DJ EZ Reader
My blogs
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Pedagogue, planetary citizen |
| Location | Camden, New Jersey |
| Introduction | "If you will suck my soul, I will lick your funky emotions" (Funkadelic, 1970) -- DJ, record collector, & funk scholar. Traitor to white supremacy — associate professor, medievalist, critical thinker, humanitarian, agitator |
| Interests | All things funky, radical politics, medieval literature, poetry, manuscript culture, translation, materialist philosophy |
| Favorite movies | Space is the Place (1974) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Pootie Tang (2001) Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) |
| Favorite music | Funk (duh!), hip hop (of course!), punk, hardcore, post-rock, creative & interesting alternative — whatever is smart, unexpected, & well-textured... I despise the insincere, the brain-washing, the exploitative, and any music that comes out of false consciousness (Ahm lookin at you, pop country!) |
| Favorite books | Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo (1972) Victor Lavalle, The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) Tain Bo Cuailnge (ca. 12th century) A Thousand and One Nights (9th century) Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1348) Brenu-Njalssaga (ca. 1300), William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) |