• “Globalists” Seek Peripheral Sounds – norient.com – independent network for local and global soundscapes
  new english translation of camilo rocha’s globalistas article (by me, after tweaks by andre albert of google’s machine translation)
  (tags: worldmusic global ghettotech DJ journalism poco US MTL brazil cumbia tech)
• Full List of Stuff Educated Black People Like « Stuff Educated Black People Like
  an inevitable parody of a parody, but at least having the guts to foreground class
  (tags: race class blog critique parody blackness whiteness US)
• Video: Polow Da Don Exposed? How Ushers “Make Love In This Club” Was A Pre Made Beat! LMFAO
  polow da don gets busted for using garage band loops for an usher hit; interesting discussion, opposing interps; for me, tho, game or no / $ or no, using non-tweaked preset loops is pretty f*n wack
  (tags: hip-hop r&b production sampling garageband software presets tech wackness)
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
  news to me: ta-nehisi coates, one of my fave writers on race in the US, has a blogg!
  (tags: race US blog blackness analysis politics)

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