Last week, I gave a lecture on how to incorporate hip hop into a liberal arts education. When I hit the English/Cultural Studies portion, I discussed the ways that hip hop music and history could be incorporated into an English courses. This leads me to the final entry for Black Music Month:
Artists of the Week:
Al Green and Nasir Jones
Album of the Week:
DJ Swindle Presents...Almatic (listen)
Almatic blends the Nas' lyrics with Al Green's music. It is an interesting combination. Check it out.
Event of the Week:
DMX @ the Granada
Lawrence, KS
Thursday June 28th
(details)
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Billie Holiday
Quote of the Week:
"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling"
- Billie Holiday
Video of the Week:
Book of the Week:
If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday
by: Farah Jasmine Griffin
"If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling"
- Billie Holiday
Video of the Week:
Book of the Week:
If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday
by: Farah Jasmine Griffin
Saturday, June 09, 2007
B-GIRL BE: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop
Building on the last two years’ wildly successful festival, Intermedia Arts is proud to present the third annual B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop, a multimedia festival encompassing the four elements of hip-hop: MCing, DJing, breakdancing and graffiti at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis.
The mission of B-Girl Be is to influence and inspire leadership to change the perceptions and roles of women in hip-hop for current and future generations. This annual event is a place to make connections, build confidence, sharpen skills and gain access to the tools to create music, film, poetry, rap, aerosol art and dance.
(more info)
The mission of B-Girl Be is to influence and inspire leadership to change the perceptions and roles of women in hip-hop for current and future generations. This annual event is a place to make connections, build confidence, sharpen skills and gain access to the tools to create music, film, poetry, rap, aerosol art and dance.
(more info)
Art and Craft: The Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference
August 9-11, 2007
Summer Session is pleased to announce the third annual Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference, a noncredit summer institute in writing and revising novels, poetry, short stories, and nonfiction for adult and young audiences. This four-day conference is tailored to new writers, established writers, and anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the craft - and business - of writing. Participants have the opportunity to select from a host of seminars, panels, workshops, and optional manuscript consultations, all designed to give participants new perspectives on their work in the supportive company of other writers. "Creative jumpstart" sessions focus on brainstorming, free writing, and experimentation and thus are useful to writers at all levels. Other workshops run concurrently and address a variety of genres so that participants may work in smaller groups with other writers who share their interests.(more info)
Summer Session is pleased to announce the third annual Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference, a noncredit summer institute in writing and revising novels, poetry, short stories, and nonfiction for adult and young audiences. This four-day conference is tailored to new writers, established writers, and anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the craft - and business - of writing. Participants have the opportunity to select from a host of seminars, panels, workshops, and optional manuscript consultations, all designed to give participants new perspectives on their work in the supportive company of other writers. "Creative jumpstart" sessions focus on brainstorming, free writing, and experimentation and thus are useful to writers at all levels. Other workshops run concurrently and address a variety of genres so that participants may work in smaller groups with other writers who share their interests.(more info)
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Black Music Month!!!
For those of you who didn't know, June is Black Music Month. I just wanted to share a few lines from Kanye West:
There's somethin' bout the way the Nina Simone piano flow,
It's like a Micelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou
And gave it to a sick poet, for the antecdote
If music get you choked up
this is the tree and the rope
Get By Remix
Peace
There's somethin' bout the way the Nina Simone piano flow,
It's like a Micelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou
And gave it to a sick poet, for the antecdote
If music get you choked up
this is the tree and the rope
Get By Remix
Peace
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Summer Reading
Hello Everybody,
I must apologize about last week's entry (or lack there of). Summer has officially began and I challenge everyone to read at least 5 books. It doesn't matter what genre you prefer; share it with friends and family and keep this cycle of knowledge going.
This week's focus is Melvin Van Peebles.
Book of the Week: The True American by Melvin Van Peebles
Film of the Week: How to Eat Your Watermelon In White Company (And Enjoy It)
Web articles about Melvin Van Peebles internet article
Soul Flicks
I must apologize about last week's entry (or lack there of). Summer has officially began and I challenge everyone to read at least 5 books. It doesn't matter what genre you prefer; share it with friends and family and keep this cycle of knowledge going.
This week's focus is Melvin Van Peebles.
Book of the Week: The True American by Melvin Van Peebles
Film of the Week: How to Eat Your Watermelon In White Company (And Enjoy It)
Web articles about Melvin Van Peebles internet article
Soul Flicks
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Hip Hop, Japan, & the War on Terror: Locating Politics in Japanese Language Rap Music
Lecture by Ian Condry, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages & Literatures, M.I.T.
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Cultural anthropologist Ian Condry will discuss his new book Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization (2006, Duke Univ. Press) to explore the relationship between language, performance, and politics. Examples will include Japanese rap songs that critique America's "war on terror." How and why do Japanese rappers creatively deform and reinvent their own language? How do the cultural and linguistic flows of hip-hop influence America's image, and the image of African-Americans, on the world stage? What can Japanese rappers teach Americans about transnational perspectives on media and culture?
The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Discourse Lab and free and open to the public.
Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA
352 Haines Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Lecture by Ian Condry, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages & Literatures, M.I.T.
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Cultural anthropologist Ian Condry will discuss his new book Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization (2006, Duke Univ. Press) to explore the relationship between language, performance, and politics. Examples will include Japanese rap songs that critique America's "war on terror." How and why do Japanese rappers creatively deform and reinvent their own language? How do the cultural and linguistic flows of hip-hop influence America's image, and the image of African-Americans, on the world stage? What can Japanese rappers teach Americans about transnational perspectives on media and culture?
The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Discourse Lab and free and open to the public.
Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UCLA
352 Haines Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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