Kanye and Alexis
I listened to 808 and Heartbreaks last week for about two days straight.It is an album that needs to be played loudly, in your trunk, on yourheadphones or in the living groom.
I came to it through the back door as I wasn’t really tripping off of ituntil I saw folks at The Smoking [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Why People Hate 808’s and Heartbreak
Sunday, November 30th, 2008How to Be in Pain and Not Fall Apart
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008There is a fine, fine art to being in pain and not falling apart.I have had several challenges in the last month. I was facing deadlines,different areas of my life were flatlining, others were soaring,it was real.
There are about four things that I have identified that have beenintegral to being able to be in pain [...]
Can Victims Be Perpetrators?
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Yesterday the internet was abuzz with the fact that Prince might be homophobic.
Carmen from New Demographic commented onTwitter that this didn’t make sense. She wrote , “I’m still amazed that Prince is a homophobe.I mean, isn’t there a good chance he’s been gay- bashed in his life? (Even if he’s not gay). I respondedback [...]
The Homoeroticism of "Punks Jump Up to Get Beatdown"
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008I was on a road trip recently and “Punks Jump Up” came on XM radio,so it was uncensored. It had been a long time since I heard Brand Nubianin all of their raw boom bapness. The contrast between the serenity of thegold, orange, yellow trees and the Rocky horns in the songs introcouldn’t have been [...]
Check it In
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 I. Missed. You. All.
I have a few posts percolating.They are:Obama as the Black Savior,On Feeling Irrelevant Because of Obama WinThe Politics of Michelle Obama’s BodyThe History of Hip Hop Blogs,Rafi, De La Soul and Crankety old men,Black women and street harassment,Black Feminism 101,How to be in Pain and Not Shut Down.
Good. Clean. Fun. [...]
