http://www.angelofhistory.org Black Music and its Potential for a Liberatory Politics, Reparations discourse, cultural critique in the widest sense Copyright 2007 Tue, 08 May 2007 22:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=16 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=16#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 22:35:40 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=16 http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=16 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=15 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=15#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 14:46:35 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=15 Since the film version of the extraordinary 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls' appeared last December, critical acclaim for the film has been tremendous. One of its stars, Beyonce Knowles, is, at this point, nearly universally known. She first emerged in the public consciousness in the group Destiny's Child. The group began ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=15 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=14 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=14#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:30:07 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=14 Paul Gilroy, in an essay in his book, Small Acts, once helpfully offered a footnote in which he wondered if treating Black music as merely a series of texts was a sound political idea. Inspired by Gilroy, as well as Amiri Baraka and, of course, Nathaniel Mackey, I want to ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=14 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=12 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=12#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:01:52 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=12 After an absurdly long time, I'm emerging from a long period of writer's block. My politically motivated polemical mode remains unchanged, and as James Brown once eloquently put it, "racism is like Henry Ford's cars, there's a new model every year". There is good news: two recent Baltimore 'club' mix ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=12 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=10 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=10#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:30:20 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=10 Well, since I've been inattentive to these comments and let the blog slow down just a little too long. I appreciate folks responding. judd, I understand your argument entirely. When I sat down to write that post, the Hollertronix stuff was, literally, close at hand, and I brought them up ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=10 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=8 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=8#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:30:54 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=8 Oh, boy, where are those elusive songs? The half-remembered lyric or verse, the chord change, but never the title and certainly not the artist. After an hour discussing this phenomenon with a friend, does anyone recall a fairly bland, '70s AOR track about James Dean? It's not David Essex ('Rock ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=8 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=7 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=7#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2004 21:22:44 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=7 I've kept deferring the long screwed & chopped piece, but it's running around my head and it'll get up here well before the end of the ice age (to borrow Ian Curtis' song title). I felt compelled to rattle off a short 'now playing' (wherever) list, more will appear tomorrow. ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=7 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=6 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=6#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:33:44 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=6 The insurgent beginnings of Black Studies at San Francisco State University and subsequently in college campuses across the US grew out of an anger and frustration at the total lack of pedagogy which addressed Black life and history in the US. The demonstrations and sit-ins at student centers were not quiet ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=6 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=4 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=4#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:38:43 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=4 I'm honestly delighted (no sarcasm intended) to have received three responses to the first couple of posts. Given the sheer number of blogs and 'regular' web sites, I wasn't expecting any response for months, frankly. Responding to the first post I received from Felix, I agree with quite a lot ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=4 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=3 http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=3#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:24:52 +0000 General http://www.angelofhistory.org/index.php?p=3 MOBY, ELVIS AND OTHER POPULAR MUSICAL TRAGEDIES Elvis Presley seemingly successfully mimicked popular black musical styles of the time and became a US pop culture hero, adorning the cover of hundreds of magazines and after middle age, died of excessive alcohol consumption and the ingestion of painkillers and weight-loss pills. His ... http://www.angelofhistory.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3