Prison, American Style

1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says — For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local […]

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Ethan and TED

Ethan Zuckerman is live blogging the TED conference. I’m really impressed with his ability to do so, and I’m grateful for the very interesting, acute reportage he’s been offering. Lots of juicy quotes, like this one from Stephen Hawking: “We now understand the universe,” says Hawking, “Maybe we should patent it and charge people for […]

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linkthink #3935tt50: Oxfam Biscuits & Mosquito Nets

Oxfamming the whole black world : Binyavanga Wainaina : Mail & Guardian Online “Hello kitty kitty kitty … Would you like an Oxfam biscuit?” (tags: africa development racism humor critique colonialism) BDubs Volume 2 | stainage.com straight outta brussels :: continental dubstep, grime, & bassline, w/ a touch of acid (tags: europe brussels dubstep grime […]

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Electro Malady

What with all the linkthink round here of late, it’s quite possible that an item or two of particular interest and/or awesomeness might slip past even the most attentive, regular readers. So with that in mind, I would like to devote a post of its own to an emerging sound in Brazil known as “eletro […]

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linkthink#76457864: Pitch Black Pitch Pipe

altmuslim – Our Obama problem “Muslims have found the perfect candidate, but cannot vocally support him for fear that if they do, they may be the reason he loses. How is that for a wake-up call.” (tags: islam US politricks af-am racism election08 obama) Red Bull Music Academy :: Ready D & Shaheen – Can’t […]

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linkthink #565687: Shadows and Acts

Q&A with Tay Zonday | Features | Mpls.St.Paul Magazine + mspmag.com pull quote: “That’s not a problem with the video, that’s a problem with the cul-de-sac.” :: awesome interview w/ the singer of “chocolate rain” :: (via todomundo) (tags: interview music pop culture blackness race representation art commerce media journalism critique video youtube internet narrative) […]

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Adventures in Anachronistic Irony #5593935

Bruce Sterling on Jules Verne’s Invasion of the Sea — Mr. Verne’s latest techno-thriller boldly confronts the menace of Islamic terrorism. He has topnotch chops in technical accuracy, with endearing dashes of broad humor and a keen eye for telling detail. Let me be the first to predict this: someday this French novelist will be […]

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linkthink #9449340: South American Jive

…My heart’s in Accra » Don’t stop believing filipino journey cover band singer becomes actual journey front man, leads thousands in stadium karaoke sessions :: awesome (tags: rock youtube blogpost awesome) YouTube – VIVA OBAMA 2008 barack obama hired a mariachi band for our wedding (tags: election08 obama texas US mexico latin youtube video) Poisonous […]

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linkthink #0293535: King of Wok

there is none frier The FADER – Prancehall’s Bass Odyssey, Part 5 prancehall interviews DJ NG (via wordthecat) :: that “Tell Me” track is chez fruityloopy (soca stylee too) :: too funny how many things “funky” means around the world — james brown is dead my ass (tags: interview bassline UK london funkyhouse garage grime […]

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Walk the Vote! Participatory Democracy b/w Civil Disobedience

from The Field :: Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they’ve played are infamous. And for the Prairie View A&M University precincts, they put the early-polling place more than seven miles from the school. So what did the […]

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linkthink #739053: Hyphy Wifey Harvest

lower end spasm.: mix Thursday some bangin mixes, spanning juke, bmore, bassline, and dubstep :: fun at 140 bpm! (tags: mixes blogpost juke bmore bassline dubstep) lower end spasm.: MAD DECENT niche primer a couple niche/bassline mixes :: get up to speed (tags: mixes blogpost bassline house UK) Middle Eastern Fusions/Crossovers “Middle Eastern Influences in […]

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linkthink #853889: LOLdier Boy Tellem

Spannered | Globalistas Pt. 1 | Wayne Marshall | music | features | artist interview props to spannered for (re)publishing the full interview transcripts from camilo rocha’s piece on “globalista” DJs :: part 1 = me! (tags: interview global ghettotech worldmusic DJ internet) Spannered | Globalistas Pt. 2 | DJ /rupture | music | features […]

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Congatronix

For any readers whose curiosity was piqued by the conga videos in last night’s del.icio.us dump, allow me to provide a little more context via Lani Milstein, a NY-based ethnomusicubanist, who brought them to my attention — Just a shout out to say thanks for being such an eloquent writer on reggaetón. I’m working on […]

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linkthink #492356: Semper Fideles

Message from the Commander in Chief :: Castro Resigns “My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas. I shall continue to write under the heading of ‘Reflections by comrade Fidel.’ It will be just another weapon you can count on. Perhaps my voice will be heard. I shall be […]

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linkthink #526373: It’s Meta, Baby

The Top 10 Rap Songs White People Love | Catsandbeer.com spot on (tags: hip-hop race whiteness pop videos humor) …My heart’s in Accra » Steve Bloomfield breaks new ground in Somalia reporting ethan z on somalia and US proxy wars: “I’m obsessed because I fear that Somalia is how America will fight wars in the […]

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linkthink #923602: Rubberband Bredrin Edição

GHETTO BASSQUAKE: Baile Bonanza Day – The Amazing Clay vamanos on rio’s amazing clay — incl some nice mp3 links (incl a mix) and a wicked video of clay rockin a MPC, also a link to man recordings’ blog (tags: funkcarioca mp3s mixes video rio blogpost) fat planet :: dj amazing clay i guess stu […]

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linkthink #18t3965: Ninjabread Man Edition

Just to make things a little extra personalized in the age of linkthink, ‘low me to add, Sasha-style, a (generally) random photo for your imaginative conneckees — Sucker Free » Dr. Dre Drops A Mixtape vintage mid-80s dr.dre mixtape :: i could listen to these for days (tags: 80s hip-hop mixtape mp3s dre LA) Earplug […]

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