Mad Max in Botswana
We already know they can play. Now there’s evidence of heavy metal fashion in Botswana, an anomaly–according to photographer Frank Marshall— in Southern Africa’s mainly white metal scene.
Further Reading
The music industry and vaccine apartheid
Music’s ingratiating moral mask has withered, revealing a disfigured face whose true ethical philosophy is, as Lauryn Hill once noted, “paper thin.”
Cultural appropriation and sugar drinks
Contrary to the utopian dreams of the early internet, the idea of a more democratic communications space has given way to a system of capitalist exploitation, including how we consume music.
My favorite things from the last six months
I was asked to pick my “Best Six,” that is your “favorite (six) things from the last six months.”
A Spaza Shop Job
Postapartheid South African music culture is one big cut and paste job.