I have a hunch that this is how b-boys look to some people.

Just substitute “Twistsonic Bust” at 18 seconds with the name of any powermove.

Okay, so there’s a total of maybe five seconds of actual b-boying in this. But what’s most striking to me is how seamlessly the dancing fits in with the rest of the video despite the fact that it’s not a conventional dance or hip-hop track.

In an age where most music videos use a quick powermove or freeze here or there as quick gimmicky eye candy, director Keith Schofield floods this video with every possible absurdity possible. And it works — or, at least, I think it does. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that it also features Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck, two of the coolest people ever. What do you think?

Photo by Steve Believe

In case you didn’t see already, we’ve added a new feature by Bustopher Jonez on how to find and keep the perfect practice spot, along with 10 Practice Spot Dos and Don’ts. There are few places more sacred to b-boys and b-girls than where they practice, and this is a great guide for those of you who aren’t blessed with an already established spot. Click here to read.

We’ve also added Google Ads to the top of every page. If you guys hate them or think that they are intrusive, drop us a comment. As most of you know, we don’t make any money from MTAS and this is just an experiment to see if it’s possible to bring in a few bucks a month.

“I don’t care what song you’re breakin’ to. But when you’re breaking, subconsciously you’re singing ‘Just Begun’ in your head.” – Alien Ness (Foundation)

I remember being in NYC a few years ago and hearing about a session somewhere in Harlem. I got directions from some girl whose name I can’t remember (thank you random NYC b-girl!) and I printed out directions from Google Maps just in case.

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“Pop pop blam blam! People know who I am!”

With a soundtrack straight from Kickin It Old School and some end graphics that are ripped off from Planet B-Boy, B-Boy Beats is sure to be one of the shittiest things you’ll ever see TOTALLY AWESOME!

(Not one hundred Spock dollars–this was just the best image I found in my Google image search)

Chances are you or someone you know is the proud owner of some Biggest & Baddest gear (and I bet it’s this). Mex, owner of Biggest & Baddest and The Bboy Spot announced a contest today to award one winner a $100 gift certificate to their online store. Here’s the scoop:

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Sometimes the simplest things are all it takes to turn a bad day/week/month to a good one. I’ve been having a pretty hardcore string of bad luck lately, so this video came to me at just the right time.

Juste Debout is in the middle of a worldwide tour, and this video comes from its first stop in Japan. Although there is plenty of dancing, there isn’t any b-boying. But just bear with me. The sequence between two and three minutes in has to be one of the most heartwarming things I’ve seen in a long time in a dance video. If you’re a fan of kids, dancing, and horseplay, then you’ll be smiling like an idiot like I was.

The rest of the video is topnotch as well, but that one-minute stretch helped me end this week with a smile on my face.

Image from UGHH

The first time I saw somebody doing headspins, I just assumed it was some kind of trick. I was just an elementary school kid watching some weird public service announcement on TV with a song pronouncing that “nobody wants to be a dumb-dumb,” but even then I felt smart enough to discern that the idea of people spinning on their heads was absurd.

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In case you didn’t know, zombies are so in right now (don’t believe me?). Another thing that’s totally hot right now: b-boys.

So that would make these photo manipulations by Tammy Tso of Eye Of The Cypher some of the most hip-happening things in the world.

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More Than A Stance is coming up on its second anniversary in April (yes, we’re open to you buying us huge and expensive birthday presents or donating your frequent flier miles), and we’ve been toying around with the idea of updating the design of the site.

We were really lucky to have the awesomely talented Stephanie Foo design the site that you are looking at now, and she will continue to be the designer for our update.

What we need from you are your ideas. Is there something you want to see on the site? Does the navigation confuse you? Do you hate the layout of our blog or features pages? Also, tell us what you want us to keep — we’d hate to change something that’s already working perfectly for you guys.

Give us your thoughts in the comments!

TheBboySpot.com has officially blown our minds. They’ve just put up a blog post which features a product that will stay in the minds of b-boys and b-girls for years to come: the b-boy condom.

They’re made by One Condoms and feature a b-boy on the package with the phrase “power move.”

I really don’t know what else to say, so visit TheBboySpot.com’s blog to read just how they came across this majestic product of pop culture.

At least it seems like every b-boy ever. Elizabeth Dell, producer of B-Girl, talked about this audition in our interview with her, her sister, and Lady Jules last year (see the 3:30 mark in the clip below), calling it “one of my top 10 days in my whole life.”

B-boys featured in this clip include Incredible Josh, Legacy, Spee-D, Flea, Venum, Luigi, K-Mel, Remedy, Do Knock, and Rainen. And probably some others I missed.

If you’re not familiar with Heelys, the first two definitions from Urban Dictionary do a pretty good job of covering the spectrum of possible definitions:

1. Sport shoes that have wheels housed in the heel that allow you to walk, run, and roll at any given moment.

I enjoy riding Heelys.

2. Pathetic attempt at an extreme sport, only little kids buy them to look cool to their friends, and for kids who gave up every extreme sport they tried.

If your seen in a skatepark with heelys chances are you’ll be beaten the shit out of

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I talk about Rawbzilla a lot on this site, but it’s hard not to when his moves in a clip like this are still as relevant now as they were a decade ago.

In this recent interview with MikeyIce, the self-proclaimed “Lizard King” spends a lot of time talking about his inspirations and his thoughts on foundation, judging and biting. The audio and video quality aren’t the best, but depending on your level of patience and your willingness to sit and learn, this interview has the potential to be a game-changer.

Take, for instance, Rawbzilla’s stories about finding inspiration from carousels, cockroaches, Godzilla movies, the Grinch, and even tow trucks — apparently, after driving past a tow truck lift a car, he pulled over and immediately came up with a move on the concrete. “That’s zoning out and pretending you’re something you’re not,” he says.

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You may remember DJ Lokee as the guy who was nice enough to send us his July 4th Block Party Mix last year. He even went so far as to provide us with a tracklist, prompting a few hours worth of Mountain Dew-fueled Googling by me.

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