http://www.wrgradio.com Music, culture, and ideas selected by Brandon Brown Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:54:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ipod, laptop, cell phone, your car...could you live without them? http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/140 Today I finally had an emotional reaction to Obama's victory. I saw years of human indignities - slave ships and food troths, "yassum"s and "nassir"s, second hand books, and broken down buildings - thrown instantly into relief. I cried for my ancestors who endured these indignities. Then, ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/139 An influential cultural figure here in the bay area vexed me with his facebook status this week. In fact, it was the day after Obama was elected. It was also the day after this influential cultural figure threw a celebration that I attended in which the full force ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/138 It would be interesting to talk to different generations of jazz musicians to get their take on the role of jazz schools. While ostensibly working in the service of jazz, there is always the risk that the American style of schooling waters down the improvisational art breaking into discrete, ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/137 My homie hipped me to this video of investigative reporter, Michael Ruppert letting the CIA's dirty secret out about dealing crack. http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/135 I'm gonna let Masta Ace speak for himself on this one: Black boy, black boy turn that shit down You know that America don't wanna hear the sound Of the bass drum jungle music go back to Africa Nigga I'll arrest ya if ya holdin up trafffic I'll be damned if I listen, so cops ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/133 On Saturday, my crew screened Wattstax, the definitive documentary of the legendary 1972 music festival in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The festival commemorated 7 years of rebuilding from the Watts riots. In the doc, Ted Lange, who played Isaac on the Love Boat is interviewed. He ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/131 My goal is to carve out a night at this new venue for a chill zone where my folks and my folks' folks can  gather, unwind, and build.  I am aiming for Fridays, but this Saturday is a tryout for me with the management at Radio - a way to ... http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/130 Study addresses underlying cause of the Black exudus from San Francisco: San Francisco's black population has dropped faster than that of any other large U.S. city's. Read the article http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/129 http://www.wrgradio.com/archives/128