by kspence | Dec 10, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Hip-hop, Pop Culture
I was looking for information on Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite and I stumbled across the following brief interview with Branford Marsalis. Given Rolling Stone's recent release of their top 50 hip-hop songs of all time list I thought it...
by kspence | Oct 23, 2012 | Culture, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
I had the opportunity to see the film Detropia last Friday (it's showing at The Charles Theater for the next week I believe). It's been here before (it played during the Maryland Film Festival) but I missed it. The trailer: DETROPIA Trailer from...
by kspence | Oct 18, 2012 | Culture, Neoliberalism
Last week the political science department held a conference on pragmatism. And one of the things we talked about was creativity. What are the conditions under which it happens? How does it happen? Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo. I'm...
by kspence | Sep 24, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Culture
Idris Elba of The Wire (and most recently Luther) is a DJ and has been emersed in the British club scene for decades. In the documentary Clubbing Changed the World he makes a number of powerful claims about the role electronic music played in popular culture and in...
by kspence | Aug 2, 2012 | Culture, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City
A few weeks ago I heard about a project entitled Imaging Detroit sponsored by the Metropolitan Observatory for Digital Culture and Representation. I thought it represented the perfect opportunity for me to bring together my interest in visual politics, and my...
by kspence | Jun 18, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Education, Hip-hop, Pop Culture |
A couple of weeks ago we held the finals of The Baltimore Mixtape Project. It was the kickoff event of Mobilizing and Organizing from Below. The event was far better than I could've possibly imagined, particularly given its shoestring nature. Most importantly it...
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