Morning Bike Commute: Hula hoop vandalism!

Well it’s about time, and also far too late, but Earth First Activist Judi Bari finally got what’s due yesterday when it was ruled that the FBI must pay 4.4 Million for their actions perpetrated against Bari and her husband Darryl Cherney. It’s a great reminder of what savage crimes “The Shield” is capable of when trying to protect homeland security.

At the DJ Shadow show this last weekend. Shadow Debuted to the Twin Cities Hip Hop Activist and Photographer Brian Cross‘ (a.k.a. B+) Video Documentary Short, Keepintime: Talking Drums, Whispering Vinyl. The currency of the film is Super Funky Beats. The film captures the musicians trading currency back and forth in a gritty intergeneration dialog of scratches, beat juggling and live drumming by the original jazz cats who recorded the beats on wax in the first place. The film goes way beyond tribute. Give me some more. More B+ photography: [1 & 2].