Shabazz Palaces and Radiohead represent a new trend in music, what I call the “plateau effect.” But this is not a “plateau” in the usual sense. This is something thrilling and unsettling. Continue reading
October 8, 2011
by Will
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October 8, 2011
by Will
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Shabazz Palaces and Radiohead represent a new trend in music, what I call the “plateau effect.” But this is not a “plateau” in the usual sense. This is something thrilling and unsettling. Continue reading
September 18, 2011
by Will
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I want to highlight three advanced google search filters that will take your googling to the next level, no matter what you’re looking for. Continue reading
September 13, 2011
by Will
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I am writing about the using principles from improv theater as a vehicle to unleash your creativity. So, to ease myself out of the quagmire of self-pity, I thought of the best improv technique to use in guessing games. Continue reading
September 11, 2011
by Will
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When we say “never forget,” I assume it refers to learning from 9/11, so that we can protect ourselves from future terrorist acts. I also assume it means honoring the dead and the families of the those who died . . . I find these common sense meanings take on fresh significance when we consider neurobiological research on human memory.
I find these common sense meanings take on fresh significance when we consider neurobiological research on human memory (for instance). Continue reading
August 11, 2011
by Will
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Don’t order the coffee. Do order the espresso. It smells like burnt sugar and tastes like honey and tangy tobacco. Continue reading
July 2, 2011
by Will
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So it is that one of the contradictions of capital exists as an internalization of two conflicting drives within the individual capitalist . . . In rap this constellation of themes most often appears in the context of drug dealing, sex trafficking, and/or the music industry. Continue reading
June 11, 2011
by Will
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The naked celebration of money–and the drive to get money (hustlin’)–permeates mainstream rap. It’s long seemed to me that if capitalism had a soundtrack it would be rap music. Continue reading
April 12, 2011
by rekonstruct
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It didn’t take long for me to realize that what I wanted for my daughter was something that I wanted for myself as well. This opened up a host of other questions that had been burning to get out…questions that in the multifarious discourse of post-modernity had seemed tired and cliché. Continue reading
November 17, 2010
by rekonstruct
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To hear him explain his creative process with this album–he got lost… Continue reading
November 17, 2010
by rekonstruct
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What is the difference between madness as muse and madness as hermeneutic? Continue reading