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New York City Vernacular
These website made up a bunch of words that would work for any city that is suffering from Gentrification and tourists taking advantage of the weak dollar. These website made up a bunch of words that would work for any city that is suffering from Gentrification and tourists taking advantag... more
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R.I.P. Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer, an American journalist, novelist and playwright among other professions, died today in New York City. He wrote The Naked and the Dead, considered by some to be one of the best novels ever written. He was one of the founding publishers of the Village Voice and also ran for Mayor of New York. Rest In Peace. Norman Mailer, an American journalist, novelist and playwright among other professions, died today in New York City. He wrote The Nake... more
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Pulitzer Prize winner, Norman Mailer, has died.
Norman Mailer wrote dozens of plays, stories, and poems. He was awarded the Pulitzer prize for The Armies of the Night in 1968, and The Executioner's Song in 1979.
Mailer is also a co-founder of The Village Voice. Norman Mailer wrote dozens of plays, stories, and poems. He was awarded the Pulitzer prize for The Armies of the Night in 1968, and Th... more -
Why Greg Tate Matters
Gonzales discusses a love supreme for the craft and the rich community that blossoms from the seeds of Tate.
MG blurbs:
"I will always be thankful to the man for being unafraid to be, as Tate himself once described him, a one-man affirmative action committee in the 1980s all because he believed Afro-diasporic musics should on occasion be covered by people who weren't strangers to those communities.
"I am more than happy that Greg Tate had put up the signposts for this black boy to follow. In fact, one of those signs might have read: Enter At Your Own Risk This Means You!"
"Hell, that was during the same period that one prominent Caucasian music editor (who is still in a position of editorial power today) told the same publicist something along the lines of, black music writers dont write that well. Its crazy what some people believe. However, if youve taken a glance at Rolling Stone, Blender, GQ, Esquire and New York magazines lately, that opinion still seems prevalent in 2007.
"hell, even David Byrne and The Clash had discovered Africa by 1986"
"Not to say that we wouldnt be writing for somebody (perhaps medical journals or antique mags), but it was from studying Tates music writing mojo like cold lampin graduate students that helped give us form different options. Like Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis, the Beatles and Oasis, Grandmaster Flash and DJ Shadow, it was Tate and all of us." Gonzales discusses a love supreme for the craft and the rich community that blossoms from the seeds of Tate. MG blurbs: ... more
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