CMA Also Scrubs Their Performance From Social Media Sites NOV 5, 2016 – CMA is getting criticized for scrubbing their website and social media platforms after receiving too many racist comments from their viewers. Obviously there viewership consist of racists on large numbers, a “basket of deplorable”. Statements often used the n-word, and one viewer…
All Musicians Should Join Bruce Springsteen and Protest Discrimination APR 13, 2016 – JTMP supports Bruce Springsteen in his boycott of North Carolina against SB-2, the law that allows discrimination against the transgender community and does not respect their right to live freely, and to choose restroom or other facilities that they are comfortable with….
Feb 15, 2016 – Three writers and music critics for the NY Times, Jon Caramanica Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, have a good piece up about the current dust up and controversy of Beyonce’s recent Super Bowl halftime show where there were African-Americans in “uniform” and marching in “Formation” to speak out about police killing kids in inner…
Two-Thirds of Democratic Voters Favor His Single-Payer Health Care System FEB 10, 2016 – New Hampshire primary exit polls showed that young voters was the key to victory for Senator Bernie Sander’s victory, and two-thirds of those voters favor his single-payer health care system. Democratic voters were concerned about inequality and political integrity, in sharp contrast…
Concert For Progress On Race In America Tackles Roots and Solutions To Racism DEC 4, 2015 – A&E Network has brought together musicians from different races for a “Shining A Light” concert, TV special and website campaign in an attempt to explore the roots of racism, and to try and find solutions to tackle the…
Charles L. Hughes, director of the Memphis Center at Rhodes College, gives lecture NOV 6, 2015 – Maria Mullis has a great article up on The Daily Tar Heel about Dr. Charles Hughes from Rhodes College who just gave a lecture about music, racism, and southern culture. This is a must read for anybody interested…
Cities and People Across America Turn Away From Columbus Day Celebrations OCT 12, 2015 – JTMP joins the bandwagon in moving away from recognizing today as celebrating Columbus landing in the Americas and the genocide that followed, and instead focus on “continental unity and liberation” and celebrate today as “Indigenous People’s Day”. Indigenous People’s Day got…
Music Collective Talks About Black Lives Matter Movement OCT 6, 2015 – The music collective Wondaland chatted music, activism and the Black Lives Matter movement in a good piece by Nsenga Burton on HuffPo at the Centennial Park community event in Atlanta, Georgia recently. Wondaland member Roman GianArthur, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and engineer, told HuffPo, “We don’t approach social…
Group considering lawsuit to “protect the integrity of their music” SEP 8, 2015 – As Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis emerged from her prison cell after being imprisoned for discriminating against gay couples and not following the law, she was greeted by hundreds of supporters and the song “Eye of the Tiger” by 1980s pop rock…
David Grohl & Friends Disrupt Westboro Baptist Church Protest AUG 23, 2015 – The Foo Fighters “Rickrolled” the Westboro Baptist Church protesters that were holding a rally outside their Kansas City concert. David Grohl and the band pulled up in a pickup truck blasting music and holding signs, and Grohl made a great speech about…