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Gametime

by admin | Jun 5, 2008 | Pop Culture, Sports | 1 comment

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A[/youtube]

Philadelphia Mayor Nutter performs Rapper's Delight

by admin | May 30, 2008 | Hip-hop, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics | 1 comment

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3zxCOKG3orQ[/youtube] And I’m pretty sure that the DJ is ?uestlove. The MC at the end talks about how Nutter is what Philadelphia needs. He provides a “breath of fresh air.” Once Nutter got going, I was feeling...

Race in the Video Game Industry

by admin | Apr 13, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm | 3 comments

Two links worth checking out: MTV has a series of posts based on interviews with blacks in the videogame industry. A grad student has created a blog about his dissertation, entitled “Becoming War.” The link between this and the MTV stuff can be found in...

Back in the Barbershop (Obama, Kilpatrick, and more)

by admin | Mar 21, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Culture, Democracy, NPR, Obama, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics | 4 comments

After a bit of a hiatus I was back on the barbershop doing the thing. Among the topics of discussion were Obama’s speech, Kilpatrick’s chances in Detroit, and the LeBron James Vogue cover with Gisele.

A Hope in Hell

by admin | Jan 4, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Pop Culture | 12 comments

CHORONZON: I am a dire world, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. CHORONZON: I am a snake,...

The transnational reproduction of the Hard Core (Or C'est hip hop)

by admin | Oct 6, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, things that make you go hmm | 1 comment

This is Mafia K1 Fry. The track is called “Pour Ceux” (“For Those”). The group reminds me a lot of the Wu. Even if you can’t understand French (I can translate on the written page ok, but I can’t translate from hearing it) you...
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