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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imeem, i’m sayin

Talk about too much music. Was readying a post on all the pods I cast (or subscribe to, that is), but then I get pointed to a Soca 2k7 playlist on some mysite called imeem — The soca 2k7 are verrrrrry r and b. I thought it would be interesting for your work. The soca […]

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Nocturnal Emission

w/ resident DJs Zebo, Hess, and Chump — More of a head-noddin’ than a hip-shakin’ night, so I’ll be pursuing slow end of the low end theory. @ D’Vine 1950 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 10pm – 2am. No cover.

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Million Poems Show

Poetry reading with Jordan Davis, Gabriel Gudding, and Jim Behrle. I’ll be “reading” over beats, knomesayin? Waxing poetic and whatnot. @ The Bookslut Series, Chicago, IL Mercury Cafe 1505 W Chicago Avenue 7:30pm — Free and open to the public.

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Seven Steps to Human Nature

Tomorrow — that’s Thursday — I’m gonna be giving my second area performance as a recently transplanted Chicagoan. While the last one might have been described as lappy, this one’ll be more rappy. Jordan Davis’s Million Poems Show is coming to town, y’see, and I’ll be joining the fray by “reading” some “poems” (over beats […]

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