…there to here. But when people talk about the genres that led into (and fed into) hip-hop, they usually look at '60s soul and '70s funk…
…party went strong through the middle of the '70s. And then, suddenly, powerfully, disco was everywhere: Not just in the…
…rock or pop. As disco blew up further — Saturday Night Fever ate up almost the entirety of 1978, except for the part that Chic ate — it became not only…
On album The Berlin Sessions (2001)
…genius of Curtis Mayfield. The simple fact remains that he is one of the few genuine innovators of modern soul music: as one of the…
…stand next to him. Happily, People Get Ready! turns out to be one of the smartest box sets ever put together. And not just because…
…argument from me that Mayfield is one of the foremost poets of the 20th century; or that his lush, layered productions…
On album March 1996
…genius of Curtis Mayfield. The simple fact remains that he is one of the few genuine innovators of modern soul music: as one of the…
…stand next to him. Happily, People Get Ready! turns out to be one of the smartest box sets ever put together. And not just because…
…argument from me that Mayfield is one of the foremost poets of the 20th century; or that his lush, layered productions…
…or photographs are usually in Los Angeles. He's lived her for over 60 years after all. I'm not going to try to explain Ed's work — we've only got…
GAGOSIAN: …and also, it's funny OWEN WILSON [V.O.]: In the early '70s, Ed started painting with actual foods: chocolate, cilantro…
… OWEN WILSON [V.O.]: By the late '70s, he'd worked clouds into the background and in '82, he standardized his type with a font he…
…a stoner with jokes Which is ironic, 'cause tonight, you're the one who's gettin' smoked You do great charity work year after year Wanna save…
…with your lady; her rabbit's outta batteries My career's been doin' fine ever since the '70s Your job's an Uber driver…
…of 'Peter Rabbit' and my work on Carpool I'm not taking that from the tool who made trucker hats cool 'Valentine's Day' and 'New Year's Eve…
…that you're reading the opinion of an enthusiastic optimist: one of the few living souls in the music industry who still believes that the…
…music industry is not dying…it's just coming alive There are many (many) people who predict the downfall of music sales and the irrelevancy of the…
…album as an economic entity. I am not one of them. In my opinion, the value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the…
On album December 1994
…for their inventive and smart rap, they were admonished for not being “hard enough” or “keepin' it real.” But what are the children of a college professor…
…group, and of course, it's only female. One would think she viewed Ish and C-Know as patriarchs. Not so! “I've learned a lot from them, but they're not…
…community had progressed beyond the point of pitting brothers-and-sisters against one another. Believe it or not; Snoop Dogg…
…a rapper only gets five years, we double that Independent now, won't double back I rep the BMG, yeah, I'm the Big Money Getter Fuck the…
…thing And they have to engage what's happening in the moment Because the moment's gonna be gone and then they're not gonna care Or no one…
…musical acumen To hold the form, hold it dear And at the same time, not be so reverent to it and push it forward Are there to show us the way So hopefully he's one of these dudes, I have that belief…
…of Abe/ Lincoln, i guess he's decent, but he only did that sh*t for political reasons/ Only got by prayin to Jesus The same tool yall used…
…chased n*ggas down Put a bounty on our head for escapin the town/ Killed us all at will without thinkin its wrong And only let us…
But in America moneys how u get respect/ And the factories bowed out with a genuflect In the 70s so sellin was the only way to get a check/ The war on drugs was the…
…of Abe/ Lincoln, i guess he's decent, but he only did that sh*t for political reasons/ Only got by prayin to Jesus The same tool yall used…
…chased n*ggas down Put a bounty on our head for escapin the town/ Killed us all at will without thinkin its wrong And only let us…
But in America moneys how u get respect/ And the factories bowed out with a genuflect In the 70s so sellin was the only way to get a check/ The war on drugs was the…
… as in a giant billiard table, enormous ciphers flying around, as bits and bytes, at the speed of the light, transferring, from one point to another of the…
…with reality of our physical world – the so-called globalization It seems to those not fully aware, in which I include here, sadly, the…
…one option not to drown. We'll break with the international financial system! We'll no longer accept…
On album Season 2
…and rats and all that. I'm just saying, you know? It's not very Christian. That sounds like arguing. Gonzo, hurry up. What's the big hurry? Oh…
…bullets does that gun take? It's not-- How can you suggest that we kill a man and you can't even open the gun? -It's not…
…you spend the entire night out here? No. No, no. Well, not all of it. Oh, yeah. I did have a touch of-- My stomach, you know. I…
…and built between 1927 and 1928 for Ima Hogg and her brothers, but was only opened to the public in 1966. The house is made up…
Broken Circle/Spiral Hill is Robert Smithson's only Land Art work in Europe. Visitors to the site walk through a sand quarry to the…
…: 1969-70 Now one of the icons of American Land Art, Michael Heizer's Double Negative first began in Dec. 1969. The…
On album T.A.Z. (2016)
…amidst the ruins of Post-Modernism, it has finally begun to stink. Ironic frivolity finally becomes disgusting. Is it possible now to BE SERIOUS BUT NOT…
…participants only (who may keep them or bestow them as gifts, but should not sell them). The best games will make little…
…practice of Immediatism will release within us vast storehouses of forgotten power, which will not only transform our lives through the…
On album Double Feature - The Age of Spin/Deep In the Heart of Texas (2017)
…The '70s were a wild era. And while all this was going on… Bill Cosby raped 54 people. Holy shit. That's a lot of rapes, man…
…for sure. Yeah, that's a tough one. And I was onstage not too long ago. I was in Syracuse, New York. Yeah. Well, yeah, for Syracuse. But the…
…doesn't like the show.” I didn't realize it at first, but not only did she say that, she was rushing the stage. By the time I saw her…
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