Cardi B and our Censorious Culture
Cardi B used to be my dirty little secret. I first heard about her in graduate school, and she immediately captured my interest. Not only did I feel a connection…
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The Historical Revisionism of DMX’s Woodstock ’99 Performance
The documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage recently dropped on HBO and select streaming platforms. It covers the disappointing second sequel (after ’94) to the 1969 Woodstock music festival,…
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An Ode To The Ghost Rider: Neil Peart’s Journey Reaches An End
We are strangers to each other Full of sliding panels An illusion show Acting well-rehearsed routines Or playing from the heart? It’s hard for one to know We are islands…
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Supposed Former Appropriation Junkie: Reinterpreting Alanis Morissette
Recently, while doing the dishes, I gazed upon a ratty, exhausted old sponge caked with debris—and was instantly reminded of those who have soaked up every bad idea that has…
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All About the Muzhik: The Post-Modern Zeitgeist is Ironically Pre-Socratic
If music is the zeitgeist, then ours is a funny society. In ancient Greece, mousikē did not revolve around the human-animal (anthropos). Our capitalist democracies, by contrast, treat music as…
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