Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Blonkie Watch: NIN/Bauhaus/TVOTR
In RT's now-ongoing quest to educate the New York Times and other outlets on the strange phenomenon of black people into indie/punk/New Wave/weird-ass-white-folks-music, here is a two-fer.
This black blogger hereby presents a video of Nine Inch Nails jamming with classic goth band Bauhaus and my Brooklyn post-punk homies TV On The Radio (who feature a *gasp* black lead singer! The song "Final Solution" is a cover of a seminal proto-punk/alternative band called Pere Ubu -- the second best thing to come out of Cleveland:
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This black blogger hereby presents a video of Nine Inch Nails jamming with classic goth band Bauhaus and my Brooklyn post-punk homies TV On The Radio (who feature a *gasp* black lead singer! The song "Final Solution" is a cover of a seminal proto-punk/alternative band called Pere Ubu -- the second best thing to come out of Cleveland:
Labels: Blonkies, punk, white liberal-media patronization
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Hey, Hey, We're The Blonkies!
Madscribe: Retro Record Moment
I am now indebted to RAG for coming up with the name of the Ska-Punk band I was thinking of forming later this year (ha!). Yes, some of use were skinheads even before Mother Nature, the Aryan Nation, or New York Times ruined it for all us alternative-music-minded "crazy baldheads."
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I am now indebted to RAG for coming up with the name of the Ska-Punk band I was thinking of forming later this year (ha!). Yes, some of use were skinheads even before Mother Nature, the Aryan Nation, or New York Times ruined it for all us alternative-music-minded "crazy baldheads."
And surprise, surprise surprise. You'll never guess who was once recruited to do a "Blonkie Video." The un-Blonkiest filmmaker of them all, Spike Lee, once directed a very blonkie short subject for my all-time favorite blonkie group, Fishbone.
So, sit back and enjoy the ONLY heavy metal video directed by Mr. 40-Acres himself, "Sunless Saturday" ...Labels: Blonkies, Fishbone, Spike Lee, white liberal-media patronization
Gray Lady Discovers Blonkies
If white kids into black music are "wiggers," obviously, black kids who like white music, must be "blonkies"! Thank you, New York Times for discovering this amazing trend:
Who indeed?
Finally, the New York Times can allow these invisible blonkies to come out of the closet and admit that, you know, they might actually like punk rock!! What's next?
Thank you, New York Times, thank you!!! I can now die and go to punk-rock heaven and mosh in peace!
P.S. The above quote from the story should be prime source material for anyone attempting to write a parody of a New York Times article. (Hat-tip: Gawker)
UPDATE: The Gawker piece was written by this blogger who I am kicking myself for not discovering earlier. Being the hard-working black man that he is, he gets around: This piece on the dynamics of the all-black head coach Super Bowl is one of the funniest things I've read in some time.
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WHEN Douglas Martin first saw the video for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as a teenager in High Point, N.C., “it blew my mind,” he said. Like many young people who soothe their angst with the balm of alternative rock, Mr. Martin was happy to discover music he enjoyed and a subculture where he belonged.Black kids into indie rock! Who would ever think such a thing would exist?
Except, as it turned out, he didn’t really belong, because he is black.
Who indeed?
Finally, the New York Times can allow these invisible blonkies to come out of the closet and admit that, you know, they might actually like punk rock!! What's next?
Thank you, New York Times, thank you!!! I can now die and go to punk-rock heaven and mosh in peace!
P.S. The above quote from the story should be prime source material for anyone attempting to write a parody of a New York Times article. (Hat-tip: Gawker)
UPDATE: The Gawker piece was written by this blogger who I am kicking myself for not discovering earlier. Being the hard-working black man that he is, he gets around: This piece on the dynamics of the all-black head coach Super Bowl is one of the funniest things I've read in some time.
Labels: indie rock, New York Times, punk, white liberal-media patronization
