This Friday/Saturday is the the Summer Solstice [ read here ]

Here’s some knowledge to impress your friends…..

Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is oriented directly towards or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, its apparent movement north or south comes to a standstill.

Anyway now to the point, since it is officially summer you will now have more reason to do more things outdoors. So, we put together the best places to see movies outside. From London to LA.

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We have been posting a few 90’s rap video’s these days on TWBE, so when I read that Ice Cube is bringing back the Gangsta with his new album “Raw Footage” set for release June 17th. I thought I would see what else is coming up for him. (I hope there is a buddy cop movie staring Ice Cube and LL Cool J in the near future.)

The First single off the new album”Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It”

He has a Reality show coming up the show is called Good in the Hood. It’s going to be on A&E. The show will profile(in a good way) and showcase people who are doing good things in bad neighborhoods….

We also found out about Welcome Back Kotter…

“I’m going to do a version of Welcome Back Kotter. We’re taking the name, we’re taking the concept of the sweathogs and a bunch of kids nobody wants to teach and seeing them for how intelligent and the things they do have to offer. We’re basically taking that kind of feel and tailor making it for me.”…” If you look at Welcome Back Kotter, there was a lot of real social commentary in with the jokes so we’re going to do that too.”…”We’re trying to get cameos from everybody that was in the original somewhere in the movie. ”

Hmm what will Travolta do?

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Deathbowl to Downtown premieres tomorrow night to the World. Friday is THE MOVING IMAGE, an exhibition featuring a photographic history of skateboarding in New York City.

A lot more than an Olsen Twin and Ben Kingsley making out.

A couple Sundays from now Pop Rally presents Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season.

Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season documents the adventures of an architect and an engineer who quit their day jobs to develop high–tech tools for the art underground. Featuring insightful and humorous commentary by GRL founders James Powderly and Evan Roth, The Complete First Season argues for free speech in public, open source in pop culture, the hacker spirit in graffiti, and not asking permission in general. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the Graffiti Research Lab and surprise guests. Stay for the party afterwards, featuring music by Javelin and a final chance to see MoMA’s Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition, which includes the work of the GRL.

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