I Thought The Second Hip Hop Green Party Candidate……..
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008….did a great job on her Green Party Vice Presidential nomination acceptance speech. I look forward to voting for her in future elections.
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Black (Activist Commerical) Radio, R.I.P.?
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008It was great hearing Bob Law’s voice on the radio again. The occasion was a new documentary film he’s narrating.
Enjoyed the recent NPR discussion about it, and Black radio. I agree with the host—the time for Black Activist Commercial Radio might be past, but not necessarily for the same reasons she brought up. Check here […]
What’s Deliberate?
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Okay. A work of satire. I get it. Confront the enemy directly, blah, blah, blah…….. But boy, some folks are really upset! I got a relative who wants to [CENSORED] The New Yorker building!
The news media pretend it’s hard to tell a deliberate slam from a sham these days. For instance, The Reverend Nutslicer. Does […]
Congrats To Pacifica And WPFW……….
Sunday, July 6th, 2008……for the single greatest radio broadcast I’ve heard yet.
The Fourth of July as “Freedom Of Speech Day!” What a concept!
I couldn’t believe the careful balance of time, place, geography, race, and gender that was attempted for those nine hours of radio—From Paul Robeson to George Carlin to Maurice Bishop to Coretta Scott King to Sam […]
A Rolling Stone Gathers Much Puff :)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Was in bed the other night with the love of my life—Rolling Stone magazine —and all I gotta say is this: Boy, it’s clearly good to be the King. RS Publisher Jann Wenner does a puff-piece Q+A, and then commissions a sidebar all about how Obama’s people are impressive because they actually wield power […]
Surround Sound
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008I was very inspired by this one story. I guess most radio folks see themselves in this way, in this man.
The Forgotten: Re-issued Book Tells The Story Of Newark’s 41-Year-Old Insurrection, And The Reporter It Swallowed
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The following book review was originally published in the May/June 2007 issue of The Crisis magazine, right before the 40th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion.
This was the last article my great friend and mentor, Judy Dothard Simmons, helped me with before she became an Ancestor. I miss her. Much thanks also to Phil Petrie, who was Acting Editor-in-Chief of The Crisis […]
The Artist
Friday, June 27th, 2008The kind of conversation I love. The artist talks about his life and his art. Damn.
“America was founded by slave owners who wanted to be free.”
-George Carlin, 1937-2008
My Favorite Black Public Affairs Television Program
Friday, June 27th, 2008Okay, it’s official: “Bill Moyers Journal” is my favorite honorary Black public affairs program. If Tony Brown wasn’t semi-retired, I guess he’d be worried! LOL!
How To Tell If You’ve Created A Stereotypical 1970s Black Superhero
Friday, June 27th, 2008You know you’re bored when you finally find an article in your apartment that you’ve been (thinking about) searching for FOR YEARS. I finally found this blurb in my old copy of the 100th anniversary issue of Wizard magazine, published eight years ago. Something to think about while we’re all enjoying “Hancock.”
Black Power!
Ten easy steps […]