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The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society”

If on a winter’s night a traveler, the 1979 novel by Italo Calvino, consists of delineated chapters, each of which are divided into two sections. The first section of the individual chapter is a narrative of the reader trying to read a novel called If on a winter’s night a traveler while the second sectionContinue reading “The Many Beginnings of Tortoise’s “Cliff Dweller Society””

“Beat Bop”: Hip-Hop and World-Building in 1980s Downtown New York

Listening to the 1983 hip-hop single “Beat Bop” 40 years after its recording is an act of retroactive discovery. It feels like climbing to the top of a mountain and seeing the future from the perspective of the future.  “Beat Bop” features solid representation of early hip-hop rhymes courtesy of a then 15-year old battleContinue reading ““Beat Bop”: Hip-Hop and World-Building in 1980s Downtown New York”