Recent Entries

• The City Never Stops Watching, And Neither Do I

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  I been living in this concrete jungle for like seven years now and I just realized something mad real. The city doesn't sleep because it can't afford to. Every corner got eyes. Every block got a story. Every person rushing past you got a whole universe happening in their head and you'll never know i...

• Why Local Musicians Are The Real Ones Keeping Culture Alive

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  I been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after catching this three piece jazz fusion group at this spot in the warehouse district last week. You know the type - they ain't got major label backing, they ain't got TikTok clout, they just got instruments and something burning inside they got...

• Sneakers Changed My Life and I'm Not Being Dramatic

  by Dez Fontaine May 6
  Look, I get it. People think sneaker culture is just about shoes. That's surface level thinking and it misses the whole point of why this movement matters. When I was coming up, sneakers weren't just something you threw on your feet. They were a statement, a flex, a whole identity wrapped up in rubb...

• Why Local Musicians Are the Realest Ones in the Room

  by Dez Fontaine May 6
  Look, I gotta be honest with you. The music industry got it twisted. Everybody chasing streams and algorithm placements like that's the only way to know if something matters. Meanwhile, the realest artists in your city are playing basement shows on Friday nights for forty people who actually give a ...

• What Makes a Neighborhood Actually Hit Different

  by Dez Fontaine May 6
  You know that feeling when you walk down a street and something just clicks? Not because it's fancy or Instagram worthy, but because it FEELS like something. That's what I've been thinking about lately, sitting on my stoop at midnight with some bodega coffee that shouldn't be that good but somehow i...