Skip navigation

Category Archives: mp3

Top 10 Albums of 2008

December 28, 2008 – 6:07 am

After a WHOLE YEAR of deliberation, I bring you my decisive Top Ten Albums of 2008. I think. Maybe I shouldn’t be so decisive, because I’ve revised this about 15,000 times in the last two weeks. Let me just say this: It was a GOOD year for music. Things started to get really interesting in [...]

By sophie | Also posted in art, media, music, upside down | Comments (1)

missing in action

March 28, 2008 – 9:07 pm

I kind of dropped the ball last week, and I’m sorry. There are many perfectly good reasons for it, though, and I thought I might detail them for you so you can feel like you’re more involved in my life.
news.
My life mentor, Salim Muwakkil, came to speak at Whitman this week, which was a [...]

By sophie | Also posted in animal rights, art, barack obama, internet, media, race, racism, upside down | Leave a Comment

the cause of violence

September 3, 2007 – 7:34 pm

Today the New York Times ran a pretty fascinating little piece on Colorado Springs and its music scene. Surprise, surprise: Police are blaming gangsta rap and hip-hop music for a spike in homicides in the area (there have been 19 already this year, compared with 15 in 2006).
I know what’s obvious, here: You can’t blame [...]

By sophie | Also posted in hollywood, media, music, politics, race, racism | Comments (1)

Ten Political Songs

August 9, 2007 – 2:07 am

I posted a new page with my 10 favorite political songs of all time — and there are even MP3s and videos for most of them. Enjoy.

By sophie | Also posted in art, media, music, politics, video | Comments (1)