Why Janelle Monae’s ‘Dirty Computer’ Film Is a Timely New Sci-Fi Masterpiece

We explore the many sci-fi references in Janelle Monáe's brilliant new "emotion picture" 'Dirty Computer.'

Rolling Stone

"but hold tight for a full on lysergic, purgatorial sounding meltdown finale, graced by Shariff's far out and freaky vocal talents"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/mourning-a-blkstar-let-em-eat-ft-fatboi-sharif-don-giovanni

Find Mourning [A] Blkstar & Fatboi Sharif freaking out the Slow Soul Playlist.
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-soul-playlist

#soul #psychedelic #afrofuturism #independent #artist #slow #music #cleveland 

Mourning [A] BLKstar - Let 'Em Eat (ft. Fatboi Sharif) [Don Giovanni]

but hold tight for a full on lysergic, purgatorial sounding meltdown finale, graced by Shariff's far out and freaky vocal talents.

The Slow Music Movem
Gentle reminder, Dr. @nnedi.bsky.social has a paperback edition of "She Who Knows" coming out. nnedi.com/books/she-wh... #BookSky #WriterSky #SciFi #AfroFuturism "The book has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews"-Kirkus Reviews #AltText by @anthropic.com Claude.ai
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@nnedi.bsky.social)

*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com

Bluesky Social

The Defiant Sci-Fi of Janelle Monae by Polyphonic
So I learned something today.

#l8n8music #til #AfroFuturism

https://youtu.be/jdylle_hPgQ?list=TLPQMTgwNDIwMjVKszG60KkkIA

The Defiant Sci-Fi of Janelle Monae

YouTube

#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Soul

Never been a #ColdPlay fan. And truth be told, I only really dug #FrankOcean circa 2011's #NostalgiaUltra - were those Frank's Wild Years? Nevertheless his #falsetto has ruled since day one, and his #Afrofuturism-infused reimagining of Coldplay's "Strawberry Swing" effortlessly blew away the original. A glistening nugget that graced many, many of my playlists from the 2010s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7wcRZWRDdw

Frank Ocean - Strawberry Swing

YouTube
Why Black Imagination Is A Blueprint of Liberation with adrienne maree brown

Podcast Episode · Black History Year · 04/08/2025 · 57m

Apple Podcasts
AFAHYE, by OSHUN

4 track album

OSHUN

Halfway through "Africa Risen", a relatively large #afrofuturism anthology by a diverse set of authors, and that was recorded by a number of african and black american voice actors.

So far it is quite different from Western futuristic stories, and generally has a large share of paranormal, mythical, and more fantastical stories.

"a start to finish listen both vocally and musically, with the vibes and vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point and pointed lyrics" - https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lonnie-holley-tonky-jagjaguwar

Find Lonnie Holley in many places but also The New Age of New Age Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/the-new-age-of-new-age-playlist

#alternative #afrofuturism #atlanta #independent #artist #slow #music 

Lonnie Holley - Tonky (Jagjaguwar)

a start to finish listen both vocally & musically, with the vibes & vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point lyrics

The Slow Music Movem

Lonny Avi Brooks & Reynaldo Anderson: How #Afrofuturism can help us imagine futures worth living in: Afrofuturism knows that futures are made – and that who gets to make them is a political question

#futurism #politics #ai
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/03/afrofuturism-imagine-futures

How Afrofuturism can help us imagine futures worth living in

Afrofuturism knows that futures are made – and that who gets to make them is a political question

The Guardian