To get an introduction to Jose El Rey (if you actually need one!)
and to read previous installments of his weekly Crossfade column, Que Pasa, M.I.A?, click here. Against my better judgment and sense of comfort and convenience, I went camping. Into the woods. Into the night. With fire. And "beware of bears" signs. Bears that want to open my sleeping bag and eat me like a pastelito de carne.A group of friends of mine invited me up to Wekiwa Springs State Park. They promised I'd have a relaxing tim
A scene from last year's P.A.T.H. sessionLast summer, local musician and hip-hop activist Brimstone celebrated four successful weeks of his inaugural P.A.T.H. School of Hip-Hop Culture. As Brim told New Times last year, the camp was an outgrowth of his attempt to start a hip-hop history and culture program through Miami Dade college. That didn't work out, so instead, he finally set up a month-long intensive creative boot camp of sorts for deserving local teenagers, thanks to generous funding fro
