today in class, my professor was talking about the negotiation tactic of “playing a game of chicken” and illustrated it with a film clip. i instantly knew that it was going to be the death-defying tractor clip from footloose, and indeed it was. but while i was tapping my feet and singing along…
Wow. I even feel old now.
When you speak up about any sense of unfairness or injustice, you’re told that you’re overreacting, you’re too angry, too silly—shut up already. It takes a tremendous amount of fortitude to be able to live in this world as a woman, let alone a woman who wants things to change.
And that’s what was so remarkable and emotional about the Beastie Boys’ feminist turnaround. Maybe your father says sexism doesn’t exist and your boyfriend disrespects you. Maybe you have to deal with assholes on the subway who rub up against you every day and laugh when you yell at them. But listening to this band that you love so much say that your pain is real, that the world is fucked up and that they are not going to participate in actions that hurt you anymore because they care about you—it was the overwhelming feeling of being made visible. They were sending a clear message to their female fans: this isn’t okay, we have your back, we’re sorry.
Coldplay’s tribute to Adam Yauch. Hollywood Bowl, 4 May 2012
h/t @Alyssa_Milano
“Yoshua Alikuti” // The Very Best
(Source: Spotify!)
“Animal” // Miike Snow
Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean trailer
From the mid-nineteenth century Indian labourers arrived in the Caribbean on boats, bringing a few belongings and their music — the beginnings of a remarkable cultural practice. More than 150 years later, musician Remo Fernandes travels to the Islands to explore potential collaborations and create new work. ‘Jahaji Music’ is a record of a difficult, if unusual and complex, musical journey.We walk around Trenchtown with Bob Marley’s teacher and Rastafari philosopher Mortimo Planno; accompany calypso and soca singer Rikki Jai to Skinner Park; chat with visual artist Chris Cozier in the Savannah; follow Dancehall Queen Stacey to Weddy Weddy Wednesday; groove to Lady Saw’s lyrics; record a new song with Denise Saucy Wow Belfon and are guests at an East Indian Hindu wedding. Endeavouring through it all, to weave a story of memory, identity and creativity.
Saw this Monday night at The New School. It was terrific and exciting and refreshing. Check it out.
“Needing/Getting” // OK Go
This is a photo of Hollywood Forever Cemetery the morning that Bon Iver played a sunrise concert. We were woken up shortly before they began to play by chanting monks. The fog that had settled over Los Angeles made the entire experience all the more surreal.
Thinking about Sigur Ros playing there reminded me of this.
In today’s edition of, Wow, That’s Hipster I offer you a copy of my TicketFly orders. In fairness, I moved to NYC in 2010 to go to school, so I’ve had minimal hipster concerts since then (and all of my NYC concerts have been thanks to turnabout).
