She is the muse of Disco. Her hair is a clutter of records that make up the shape of the famous Afro hairstyle of the 60’s and 70’s. Disco and the Afro were in fashion back in the day. But they also represented a renewed sense of identity in the African American community. The Civil Rights Movement played a large role in viewing the Afro as a beauty symbol amongst African Americans. Disco music was dominated by many African American artists, and created music that promoted love, peace, and good vibes. It also reinforced a sense of cultural pride and identity for the black community. We love Disco music and how it makes us feel, and associate the Fro with entertainment. But the art of beauty and music go far beyond entertainment.
We’re halfway through 2023 and critics are slouching towards their Best Records Of The Year So Far lists. They’re rarely happy about it. If dicing releases every 12 months is arbitrary, then six months is labor on a factory line, wood chips for the content mill. But this year, I feel like they hate these lists more than usual. They’re having a hard time picking much. And maybe you are, too. P...
At the close of 2022, Bitcoin wasn’t just down—it was so down that its precipitous fall was breaking records. One report from Bank of America suggested that the collapse in value was the fifth-worst for any asset in financial history. Despite steady gains this year, it hasn’t even come close to its November 2021 peak, and now things are about to get shaken up like a bead in a baby’s rattle w...
In Ari Aster’s 2016 short film C’est La Vie, Chester Crummings, a homeless man, speaks directly and combatively to camera about his life and society at large as he wanders the streets of LA, surviving, begging for change and casually murdering people. At one point, he says: “You know what Freud says about the nature of horror? He says it’s when the home becomes unhomelike. Unheimlich.”
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