There were so many actors of color in the 2016 horror film The Watcher that I felt compelled to investigate it halfway through to see if its creative or production teams were black (answer: nope and definitely not). Despite being a horror movie junkie, The Watcher is not my normal smack. This is the kind…
Lately I’ve been trying to fill the Prince-sized whole in my life. I’ve made various mixes, creating killer could-have-been albums. I’ve latched on to new artists hoping to catch a fire in some profound reconfiguration of noises I hadn’t heard before. I’ve tried listening to the worst of his bootlegs in an attempt to draw…
(“Judith and Holofernes” (detail) by Kehinde Wiley, 2012; photo by the author) To my fellow Columbus black creatives, For a while now, but especially in the wake of yet another police acquittal, we have needed to come to a decision about this city. We have a particular relationship with Columbus when it comes to…
Gentrification is all the rage right now. There are new (and really good) books being released on the subject, neighborhood groups have formed to address it, and it’s a hot button topic for just about any news week, which is saying a lot considering current presidential antics. And yet, in an odd and karmic twist,…
I was commissioned to write an essay commemorating the one year anniversary of Prince’s death for Legacy.com, which I am linking here so they can get their props. Check it out. It’s pretty good, if I say so myself (through a few tears). In short, I still miss my old friend.
Because of the circumstances under which this EP is making its way into the world, I don’t know how long it will be available, assuming it makes it to its original release date three days from now. Mind you, no one knew this album was coming out, so to already see it catching some legal…
If you are of a certain age or have a predilection for old cartoons, you will recall the old G.I. Joe show from the mid-80s. The primary antagonists were COBRA, a well-heeled terrorist organization led by the asthmatic and mirror-faced Cobra Commander. If you stuck with this political caprice for a season, you will also…
