a time to sit down and shoot and design the cover. Once we found time, the rest was pretty easy. Catch had a clear mood and concept he was going for, having sent a lot of reference photography in the style he wanted. Then it was just a matter of gathering some readily available props and getting the shot. We did some very minor post process stuff to the photo to make the colors have the right relationships and very simple typography. Overall, I, and more importantly Wreck are very pleased with the results and I think they the track justice. So far, the new material he’s been working on for this mix tape is of a new caliber and I can’t wait for what’s next. Video While we were shooting the cover we also did a quick and dirty video, using the same scene, props and players. We shied away from traditional music videos, instead of a lot of flashy performance shots, we just showed catch self medicating, something the song deals explicitly with. This video and track were the first single off of the ADHD project and thus we wanted this to build anticipation and curiosity about the project, which was a rapid departure from Catch’s earlier work. Concerto by Catch Wreck

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