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When Ice = Avant Garde
Paul Miller, better known as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is the man the Sunday Star Times calls “Einstein with a better haircut, a streetwise black Tolstoy, sharp as Zorro’s sword, funny as Falstaff.” He made his name on the international art scene juggling multiple roles as a composer, multimedia artist, writer and DJ. His…
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Taking the Pulse of ‘Gangsta Revolutionaries’
“The real fight for people, as much as we project it out, is in our own consciousness,” says Stic-Man, one half of the hip-hop duo Dead Prez. A decade after the release of their wildly successful street anthem “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop,” Stic and his partner, M-1, are still chopping it up about revolutionary activism.…
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The Separate But Equal News Network
There’s a conservative joke poking fun at liberal media that predicts coverage of an impending apocalypse would have the headline “World to End: Poor and Minorities Hardest Hit.” Despite his tenure as a Republican congressman, it seems J.C. Watts never heard that joke. Then again, maybe he did and just didn’t understand why it’s funny.…
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Grand Old Party Can Be Grand for Blacks
The question per what is going on in the Republican Party can be summed up succinctly: the conservative base – in particular the evangelical Christian contingent of same – has no viable candidate left in the presidential nominee selection contest – but they do have a choice to which they strenuously object. Accordingly, for Republicans…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
