by admin | Dec 26, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Culture, Neoliberalism |
Important tidbits in a growing story: College endowments drop like a rock. In earlier news, NPR decides to drop News and Notes. Newspapers like the Detroit Free Press go virtual, while other newspapers won’t survive 2009. Book publishers have slashed their budgets. ...
by admin | Sep 23, 2008 | Culture, Pop Culture, The Mass Media
The Emmy’s were on a couple of nights ago. I made a decision to boycott (yeah, like I watch it anyway) once I found out that in its last year the Wire only received one nomination. One of Ta-Nehisi’s readers thinks that the reason is because white viewers couldn’t...
by admin | Jun 23, 2008 | Announcements, Culture, The Mass Media |
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9KReZyAZLI0[/youtube] George Carlin dies at 71. I asked whether there was a difference in educating workers vs. citizens. Carlin’s a bit heavy handed here but he’s answering the question. The first time I recognized his genius? “I’m...
by admin | Mar 21, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Culture, Democracy, NPR, Obama, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
After a bit of a hiatus I was back on the barbershop doing the thing. Among the topics of discussion were Obama’s speech, Kilpatrick’s chances in Detroit, and the LeBron James Vogue cover with Gisele.
by admin | Nov 25, 2007 | Culture, The Mass Media |
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