Public Enemy X Jimmy Kimmel Live #JimmyKimmel #FightThePower

Jimmy Kimmel walking into the studio tomorrow like www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyY-...

The nü crash course in magic orchestrated by Chester Watson Out this Monday

Every passing day is a different dystopian "didn't have_____ on my bingo card!" Joke that gets less and less funny.

In 50 years, we'll look back on this era of cancerous brain rot, nihilism & ideological extremes with shame & regret that we never did a thing about the social media algorithms designed to reward polarization, outrage & hatred. But in the meantime, we'll all be fodder for the content slaughter mill

these dudes spit all kinds of wild sex shit throughout people’s childhoods and adolescences now they’re clutching pearls at this shit? man I’m so tired of RAPPERS

Coming of age in the '70s & '80s there weren't many journalists of color writing for glossy magazines...and then hip-hop scene came along and contributed to the birth of a new generation of publications and scribes. --It's Like That: The Makings of a Hip-Hop Writer longreads.com/2019/06/10/i...

“The Asian delegation rejects Dean Cain”

Tha Alkaholiks are one of the most underrated rap groups ever. JD Sutler went deep with Tash, J-Ro & E-Swift about their most classic records from "Turn Tha Party Out" to "Hip Hop Drunkies" w/ ODB, "Likwit Fusion" with Lootpack to their latest, "Daaam!" www.passionweiss.com/2025/08/05/m...

Mini tribute 🧵 to Howie Tee... These are only a few of his many songs that he produced. He's worked with Chubb Rock, Special Ed, Color Me Badd, UTFO, Madonna, Patra, etc. Rest easy 🕊💙

On the 30th anniversary of Raekwon’s OB4CL, I pulled from the archives and re-upped my full talk with the chef where he revisited his masterwork and broke everything down track-by-track. davidma1.medium.com/ob4cl-turns-...

It’s SO good.

Before he passed in May, Sacha Jenkins (unbeknownst to the public) completed a documentary about Ed Sullivan, his variety show and his championing of Black artists by booking them to perform. Netflix contacted him and picked it up. That doc, Sunday Best, is out today. netflix.com/title/82048609

New shit. djplaturn.bandcamp.com/track/the-cl...

in may i spent a day moving around baltimore with infinity knives and brian ennals, getting a raw look at the trials and creative triumphs that went into the making of their stunning new album

Habibi Funk Records' latest compilation offers an exploratory journey through the physical memorabilia of Libya’s music scene from the late ‘80s to the early ‘00s. It's our Album of the Day.

Give a professor a book, entertain them for a day. Tell a professor to write a book, distract them forever.

On the next episode: New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl Sat, July 5, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

publicenemy.bandcamp.com/album/black-... @chuckdpe.bsky.social

Reminder that it's still my birthday season: bit.ly/44MLdzl

those of us in the culture business are aware of the 20 year rule 20 years prior is the general throwback era target at any given point.

Hot!

I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.

Yet another case of @mike-eagle.bsky.social not wasting any goddamn bars.

Brian Wilson :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/04/29/brian-wilson-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview 10 years ago @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social sat down with the man to chat about it all. RIP.

Subtle Vibrations: Assorted Beach Boys Cover Oddities aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/05/26/subtle-vibrations-assorted-beach-boys-cover-oddities

Sly Stone :: The Casio Garage Demos aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/04/18/s...

How about this clip from Dead Presidents with "If You Want Me to Stay" in the background? Rest in Funk, Sly Stone

ICE arrested 36 Chinese & Taiwanese immigrants after raiding an LA nightclub. That's them, ziptied on the sidewalk. Yo Asians—if you weren't already outraged and mobilizing on behalf of others, guess what? That "First they came for the..." poem has gotten up to us. www.latimes.com/california/s...

C Doc is Brian Eno www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Saturday sounds…post-Ziggy, he brought everything to the stage. Hammer that cowbell.👊🎶 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs/It’s Only Rock & Roll (Live Nashville 1974) As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent You asked for the latest party… youtu.be/UAPai31PAWw?...

Wrote about some Southeast Asian Psych for the Grammys. So much fun. www.grammy.com/news/guide-t...

billy woods dropped the album of the year and we were fortunate to have him on the program again 🤜🤛

"Electronic Concert Not Very Amusing" -Boston Globe, February 27 1966

billy woods dropped the album of the year and we were fortunate to have him on the program again 🤜🤛

Wrote about some Southeast Asian Psych for the Grammys. So much fun. www.grammy.com/news/guide-t...

The day has come! Words for My Comrades is on sale in North America. Thanks to all the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz who have supported this book bookshop.org/p/books/word...

me and @anamariecox.bsky.social's new pod is here. on our first episode we speak with the magnficient @pftompkins.bsky.social about the struggle and the joy of staying creative when everything around you says give up. it's @pastduepodcast.com and it starts now www.patreon.com/posts/what-e...

Hey hey, it’s publishing day! In North America you can go into your local bookstore and buy Words for My Comrades. Thank you to the stores, libraries and especially readers for their support. I’m also excited to announce that right this second you can read an excerpt over at @literaryhub.bsky.social

An American tragedy Fuck Alden Global Capital and their erosion of local newspapers forever and ever Love to my friends at the PD

Hear what song inspired Casual of Hiero when he was just a young rap god. Thanks to NPR’s Bullseye for putting together this incredible segment. Shouts to @jessethorn.bsky.social & co 🤝 www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

We bought “The Infamous” on cassette first, then on CD later. I wrote an anniversary retrospective for “The Infamous” intended to be liner notes for a vinyl reissue that hasn’t happened yet: Mobb Deep’s “The Infamous”: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective medium.com/@dartadams/m...

Hear what song inspired Casual of Hiero when he was just a young rap god. Thanks to NPR’s Bullseye for putting together this incredible segment. Shouts to @jessethorn.bsky.social & co 🤝 www.npr.org/podcasts/510...