The homegirl Vee sent this to me yesterday and I found it to be a good read. I can’t say I agree with every point of Tim White’s stance and I have a growing irritation that people even compare Barack & Palin like they are on the same plane, but with that being said its worth a read/sharing with all of you. My jury is still out on Tim White and how a white man can be called the “the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S.” That in itself is white privilege at work but that’s another discussion.
The article is like the movie Crash - its superficial and entertaining, wonderfully presented, brings up good points (some obvious to people of color), and will get people talking about racial topics that they might not otherwise. In the end, its a discussion piece but not a solution. Kinda like hip-hop. Full article after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on September 16th, 2008
David Simon, creator of the best show ever on TV - The Wire, is currently at UC Berkeley for a Writer’s in Residency program. I was invited to attend a private event at Cal where a special group of 40-50 people got to hear him be interviewed by a police reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle. Seeing that they were both journalists, there was a good focus on Season 5 but David Simon also let us into his views on capitalism, the death of the newspaper, and Generation Kill. Hope you enjoy my video! KTL readers who are Wire fans - please post your fav interviews or Wire links in the comments. Enjoy!
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Posted on September 10th, 2008
Rage made a surprise appearance at the Republican National Convention where they hoped to get on stage at the lawn of the convention to do a performance. From what I can tell, they weren’t doing any guerilla style performance but were invited to perform by a bi-partisan group. Anyways, Minnesota State popo were not having it and physically did not let them get on stage. So Rage jumped into the crowd and performed acapella. Videos and pics of the performance (from Above the Fold) are after the jump. Thank God for Rage.
After hitting up New Orleans earlier this month, Banksy’s lastest postup was in Alabama (pictured above). Clever as always. I got a text message that he is on his way to Cali to scold Shepard for making a Kobe lithograph. Thanks to Blind I for the news.
Shepard talks specifically about his aim for creating the iconic Obama poster, and how its success is a mixed blessing. “The part that I didn’t expect was once it was posted online what it would achieve virally,” Fairey says.
Alex Cohen sat down with Shepard yesterday at the DNC in Denver for the interview. Listen.
Ghostface, Raekwon, and Pharcyde were all in Denver this past weekend for Rock The Bells. MTV was there too to prepare for the Democratic National Convention. So, as the two words collided - hip-hop a& politics, MTV went and asked these artists how they felt about Barack. Some interesting quotes. The homegirl will be giving me a scoop on the DNC since she will be there this week. Full article after the jump.
On a total different note, KTL gives it condolences to Andre Young (Dr. Dre) who lost his son this weekend. As a future father, I can only imagine the pain/grief is it to lose your child. Stay up, homie. Our prayers are with you.
Its sad that the Daily Show and Colbert Report are the only places beyond the internet where I get my political news from. Nas appeared out of nowhere on the Colbert Report last night. But it was cool to see him perform and talk about his petition actions earlier that day at Fox. After the jump is his interview with Colbert. Good times… Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on July 24th, 2008
