So I highly suggest checking out critic Craig Seymour's rich history of Black gay men in pop music it's a great primer that looks at artists who influenced the blues, gospel, hip-hop, and, yes, club music. It's Pride Month, Black Music Month, and the month everyone suddenly started talking about club music and its Black, queer origins. Aisha Harris More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter I highly recommend checking it out if you're a fan of The Wire. In sort of oral history-style snippets, these locals talked about their sometimes mixed feelings or anti-feelings about the show, what it's meant, and how it depicted Baltimore, race, and urban living. There are a few stories, including one where they talk to the creators, and another where they speak with some of the actors, who break down some of the five definitive scenes of the show.īut what I found most interesting was an article about the impact of the show on Baltimore, in which they interviewed people who grew up or are currently living there.
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The New York Times did a package series called "'The Wire' at 20", and I want to give a shoutout to my former colleagues over at the TV desk there because they did some great, interesting work. June marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of this little show called The Wire. It builds up to this great chorus where you can actually pump your fist and shout, "I'm doing this for revenge!" And what could possibly be better? - Stephen Thompson " The Wire at 20" Their new single "Training Montage" is my favorite new Mountain Goats song in more than a decade and is very much in that vein. They've got another concept album coming out in August called Bleed Out, and each song from it is supposed to evoke classic action movies. Well, they're getting back into shout-along anthem mode in a way I'm really excited about. The great John Darnielle from The Mountain Goats has written some of the most viscerally intense anthems of all time, songs like " No Children" and "This Year." But in recent years, the group has been putting out these much mellower concept albums about Dungeons and Dragons, goths, or wrestlers, but then couch those impressions in these very mellow, low key, polished and streamlined sounds that don't necessarily match up for me. She is half-Persian and half-Swiss but was born in New York City, where she lives with her family.One of my favorite songwriters in the world is making a comeback. Zomorodi received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in English and fine arts. Martin's Press) and her TED Talk are guides to surviving information overload and the "Attention Economy." Her book "Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Creative Self" (2017, St. She was named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2018 and has received numerous awards for her work, including The Gracie for Best Radio Host in 20. Prior to her time at WNYC, Zomorodi reported and produced around the world for BBC News and Thomson Reuters, including a few years in Berlin. She also created, hosted, and was managing editor of the podcast Note to Self in partnership with WNYC Studios, which was named Best Tech Podcast of 2017 by The Academy of Podcasters. Zomorodi is a co-founder of Stable Genius Productions and is the co-host and co-creator of ZigZag, the business podcast about being human. She is a journalist, podcaster and media entrepreneur, and her work reflects her passion for investigating how technology and business are transforming humanity. Manoush Zomorodi is the host of TED Radio Hour.
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