Raw Footage

Last Thursday, while passing by a community center in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, Derrion Albert, 16, a honor roll student at Fenger High School was catch up in a violent gang altercation that left him dead.

So far, four individuals have been arrested in his death.

Warning Graphic Video


http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/boy-16-found-slain-on-far-south-side.html

Dropping Knowledge

Event: FootworKINGz

FootworKINGz
Date: Saturday: 10-3-09
Location: Harold Washington Cultural Center (4701 S. Martin Luther King Dr.; Chicago, IL 60653; 773-373-1900)
Time: 2 PM (Doors Open), 3 PM (Show Starts)

Live Footwork Battles and Chicago World Premiere of the FootworKINGZ' dvd, "Take Flight."


You may remember them from being on 'America's Got Talent.' They were eliminated this month from the show, because they were dressed like the Power Rangers. Ha!



http://footworkingzdvd.eventbrite.com/

Events

Saturday: 9-26-09
Immortal Technique with guest Diabolic, Poison Pen, J. Arch, and Psalm One
Location: Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace St.; Chicago, IL 60618; 773-478-4408)
Time: 9:00 PM (Doors Open), 10:00 PM (Show Starts)
Cost: $15
Age: 18 and Over

Do you need a fix of that raw, gritty, political, lyrical Hip-Hop that the game's been missing? Well, what more do you need then to check out Immortal Technique? Whether, recording or performing Technique brings it live 110% every time.

http://www.myspace.com/immortaltechnique
http://www.abbeypub.com/html/9_26_09_late.html

Warriors Collide/Windy City Fight Night 6
David Diaz Vs. Jesus Chavez
Location: UIC Pavilion (525 S. Racine Ave.; Chicago, IL 60607; 312-413-5700)
Time: 7 PM (Doors Open), 8 PM (Event Starts)
Cost: $151, $101, $76, $51, and $31
Age: All Ages

Two former world champions with Chicago roots, are going to square off toe-to-toe tonight at the UIC Pavilion. Former world lightweight boxing champ, David Diaz (34-2-1, 17 KOs) will be going up against former two-time world champion Jesus Chavez (44-5-0, 30 KOs).

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4496897
http://www.boxingrepublic.com/2009/09/23/david-diaz-and-jesus-chavez-open-workout/

Who Could This Be?

Dang! Those singing lessons sure paid off.

When Pigs Fly and Monkeys Drive Cars

Is that a monkey I see ripping down the highway? "No," according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety who accuses the car owner, Dave Vontesmar, of 37 unpaid speeding tickets, which amount to about $6,500. Vontesmar, when asked about paying the unpaid tickets said, "Not one of them there is a picture where you can identify the driver...I sent back all these ones I got with a copy of my driver's license and said, 'It's not me. I'm not paying them.'"

The Arizona Department of Public Safety refutes Vontesmar's claims and stated that they have surveillance of 4 separate occasions where Vontesmar was video recorded putting on either a monkey or giraffe-like mask, while leaving his house for work. Vontesmar also stands accused of having been ticketed over 90 times by photo-enforced traffic cameras, but many of them had expired before The Arizona DPS decided to serve him directly with the remaining 37 tickets.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/09/08/20090908dpsmonkey0908.html
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Arizona-Department-of-Public-Safety/photo//090911/480/1200933acc534543bff13f2b8614ad10//s:/ap/20090912/ap_on_re_us/us_masked_speeder

Incredible Dunk

Incredible. First he sets up the dunk with a bounce off the floor, then catches the ball in mid-air while jumping over someone, and then finishes with a between the legs dunk. "Say What!"

The dunker, Guy Dupuy, is only 5' 9".

I wonder if he was wearing a pair of Reebok Pumps.