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maxwell

About Me

scholar, agitator, critic.
Graffiti, Hip Hop, activism,

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Lyle Lovett, Asheru, Delegate Zero, Leslie Feinberg, Paul Mooney.

My Blog

Times Standard: Ten reasons to see Oh No and Roc C

Ten reasons to see Oh No and Roc 'C' Times Standard November 13, 2008                I bet you are broke or close to it.  Well, Frida...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Times Standard: Hip Hop Thursday: 3 the Hard Gay

Hip Hop Thursday: 3 the Hard Gay Times Standard, November 6, 2008                Fred Wesley, James Brown's musical arranger and talented...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Times Standard:The price of hip hop intellectuals

The price of hip hop intellectuals Times Standard, October 30, 2008                In 1931 the brutal soviet dictator Joseph Stalin convi...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:37:00 GMT

Wax Poetics: Desert Fairy Princess

Adele Sebastian Desert Fairy Princess Nimbus West 1981   The haunting last line on Adele Sebastian's Desert Fairy Princess is, "Will my music do anything for you?" Sebastian died young from lupus...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:39:00 GMT

Times Standard: Hip hop and police brutality

Hip hop and police brutality Maxwell Schnurer, Times Standard October 16, 2008                There are some topics on which mainstream hi...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Digital Discrepancies and the Last Metro Stop

I don't think it is a coincidence that Itunes version eight is released in the same month that the Metro, a well-established Arcata plaza record store is going out of business.    &nb...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Humboldt Hip Hop Makes a Joyful Noise

It is this place that brings us all together and provides the foundation for everyone's experience.  Hills, rivers, and the ocean buttress the handful of people trying to hold on behind the redwo...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Hip hop homework

School is back in session, and here is your homework:  Read a book on hip hop.  Anyone familiar with music criticism (from Nat Hentoff to Lester Bangs) knows that books are often valuable ar...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:27:00 GMT

Fania All Stars: Our Latin Thing P. 1 Intro & Rehearsal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QnC5kMgCjMPrimera parte de una pelicula clasica de Las Estrella de la Fania. Empezando con la introduccion y el ensayo. Part 1 of a great calssic by The Fania All Sta...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Billie Holiday/ gerry MULLIGAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPXl0BZt4ko
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:57:00 GMT