Jill Murray
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Just 26 more classes and I’m done! I’m so close I can taste it.
It was great to see all the classes so full last night! SweatFest registrations were already up to 20 (from 8 on Saturday) and my prophesy that SweatFest would force b-boys to try Cardio Hip Hop and Yoga has already [...]
Continue Reading →B-girl Ms. Mighty (who has a great new blog I’m totally going to be referencing as often as possible from now on) forwarded me this:
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A couple of weeks ago, I received the copy edit for Break On Through. Thanks to the strength of soy lattes, the absence of rappers around the home, and the availability of fresh vegan eats at Aux Vivres, I was able to push through all 240 pages of the thing in [...]
Continue Reading →More and more frequently, I find myself in a position where, despite my better judgement, I feel obligated to defend or explain some aspect of hip hop. With breaking in particular, I am powerfully motivated from within to clear up confusion and see credit assigned where it is due. This makes sense, since it’s something [...]
Continue Reading →I love, love, love, love, love, love, love hip hop because some of the most fundamental aspects of emceeing, deejaying, breaking and graff have historically been achieved totally by accident, using the most inauspicious tools imaginable.
I’m not even talking about ghettoes and the racism and brutal political conditions and gangs and police violence, [...]
Continue Reading →This is the working title for either my second or third novel, depending on your perspective. It’s a YA novel and it’s about breakdancing girls.
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