Literary.NonFiction

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Category: Music

Another Jesper Just Video on Youtube

see my previous post about him

Origins of the Cool

One summer during college, I took a music history course on the elusive and esoteric art form of Jazz, “the only truly American art form” according to my professor. He (Mr. P.) was what one would expect in a music history teacher at a local community college: a white middle class male, an [...]

Les Concerts a Emporter

I stumbled upon an interesting blog the other day called la Blogotheque. Unfortunately, my french is pretty bad so I can’t really read most of the site BUT, they have a very interesting video podcast called Les Concerts a Emporter or The Take Away Shows. In these shows, the band gives a performance [...]

My Man Ira

Many of you know that one of my heroes and biggest inspirations in life is Ira Glass’ This American Life. Well my man Ira has some insightful words for those of us aspiring to do something with our pidly little aspirations.

R. Kelly: A Free Man

yeup, it’s true. He’s free to pee once again.

Wale

Anyone who’s talked about Hip-Hop with me recently knows I’m not that excited about Rappers now-a-days. I think Kanye’s a Douche and Lil Wayne is good, but I think his content to be alot more expansive. Pretty Much Murs, Ghost, DOOM and Medaphor are the only lyricists I’m excited to hear from in [...]