Features |
Columns |
Blogs |
News |
Music |
Film |
TV |
DVDs |
Books |
Comics |
Multimedia |
Events |
Front
about contributors submissions book series advertising contests Media Center PopMatters Picks
about contributors submissions book series advertising contests Media Center PopMatters Picks
|
|
Photo from NSF Tools.com
Nine to FiveMixtape Confessions[30 August 2007] by Ben RubensteinEager to re-enter the 9-5 work world, before you could even say 401(k), I was halfway to J.Crew and Banana Republic to stock up on office-friendly wear. But adapting to my colleagues' taste in music? Ah, now that's much more difficult.
Mixtape Confessions
Event EtiquetteBen Rubenstein02.Sep.08 Enthusiasm at sporting events and concerts is great. But when your spirited dancing turns into a one-man mosh pit, it's a damned annoying distraction. 
Gone Festin'Ben Rubenstein28.Jul.08 Yes, communing with thousands of music fans at summer festivals is fun...for a while. But then it becomes a group of people whom you really didn't plan on spending your weekend with, unless you typically hang out with stoned 16-year olds. 
Getting SchooledBen Rubenstein01.Jul.08 More than the usual ABCs, this school clearly believes in arts education, regularly spotlighting student performers at its assemblies -- and these kids are acquiring real musical skills.
|
Negritude 2.0: Retelling the Story of Black Music: When Black Pop Blew Up the First Time
By Mark Reynolds [1.Oct.08] Deconstruction Zone: Reinventing the Southern California Novel: Marisa Silver’s The God of War
By Rodger Jacobs [30.Sep.08] Negritude 2.0: Retelling the Story of Black Music: Bert Williams, Godfather of the Black Stage & Studio
By Mark Reynolds [25.Sep.08] |
MORE COLUMNS 
okay so i work at a really laid-back ethnic cable network
and we’ve had the spank rock disc playing for pretty much the past week. and girl talk, and wu-tang, and kmd’s “black bastards”. i’m glad they let us.
Comment by Michael Frauenhofer from Providence, RI — August 30, 2007 @ 3:08 am