From VICE: The Telecommuncations Act ushered in a new era of radio consolidation, flattening Black music to fit under one ad-friendly umbrella. “What we’ve noticed since the ‘90s is that this consolidation of commercial media ownership has allowed for an increasingly smaller number of people to impact what forms of Black cultural production become popular…
Read moreThe Origins of The Vernon Philosophy of Black Media Avoidance
It was a pleasure to join Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon once again for this live edition of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik. We talked more about Donald Glover, resistance symbolism and the politics of celebrity all in the context of The Vernon Philosophy of Black Media Avoidance.
Read moreAgency and Agencies: Still More on the Politics of (The Black Panther) Film
Drs. Ball, Bolden and Burroughs, “The Killer Bs,” sat down for an “impromptu radio” formatted discussion of Burroughs’ new book, Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee To Ta-Nehisi Coates and more… UPDATED HIGHLINE COLLEGE VIDEO!
Read morea Maimouna Youssef Workshop!
Drs. Mark Bolden and Jared Ball had initially worked to bring Maimouna Youssef to Morgan State University for an Artist-in-Residence, a re-creation of the Dave Chappelle Block Party (in which she also participated) and to create workshops for students. Well, Youssef finally made it to for this workshop which covered music production, performance, the politics…
Read moreIt’s Bigger Than Kanye: Hats, Hugs and Colonial Relations
Whew! The hat, that line from Kanye West about enslavement being “a choice” and his subsequent attempts to clarify himself are just, I mean, damn! Yikes! And in this circulating photo, just one i know, West looks every bit like a man who would be linked to that kind of current behavior. But its those other…
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