Our ability to understand and be interested in the compositions at the extremes has kept pace.
PULSE: American Music and Poetry from 1950 to 1970
This is a two-hour single session designed to discuss the parallel relationships between the American music and poetry from the 1950s to 70s.
Ian Condry Examines Japan’s Hip Hop
Hip Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization is the realization of many years of work for Ian Condry, an associate professor of Japanese cultural studies in MIT Foreign Languages and Literatures and a CMS faculty affiliate.
CMS Staffer’s Film Honors Reggae Artist Lynn Taitt
A long-time DJ and self-taught filmmaker, Fierro recently conflated his love for early Jamaican music and silver-screen spectacle to complete a 67-minute documentary titled Lynn Taitt: Rock Steady.
CMS.876 Goes Live with “Minority Report” on WMBR
This week was the kick off show for Minority Report (CMS.876) “100 Years of Radical Music” on MIT radio station WMBR (88.1).
“Stepping Up to the Mic”: Le Tigre Strategizes Third Wave Feminist Activism Through Music and Performance
An analysis of the political music band Le Tigre, this thesis explores the strategies for Third Wave feministic activism that Le Tigre creates and pursues through music and performance.
Contested Codes: The Social Construction of Napster
Napster as an object whose meanings were contested and ultimately resolved, or at least stabilized, within, across, and through a broader systems of power.
