The People in Your Neighborhood

Something is poppin’ in the state of Denmark. Troels (of Firehouse Sound) recently hipped me(space) to Lady Smita, a Roxanne Shante song-embedding dancehall diva who makes punaany-power traxx with digital Danish producers like Maffi, uses Boba Fett for her profile pic, and starts her heroes list like so — Which made me think: the MIA […]

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Hol’ On

back from a brief trip to funky Kingston still unpacking, literally and figuratively details soon come meantime, u can catch up with my gracious, bloggin’ hosts: christina & ripley

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Lawd-a-Merci

Had a great time in MTL this weekend. Nothing like sunny days and warm, bass-heavy nights, nuff talk of whirled music, and, naturellement, cheese curds and gravy on fries. Mercis spéciaux à Guillaume et Ghislain! (& thanks also to Jay — and to Etienne, who made it look as if I speak mellifluous French, not […]

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Back to Boston

Everything was going according to plan. We slogged through Chicago (natch), cruised through Gary and the rest of Indiana, and were hoping to roll along I-90 all the way back to the Bean. But shortly after crossing the Ohio border, our ol’ trusty Honda — so clutch over the years — no longer would shift […]

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Beantown Bound

On the road again. Headed home. Soon sidebars will change to fit new dreamscapes. Ears open to fresh soundscapes. New vistas, new pistas; sabes? Full deets forthcoming. Meantime, onward and eastward — Ta-ta, Chi-town, you tall bold slugger.

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Calculater, Termigrader

Given my own pet peeve around encountering holidayaganda too well before — or at all directly after — one of our days of nationally ritualized good cheer, I’m sorry to leave that last post up so long. If you’re asking, “Did you have to let it linger?,” in a light brogue falsetto, well, yes, I […]

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MetaVerseMessagist, CaseClosed

Respek to Bec (aka, “& you must be wax”), whose adventures in virtual ed have landed her in NYT, CNN, USA Today, the Boston Globe, and National Geographic (!), and who today has garnered a spot on the front page of SL’s not-so-gray lady, the Metaverse Messenger, which covers the mock trial she and Charlie […]

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In My Language (& Mine Too)

I asked for more arguments like this one — which is to say, compelling, self-produced video theses — and I think that A.M. Baggs’s “In My Lanuguage” most definitely qualifies. The pull quote: Far from being purposeless, the way that I move is an ongoing response to what is going around me. Ironically, the way […]

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Linkthink #4083: AfroCaribEdition

Solo Plena: a frequently updated Panamanian “plena” blog (that means reggae there, y’know), showing that Panama’s reggae scene, as reinvigorated and reshaped as it may have been by the reggaeton explosion, continues apace. &nuff Pma plena pon YouTube too, classic a nuevo here’s El General doing his best Don Dada — and Aldo Ranks puttin […]

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It’s Later Than You Think

I still want a hula hoop Hittin’ the eggnog a lil hard these days? Well, if too much Holiday Cheer® has you in a Houston state of mind, try (again) some reverse-engineered Chipmunks, ever the better to appreciate the deliciously cloying crawl to Christmas — [audio:http://riddimmethod.net/music/ww_chipmunks-screwed.mp3] Ah, but tonight we feast. And that’s nothing but […]

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Indexical

Reeeeeeeepriiiiiiiiiiiise: LateMiles_HumanNature.mp3 Thursday night conversation: My friend Greg: Wayne’s gonna become a doctor tomorrow. Greg’s friend Veronica: A doctor of what? Me: Philosophy. Recent email correspondence: Prof. Twist: I don’t know why, but “Dr. Wayne” sounds like an FM deejay from 1976. For the record: As a “doctor” of “philosophy,” I can confidently say that […]

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Simply Smashing

Before I get too deep in the Windy Windy, I gotta send a little musical farewell to my dear hometown.* A follow-up to last year’s “Boston Mashacre,” the “Boston Smashacre” has been in the works for a while. It’s not just a sequel, though. It’s a different thing in kind. I’ve made a page for […]

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It’s a News Story

Charlie Nesson has been on a YouTube tear of late. And though, given that his clips often lack a certain coherence, I look fwd to the day that my dear dad-in-law (“in law” indeed) becomes a video wiz, I love that he’s been embracing the tech (as always) and launching headlong into exploring and sharing […]

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