Writer: NY Times, Rolling Stone, New York mag, Fast Company, etc. Author of Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
In December, I went to Uganda to write about African music star-turned-revolutionary politician @HEBobiwine at a fascinating moment in his country's history. That moment now seems like eons ago, but his story is still fascinating. To me, at least. https://t.co/uPe00yFL2S
“Stairway to Heaven.” “All Along the Watchtower.” “Sympathy for the Devil.” The recording engineer Phill Brown had worked on them all. But he’d never experienced anything like what was happening in Wessex Studio 1 with Talk Talk beginning in May 1987. https://t.co/o4cW5fxI63
The Anti-Fascist Group Fighting Trump — And Some Critics on the Left
Refuse Fascism has been ready for years to meet this moment — but have its ties to a former 1960s radical become an albatross hampering its ambitious agenda?
Report: https://t.co/ngtTgHEs9k
Timbaland dreamed up TaTa Taktumi and brought her to life with help from the software Suno. She’s arriving at a fraught moment for artificial intelligence in music. https://t.co/HyUlxYhPUY
A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren’t Happy
“Are you fed up with crime, corruption, and wokeness in your big, blue city?” says RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy. “Then move here.”
Rolling Stone Reports: https://t.co/TwVSdjkyrL
2. "Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine" @DavidPeisner
"As masked agents have terrorized immigrant communities, sweeping people off the streets in broad daylight, locals have organized, protested, fought back."
https://t.co/CprnRSsmMS
Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine
Meet the groups standing between immigrants and ICE, armed with their training and phone cameras ↓
https://t.co/T5si9NvKep
Lonnie Holley’s approach to music is both extreme and extremely simple. His performances, whether live or recorded, are all improvised in the moment. https://t.co/eQ7AZcpzhH
“I like to be absorbed in the things that fascinate me,” Mike Scott said. “Then I go all the way.”
This is certainly the case with the Waterboys’ new album, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper,” due Friday. https://t.co/AxzO9JsWKj
From @RollingStone: Eco-Radical, Singer, Criminal, Cult Leader: Inside Carbon Nation
by @DavidPeisner
Eligio Bishop declared himself a God, leading followers across Central America and the US. Now he’s serving life in prison.
#Longreads#Longform
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Jesse Welles, a folk musician who's earned attention for "singing the news," is turning the page and releasing an album that avoids current events. https://t.co/UKSNb6UVyR