March 2012
10 posts
“People of color, women, and gays — who now have greater access to the centers of...”
– Excerpt from Teju Cole’s essay “The White Savior Industrial Complex”. (via nehrujackets)
“All of the sudden bands doing ads for soft drink companies or department stores...”
– Chloe Lum of AIDS Wolf, On The End Of An Era (via likeapairofbottlerockets)
AIDS Wolf was a horrible band name, but Chloe says some smart stuff here.
“There’s just not one good song there. People, especially gay men, are falling...”
– Rufus Wainwright, speaking to Music Week
We invented Swag →
Totally solid article on queer rap in NYC with lots of great samples to check out.
Visible Children: Misinformed and naive. →
visiblechildren:
From a Canadian Press interview with a New York PR firm hired by Invisible Children: “With all due respect, I think [Mr. Oyston’s] criticisms and things he’s written are important but are a little misinformed and naive,” said Jesse Derris of Sunshine, Sachs & Associates. To which I shrug and…
Those people aren't your friends!
Despite their subculture status, seapunkers insist that their sensibility has been appropriated by the mainstream, or at least leeched by celebrity stylists. There’s no concrete evidence of piracy, but pop culture has indeed seen recent splashes of aquamarine: Nicki Minaj painted her skin blue for a Vogue shoot; Katy Perry wore a turquoise bob; a Google Image search of “seapunk” pulls up a photo...
