On Haiti
If you got the internet today and this is the second website you’ve come across ever in life, let me be the first to tell you that there was a fatty 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Haiti last night. Let me also be the fir[...]
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me
As I write this, it is mostly cloudy, and a balmy 27 degrees outside of my window. I am in my apartment (5F Baby!) wearing one of my favorite dresses and eating leftovers straight from the storage container. This is how[...]
Reset Button
via Google Images Two days ago I had this “cool” idea for this week’s article that was all fitted and written especially for NYE. But as I started writing it, it didn’t feel write. Now it’s about 5:2[...]
CoexisTENce
Hello. My name is Lauren Smith and I am a cheater. For about a month, I tried to maintain both relationships not wanting to let the other know that I liked one better. But the glitter of the shiny and new got into my ey[...]
The morning after.
It’s been a minute, but to start a brand new year, we gotta end the year right. First things first… CONGRATS TO THE MUTHAFUCKIN FOREIGN EXCHANGE ON THEIR GRAMMY NOMINATION. The Foreign Exchange’s Grammy nomin[...]
Current Crush: Boys In Bow Ties
That was me tweeting from my iPhone, “Fred” (Short for Fab Phone Freddy) and swooning at every turn as more and more boys in bow ties descended upon 1 Front Street in Brooklyn for The Brooklyn Circus’ 1st Ever Hol[...]
#MusicMonday: “…Like It’s X Mas”
“You Always See Me Shopping, Like It’s X Mas/ I’m Always Tree Shopping, Like It’s X Mas” - Andre Hicks Here go the new one from me and 12ft fam affiliate P-FUNK. Produced by are own Jo[...]
Current Inspiration: Sisters With Voices
Your girl Lauren has been on the grind. It’s been a wild week of finishing up my last class at FIT, freelancing for my mom, working the ‘bucks, and lining up social engagements for the holiday party season. As I tic[...]
All I Want For Christmas: Concert Edition
Since I can’t afford to fund my live music habit, I’m making a public appeal in hopes that you my 12FtDwende Family will come through in the clutch as some of my favorite artists jump into touring this holiday seas[...]
Interviews
Phonte Coleman: The 12ftDwende Interview
Phonte Coleman is pretty much what you would get if you crossed Pablo Neruda with Carlos Bulosan, William Faulkner and Etta James: Soulful, uniquely southern, precisely half-past battle weary with open-hearted pourings that could line the Milky Way with sincerity and polish it with hard-bitten wisdom. Phonte has no trouble reconciling his duties as a member [...]
Nicolay: The 12ftDwende Interview
image by Jeff Almquist The Foreign Exchange story has been well documented: two musicians, one in North Carolina, the other in the Netherlands, met on an internet message board and created an album by sending files back and forth through e-mail and instant messaging, hence the name Foreign Exchange. In short, 2004’s Connected was [...]
