To Pimp a bulletproof Butterfly
Our feet are parallel. Our eyes are locked in a confrontational stare. We’re close enough to swing, to connect, to black each other’s eyes. The late Sergio Leone, master of the Spaghetti Western duel, would appreciate this face-off’s unease. As the tension mounts and our heartbeats accelerate, my nemesis speaks first. “You always think you’re […]
we can make it doubleplus good again!
The 58th Grammy Award ceremony happened last night. For the 58th time, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences bestowed a collection of gold-plated gramophones upon the darlings of the music industry as a tribute to their art – and, you know, the ungodly sums of money they make for everyone involved. For the […]
feast your ear-tongues on these music pops
Welcome to Some Songs Considered, a column that recognizes they can’t all be zingers and truly appreciates the ones that are. *** They’re all for you dear, the Albums of the Year by Justin McCarthy (@JustinSMcCarthy) [Editor’s Note: If you don’t get that title, like Justin didn’t when I suggested it, go listen to this […]
while a TIDAL wave crashes down on the rich
In American music right now, the worst thing one can be is a rich rapper. Concurrently, there’s nothing better one could be than a rapper with sustainable and upper middle class aspirations. It may sound audacious, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s untrue. The music industry is in the throes of radical commercial change and […]
