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The Lost Art Of Suggestion
After a hiatus of about 3 years, I returned to Choice FM as the default station in my bedroom (Radio 4 remains constant – like the White Cliffs of Dover - in the kitchen, forever and ever, Amen.)...
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The (Imagined?) Politics of The R&B Music Video
Please excuse the incoherence that’s about to unfold. So there I was in the gym yesterday, running 10 kilometres (WOO!) to nowhere, when the new Timberlake and Timbaland video came on. Accordingly, and...
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Black Fridays: What’s Race Got To Do With It?
I read a fantastic piece on Jezebel several months back, written by Danielle Belton of The Black Snob. The article was about the tiers of commercial celebrity gossip which exist within mainstream...
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On Words And Unfortunate Accompanying Images
Late last week, I heard Kelly Rowland’s new single, Motivation. It features Lil Wayne (a man who inspired me to make a very funny visual gag one time; ask my pal J – she’ll tell you) and is one of the...
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The ‘Help News Outlets Realise The Difference Between Rappers and Singers’...
With the shock passing of Whitney Houston this past weekend (I wrote something about her for the Guardian here), it’s been the perfect time for the media to showcase their spectacular...
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In Praise Of Jon B
Last week on my Tumblr dashboard, Cord Jefferson (an excellent writer/editor person in NY) posted a video of Jon B’s ‘Are U Still Down?’. This is the video: Cord’s commentary went as follows: “Without...
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