U2 Turns Set Green in Support of Iranian People
U2 turns green in support of Iranians! Thanks! [Twitter]
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on Michael Jackson : ‘A Chocolate Genius’ That Evoked Emotions Beyond His Age
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson was recently on PBS’ Tavis Smiley Show where he spoke about the lasting legacy of Michael Joseph Jackson on society, pop music, race, and history in the United States. Dyson makes it clear that by nature of how much harder Michael Jackson had to work as a Black artist in America, comparisons between the King of Pop and the King of Rock and Roll will always inherently be skewed largely in favor of Michael Joseph Jackson, who had to work harder to become apart of the American culture than the sexy white man singing the songs of the marginalized Black communities:
“Elvis had a step stool if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture, they identified with him. Michael Jackson had to come further and go deeper into the pit of possibility of American democracy and of cultural expression. His music was not seen as an intimate and organic development of American society. As a result of that, he had to challenge the white supremacist barriers that kept him from being even recognized as a human being number one and then the art form that was usually commodified and appropriated by the dominant white culture and then used to its advantage. Michael Jackson already in his music took back the prerogative of expressing an African American identity by an artist in the twentieth century. So that when you see Michael and Elvis on the same track, I think ultimately, Michael Jackson begins to moonwalk away from Elvis Presley‘s wiggle and he begins to one of the most profound articulations of human possibility that we’ve seen in the twentieth century.”
Real News Network’s Pepe Escobar on Iranian Election : ‘The Revolution Was Not Twitter, There Was No Revolution’
In this commentary piece for The Real News Network, Pepe Escobar is able to make a declarative statement about what it will take for real change to come to Iran by connecting the people, places, and events that have lead up to the fallout from Iran’s tenth Presidential election:
“In the end the Revolution was not Twitter, because there was no Revolution. The Army, the Revolutionary Guards they didn’t support the people. The Bazari merchants and the oil and gas industry workers, they didn’t go on strike…People were angry of course because they felt their vote had been stolen. There was nothing ideological about it. When they took to the streets they made clear that they wanted a better economy, less unemployment, a less stifling regime, a little more freedom of speech and of dress for women, less fiery rhetoric from Ahmadinejad. In sum, they wanted a better life…This doesn’t mean this was a Gucci, Youtube, Twitter uprising of the petty bourgeoisie.”
One of the best commentaries on #IranElection by Pepe Escobar [Twitter]
Brüno on the Obamas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Apparently Brüno is crushing hard on the leaders of two of the most powerful nations in the world, who happen to have one of the most contentious relationships in global politics.
It seems the catalyst for the eruption of World War III will not be global terror, nuclear arms, or globalization but a fictitious male model depicted by the guy who brought the world Borat and Ali G:
Barack and Michelle Obama:
Ich can understand ze pressure zat Michelle is going through. Every day she stands next to one of ze sexiest, most powerful men in ze vorld, und has to look AMAZING, but not steal ze limelight. Exactly ze same dilemma all Bruno‘s boyfriends have felt. As far as First Ladies’ style goes, I think she‘s doing a good job und compares favourably to say Nancy Reagan‘s ‘Microwaved Barbie‘ look, or Barbara Bush‘s ‘Boris Yeltsin in drag‘ thing.
Regarding Barack, ich am very disappointed in him so far. Vhen he kept banging on about ‘Change – yes ve can!’…Ich suggest Barack, zhat you change ze record – put on Just Dance by Lady Gaga, rip off your shirt, und give us all a glimpse of vhat we voted for! I am hoping zat he vill soon declare war on Iran, so that he has to visit troops in the desert und break out the beach wear.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
I love his look – ‘taxi driver chic‘ – but he would look even cuter if he broke it up vit some splashes of colour und simple accessories. Ich have got to admit something. Bruno’s got a crush on him. He’s SO cute – he’s like ze Arab George Clooney! He famously said zat zere are no gay people in Iran, so he must be very sexually frustrated. Ze only nuclear bomb vaiting to go off in Iran is hidden underneath zose grey slacks of his, und Bruno vould like to press ze red button.
Brüno Has His Eye on Ahmadinejad [The Cut]
Video : Tavis Smiley ‘Long Live The Legacy of Michael Joseph Jackson’
“As long as his music is in us and we revel in his contribution, we celebrate his humanity, his legacy will always live.”
New video blog on Michael Jackson‘s legacy [Twitter]
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