Jay's Mix - 4/25/13

A feminist downtempo emo mixtape.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a4nu8wyu8c77i6x/j%27s%20mix%20042513.zip

Fun fact: Ani DiFranco & Mike Doughty attended the same poetry class taught by Sekou Sundiata in NY.

-dk

Odd Futurism by Bethlehem Shoals

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/241404?id=241404

I've been struggling for a while now with trying to articulate my feelings towards Odd Future -- both in terms of their music and in terms of their cultural meaning. Fortunately, Shoals here has covered every topic I had in mind, as well as addressing numerous ones I am not smart enough to think up independently.

On a side note, it feels appropriate to post this after the recent news that freedarko (an NBA blog founded by Shoals) is shuttering its doors. I had the same feelings reading this article as I do when reading an especially great freedarko post: it's lengthy, dense and cross-references a ton of outside material from different media. The only thing that would make the article more freedarko-esque is a bunch of random photos that seem to make no sense in the context of the writing.

Finally, it is relevant to note that my first introduction to the concept of 'SWAG' comes from this 2007 freedarko post. ("SWAG = competitive style. It's as simple as that.")

-dk

Odd Future on Jimmy Fallon

Deepcomputerblue introduced me to these dudes when he had a spare ticket to their LA show a few months back. While some of their antics are kind of juvenile, it's to be expected, they're pretty young. No doubt, they're immensely talented, and once they get over the shock for shock value thing, or harness it better, things will get very interesting.



Also, do you think Brandon T Jackson's not used to not being the coolest guy in the room? With the Roots, Odd Future, Forrest Whitaker and Mos Def combined with the fact he's there promoting the latest installment of Big Mama's house, Brandon's gotta feel a little inadequate, no? I'm sure he's got a pile of cash and ladies anyway, so I'm sure he's doing fine. Maybe, though, it will inspire him to not make such crap fests in the future.