I had so much going against me in the beginning: being black, being a woman, being a female rapper... I got to prove myself a hundred times, whereas the guys that came in around the same time as I did, they were given the titles so much quicker without anybody second-guessing. | | | | Laurie Anderson at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Oct. 13, 1989.
(Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I had so much going against me in the beginning: being black, being a woman, being a female rapper... I got to prove myself a hundred times, whereas the guys that came in around the same time as I did, they were given the titles so much quicker without anybody second-guessing.”
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| | rantnrave:// Why does R. KELLY still have a major-label record deal? Or any record deal? How frequently is that being asked in the halls of RCA RECORDS these days? Or anywhere? In case the recent HOLLYWOOD news wasn't enough to get that on-and-off discussion going again, here's CHICAGO MAGAZINE's MARK CARO on reporter/critic JIM DEROGATIS' 17-year quest to shed light on Kelly's treatment of women, which, if even half the allegations are even half true, is horrifying. It should be noted that Kelly has never been convicted of anything. Neither, it should also be noted, has HARVEY WEINSTEIN. Caro's longread serves as a solid profile of a writer who has consistently gone against the tide as both a critic and investigative reporter, cultivating plenty of enemies along the way. It also serves as a crucial reminder of what investigative reporters do, and what they endure. “All I’m doing," DeRogatis tells Caro, is listening to women who want to talk about how they were hurt, allegedly, by this superstar, and nobody else seems to want to listen to them.” Also, someone fired a bullet through a window in his house in 2002, on the day the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES published a major piece on the police investigation of Kelly. Caro's story raises, and doesn't answer, the question of why few reporters and publications have followed up on DeRogatis' reporting over the years. One theory on why several sites passed on his summer 2017 blockbuster alleging that Kelly is essentially running a cult is that the HULK HOGAN/GAWKER verdict has spooked the news business. But three months later, two of the preemiment news organizations in the US were fighting to be first with the Weinstein story. Weinstein's and Kelly's alleged victims are, shall we say, different. Could it be as simple as that? As ugly as that? Will Hollywood's reaction to the Weinstein story change the math for the music business? Or light a fire? MusicSET: "The R. Kelly Files"... Why artists should be charging more for in-demand concert tickets, and why they shouldn't, all in a story about this year's winner of the NOBEL PRIZE in economics... Can you win a Nobel for explaining why music sounds better when you're high?... GOOGLE doodle: SELENA... This man has the #1 album in the US... QUESTLOVE's "The Keith O Challenge," intended as both rebuke to, and edutainment for, rap-fearing KEITH OLBERMANN, is my new favorite SPOTIFY playlist... But this expansive, mind-bending, ever-growing playlist by FOUR TET, now up to 618 songs, could reclaim the title the next time he adds a batch of songs, which might have already happened by the time you read this... RIP IAIN SHEDDEN and DAVE BRY. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Over the past 17 years, Chicago’s loudest rock critic has been consumed by an increasingly high-profile undertaking: investigating the allegations of sexual abuse against R&B star R. Kelly. | | |
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| “It’s a different world now” -- and one that’s leveling the playing field for Asian-American pop artists, who’ve traditionally been shut out of the American music industry. | | |
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| Timberland hosts rap gigs. Princess Nokia makes films for Maybelline. And Red Bull is the new school of rock. Have brand partnerships destroyed counterculture? Or are they all that’s keeping it alive? | | |
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| Classical mythology is malleable. Take the origin of Athena. Was it Prometheus, Ares, or Hephaestus who cleaved open Zeus's head, thus allowing the patron goddess of Athens and future inventor of the flute to spring forth? As usual, it depends on who's telling the tale. | | |
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| In a rare interview, the Compton rapper discusses Trump, Obama and how we can all make a difference. | | |
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| People typically don’t like it when prices fluctuate with supply and demand, but there are ways companies can make it more palatable and fair. | | |
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| Members of Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate, Appleseed Cast, and others branch out to notable side projects. | | |
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| In the latest Beat Construction, the London producer explains how he got his start in music, and what working on Take Me Apart was really like. | | |
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| One of the greatest living artists in popular music still isn’t properly recognized. Joni transcends gender, genre, and time. Here’s why. | | |
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| On Friday (Oct 13), "SPIN" and Pitchfork revealed that Matt Mondanile, the ex-Real Estate guitarist who also performs as a solo artist under the name Ducktails, was dismissed from the band amid allegations of "unacceptable treatment of women." Mondanile issued a blanket denial of wrongdoing to Pitchfork. | | |
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| Vince Staples makes aggressively uncommercial music, but it's finding a new, (hopely) lucrative life in a very specific kind of movie trailer. | | |
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| Bear is most comfortable as an enigma, leaving fans to fill in the gaps where influence and intent part. | | |
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| The case for a passive discovery mechanism for friends' playlists on Spotify.This article started with a tweet on a Saturday evening. Simply put: I wish I had a better interface to discover playlists that are popular among my friends. | | |
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| They may face a lifetime of psychological and physical issues -- and could struggle to find help as Republicans work to gut Obamacare. | | |
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| The queen of hip-hop has fought her way to the top of the music industry - and never made compromises. | | |
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| By now, you've probably heard that Eminem delivered a blistering freestyle during Tuesday's (Oct 10) BET Hip Hop Awards show, skewering Donald Trump. | | |
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| William Patrick Corgan talks about hanging with Neil Young in his tepee, reveals he had a supernatural experience, covers Neil Young’s classic ‘After the Gold Rush’, performs new song ‘Aeronaut’, and sings the Smashing Pumpkins hit ‘1979’. | | |
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| On Sunday in downtown L.A. renowned artist Ryoji Ikeda presented a brand-new composition in collaboration with 100 automobile owners. | | |
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| The label will partner with accelerators to encourage entrepreneurs in the music space. | | |
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| In part 1 of our interview, our hosts listen in wonder as Susan recollects her early years and muses on her life as a studio pro and especially in her role as the right hand woman to one of the most prolific artists of all time. | | |
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