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About Me
- Mark Anthony Neal
- is the author of four books, What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture (1998), Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic (2002), Songs in the Keys of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation (2003) and New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity (2005). Neal is also the co-editor (with Murray Forman) of That’s the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader (2004). Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. A frequent commentator for National Public Radio Neal also contributes to several on-line media outlets, including SeeingBlack.com, The Root.com and theGrio.com.
In the Field...
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BRC's Grace Jones tribute -- Saturday, December 12 - First, this is a FREE show at the wonderful Brooklyn Museum. From the BRC newsletter:In conjunction with the exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographi...
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Okay, Now I’m Kinda Getting Excited About The Princess and the Frog-Plus Disney’s First Jewish Princess - Okay, earlier this week I indicated that I was none too excited about the Princess and the Frog. This lack of enthusiasm was in large part due to SOME OF t...
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BENNY JOHNSON: VISIONS OF PARADISE - *Benny Johnson: Visions of Paradise I Just Got To Know Give It Up From Visions of Paradise (Today, 1973)* Apologies for the slow down, between end-of-the-s...
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Good Hair - I must confess that I was skeptical initially of Chris Rock's attempt to do a documentary. Nevertheless I believe the message is timely and one that is nee...
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A question of priorities - *The Fed sprang into action when faced with the prospect of wrecked banks; it doesn’t seem equally concerned about the prospect of wrecked lives.* Bernan...
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Five For Friday: After This, There Shall Be No More - I cannot believe people are still talking about Tiger Woods. I cannot believe I am still talking about Tiger Woods. I have not heard his name so much in th...
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Limbaugh: “the black frame of mind is terrible” - Limbaugh = douche bag. LIMBAUGH: I got two more stories in the stack today about how black unemployment is through the roof. Black unemployment is terrible...
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Lydia Lunch: Diva? - Earlier this week, I went to Music Monday at the Drafthouse. This week’s offering was David Bowie’s 1973 concert feature, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders Fr...
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I’m not a fan…at least not of you - Lots of people are too cool for Facebook. I can’t pretend I am. Once, I met a woman, got her phone number, called her, and got no response. Hit her up o...
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I Really Want to Learn This Brand New Dance! - *I want to go nuts on your nuts! And you know who you are!*
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Reflections written on the salty air of New England - As I write this, I am sitting on a BoltBus from Boston truly floored at all that I thought, seen and felt over the past 24 hours. To be honest, this trip...
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Time to Make That Change?: Durham Committee Election Tonight - Tonight’s the big night. Black residents of Durham will gather at the White Rock Baptist Church to vote on the next chair of the Durham Committee on the Af...
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Ms. Badu...Now I Can Die In Peace! - You guessed it...I met Erykah Badu in person tonight and she called me, "Sidik"! She's coming out with a new album and yours truly gets to do the bio again...
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She's On Her Way Back - And also HERE
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Asa G. Hilliard III | The State of African Education - Few even have more than minimal control over their education institutions. These institutions still mimic those of former colonial masters in most cases. S...
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Must Hear Beats and Mics Interview! - TRUTH Minista Paul Scott addresses the Hee Haw Hip Hop controversy and "Operation Dumb Down" on Beats and Mics.com http://beatsandmics.com/MINISTER-PAULSCO...
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Voluntary Foreclosure: Should I Walk Away? - Why pay rent to the bank? Why pay property taxes on a home with no equity? Does it make sense to pay a mortgage on a devalued home when I can rent a home d...
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Black Women on the Auction Block: A Black Feminist Response to “The Princess and the Frog” - ~ Beauty Bragg Listening to an NPR feature on the Disney film *The Princess and the Frog* on opening day, I was struck by the uniformity of black...
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Why publish "Obama's mama's book" at all? - Why publish “Obama’s mama’s book” at all? That’s probably one of the most dismissive and derogatory ways of phrasing a question that at least a few anthrop...
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Dec 11 Soul Sistas Juke Joint - From Afros To Shelltoes always has luv for the sistas. Soul Sista's Juke Joint gets our red kool aid stamp of approval. Expect soul-stirring performances b...
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Murdoch dodges the question, again: does he think Obama is a racist? - A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch said that Glenn Beck was right when he called Obama a racist, and since then he has been dodging questions about what exact...
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Moving Yet Sloppy Portrayal of a Harlem Girl: My Review of Precious (Spoilers) - I have a problem with sloppy directors, and to me, Lee Daniels is one of them. Take the opening voice-over lines uttered by our titular character, Preciou...
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Digitally United for a Day - Two weeks ago, I challenged you to swap your daily blog habits, and I promised that I’d report back. I did not get many responses, and the ones I did recei...
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On the Anniversary of President Obama's Win - SNL delivers a hefty chuckle moment (a rare instance these days...Ha!) with this send-up of Fox News assessment of Obama's year in the White House. While w...
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Brief Notes on Jazz Roots: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series - Art & Seek 6 November 2009 Al Jarreau makes “adult contemporary” music. That’s not a problem, except that Jarreau’s set at the Winspear Opera House on Wedn...
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Petals - The Ja-Tun Project - [image: AddThis Social Bookmark Button] This feed contains copyrighted material from Professor Kim's News Notes. If you are not reading this by e-mail su...
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Does Obama shape black opinion? A survey experiment - When Obama got elected a couple of researchers conducted an experiment to see if Obama’s election would have any tangible effect on the racial achievement ...
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Crime, Taxes and Politics: Three Questions for Ceasar Mitchell - My car was broken into last week. Under normal circumstances this would be a routine hazard of urban living. You see a parking spot; someone else sees an o...
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Farewell to The Kitchen Table - Dearest Readers of *The Kitchen Table*, I am officially retiring my place here at *TKT*. Yolanda and I launched this blog nearly one year ago. In that t...
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Be Advised - My MacBook broke and the good folk at the Genius Bar had it, which is why I stopped blogging. Thanks be to them (and valid AppleCare) I have a shiny repair...
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Watts Grocery - Watts Grocery Address: 1116 Broad Street Phone: (919) 416-5040 Website: http://www.wattsgrocery.com Recommended for: Working Lunch; Being Seen wesduke say...
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Miles Marshall Lewis Rekindles His Love for Nina Simone - Miles Marshall Lewis reviews a Valentine’s Day Nina Simone Tribute. http://www.furthermucker.com/blog/176/nina-naked
NewBlackMan On-the-Air
- 20 Years Since Spike Lee's 'Do The Right Thing'
- Michael Jackson's Memorial Service In L.A.
- Black Identity (w.Esther Iverem)
- Beyond Beats & Rhymes (w/Byron Hurt & Tracy Sharpley-Whiting)
- Embracing Freedom: Juneteenth Celebrations (w/Paul Mooney)
- 'Summer of Soul' Melded Music, Cultural Change
- Homophobic Vibes for Saggy Pants Song?
- Obama Hip-Hop: From Mixtapes To Mainstream
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