Last weekend, I was leaving the Tahoe area. I hadn’t really been following the news at all while on vacation. While in a convenience store, I happened to glance at Twitter and saw the news: Amy Winehouse, dead at age 27. How you reacted probably depended on what your relationship was with Winehouse as a [...]
The White Shadow?
Rap has always been assumed to be a personal artform. Whether the artist in question states it explicitly or not, the assumption is made that the performer has written the lyrics that he or she performs. (And performers receive aggressive criticism if it is believed this is not true.) Personal authorship wasn’t always true at [...]
The changing nature of fandom
Here’s another piece of my discussion with AOL TV’s Maureen Ryan (See the previous video here). In this video, we talk about how fandom has changed, particularly in today’s social media environment. Fans can be more visible and louder than they’ve ever been before. As Ryan points out, there’s now an attitude of “Because my [...]