Weekend Watcher: Old World music with a New World Flare: Vagabond Opera; Jay Smooth and Charlie Ahearn; Americans are not Stupid
by Lucaso
Vagabond Opera strolls through old world gypsy classics, 1920's European Cabaret, up tempo Balkan beats, and Klezmer funk, all with a sideshow of theatrics that will get grannie out of the rocker and off to the show.
The aptly named 6 piece band hails from Portland, OR and puts the vibrato in neo-classical opera, complete with fedoras and striped stockings.
Take a look as we recently caught up with them at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA.
TechOne - Jay Smooth: Interview with director Charlie Ahearn
An interview with the director of 1982's seminal hip-hop film "Wild Style," featured this week on VH1's "Hip-Hop Honors" show.
Americans are not stupid
This is a hilarious video asking people in the street about the world they live in...