Aja Brown – Can this Millennial Mayor turn Compton into L.A.’s next hot neighborhood? [TakePart] Gentrification of L.A.’s Skid Row, the homeless get shafted [Vice] Rural homelessness – After months, a teen leaves the woods behind [NPR] Mikki Kendall and her online beef with white feminists [Vice] Asa Akira on TakePart Live 5-19-2014 – Can porn stars be feminists? Time Magazine interviews Eddie Huang about Fresh Of The Boat sitcom [Time] Anatomy Of A Dance Hit: Why We Love To Boogie With …
Category: Music
→
Music
Ameriie “What I Want” – New single from R&B singer Ameriie “What I Want” features her singing over a reworked version of The Incredible Bongo Band’s classic B-Boy break “Apache”. Ameriie does have a history of singing over breakbeats, for example: “1 Thing” (2005) sampled The Meters’ version of “Oh, Calcutta!” or “Gotta Work” (2007) sampled Emma Franklin’s cover of “Hold on I’m Comin'” by Sam & Dave (written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter and originally recorded by Reuben Wilson), and “Why R U” …
Artists Genesis Breyer P-Oridge, Colette Justine aka Colette, and K8 Hardy discuss their work in relation to collage, gender and feminism on a panel held at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on October 26, 2013. Each artist on the panel manipulate different mediums (music, fabric, displays, photography, the human body, etc), applying collage techniques to their works, playing around with notions of gender, and the feminists’ perspective on identity and personae. Genesis talked about her involvement with COUM Transmissions music, performance …
Maya Angelou’s Poem “On the Pulse of Morning” Maya Angelou’s San Francisco connections (RIP) [SF Gate] Maya Angelou and Dave Chappelle, “Iconoclasts” -Maya Angelou and Dave Chappelle talk about their writing process, why Dave left his show and Maya’s homies, MLK and Malcolm X. The erasure of Maya Angelou’s sex work history [Tits and Sass] Storme DeLarverie, early leader in the Gay Rights Movement, dies at 93 [NY Times] Dave Chappelle recruits the Roots, Janelle Monae, DJ Premier, Busta Rhymes and …
J Dilla “Give Em What They Want” [J Dilla produced] J Dilla “The Doe” [produced by Supa Dave West] – New previously unreleased material from J Dilla & Supa Dave West (known for his work with De La Soul) on the EP Give Em What They Want is out. This comes as teaser (like “Anthem” b/w “Trucks” singles and the Diamonds & Ice EP) for an upcoming album release of unheard J Dilla tracks called The Diary. All of these singles and the upcoming album …
Socials