Otherworldy Videos: Tunde Olaniran

Last weekend Tunde premiered his video for “Brown Boy.”

A Jacksons’ Halloween…..

After Hurricane Sandy, I am treating myself and everyone to some music from the Jacksons family for Halloween. When we think of Halloween and scary music videos, the first thought may be Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but the Jacksons have dabbled into a few other scary videos. By the way, read two of my Frankenstein posts […]

Otherworldly Videos: Romi Anauel

Romi Anauel and The Soldiers of Ra – “Take a Moment” Mirror-image merging and superimposed images make for one trippy video.

Otherworldly Videos: Beaming In From Zimbabwe

Here are some videos I viewed via Nafuna TV: Synik – “Sin City” Roki featuring Diskord – “Mativenga”

Otherworldly Videos: Labrinth

Labrinth feat. Emili Sande – “Beneath Your Beautiful” Take off the masks of beautiful and perfect, I want to see what’s inside. I like the use of screen imagery in connection with the song lyrics.

A Strange Look at Columbus Day….

I was looking for something different to post for this Columbus Day and while searching, I came across a number of “interesting” views of Columbus. For many, including myself, we look at Christopher Columbus as someone who exploited and dehumanized indigenous populations for his personal benefit and is credited with, although technically he did not, […]

Otherworldly Videos: Flying Lotus

“Putty Boy Strut” Machines consuming machines.

Modern Griots Review: Calling the Names of the Ancestors and Elders…

Last Saturday was a packed day for me. I attended three events — Moving with MUV (Movement for the Urban Village) dance workshop, the screening of My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hairitage at The Brothers Speak On Natural Beauty and URB ALT Festival with Muthawit and Leon Ware. Moving with MUV involved an […]

Moving on the Wires: Guest Posts, Flying Lotus, Tamara Natalie Madden, DJ Spooky…

*I am officially opening up my blog for guest posts. If you want to submit news, music, art, film, literature, essays, etc. that include afrofuturist and/or afrosurrealist themes, feel free to email me at svfreebird87@gmail.com. *Flying Lotus will be releasing his album, Until the Quiet Comes, on October 1st and 2nd. You can pre-order it […]

Modern Griots: Joy Jones

Joy Jones is a Trinidadian-American musician, medical and cultural anthropologist and scientist (she studied biology). She released two albums, The Joy/This Too Shall Pass and Godchild. Jones blends her church and gospel music upbringing with a mixture of styles including soca, classical, African choral music, soul, jazz and elctronica, as well as her experiences in […]