Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz http://www.ted.com/talks/onyx_ashanti_this_is_beatjazz.html TED Air (http://goo.gl/2Aftm) Here’s more on Scratch sensor boards
July 15, 2011
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February 10, 2011
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The Electronic Music Lab at Masterman School – An Adventure in Mathetics and Pedagogy
“There are, at least, two approaches to education: the mimetic approach and the mathetic approach. The mimetic approach emphasizes memorization and drill exercises and is most efficient in inculcating facts and developing basic skills [Gar89, p. 6]. The mathetic approach … Continue reading
November 13, 2010
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What Would WEB Du Bois Tell Henry Jenkins and Soulja Boy?
As Henry Jenkins and other scholars have observed, contemporary remix culture has disrupted both hierarchies of taste and capitalist models of cultural production. However, less attention seems to have been paid to the degree to which these emergent models of cultural production reinforce oppressive stereotypes and destructive social norms. This essay muses upon efforts to create socially responsible media in the current environment. Continue reading
April 25, 2010
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We Just Wanna Be Successful: The Shrinking of the Black American Dream
Consider two songs from two generations. One, Drake’s ”Successful, ” was one of the most popular songs of 2009, making an international rap star out of the unsigned Canadian former child actor. The other, “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,” was … Continue reading
December 9, 2009
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You can’t go home again
Hi Mommy, It’s been awhile since I’ve written, although you know I’ve been talking to you every day. I have everything else in the world to think about this time of year, but my mind ventures back to 626 Pine … Continue reading
November 16, 2009
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Evolution in under two minutes
The winners of Discover Magazine’s video competition. The judge’s choice: Viewers’ choice
September 26, 2009
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The Good Mother, part 2
Hi Mommy, What was it like for you to be back in New Jersey busting suds and picking crops, after spending those years in Hartford, Connecticut, learning etiquette, elocution and the other skills essential to becoming a proper bourgeoise? No … Continue reading
July 1, 2009
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Can VIBE magazine be saved? And should we care?
VIBE magazine, the urban music magazine once hailed as hip-hop’s answer to Rolling Stone, closed its doors June 30, 2009, at a time when the death of Michael Jackson propelled music industry news to the top of the headlines. Continue reading