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Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish make up The Cool Kids duo. The young Chicago based group have their debut album The Bake Sale, scheduled to release May, 20th 2008. While surfing the net, I stumbled across the group. I’ve been listening to them on imeem ever since.
The group reminds you of the Bay (Oakland) Area group, The Pack, with the cool geek boy swag of N.E.R.D, and while giving off this vibe, you can since a strong inspiration from Run DMC. They sport bright retro style clothes and rock fat gold chains all while ridding a Dyno bike with black mags. But that’s enough on their style.
The hot single Gold and a Pager records the ever so trendy screwed up effects, a hard beat, and a steady nostalgic melody that takes you back to playing Super Mario in your basement. The group isn’t all beats either. Chuck Inglish lays down the tracks and raps along side of his partner in rhyme, Mike Rocks making a very lyrical collaboration. Although the content of the lyrics consist of girls, bikes, afterschool activities, they are very captivating; in fact, I caught myself nodding my head to a couple of songs while writing this review. The Cool Kids are definitely going to be in the summer line up for 2008. Catch The Cool Kids on Imeem or MySpace at www.myspace.com/gocoolkids and the endless source for videos, YouTube.
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Stephanie Kiah can remember back to when she was in church drawing as a little girl. Now you can find her at Norfolk State University, standing out in her art classes. The Wall sat down with her and talked about where she has been and where she see herself in the future.
TheWallMag (TWM): How did you get started in art?
Stephanie Kiah: As far as I can I remember I’ve been drawing or sketching or doodling little things. And when I was younger, I’d be in church and my mom would give me a piece of paper and a pencil and all through the church service I would just be drawing and people would be looking over my shoulder and over the pew watching me as I drew. My mom would keep all my drawings. So I’ve always been doing it for as long as I remember.
TWM: What’s your favorite medium?
Stephanie Kiah: It’s hard to say but…I would say… I’ve mostly dealt with paintings and also pastels are nice even though at times they’re messy and charcoal and graphite. And that’s mostly what I use.
TWM: What’s your favorite piece, if any?
Stephanie Kiah: I’d say right now, its probably Lemonade Girl. It’s a piece on canvas with acrylic paint.
TWM: What’s your best experience as an artist?
Stephanie Kiah: Hmm…um I don’t know if I can really say what my best experience as an artist is, but I can say that being an artist has brought me many great experiences. I’ve got to go to the CAA conference in Dallas Texas; I got to meet great artists through people I know, through my Aunts, I’ve gotten to meet famous artists. And… just a whole bunch of good experiences have come out of it.
TWM: Is there a point you’re trying to reach with you art? Or you main subject matter.
Stephanie Kiah: Just things that are kind of close to my heart. I know that’s cliché. I tend to incorporate a lot of baby pictures or pictures of people from my family. I also like a lot of antique things.
TWM: Do you have any big plans for the future?
Stephanie Kiah: I was thinking about becoming a museum curator, but as of now I’m not so sure if I want to give up being a studio artist. But I’m currently thinking about that and trying to establish what I’m trying to do.
TWM: Where do you see yourself down the road?
Stephanie Kiah: I’m not exactly sure, but something that has to do with the arts. No matter what I do or what kind of career I choose or profession, I always plan to do my art work on the side.
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