jaapd.bsky.social
Journalist @brabantsdagblad.bsky.social
KILL YOUR MASTERS - My book on Run The Jewels is out now through UGA Press: runthejewelsbook.com šš»š¤šæ
Posts in English and Dutch.
192 posts
92 followers
156 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
That is definitely going on the must-read list. Congrats!
comment in response to
post
Cheers. Thanks for clearing it up.
comment in response to
post
So much rap journalism from the blog era has disappeared in recent years. I wanted to connect those threads before more contemporary sources would drop from view. My respect for you guys is exactly what made me want to preserve this story.
comment in response to
post
Yes. Nobody asked me to write this, there werenāt any contracts signed before I was years along. I started the project on my own dime. This was not something that was offered to me by another party. I did it because it felt worthwhile to me to document this part of music history.
comment in response to
post
Side note: I obviously used videos, press releases, podcasts and interviews conducted by others for āKILL YOUR MASTERSā, alongside multiple interviews I conducted myself.
comment in response to
post
But if anyone in the team is taken aback by anything I did, thatās not on me. They couldāve let me know at any point.
Thereās no serious money in this. At all. I do hope you guys know this comes from a genuine place of appreciation for your work.
Peace.
comment in response to
post
It was a huge labor of love that took me many years, because I believe in documenting the context in which art that I appreciate was created, and how that in turn influences the world around said art.
That of course does not mean @el-p.bsky.social has to like what I did.
comment in response to
post
I even made sure the group itself got physical print proofs before publication. I handed them over to Mike and Gabe and asked them to give El one himself.
Everyone knew this book was being made, as it was being made and I did my best to keep them all abreast with its development.
comment in response to
post
Iāve sent several drafts of the book over the years. Various people involved with RTJ have asked to read it, I never told anyone off. Inversely, Iāve never been requested by them not to continue or been told that anything I was doing was considered improper.
comment in response to
post
En de verhalen erachter leveren ook nog eens prima leesvoer op!
comment in response to
post
Denying Ukraine access to the Starlink system that props up what remains of their internet infrastructure, probably.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
comment in response to
post
Je kan het ook omkeren: een sterke centrum-linkse partij is in mijn ogen absoluut gezond voor het politieke landschap, maar wel jammer dat dat ten koste gaat van meer uitgesproken of progressievere linkse geluiden. Zoals in de uiterst teleurstellende houding van GL/PvdA tov het geweld in Gaza.
comment in response to
post
Good point. And admirable how youāre still able to muster up empathy for those that arenāt.
comment in response to
post
Word to Franchesca Leigh
comment in response to
post
Dat is een mening.
Maar GroenLinks en PvdA zijn de twee grootste linkse partijen van NL. Een fusie betekent een boel voor de politieke verhoudingen.
Ik vind het juist vreemd dat niet veel meer mensen die daarin geĆÆnteresseerd zijn, ongeacht hun persoonlijke voorkeur, hier kritisch over nadenken.
comment in response to
post
Kritiek is automatisch niet valide en onwenselijk zodra de meerderheid van betrokken partijen het ergens mee eens is?
Mijn (ongevraagde) advies is nog eens diep na te denken over hoe dat klinkt.
comment in response to
post
Maar vergis je niet, de waarde van dat laatste valt moeilijk te overschatten.
Vandaag proosten we op jou. šš¼
comment in response to
post
Net op tijd voor de anderhalve man en een paardenkop die nog een Meta account hebben wil.
comment in response to
post
This is what a room full of people realizing their face has become leopard food looks like.
comment in response to
post
Uh oh, we hebben een glitch in de Matrix:
www.bd.nl/oss/vrouwen-...
comment in response to
post
Highly recommended in any language! Truly haunting and beautiful.
comment in response to
post
It backfires everywhere. Same thing happened in The Netherlands. You can't outflank the far right on the right; they're too far down that road by definition.
Trying to co-opt their lane only affirms their favorite talking points, and makes them more relevant in the eyes of the public.