Damn I REBLOGGED This so FAST… and will keep doing it…
So real! And the public and media ignored this fact for the longest!
Wow!!!!! I will reblog this every time I see it.
This is basically it.
Virgil is good with sewing
New Music Video on the Way!
I’m excited to announce that the first official Husky In Denial music video has been completed, and it looks awesome!
Thanks to everyone who came out and helped, and a big thanks to the people who supported us. Everyone involved will get a digital prescreening soon. I’ll be in touch.
Also, special thanks to K. Lewis Productions for taking the 10 hours to film down here in Memphis!
I’ll be…
The Logic of Iggy Azalea
Among my friends, with one notable exception, Iggy Azalea is known as that Australian rapper that raps like a black chick. Indeed, you can’t talk about Iggy without telling jokes about her accent, and she has become the epitome of the appropriation of black culture among concerned circles.
To be sure, there is absolutely a legitimate discussion to be had about the cultural appropriation of black culture by whites, and Iggy Azalea is certainly a perfect case-in-point, but I think that Iggy is not necessarily where the blame should be pointed.
Hear me out.
Iggy Azalea is a performer who is selling her music to a primarily American audience. Much of her music has been produced by T.I. to be consumed by the kind of people who listen to T.I. Now, you may suggest that her use of black dialect is inappropriate, but what, in that case, would you prefer? Should she rap with an Australian dialect? If she did, do you think her demographic would buy it?
If you said yes, then congratulations. You should probably check out Perfect Hair by Busdriver, because you can dig individuality of voice from your musicians. But the truth is that most people do NOT want to hear it. Her voice is tailored to her demographic.
Consider Rihanna. You may have noticed over the years since her debut that her music has lost that distinct Barbadian flavor that marked some of her earlier work. That’s in part because the music industry behind her decided that anglicizing her would help her appeal to a wider audience. She’s not unique in doing this. There are plenty of Irish and English singers who lose their distinct brogue when singing. This is also true in country music. I can guarantee you most country musicians don’t actually talk with the heavy twang they perform with. It’s part of the performance; it sells the music to the demographic they’re pitching to.
Why is that different with Iggy Azalea? When white people rap, what are they supposed to sound like? What do you expect to hear? More importantly to the music industry, what do you expect to sell? Hip hop has particular sounds that sell well, and part of the signature sound right now is a particular southern, black dialect.
Iggy Azalea is a product, and she is tailored to what you expect to hear. Perhaps it’s not Iggy that’s the problem as much as the industry behind her. The major music labels are all about appropriating culture and regurgitating it back at you. If you don’t want to be sold music from people like Iggy Azalea, then you must stop supporting the machine that sells her, that is desperately clinging on to anything to survive, that refuses to take risks because Iggy is what will sell.
Whether or not you believe cultural appropriation is at play, these are very relevant things to consider concerning Iggy Azalea’s rap. It’s important to remember the context of the music industry in this discussion, because it may not be Iggy herself that you should throw your ire toward.
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But really, I’m curious what people think she should sound like.
The Logic of Furry
I have a friend who gets offended when you call him a human. To him, humanity is a plague, an imperfection, something base he considers beneath him. To him, furry is the alternative to humanity, and as a furry, he has broken free of his human chains and achieved something greater, something quintessential that the fog of culture and language and society have obscured.
Most people are certain he’s nuts.
But I don’t begrudge him his weird religion of furry. My gripe with him comes with his smug sense of self-righteousness, and his disavowal of the beauty of what it is to be a human. In point of fact, I disagree with his philosophy.
There is nothing more human than being a furry.
After all, what is furry? It’s a projection of humanity onto inhuman things. It’s looking into the unknown and turning it into something we can relate to. It’s knowing that a dog is smiling and that a cat thinks it’s a god.
And in turn, it’s taking those abstract concepts and becoming one with them, finding symbolism in the world and embodying those symbols. It’s representing ourselves with an idea, an ego, a persona, something outside of ourselves that becomes one with who we are.
Furry is the ability to imagine the world through another creature’s eyes, and to relate ourselves to the world around us.
In short, it is quintessentially human.
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I’d suggest that one who lacks these abilities could be considered subhuman, and that’s truly obscene.
KUNG-Fu! CD release parties at Fang Con and MGLCC!
KUNG-Fu! CD release parties at Fang Con and MGLCC!
I had a great time at Festival of Souls hanging out with SJ Tucker and meeting Tuatha Dae, but now it’s already time to get ready for my next two shows coming up!
I’m REALLY excited about Fang Con! I’ll be releasing a CD along side fellow furry musician NIIC, and sharing the stage with the unfairly talented Rhubarb the Bear and the thundering Dozen Dead Furs. If you’re into partying, the duo…
The Bedfellows - Rap Song
NEW POST: The Bedfellows - Rap Song
I think we might have actually outdone ourselves this time!
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Sitting here trying to write a new song. Decided to add a bassline, only to realize I’ve already written this song before.
Drat.
Since it’s my birthday today, I’ll let you have a little snippet of the single I’m working on for June :3 This is my favorite part of the whole song :3
People who have come to my concerts may recognize this one :3
Check out the cool commission our boss got for us :D
This is the Bedfellows team. Second from the left. That one’s me, of course :3
Art by Touch of Snow
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/touchofsnow
In order:
Pommy - Voice Actor - Sheen and Fatigue
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/pommyn64
Buck - Musician
Aqua - Story Boards
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/aquacoon
Sheen - Big Boss, Animation
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/shenanigans
Fatigue - Backgrounds
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/fatigue
Notorious - Animation
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