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“Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun”. DJ Kool Herc on Maintaining Peaceful Gang- and Race- Relations. Part 2
Vest of the Black Spades gang, Bronx, NYC, 1971. Many warlords such as Bambaataa Kahim Aasim, leader of the Black Spades, wanted intergang truce. Intergang truce was accomplished in late 1971. Peace between gang and race relations in the Bronx was necessary during the height of movement solidarity, CIA Red Scares, and post-first wave Civil…
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“Peace, Love, Unity, and Having Fun”. DJ Kool Herc on Maintaining Peaceful Gang- and Race- Relations. Part 1
House party concert for one of DJ Kool Herc’s DJ performance. Image above, DJ Kool Herc through the times. Hello everyone! We are back to our regular once a week post from our book Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever. This is our first reading where…
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The conception of poetry music: Gil Scott-Heron 1960s – 1974
The rock and subcultural scenes of the 1960s – 1980s were all about experimenting with new blends of music. In addition to orchestral minimalism, Bob Dylan was known by the mainstream anti-war community of introducing rock music that had lyrical poetry. However, although Dylan can be credited as being one of the iconic lyricist of…
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Minimalism and Yoko Ono 1960
It was the New York school of music that performed “Four Organs” at the Carnegie Hall in 1973, New York City. This was the mainstream introduction of the minimalist movement or “static music”. This was the genre of music that introduced elongated, orchestral composers with a surrealist edge. Some popular names of the movement were…
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The 1st Latin Soulrock Fiesta, Yankee Stadium 1973
It goes by many names. Some called it the “1st Latin Soulrock Fiesta!” Others called it the “1st Fania All Stars 2nd Anniversary Concert” as that’s what it was spelled out in the ticket releases. Will Hermes appropriately also titled it “1st Latin Soulrock Jazz Fusion African Proto-Disco Fiesta!” Regardless, the hardcore Chicanx and Afrocentric…
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Trailer for Season 1 is out!
Hi roadies! My trailer is out on Anchor and Spotify! Please check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MN10DCPvp3lRstLM0qqLx?si=ElxmagswRG6kx4HOuFnNqw&utm_source=copy-link You can follow the count down for my release on instagram!
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The Queen of Salsa and Her Kingdom: Celia Cruz and “Hommy, the Latin Opera” 1973
Salsa was pushing outside its own community walls in New York City, 1973 and into the elitist domain of Carnegie Hall. Simultaneously, rock operas were opening up more opportunities for musicians to be seen. And, as Hermes sums it up well, salsa “was virtuous music with deep history and an international pedigree; it wanted respect.”…
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Reading #1: “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever” – Will Hermes
Happy Monday roadies! While we wait for January 8th for my first episode with @chickenhappen , I will be posting fun historical facts about inclusive music history based on the current book I am reading. For this month, our book is “Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever” by…
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Welcome to the pod! Or cast I should say!
Thank you for finding my page! Loose Lips Cast is a local Chicago podcast in which I, Nina, interview BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) music groups. I will mainly prioritize subcultures such as indie, punk, ska, doom metal, etc. But it is NOT limited to other genre. My mission? As a lover of…
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