by kspence | Feb 17, 2013 | Black Popular Culture, Neoliberalism, Sports |
Today Michael Jordan turns 50. In thinking through what this means I read a piece by Wright Thompson who wrote the best article about Michael Jordan and aging I believe I've ever read. I also turned to Foucault–whose work I've been teaching in...
by kspence | Dec 11, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Pop Culture
Working on my second book project on autonomy. It's a sequel of sorts to Stare in the Darkness, dealing with black autonomy projects and the means and logics black populations use to problem-solve black conduct. It began as an attempt to understand the...
by kspence | Dec 10, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Hip-hop, Pop Culture
I was looking for information on Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite and I stumbled across the following brief interview with Branford Marsalis. Given Rolling Stone's recent release of their top 50 hip-hop songs of all time list I thought it...
by kspence | Nov 28, 2012 | Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Class and Politics, Pop Culture |
I take the bus to work every day. No. Strike that. I walk to the Metro station, then take the Metro to the bus stop, then take the bus to work everyday. Takes about an hour or so. Gets me walking two miles a day (one mile each way), and gives me room to breathe. To...
by kspence | Nov 2, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Imaging the City, Neoliberalism
Invincible is one of the Midwest's best MCs. And has a pretty long history of Detroit based political activism through Grace Lee Boggs' Detroit Summer. Invincible from Art X Detroit on Vimeo.
by kspence | Oct 4, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Obama
This picture has been making the rounds since Beyonce and JayZ held a $40,000 campaign event for President Obama. It's an absolutely beautiful picture, one shared and commented on by thousands. The most powerful man on the planet, and the most powerful MC on the...
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