Todd S Burroughs
I agree with this lament. I stopped reading it a decade ago (I was a charter subscriber, and was impressed with its Tupac coverage), but its death is symbolic of the lost opportunities of the hiphop generation—particularly today’s wannabe moguls and artists and, especially, the current crop of freelance journalists and Black nonfiction writers who wanted to be [...]
Here’s something I helped get published back in 1994. My friend and mentors’ comments here are not only still relevant, but do a good job of explaining Mike’s role. MICHAEL JACKSON: VICTIM OF MEDIA MONEY MACHINE I By Vicky Gholson, Ph.D. When we find ourselves having produced one of the most powerful and influential entertainment [...]
Probably the only time I ever agreed with Stanley Crouch. His view is now more mainstream among Black thinkers.
The key moment here is at the very end, when Mike is on the run from folks trying to capture him—detain him, constrain him, define him. The smile on his face as he infuriates King Eddie is more than just Bugs Bunnyish cleverness; it’s bliss. (He’s completely in his element here, a combo of Eshu, [...]
For your information.
………Charlie Rose’s conversation with Jessye Norman?
It changed everything.
For your courage and sex appeal and power and commitment.
……the return of the Federal Writers Project. It’s a great idea. There is SO MUCH documentation of the 20th century left to do professionally, and thousands of unemployed journalists, so there ya go. Let’s call it the (Studs) Terkel-(Zora Neale) Hurston Writers Project, and get busy right away! C’mon, Obama! Hook up America’s literary class!
O-Kay…….