I'd love to see some brainy critic deal with the issues of having a transgendered performer e.g. NOLA's Katey Red appropriating the basic rap format and having it be a celebration of a dance primarily performed by women, consisting of an incredibly athletic orbiting of da booty. I'm kinda happy to have lived along to see such a sex-political mash up!
http://www.dlisted.com/2011/06/09/hot-slut-day
And further up the battle lines - here's a video from fellow Sissy Bounce superstar (and I don't use the term lightly) Big Freedia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-cT6SwFIHA&feature=fvsr
Big Freedia's sound is clearly much more macho - macho, gay, rap?
JUST ENJOY IT
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
X-Treme-ists
We watch "Treme" every Sunday night. Read this blog http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo every Monday morning and the re-watch the episode Monday night. Great fun.
To supplement the excellent commentary:
for those who might want to grab some of these experiences for home enjoyment:
*"(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone" - performed by Cyril Neville in this episode - you can find Roy Montrell's original on the excellent - "The Cosimo Matassa Story" a four CD set with a good 120 songs that you can purchase for as little as $13 new if you look around.
http://www.amazon.com/Cosimo-Matassa-Story-Various-Artists/dp/B000QCQG28/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1308140131&sr=1-1
You'll find ALOT of the original versions of songs you've heard on the series on this collection and a good number of these songs appear playing on jukeboxes, or on car radios, etc.
*in one of the scenes at the Cajun Mardi Gras celebrations - they perform and there's a short sermon spoken at the grave of Dennis McGee, one of the fathers of Cajun music. Recently Tompkins Square records released a 2 CD set by Amede Ardoin, "Mama, I'll Be Long Gone" with the vast majority of songs featuring Amede AND Dennis McGee.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_88?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=amede+ardoin+-+mama.+i%27ll+be+long+gone+the+complete+recordings+of+amede+ardoin+1929-1934&sprefix=amede+ardoin+-+mama.+i%27ll+be+long+gone+the+complete+recordings+of+amede+ardoin+1929-1934
Amede is credited as one of the fathers of Zydeco - performing and recording from the late 1920's to the mid 30's. Legendarily he accepted a handerchief from a white woman to wipe sweat off his face at a performance and thereafter was beaten so severely he was committed to a mental institution where he remained till his death, not long after. SO... even around 1930 one of the most influential area musical units was racially intergrated.
To supplement the excellent commentary:
for those who might want to grab some of these experiences for home enjoyment:
*"(Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone" - performed by Cyril Neville in this episode - you can find Roy Montrell's original on the excellent - "The Cosimo Matassa Story" a four CD set with a good 120 songs that you can purchase for as little as $13 new if you look around.
http://www.amazon.com/Cosimo-Matassa-Story-Various-Artists/dp/B000QCQG28/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1308140131&sr=1-1
You'll find ALOT of the original versions of songs you've heard on the series on this collection and a good number of these songs appear playing on jukeboxes, or on car radios, etc.
*in one of the scenes at the Cajun Mardi Gras celebrations - they perform and there's a short sermon spoken at the grave of Dennis McGee, one of the fathers of Cajun music. Recently Tompkins Square records released a 2 CD set by Amede Ardoin, "Mama, I'll Be Long Gone" with the vast majority of songs featuring Amede AND Dennis McGee.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_88?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=amede+ardoin+-+mama.+i%27ll+be+long+gone+the+complete+recordings+of+amede+ardoin+1929-1934&sprefix=amede+ardoin+-+mama.+i%27ll+be+long+gone+the+complete+recordings+of+amede+ardoin+1929-1934
Amede is credited as one of the fathers of Zydeco - performing and recording from the late 1920's to the mid 30's. Legendarily he accepted a handerchief from a white woman to wipe sweat off his face at a performance and thereafter was beaten so severely he was committed to a mental institution where he remained till his death, not long after. SO... even around 1930 one of the most influential area musical units was racially intergrated.
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