Barry Rabkin a.k.a. BBoy Griz of CypherStyles.com joins us for a conversation on his hip hop culture influences, The Freshest Kids, IAmHipHop.com, how he started a leading international website for street dance DVDs, raving with Paul Oakenfold, Ghost in the Shell, how Hawkeye hates Peoria, how weird the Pepper Potts Iron Man costume is with its iron boobies, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, smoking formaldehyde, Rambo, the Infinity Gauntlet and the Reality Gem, Justin Bua and graffiti art, Donora, New Balance Classic 574 sneakers, the evils of high fructose corn syrup, and tons more filthy fun.
Griz, working on his B-Boy bald spot
I may have been mistaken about the rave in question. I think I went to something where The Crystal Method was headlining. But it was that summer, it was in the strip district, and it was right before I left Pgh.
Bathroom 'liquid'-pee dancing is still up for debate.
Hey guys, I had alot of fun doing this podcast with you. I just wanted to mention one thing, when you asked me what bands I liked I misspelled the name. James Brown is my all time favorite artist, but I want to give props to the local Steel City Music Scene. Donora is a top quality Pittsburgh based indie pop rock band that gets alot of radio play, you can hear them at http://www.myspace.com/donora
If your on the soul/funk jamiroquai/erkyah badu tip like me, check out the local band Omega Love http://www.myspace.com/omegalovemusic they are ridiculously talented and they put on mean live shows. Enjoy guys,
Respect,
Barry
thx barry. i updated the post with the right name. i saw Donora play a couple years ago with the Great Ants and Triggers at Gooski's. they put on a solid show.