M.I.A. censored on YouTube

First of all I thought M.I.A. announced she had retired? Clearly that is not the case, and she’s made it loud and clear with the release of her new single, Born Free. Available steaming for free on her site. I’ve decided to not embed the video for it here on the blog. Perhaps it’s because it’s before 8am, but it’s one of the more violent/graphic music... Read More

The sound of Yup’ik

Alright so friend of the Fort Lloyd Eugene Winter IV suggested I add this here – and I have an audio file to accompany this post so let’s roll with it. A couple weeks ago the Oregon Humanities were nice enough to publish a few of my words on their blog about an experience I had listening to an Inuit man speak to me in his native Yup’ik language. I’ll just... Read More