There's no shortage of longwinded sophistry concerning humanity's
perpetual search for identity. It's not my intention to add my own
voice to...
Oct 21, 2007
After Blackstar, Talib Kweli's best work was done on 2004's
The
Beautiful Mix CD. A stopgap released on the nose of...
Oct 21, 2007
Last year, Conrad Amenta published an article on this website called "Bedding the 'Sellout'." He wrote that artists should be...
Oct 21, 2007
Centralia, Washington is a sleepy and haunted town. Presently, it's a
quaint and poorly kept small town like any number of...
Oct 21, 2007
Wow. Is it really July already? If so, then how did it come to pass
that I haven't talked about a...
Oct 21, 2007
Winter Woman: 70%; Holy Ghost Language School; 44%
I realize this is an oft-repeated bromide, but the long run-times of albums...
Oct 21, 2007
Richard Wright and James Baldwin once had an argument. “All art is protest!” claimed Wright. “Maybe,” retorted Baldwin, considerably more...
Oct 21, 2007