The Awl : While we’ve discussed Ian McShane, Corey Feldman and Milla Jovovich, this series on vanity projects has so far not addressed any album responsible for a major cultural scandal, academic controversy or employment change. This time, though, we’re talking about Sketches of My Culture , the first album by legendary academic and all-around super-genius Cornel West. Released in 2001, it became one of the major points of contention in a dispute between West and then-Harvard President Larry Summers that eventually grew so heated West left the university for Princeton. Read and comment. From theawl.com.

Bad Brains: A Band in DC Directed by Mandy Stein, Benjamen Logan (USA 2012, 104 minutes) Festival Screenings: Sunday, May 20, 9:00 p.m. at Pacific Place Wednesday, May 23, 9:00 p.m. at Harvard Exit I remember getting the ROIR tape of the Bad Brains’ first album in the mail for review in my fanzine in Read more...

That independent grind is about to be real "Amazing" for one  David Banner .  The southern rapper drops his free independent album,  Sex, Drugs & Video Games,   this upcoming Tuesday and to let his fans know it’s real, he released the video for the up tempo "Amazing," his collaboration with  Chris Brown . VIDEO: COLLEGIATE COME UP! David Banner Speaks At Harvard University  The “Amazing” visuals are creative and definitely display that David Banner charm we all love. The video is shot using stop motion technology, and it features the heads of Banner and Chris Brown photoshopped on various figures. The video includes scenes like the two rolling the streets in a fancy toy car, the two picking up some Barbies (no Nicki!) and Chris Brown having a dance off with a plastic, toy looking Michael Jackson. MUSIC: David Banner Ft. Chris Brown & A$AP Rocky “Yao Ming (Remix)”   "Amazing" is the first single off Banner's upcoming Sex, Drugs and Video Games mixtape. The project is free; however, Banner isn’t against fans who wants to show some financial support.  Banner wrote this on the video's YouTube  page : ""Sex, Drugs and Video Games" is a free mixtape, but Banner is asking for fans to support "The 2M1Movement". The goal of "Sex, Drugs & Video Games" is to show the world Urban music is still valuable. And how is he going to do that? Banner needs 2 million of you to download this mixtape for free, then he needs the same 2 million of you to donate at least $1 to the movement; but feel free to donate more, as there is no maximum donation." David Banner also went on to explain what he means by movement: "And what is "The Movement" you may ...

Today is Hill Harper 's birthday. And, in honor of his special day, the boss man wanted to send his warmest wishes! Hill is a successful author and actor and extremely intelligent, having graduated from Harvard Law. As a longtime friend of Uncle Rush, Hill and Russell have a lot in common, including being politically active and passionate about their work. Above is a special birthday message from Russell to Hill. Don't be left out, head over to @HillHarper and send him your warmest birthday wishes!

A new documentary exploring the roots of the Cambridge folk music scene and Club 47, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, recently screened to rave reviews in front of a sold out crowd at the Boston International Film Festival. Now, For The Love Of Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival will come home for a special [...]

Hipnotizaba a los alumnos de Harvard con la elegancia de sus conexiones y su increíble erudición.  Leer .  Escuchar

With The Punches will be releasing  Seams & Stitches  on July 3rd via Doghouse Records. Make sure to check out our premiere of a new song called “Don’t Panic” here and check out the track listing for the record below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] 01. Riverside 02. Bad Pennies 03. Harvard On The Hudson 04. Postcards 05. Home In A Lighthouse 06. Don’t Panic 07. I Told You Already 08. New York Minute 09. Letting Go 10. Face Value 11. Cags 12. Seams & Stitches

Charlotte, North Carolina's HRVRD (formerly Harvard) have signed to Equal Vision Records. The group has just wrapped up work on their sophomore album with producer Brian McTernan (Cave In, Thrice, Circa Survive). Check out some in-studio footage on YouTube . [ equalvision.com ]

Without getting all sentimental, we wanted to celebrate Mother's Day 2012 in the best way we know how - to celebrate the Women in Contemporary Music that drive us crazy, that go wild, that make us appreciate Women and the craft of music just a little more. This is far from an complete list. Mothers or not - these ladies are responsible for making our hearts flit and sing - making life better through music. Beth Ditto of Gossip Editor & Writer Nick Parker selected Beth Ditto . "Rock and roll rebellion is about difference, and there are very few women in music who ...

Filed under: News , Interview Robert Sebree "2011 was the busiest year of my life so far, but also the most rewarding," Serj Tankian tells Noisecreep. He isn't kidding. The firebrand vocalist might be turning 45 this August, but his work schedule would overwhelm most musicians half his age. Besides self-producing his stellar Harakiri solo album (out July 10), Tankian saw his rock musical, Prometheus Bound , which he composed all of the music for, open at the Oberon Theater at Harvard in Boston to rave reviews. 2011 also saw him release his second poetry book ( Glaring Through Oblivion ), tour with ...

Dank Radio : Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Mixcloud Mayday Mayday feat. Monkey Wrench [UK] (Live Broadcast 05.05.12) by Dank Radio on Mixcloud Big ups and many thanks to the boys in Bristol, Monkey Wrench [ Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud ] for providing us with an extremely sexxxi 420 Special [Shouts to Dismantle for putting me onto their music]. Salamat and gracias to all the callers and supporters. Even to the ones looking for our Aziatik Rhythmz brethren Radiobomb , we threw in a couple dubstep tunes for your hungry ears. Shout out to Jakwob who just released his latest mixtape for FREE [Download here ...

I made a third podcast! Made an art project out of the cover too! Neeshcast #3: It’s Never Too Late To Learn  Recorded: April 25, 2012. This may very well be the last Neeshcast… at least until I figure out a new hosting situation. I’ve run out of free space on this account. Keep up with me on twitter @Neesh , on facebook.com/neeshland - and hopefully I’ll get something situated soon. In this episode I discussed all sorts of stuff about the music industry in 2012 from both the perspective of a fan, as well as a ...

Artist: Green Velvet and Harvard Bass Album: Jumbo Mumbo Kickin It Released: 2012 Style: Electronic Format: MP3 320Kbps Size: 27 Mb Tracklist: 01 – Jumbo Mumbo 02 – Kickin It DOWNLOAD LINKS: RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD FILEZPRO: DOWNLOAD UPL...

Now for the second outing from this crazy equine fusion outfit from Germany. They are the brainchild of Wolfgang Schmidtke (saxes and keys) and Jan Kazda (bass and keys) who co-composed all the tracks. On this record, we have phenomenal fiddler Billy Bang (remember him?) guesting as well as Randy Becker on trumpets and flugelhorns. A certain Markus Wienstroer is on guitar. Singer is Rosay Wortham (great voice). Here we have an interesting case, not uncommon, in which the band is being pulled in two different directions. We have the logical extension of the ST's instrumental prog jazz with ...

One night, nearly two decades ago, Nicholas Stoller, at that time a freshman at Harvard, dragged his mattress out of his room and into the room of his suitemate. Both young men had long-distance high school girlfriends whom they missed terribly, and they'd decided to have a sleepover to bond over their shared state of longing. During the sleepover, the suitemate decided to put on his prom song, “Always” by the English synthpop duo Erasure. The two listened as a ghostly plucking of strings filled the room, accompanied by a faint, mournful moaning, then a pulsing beat and quirky ...