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Tsixx on HET #37

Join Tsixx on the Horizon at End Times podcast. We discuss his Alabama upbringing, military service in Iraq, the southern vote for Hillary Clinton, and his new life in Portland. His new company Tsixx Productions will host a red carpet comedy show featuring national guests at Curious Comedy Theatre on April 2nd. In the monologue, I […]

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Robert McChesney and John Nichols

Horizon at End Times Episode 36 Join the authors of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy, Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols. We get to talk about the stuff that I’m always thinking about which is, what is going on, how we got here, and whats coming next? In […]

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Preamble Speaks Volumes

Qasim Ali Naqvi reintroduces the simmering drama of Film Noir. Known for his lean dexterous drumming in the modern acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim Ali Naqvi leaves behind the rhythmic imperative, taking his hand to ensemble composition using a mix of graphic and traditional notation. Preamble, his latest composition released to the NNA Tapes label, succeeds in […]

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Ancient Timeless Gnawa Music

Innov Gnawa imports Arab mysticism to the post-post-modern world. Throughout the last decade, a market has grown for obscure “world music” collections, anthologies, and remasters, spawning indie labels with a niche in one part of the world or another. It’s not all traditional — much is electronic. As 21st Century progress plows over all the […]

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“Hot Head” Melts the Genre

It’s an exciting time to be a Death Grips fan. Just under a year after the release of their avant-thrashing, cyber-punk double album The Powers That B, the infamous trio have announced a new album in the works titled, Bottomless Pit and just shared “Hot Head,” the fiery new song expected to be on this album. What are […]