Gil Scott Heron on the Moonwalk

by | Jul 20, 2009 | Afrofuturism, The Mass Media

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the moon. Although I grew up wanting to be an astronaut, and am even now a card carrying Afrofuturist, I thought I’d commemorate the event by way of an old school Heron track. Unlike Heron I do think...

Michael Jackson RIP or Forever Came Today

by | Jul 1, 2009 | Culture, Pop Culture | 2 comments

I hit the road for Detroit at 7pm on Thursday. Not knowing whether I could make the trip solo (i.e. without another adult driving) I sent a shout out to both Twitter and Facebook, looking for virtual road dogs. I read someone twitter “MJ RIP.” I knew he wasn’t talking...