: Obsidian badge unlocked: wrote and published a social science article from material 90% organized in …
: The Girl with All the Gifts I’m excited to teach The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey this week in my Critical …
: Us Whole Abstract Abstract for audio paper The Second Sound of Integrity: Us Whole, in publication with Seismograf …
: People's Sound Studio (Practice) When Ruth Nicole and I brought the collectives together in our first Forms of Freedom exchange …
: I got a request from Person asking me to work 9.5 hours, three days in a row, for about $15/day, to …
: Enrolling as a student in music school is one of the best sabbatical decisions I made. So much fun. …
: Is there a future for the academic social capital held on twitter? - Impact of Social Sciences …
: Monday, 9:12AM: I hate Obsidian tabs! Monday: 12:10PM: Okay, all might not be ruined. Tuesday: …
: Morning listen for focus: Ian Fink just playing the piano in his living room.
: East coast friends: We’re back! We relocated to north Jersey this summer. It’s been a …
: I swear half of my writing is meta-writing: it’s the set up, telling you all about what …
: I got the color-themed book shelf thing going in one part of the house. It always presents some …
: I am noticing the transitions between states of form tell us as much, if not more, about the forms …
: “If I move slower, how many forms will I find?” I thought I would need to seek out …
: I’m about to give feedback on these critical race discussion assignments in my YA Lit + …
: real time he realized he had already before much prior made the thing he needed right now
: I have this idea for a podcast — which I’ll never do because 1) time and 2) podcasts are about …
: “Collectives are not just out there. They do not exist prior to action. Rather, they evolve …
: It just hit me, while typing up field notes, that I spent a small portion of yesterday – …
: This week the participatory research team listened to a 9-month old recording of our students …
: Discussion prompts this week from YA Lit + Antiracist Teaching, and our reading of Darkroom: A …
: Digging a hole together Most importantly, we are learning that making collective and collectively making is like building a …
: We watched White People Won’t Save You in YA Lit + Antiracist Teaching today. It jumps us into …
: Hey, Obsidian users! Has anyone used the Longform plug-in? Or, are there ways you do Scrivener-type …
: Harney & Moten, on study, “From cooperation to black operation” And we have a word …
: Today while finalizing class norms, we tagged on “no gotcha questions” to the norm about leaning …
: I’ve been digging into the Prison Free Funds site lately. What other resources have you found …
: Okay, one more thing about YA Lit + Antiracist Teaching this semester: I’m co-teaching part of …
: I mean, even the NFL is moving away from standardized tests
: Today I thought this certain 12 year old was just messing around for about 30 minutes during …
: Added bass and melody to the drums we laid down last week. At the end of class after the mini …
: What a fun little article on listening to music (and beyond) in The Paris Review. Listening, for …
: Doing my favorite thing this afternoon: making beats and sounds with kids. Each one teach as many as …
: I want you to know and remember DJ Cherish.
: Putting together an hour long set for Universal Rhythm this week and contemplating just playing …
: “What relational conditions are necessary for X to happen?” That seems to be the …
: Been following this story for a while. Another world is possible. Newsom signs bill to return …
: How much do you really care about your collaborators if you’re not trouble shooting the vibes …
: Tyshawn Sorey on writing music for the Paul Motian Trio: It’s really about how we breathe together, …
: Made a permanent note in Obsidian today. I now feel like Einstein.
: First class…back. I asked students to think about the people who got them through the last 18 months …
: Do thyself a favor and click on the Detroit Jazz Festival live feed this afternoon.
: Artroduction: When you introduce yourself through your art.
: Any digital Zettelkastens out there?
: Me: Okay, but why?? Also me: NEED NOW!! This new vertical turntable attaches to the wall …
: This track by Kamaal Williams and Lauren Faith makes my day better everytime it comes on.
: Snowber: I have often wondered if the gift of the body’s knowledge is the best kept secret. We are …
: Rewatching GET OUT. Never noticed Chris leaning down to see the cotton lifting out of the leather …
: Go ahead and make the last sentence of your abstract the abstract of the abstract.
: Not sure if anyone feels the same way, but the difference between (Name, date) and (e.g., Name, …
: Ready to go for DEMC at DIME. The topic: Adding simple DJ cuts to tracks — skill and philosophy. …
: This creative non fiction piece about mathematics, teaching, and the wonder of infinity had me …
: I try holding not too tightly onto specific sentences in early drafts. That’s because I know …
: Here is an art and image heavy edition of my newsletter I sent out on Sunday. There are so many good …
: Whew! I’m glad somebody said it! Print this out and staple it to the front of every social science …
: This conversation between John Morrison and King Britt has so many gems in it about teaching, …
: I’ve bookmarked 535 items in the last 2 years. Here’s all of them on my Pinboard. My …
: I woke up with this idea. There should be a bot that makes 5-7-5 pattern poems from Erykah Badu …
: 🎶 Now I might have to make a whole EP of these M.O.P. slow jams.
: Piece by Bryce Detroit at the MOCAD, part of the BROOD exhibit. It’s the first piece you see …
: Theories of Change in Racial Consciousness: A Thought Exercise This is a thought exercise I developed through the Race, Pedagogy, & Lit workshop series at …
: Have you ever been writing a conference proposal but the call asks for stuff that doesn’t fit …
: Awe man, this uptempo Little Dragon cover by Conclave just made my day. And the video is just …
: Ian Fink playing his piano at home. That’s it. That’s the album. And I love it.
: Boggs readings you might have missed, loneliness in Carl Craig’s sound installation, an album …
: Carl Craig on why “Poppa Was a Rolling Stone” is a techno record: Techno is about …
: You all would not believe how many sentences in my articles are first dictated into a voice memo …
: “What time is it on the clock of the research project?” (R. N. Brown, personal communication, June …
: Don’t say I never shared anything fun with you. Sample-Stitch: Reconstruct the Samples of …
: What I'm reading, writing, listening to week of 06.27.21 ##Reading I’ve been reading some under-the-radar pieces related to Jimmy and Grace Lee Boggs, …
: New SAULT. The group we don’t deserve 🎶 saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/nin…
: I had not even known that I craved being asked to do something important until I was actually asked. …
: Just learned about the Bush Foundation: “We offer grants and opportunities to people who think …
: Closing up shop for the day working on this piece. Per habit, I left myself some breadcrumbs in the …
: Just wrote “more-than-human” as an adjective in a draft. Now I’m asking how did I …
: What I'm reading, writing, listening to 06.20.21 #What I’m reading, writing, listening to 06.20.21 ##Reading Lots of reading this week related …
: When Toni Cade Bambara said she was “brooding about this article that won’t write itself,” I felt …
: The Boggs Blog: A Project of the James & Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
: I’m 2.5 weeks in working on an essay about theories of change in activist education research. …
: I was really trying to keep this article simple, but here I go talking about onto-epistemologies. …
: This ability to turn anyone into a debtor is what fuels the first university toward inclusion. Your …
: Critical Race Discussion Assignment This is a multi-stage assignment I use in my Young Adult Lit + Anti-Racist Teaching undergraduate …
: I figured something out today that’s been bugging me for 2 years: Efficiency for the sake of …
: Nice to see Heather at Lansing’s The Record Lounge mentioned here. 20 Woman-Owned Record Stores in …
: Final sense making session with co-research team today: These regular sessions have been much more …
: This week’s newsletter: I’m thinking about Terence Nance’s 18 Black …
: Doing some reading for an essay and found this gem. I’m a sucker for architecture metaphors. …
: What I'm reading, writing, listening to 06.07.21 ##Reading On the academic side of things: The 2009 classic “Suspending Damage – A …
: Put some respect on his name. Hero Rat Magawa Is Retiring From A Career Of Sniffing Out Land Mines …
: Enjoyed the first half of this podcast over lunch, especially the tension between organizing and …
: Afternoon listening to get me over the hump: some deep and acid house.
: Revisiting this now-essential classic for something I’m thinking through this week: Suspending …
: At His Moment of Triumph, Arthur Jafa Is Looking for Trouble What links Jafa’s art across mediums …
: This is such a cool sonic composing prompt. Shut off the lights and give it an Isley Brothers twist. …
: So I didn’t know any of this, nor about the bombing. The Whitest Historically Black College In …
: This is a refreshing review philosophy from The Journal of Rhetoric, Politics, & Culture. Thank …
: More from Greg Dimitriadis’ Critical Dispositions: Evidence & Expertise in Education. The …
: Issue 044 of my newsletter went out on Monday. It covers the sculptures of Chakaia Booker, how time …
: I read four novels last week. I read two social science research articles today. It made my spirit …
: I finally made time to sit and read this precise, critical research article on edTPA. One might call …
: Enjoying this slow and global jazz mix for the afternoon work session 🎶 …
: Just told someone there’s a difference between it being out of control and out of your control. Not …
: What I'm reading, writing, & listening to: 05.24.21 ##Reading I finished reading Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. I loved it. Looking back, I …
: One of Chakaia Booker’s pieces from the Broad Museum. The real party’s in the shadows.
: Took a break from reading, by reading this interview with Ishmael Reed. Many gems, many maps. Paris …
: An elder who I deeply respect responded to my email with, “How’s it going …
: What I'm reading, writing, & listening to 05.17.21 ##Reading I’m still working my way through Britt Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. I’m …
: I put the finishing cuts on this track today. Hard to re-do a classic but…
: Another FNR Detroit sure shot. A bunch of them, actually.
: Studies show all meetings are better when you play a round of The Best Gift Ever improv game. Take …
: Cilantro and thyme vying for second place in the herb grow back race. Mint way out ahead, no signs …
: Big feel good mix from Rob for the AM session.
: What I'm reading, writing, teaching, & listening to this week: 05.10.21 Reading I’m reading Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. I picked it up in a nice stack a …
: When brother Eddie Kendricks said he walked out the door with a bag full of blues, I felt that.
: Made this mix today. Hard techno records up front. Grooves on the backside.
: Took a minute, but I got the sonic composition site back up. This work was equally fun and …
: My blurb for Ian Levy’s forthcoming Hip-Hop and Spoken Word Therapy in School Counseling: …
: Here is this week’s Elements & Embodiment newsletter that went out on Sunday: a very …
: What I'm reading, writing, teaching, & listening to: 05/03/21 Reading I started reading Claudia Rankine’s newest work Just Us: An American Conversation, the …
: Reading my students’ final self-evaluations and it’s still true: they need one another …
: Black Thought on writing: I think a writer should always be aware of his or her surroundings. The …
: Reading Habits, Reading Plans A friend asked: Do you have a reading practice and a time and place you do it in?? Gathering data. …
: Finished #YA308. Special class. Really special group of students. Some great books, too. Last one in …
: I was struck by how often those who meet Jesus do not understand his teachings. Even the disciples …
: What I'm up to this week: 04.26.21 Reading A few short essays/reviews: “How Saidiya Hartman Retells the History of Black Life” by …
: Listening as I work to this new purchase on Bandcamp: An Insight to All Minds by Kaidi Tatham. …
: This DJ earned my head turn by sliding seamlessly from SAULT into Westside Gunn.
: My Shock G. story: It’s short. It’s indirect. But that doesn’t matter because we’re all …
: Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground will be published for the first time this …
: What I'm up to this week: 04/19/21 Reading I read Adam Mansbach’s memoir + poem I Had a Brother Once in a single sitting: on the …
: Put the needle on Sly’s “Trip to Your Heart” for a homie tonight. It’s a special kind of joy …
: Which three words describe your experience with standardized tests?
: Sweden’s Radical Comics Community - ROAR Magazine
: Incredible release: Arthur Russell’s The World Of Arthur Russell reissued on 3xLP …
: Issue 041 of my newsletter went out Monday: Teena Marie on Cash Money, Wingdings, and more.
: What I'm up to this week 02.29.21 Reading Finally getting around to finishing Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, A Girl in Pieces – …
: One thing I’ve learned this semester: as much as students need their professors, they need each …
: I gave in this year. Instead of asking students to read an assignment sheet before class, I started …
: Today I overheard a young person in technical concentration whisper to himself, “I’m good at this,” …
: Really dig using SesssionLab for facilitation planning. Both solo and team. Won’t be going …
: What I'm up to this week 03.08.21 Reading: I plowed through David Yoon’s Frankly in Love, in part getting ahead for the YA Lit course …
: Zoom, Slack, Zotero, Vimeo, Votero, Zimeo, Sotero, Zlack: welcome to my evolving command + spacebar …
: The Post-Covid future of virtual conferences - Impact of Social Sciences
: Do any of my friends on here read Arabic at a basic level?
: Current listening, right in the groove: Stylin’ 900 mix by Ennio Styles
: Can’t get enough of this Rae Khalil album. Instruments, vibe, voice, voices, ruptures, etc. 🎶
: From “E-mail is making us miserable,” an article preview of Cal Newport’s new …
: What I’m up to this week 03.01.21 Reading: Back to some YA lit with Darius The Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram. Teaching: Mostly …
: Here’s issue 40 of my newsletter sent earlier this week. It contains notes on creativity, the body …
: Star Vehicle: On Translating Poetry - Los Angeles Review of Books The translator is someone who …
: Happy Ableton Live 11 Day 🔈💥💨
: What I'm up to this week 02/22/21 Reading I finished Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. This is the third book of his …
: Feeling this Tape Op interview with music engineer Piper Payne, where she hits on the body, feeling, …
: I rolled out a heavy assignment sheet to my class yesterday. It’s 2.5 single spaces pages …
: Deciding who to hang out with today. My big friend or little friend.
: Here. Have it. All my money. This new turntable makes your record float …
: Issue 039 of my newsletter went out Monday and included a dive into Soundscapes for Wellness. Check …
: This unnarrated video wrecks me every time I watch it. Bree Newsome told that flag, “You come …
: What I'm up to this week 02/08/21 Reading: I started The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. It’s riveting. I can’t …
: 🎶 I hung out with records today. Here’s what happened: People Still Make Beats
: This mix will have to be called “People Still Make Beats.”
: No work this weekend. Only pleasure reading and making music. Heading back to the lab in a minute. …
: Somebody in the class GroupMe asked to see a picture of everyone’s pets. Positive vibes have ensued.
: Working this morning? Here’s the mix of nature sounds I am working to. Made with the BBC Sound …
: My favorite episode of Rappin with the Rickster is when he and Dante Ross run into STAY HIGH 149 …
: I’ve been slowly finding and bookmarking the interviews with James (Jimmy) Tyson, who was at …
: What I'm up to this week 02/01/21 Writing: Some final, final edits on the Kairos pieces that are due this week. Publishing in web text …
: 🎶 Making music all weekend. Here’s a mix of records all made, bought, or pressed in Detroit
: Sound Field - Why Is Jersey Club Music Everywhere? - Season 2 - Episode 3 - PBS
: I tried explaining to somebody this week that I don’t need to be on stage. But I do require the …
: Frank A. Daniels, Jr. never read the report condemning his white supremacist grandfather. This story …
: Good golly it’s week 3 of Anica’s sabbatical and here comes the curry goat.
: What I'm up to this week 1/25/22 Reading: Getting ahead a bit by reading Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera. Writing: Some final …
: Perils of zoom teaching aside, there is a certain intimacy it affords when we come to know one …
: Morning reading. Beyond Bias: The Case for an Abolitionist Psychology - Los Angeles Review of Books
: And then Anica showed out with ackee and saltfish. God bless this sabbatical of hers.
: Who are the other newsletter writers on Microblog? Or, what newsletters do you subscribe to, and …
: I took a break from my weekly newsletter, but it made a comeback this week – esp. because I …
: I see people drawing parallels between the 1/6 Capitol insurrection and the white supremacist coup …
: I see people drawing parallels between the 1/6 Capitol insurrection and the white supremacist coup …
: I usually give a pre-class survey for students to fill out sometime before our first class session. …
: Reading + Teaching + More 1/11/21 Reading: I recently finished the one masterful novel unfit for reading during a pandemic: José …
: Young adult lit + anti-racist teaching course The floorplan is coming together for my young adult lit + anti-racist teaching course. Here is where …
: Two adjectives I’m trying to strike from my writing: “traditonal” and (then what I …
: From “The Mask of DOOM: A Noncomformist Rapper’s Second Act” (2009) >He paused …
: Mos Def praised DOOM: “He rhymes as weird as I feel.” I love that. 🎵
: Time Traveling and Not Cleaning Up the Mess Here’s my favoirate thing I wrote this year. It’s a short piece about sound, young folks, …
: I don’t have a therapist right now but some of my friends do, which means they share insights about …
: The Case for Giving Workers Ownership Rights. Workers have the expertise, they have the knowledge, …
: I have my students write insights at the end of most classes. Tonight was the last class. …
: Day 1 cycling off coffee. Feeling good but wondering if this diminished bottle of bourbon is a …
: I didn’t know until today there is a color of the year. Illuminating + Ultimate Gray
: Architectural Possibilities of Renee Gladman’s Prose Architectures
: Many researchers, however, describe the writing of impact statements as works of fiction. Works of …
: I’m coming up for air to tell you I just read a 118-page equity profile report on Grand Rapids, MI. …
: People keep asking who I think should be the Secretary of Education. Truth is, I have no idea. My …
: Every now and then a little surprise comes inside a used book, like Ishmael Reed’s autograph. Hope …
: Giving an invited talk next week. Putting on my smarty pants. Listen Up! Sound-Making Publics in …
: Lefebvre: Don’t confuse silence with secrets. Those who speak of it less might know more about it …
: Margaret Wheatley: In this exquisitely connected world, it’s never a question of “critical …
: Teaching Post-Election I asked students two weeks ago how they wanted class tonight to feel, how they might want class to …
: Monday’s newsletter: Some notes from a 2-square mile Detroit-enclosed city named Hamtramck. …
: Me (Aug 2020): No late work will be accepted. Me (Sept till infinity): Hey turn it in whenever you …
: Just voted. ACT, SAT, GRE, PRAXIS - never in my life have I filled in a singular bubble so crisp, …
: For the last year I’ve been writing a weekly newsletter that goes out by email. Yes, email. …
: This week’s Elements & Embodiment newsletter has a handfull of treats related to a man who …
: I tried something new: I did the introduction to the Sound Studies, Writing, and Rhetoric keynote …
: Sharing some art from Alex Dodge & early writings on hip-hop DJing from music journalist Robert …
: I hate writing bios, so I end up rewriting myself every time I’m faced with the task: Emery …
: Albert Parsons, writing in The Alarm (1884): One man has no right to live on the profits of another …
: On posting (scholarly) things with which we disagre: Whilst sparking outrage might be one way to …
: Teaching Through Non-Indictment The non-indictment of Breonna Taylor’s killers came out a few hours before my evening class …
: Out this week: Issue #32 of my newsletter covers sound art from Detroit, collages from Krista …
: Roger Bonair-Agard on the break: To consider the breadth and depth of what the break beat means, …
: It’s go time at Science Gallery Detroit.
: I read with great interest the writing on white American evangelicals and their relationship with …
: Police in Schools: My Rejoinder Last month a group of school leaders asked us what we thought about police in their schools. We only …
: Did you see the miniature record store for mice that popped up in Sweden? This and other small …
: Chadwick Boseman on T’Challa’s speech: People think about how race has affected the …
: Me: Can’t wait to start class tomorrow! Here’s the zoom link! C-ya then! Every student …
: Issue #30 of Elements & Embodiment went out to the inner circle on Monday. It touches on Renee …
: From a wise colleague: We cannot overstate how much our whole human selves need to be seen and …
: I had been wondering when it would happen, and it is today: “pandemic” is in the title …
: Feedback: I question whether race intentionally — alone — as you set it up, is a meaningful …
: His questions: Where does the sound come from? How does the sound come out? What do the little …
: Everywhere where there is interaction between a place, a time, and an expenditure of energy, there …
: Elizabeth Dias writing in the New York Times, “Christianity Will Have Power.” …
: I need a major late pass on this one, but I finally, finally watched Blindspotting. Now I have …
: Issue #29 of Elements and Embodiment, my regular newsletter, covers the collage art of Lorna Simpson …
: Stripped and sanded my grandmother’s old bench with the intent of reapplying a dark stain. But hold …
: Issue #28 of Elements & Embodiment went out today: From Russia with Buzz. It covers the fun …
: Rethink Your Resources: The Origin Story of Derute tells how our worker cooperative around racial …
: Giving my grandmother’s old bench some TLC. Knew I should have paid attention in shop class.
: Baldwin writes to King James Balwin’s letter to MLK in 1960. Dear Reverend King: I certainly do not expect you to …
: Just sent Drums & Baldwin via Buttondown to the inner circle – which includes a short …
: Derute Cooperative member meeting this afternoon. On the agenda: Habari Gani Quarterly project …
: soundcloud.com Field recording today from Campus Martius, Detroit. Freedom March drums meet Miini …
: Pontiac is abundant in mulberry trees. Shoutout to the land.
: This country owes itself to the Shameikas, the Iyannas, the Octavias, the Breonnas. To all the Black …
: Giving micro.blog a try for a more streamline, humanizing platform. Wish me luck; here goes.