Thyklopth wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 4:29 pm At it’s very best it’s about caring about others and being curious about things you don’t understand about other races, sexual preferences, etc. (i.e. the quick dismissal of Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show by white people, many of whom are liberal without poking around the ‘nternets to learn what “Not Like Us” and the whole performance was about)

it's a diss track. and it was soooo important he censored himself.
that's about all i need to know to discuss it on monday morning with whoever.

ChudFusk wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:30 pm This might be Boyd Rice’s fault but I associate tiki bar culture with single middle-aged sex tourists

Looking forward to Non performances at the Kennedy Center and the inevitable neofolk revival!

Jacques wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 5:49 pm

rsmurphy wrote: Mon Nov 25, 2024 8:09 am falling from the mouths of white people it's crap

I agree. This is a tough one.

While I don't feel it is my word to use, I appreciate its meaning through many decades of use from the Jim Crow South up until its ignominious co-option by clueless white liberals in the twenty-teens.

Bill Burr, of all people, has a funny bit about that.

In case you're curious, this is the earliest recorded usage of the word "woke" in the context of social justice.

It's from the Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a brief interview following a performance of the song "Scottsboro Boys" by Leadbelly.

@ 4:27: "I advise everybody to be a little careful when they go down through there. Stay woke, keep their eyes open."