The Story of Samba at the Dawn of Modern Brazil →
Afropop Worldwide put together an educational site on the origins of Samba. Will circle back.
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Wilson. Pickett. Soul.
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There aren’t too many folk heroes left these days. I’d consider this man one of them. Also, that haircut scene…
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Capn Jimbo's Rum Project: A Basic Rum Collection →
OK, thank god I’m not the only one utterly confused by rum.
Capn Jimbo, that brave soul, did all the rum tasting and classifying that I don’t have the time or bank account for.
This is basicly the rum explainer that I’ve been looking for since I started drinking cocktails. Thank you Cap!
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Okmalumkoolkat - Allblackblackkat (Official Video)
How does this have only 10k views. It’s too awesome for that.
(Source: youtube.com)
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Kerwin Du Bois - Too Real
AHHHHHHHH!
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Diagnosing the Tiki Psyche →
“Tiki’s first midcentury wave of popularity pointed to America’s dissatisfaction with bland suburban life. One might also interpret our current resurgent interest in tiki as signifying a shared desire for retreat from the disappointments and anxieties of modern life.”I like this piece because it articulates the bizzare beauty of the nonsensical.
Also because I’m more into rum these days.
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How to Be Polite →
This made me a little bit happier today, and I’m thankful for it.
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The Case for Reparations →
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.Because of some sad news and tragedies the last couple weeks, I kinda felt this got lost in the shuffle. So I’d like to rebroadcast this.
I’ve been reading Coates for a couple years now, and this is by far the best thing he’s ever written. Powerful & important in so many ways.
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The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age →
It’s an astonishing look inside the cultural change still needed in the shift to digital — even in one of the world’s greatest newsrooms. Read it.NEWS DORK STUFF:
A lot of on point stuff. For years, newspapers were looking for how to adjust to the digital age, and surprisingly, the answer seems to be more Serious Eats (community, sub-platforms, recycling old product) than BuzzFeed.
Most interesting quote:
“should be a deliberate push to abandon our current metaphors of choice — ‘The Wall’ and ‘Church and State’ — which project an enduring need for division.“
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