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Excitable Speech

By Steven Rybicki on 3.19.09 @ 1:00PM

If M.I.A. is the Gayatri Spivak of pop music (cf. the-now-defunct Stylus; the Fork; and the Dean himself, Robert Christgau), then could her new protégé Rye Rye become its Judith Butler?

All of this is to say: is it me or is politicized pop music much more playful and rewarding today than when Rage Against the Machine used to grimace and name-check Frantz Fanon?

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Excitable Speech — But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

Speech If M.I.A. is the Gayatri Spivak of pop music (cf. the-now-defunct Stylus; the Fork; and the Dean himself, Robert Christgau), then could her new protégé Rye Rye become its Judith … → Read full article… Excitable Speech Tagged as: Cf, Dean, Gayatri Spivak, Pop Music, Robert Christgau { 0 comments… add one now } Leave a Comment Name * E-mail * Website You can use these HTML tags and attributes:…

Baffled| 3.19.09 @ 4:01PM

Was this really even worth a blog entry? Seriously?

Rubeczech| 3.20.09 @ 9:24AM

I have no clue what this is supposed to be saying.

jlkjl| 1.5.10 @ 1:26AM

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