Magic Genitals (Part 1: Erykah Badu)
(or: She’ll Make You Change Gods!) I am, to the untrained eye, a hippie-dippy, no-relaxer-wearing, Whole Foods shopping afro pixie faerie princess. I research traditional African spiritual practices, keep florida water and incense on hand, I bathe with Dr. Bronner’s soaps, I eat vegetables some folks have never heard of (kale, daikon radishes, red leaf [...]
...read moreWho run the world? Men, actually.
Whenever I slip into Starbucks for a little iced Joe these days, there she is: Beyonce. For the moment, I won’t get into the outfit she sports on the cover of her latest work, nor the disturbing fact that it seems every album Beyonce puts out is adorned with an ever-lighter version of her genuinely [...]
...read moreYou know what would be cool?
If we could review a woman’s album without giving credit to dudes in every single paragraph.
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Where are the lady rappers?
This piece is so good. Mini-controversies go down practically every minute on the rap internet, beef and battles inherent to the genre, so this one blew over within a matter of weeks. But it illustrated a deeper problem within the music industry. BET felt like it had to stretch for nominees because there is a [...]
...read moreNot a Virgin
The best version of Like a Virgin I’ve heard in a while: Thanks to Jaclyn for the link. Lyrics below the fold.
...read moreHow to talk about Judas
This is a guest post by honeyandlocusts.
It’s pretty classic Gaga, if we can talk about “classic” Gaga already: visually lush, intricately choreographed, fantastically costumed. Also, it’s a total fucking mess.
Lawyer Music Nerd Stuff
Bob Dylan is apparently quite the influence on lawyers: U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik — Your Honor, not Bobby — has been known to invoke the voice of the vagabond poet in rulings from the federal bench in Seattle. He has recited lines from “Chimes of Freedom” in a case weighing the legality of [...]
...read moreNot Another Odd Future Think Piece: Rap, the Internet and Female Agency
This is a guest post by B Michael Payne. B Michael Payne writes about a variety of things. He has a weekly thing at Fuse.tv, a website, and he’s probably tumblogging here, right now. You can email him at b dot michael dot payne at gmail dot com. *Sexual assault and violence trigger warning.* There [...]
...read moreIn honour of the wonderful Elly Jackson
It was recently Elly Jackson’s 23rd birthday, so I thought we ought to celebrate! (But, uh, ran a little late, apparently!) Who is Elly Jackson, you ask? She’s half of British electro-pop band La Roux, who won this year’s Grammy for best electronic/dance album. She’s also one of my favourite pop stars, because she refuses [...]
...read moreTough Times, Alanis, and Giggling
I’ve had a weird/hard year in my personal life (well… all aspects of my life, really), and my therapy through most of that was music. Nothing new, really, but I did find myself going back to Alanis again and again because no matter what mood I’m in, I can always count on Alanis to see [...]
...read moreMonday (Not So) Random Ten
Ah, dear readers, we have come to this pass. I have contemplated doing a Monday, or, indeed, a Friday Random Ten many times before, but then music for which you will make fun of me always comes up in my playlist. So consider this a M/FRT in which I might hurriedly skip ahead on some [...]
...read moreSo, wait.
I don’t listen to the radio (I don’t own a radio, which is odd, since I am 96 years old). However: There is apparently a very popular musical act called Lady Antebellum? And to be fair, I have heard their hit song played in several delis across New York City and didn’t know who actually [...]
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