B-Boyin' on canvas

Don't really know if I feel the name its been given, but Bubbles is back...wait, on her back? Yes, Bubbles is apparently painting canvases with her body as she breaks, as well as been teaching the young folk to do the same. She is calling this project "artbreaking". I can't help but think about how she's going about teaching this, will there be people saying "I don't care if I'm not a B-Boy/B-Girl, I'm an "art breaker" from now on? I mean something has to be lost in all of this, no? Are they really learning how to break the proper way, or are they just learning to put paint on their hands and feet and go bananas on a canvas? Either way, sounds like fun and I hope this gets kids into all other types of artforms, such as B-Boyin'...on the floor (our real canvas).

Some Bubbles backround:
Highly respected U.K B-Girl from the "Wolverhampton B-Boys Crew" in the 80's. And get this, she apparently dated drum & bass artist Goldie for a while, he was in the crew.

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Here's Some footage:

China

All this Olympic mess that just passed got me to thinking about my trip out to China 2 years ago, and how I was supposed to be there this year performing "Scratch & Burn" with "D-Projects" during the Olympics..but the funds didn't fall through, so scratch that off the list.

So Miami Beach and China were doing buisness together for awhile, and the plan was to have some sort of an invasion of chinese culture onto Miami Beach (restaurants, buisnesses etc..) and vise versa...In planning for this cultural exchange, "D-Projects" came up when they started talking about art/entertainment/performance, so we were asked to submit a press kit of "Scratch & Burn". We did, and we were off! "D-Projects", our anti-war show "Scratch & Burn", and 25 right-winged conservative politicians (I know, the irony huh?)

The trip was insanely pleasing in all sorts of ways, but there were some little things that I would say was effed up. You be the judge.

1) When the folks from China finally decided to watch the dvd (once we already had arrived) they asked us to cut a string of scenes from our show cause they were to political and encouraged free thinking.

2) After asking us to cut those scenes (that would've added up to 30 min) we were asked to make the show longer (2 hrs in length in total)..the show is only 1hr and 15min...oh, and to make it more acrobatical.

3) We were also taken from the theater we were supposed to perform in (a huge 750 seat theater that was gonna be open to the public) and put into a 300 seat theater where the whole audience was handpicked and screened, and

4) The photograghers/camera men that followed us around for 11 days documenting everything, were really undercover cops....crazy huh?!?!

Well, we didn't cut anything from the show & ripped that shit using the thought of all of us being incarcerated afterwards as inspiration, we weren't...and that's a good thing. Oh, and get this...the performer that China sent to Miami was a chinese country singer...WTF!...apperently country music is hella big out there.

Here's some pics:

Making The Video

Ok, so I just noticed that something must have gone haywire when I uploaded the video, cause it kind of cuts off at the end..but don't worry, all you missed was a group hug and some credits...so..

Here we go folks...the making of the "The Right" with Wrek...shot by Wrek, cut by Wrek & handed down to me by Wrek....Cheah!....Baggins Fam!

For more videos go to:
Baggins TV & Rudi Toob!
(though I don't have that many videos, but I'm working on that...you'll see, I'm gonna grow up to be somebody!)

"Nothing Like This"

Nothing Like This is a universal tale about the search for the loved ones, through the seven seas and the five elements...Fresh animation, cool concept, irony, love, death & a giant ice cream cone terrorizing the city! I likes!

Directed By Daniel Garcia
Track By Dilla
From the album Chrome Children Vol.1

"People In Order"

My friend Desz put me on to this video a while back and I came across it today by mistake, thought I'd share it with you.

People in Order's Age is part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes...So yeah, if your into short films, animation, music videos & new ways of telling stories, go to "Portable Film Festival" and check the site..good stuff I tell ya.

7 yr.old "G"

Check out shorty rock and his "hoodrat thangs"...