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Paul Milchick

Paul Milchik is a pseudonym for the author of this piece. His name has been changed due to his status as an international student in the US during the second Trump administration, in a context where foreign students have been targeted for detention and deportation as a result of expressing pro-Palestinian views.

Mixtapes and Megaupload

I was going to post the link to Das Racist's latest offering, a funny, irreverent and poignant mixtape by Heems AKA Himanshi Suri, unofficial leader of the NYC rap group, but the FBI has just shut down the file sharing site Megaupload, which Heems used to post his free mixtape, "Nehru jackets." Apparently Megaupload has been accused of pursuing a business model based on copyright infringement. This comes after a week of high profile protests against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Interesting times indeed.

Music Break. Alabama Shakes

Remember the Alabama Shakes--the best band of 2011. At the heart of the Alabama Shakes--the best band of 2011--is guitarist and singer Brittany Howard, described by my wife as "a cross between Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse."

Afrikaner Bloods

Factual media reporting on how South African relationships and attitudes, especially between blacks and whites, evolve are hard to come by.

Rock Angola

Rock music has been popular in Angola since the late colonial period and forms part of a complex urban soundscape in the country.