What a great way to start the new year! The ongoing "Best of Black rock releases" series has been chosen by EbonyJet.com as one of The Most Important Blog Posts of 2007. As I wrote in the comments to that post, it’s really humbling and I’m very appreciative of this honor. Here’s what they wrote: [...]
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Project Runway's Black rock designer
Okay, I admit it: I watch Project Runway. My wife and I have followed the show for all of its four seasons. What’s cool about the show is that its one of the few places where you can observe the creative process in action. Of course, Bravo has figured out the formula and replicated the [...]
Vote for The Smyrk on MTV2
You may recall that Doron Flake mentioned that The Smyrk is in the thick of MTV2′s Dew Circuit Breakout Competition. Here’s the latest: This round of voting has been extended until Sunday, November 4. At that point, the current field of 12 will be narrowed to six (6). It’s a big deal, since the winners [...]
Rob talks Black rock on NPR
Kinda, sorta. What I mean is that I had a wonderful opportunity to participate in a new segment on NPR’s "News and Notes with Farai Chideya," where she invited a few black bloggers to comment on hot topics in the news. I used the topic of BET’s new show "Hot Ghetto Mess" to talk about [...]
BoldAsLIVE: Passing Strange, or the Coming of Age of a Black Rocker
Since this past October when I started writing about Black rock, I continue to get indications that we’re in the midst of an exciting cultural shift that’s been building for many years. By that, I mean that this idea of Black rock is manifesting itself in the culture in different forms. Granted, there are a [...]
Why We Fight
Just came across Kandia Crazy Horse’s weigh-in on the now infamous New York Times "blipster" article. Check this: The appropriation of the song "Dixie," likely based on the childhood reminiscences of Mother Ellen Snowden, and now the saddling of the Afropunk milieu with the spurious slang term "blipster," meant to cheapen the very real impact [...]
Save Internet Radio
Those of you who know me are aware that I’m a huge fan of Internet radio. Sites like Somafm, Pandora, WPS1, and Soul Patrol are not only some of my favorites because of the great 24-hour music they offer, but because it’s a great way to escape the mind-numbing crap that’s on terrestrial, commercial radio. [...]
NY Times notes the "Blipster's" rise
In case any of you missed the New York Times’ piece on Black rock (which ran on Sunday, January 28, 2007), I wrote a post about it at here.
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