2 posts and columns on Shaft

Kenya Launches Country's First Viral Music Video

in News on March 24, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Boy group Just-a-Band have sparked what many are calling Kenya’s first viral sensation. Conjuring up references to 1970s cult classics like “Shaft,” Just-a-Band’s latest video, “Ha-He,” introduces the fictional Makmende sporting shades, chains, an Afro pick and what appears to be polyester.

RIP, Soul Men

in News on August 11, 2008 at 9:00 am PT

Since John Paczkowski’s still out of range, Beth Callaghan will be posting Digital Daily today. In a stunning turn of events over the weekend, both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes passed away–Mac of complications from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease, and Hayes from as-yet unknown causes. The immediate impact and response, of course, is displayed on the Web, with the now-customary ritual proliferation of tribute videos on YouTube–at last count, there were 188,000 for Isaac Hayes and 137,000 for Bernie Mac.