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1 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity
“Rhythmically it can be flaccid, but like if I hear “Movin’ Out” and, you know, “heart attack-ack, ack, ack,” I enjoy that.”
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- 1 May 2024
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…Which aspect bothers you? In what sense does it matter that he’s not talented if you like it most of the time? It feels — dumbed down. I grew up in New Jersey, as you did. It appeals to a particular culture that I feel I ought to be rejecting a bit more than perhaps I do. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say this, given the topic of your book, but in some ways, it’s too “white” for me. Rhythmically it can be flaccid, but like if I hear “Movin’ Out” and, you know, “heart attack-ack, ack, ack,” I enjoy that. Am I wrong? Is it that it was so influential that it’s become banal through people —…
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