Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts

*Please DONATE to the blog! Any donations will be appreciated! Either click on the donate button on the side or send them via paypal to my email svfreebird87@gmail.com. Thank you! *”Newly Discovered Octavia Butler Stories to be Published in June!:” “Two newly-discovered Octavia Butler stories are coming out this summer! “A Necessary Being” and “Childfinder” […]

Modern Griots Reviews: MoonDance at PS1

Many go to church on Sundays for inspirational music and message, but last Sunday I was at the Moondance event at MOMA’s PS1 in Queens for them. Organized by DJ King Britt, the event, which took place in tent dome, featured several DJs, several musical performances, poetry and a discussion on Afrofuturism. The afrofuturistic event […]

Modern Griots Recap: OmniPresent

Thursday, I attended the science fiction magazine, Omni Magazine, reboot reception and although I was not overwhelmingly impressed with the exhibition, there were a few highlights from it that I took away: *DJ and musical creative King Britt was there to show off his skills, including his A Different View mix (listen below), and some […]

Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts

*Please DONATE to the blog! Any amount is appreciated! Either click the donate button at the side panel or send donations via paypal to my email svfreebird87@gmail.com. Thank you! *Janelle Monae Interview on The Guardian (David Bowie and Iman are huge fans!) and post about the future of holograms in concerts featuring Monae and M.I.A.’s […]

Moving on the Wires: This Week’s News and Posts

*Please DONATE to my blog! Any amount is appreciated! You can click the paypal button at the side panel or send it to my email svfreebird87@gmail.com through paypal. I was not able to do this post last week because my computer malfunctioned, so this is a combined post for the past two weeks. *If you […]

Otherworldly Videos: Noise Gate + Spoek Mathambo + Fhloston Paradigm

Here is Donovan Vim Crony’s sci-fi short Noise Gate! The film is about a “dimension-traveling scientist who is in search of the ultimate reality. His only passage into that realm is something called the NOISE GATE.” It reminds me a little bit of Afrikan Boy and DJ Shadow’s ending for the video for “I’m Excited.” […]

Modern Griots Reviews: Summerstage – Femi Kuti + Sinkane

Every time I go to a park concert, I am reminded of why I dislike going to park concerts: 1) the scorching heat (I almost passed out from it) 2) the standing up for several hours 3) the rude people who either step in front of you while you are recording a performance or the […]

Moving on the Wires: Black Girls Code in NYC +Afrikadaa/Afrofuturism +Afrofuturism 2070+Black Girls Are From the Future+Blogging While Brown…

*On Thursday in Brooklyn, Black Girls Code will have a free screening of their documentary with founder Kimberly Bryant. “The event will help support our expanded Summer of CODE 2013 and bring our mobile lab to 10 new cities and reach 2,000 more girls. In addition, we will discuss the development of New York City Chapter of […]

Modern Griots: King Britt

King Britt is a Grammy-nominated electronic composer, musician and DJ. He is currently part of The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage’s music program, Noise From the 18th Floor. His curated playlist is Cosmic Culture: A Sonic Journey Into Afrofuturism, which includes music from the past, present and future of afrofuturism. Britt also premieres his […]