Facebook Portal, a Gateway to “Wut?”Having worked in and around new digital ventures and various “revolutions” in communications technology for the past 20 years, I am…Jan 5, 2021Jan 5, 2021
Narrative DissonanceReluctant as anyone should be to get sucked into Trump’s tedious twitter vortex — Lord knows the man hardly needs more exposure — but this…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
Ill Winds Blowing Across the PondWhat can Indigos in the USA take from the UK General Election results? Here FWIW is the take of a politically migrant, disenfranchised…Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
The Grammys and the Politics of DanceThe Grammys — like the US music industry in general — have struggled with how to categorize Dance music ever since Disco was banished in…Feb 2, 20181Feb 2, 20181
Complicityaka that sinking feeling when you realize you may have helped the bastards winOct 6, 2017Oct 6, 2017
From Consumer Brands to Firebrands. Can Starbucks & Co Make America Great Again?There’s an awful lot blowin’ in the wind these days. The air has become polluted by the first two weeks of this new Administration faster…Feb 12, 2017Feb 12, 2017
Really the Blues — soulful reflections on a racist dawnIt’s easy to be disgusted by the woman in West Virginia who dared to call the First Lady ‘an ape in heels’ on Facebook the other day. That…Nov 21, 2016Nov 21, 2016
Orange is the New Black MirrorSo, then — Donald Trump: it has to be a good thing. Existentially speaking, he’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, but there’s more to it than…Feb 28, 2016Feb 28, 2016
Head to the Sky — An Elegy to Maurice WhiteLet’s just say I am very very very very VERY upset at the recent news of the passing of Maurice White, leader of Earth Wind and Fire, truly…Feb 27, 2016Feb 27, 2016