Another weekend of big demonstrations across the country and there seems to be less aggression than in the previous weekend. There’s still no shortage of incidents of heavy-handed policing, but the demonstrations as a whole seem to have played host to fewer large conflagrations. The big moves that Minneapolis has pledged to could provide aContinue reading “#32 – I Can’t Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles”
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#31 – Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
I wasn’t familiar with Janelle Monáe when I worked on a concert film for her back in 2013, but by the end of the show I was a fan. On a day that saw a second Saturday in a row of national protests, it would seem like the state of our nation is pretty dire. Continue reading “#31 – Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe”
#30 – Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu
With everything going on in the world, it’s pretty tempting to try to disconnect from reality with any number of distractions. Music has always been a great escape for me, so it’s been helpful this week to have a steady stream of protest music by activist artists. It makes for a nice mixture of greatContinue reading “#30 – Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu”
#25 – To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar is the next social justice crusader/artist for our little listening project, with many more to come. As Los Angeles goes under a curfew tonight amid increasing demonstrations and rioting, it’s hard to think about anything else. The combination of coronavirus quarantine and mass protest across the country are giving white Americans a tasteContinue reading “#25 – To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar”
#13 – Blond by Frank Ocean
This year would’ve been my sixth in a row working on the Coachella webcast. It has been both my favorite gig of the year and a time of musical discovery each time. The loss of live music in general has been a huge hit. I have a stack of increasingly useless tickets that represent theContinue reading “#13 – Blond by Frank Ocean”
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