January 2011
2 posts
Mixed Nuts: UCLA Vaudeville on Film Series →
Saturday January 15 2011, 7:30PM ( Online Ticket Sales Ended )
GIFT OF GAB (1934) Directed by Karl Freund
Fast-talking Edmund Lowe wangles an announcing job from radio manager Gloria Stuart, and pretty soon both his popularity and ego are the size of Montana. An endless array of comics, musicians and movie stars (from Ruth Etting and Alexander Woolcott to Karloff and Lugosi) turn up in...
April 2010
18 posts
Beats, Rhymes, and Resistance: Pilipinos and Hip Hop in Los Angeles (via Sean Miura)
A great reading of the 'Telephone' video: it's all... →
Badu on "Window Seat" video →
March 2010
21 posts
Erykah Badu, “Window Seat”
Growing Up Gaga The self-invented, manufactured,... →
via Becca Johnson
How clave became crunk: a beat genealogy →
Make sure you listen to the “Blogariddims” mp3 mix, that follows clave from Jelly Roll Morton through Pharrell through Ismael Rivera through Calle 13 through Patsy Cline.
On Sun Ra: Interview with John Szwed →
NY Times: The Secret Global Make-up of the New R&B... →
Charles Mingus – Moanin (Robot Koch Remix) →
February 2010
54 posts
Charles Mingus, "Pithecanthropus Erectus" →
A Song for Ourselves →
70s Asian-American protest folk meets new school Asian-American hip hop: Consolidation & Coalition at work
Remixing 1920s Social Dance →
A great example of how digital media can re-animate the archives of cultural history
What We Do Is Secret →