Ornette Coleman

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Art. Music. Tech. Appreciator. Same name as a well known Jazz musician. omnio.us
Ornette Coleman2d ago
Shotgun Seamstress2d ago

My friend in #Asheville, NC sent me a photo of my book at Firestorm Books. Happy to see #JamesSpooner’s book, High Desert, right below. It’s a comic about growing up a #biracial #punk in Southern California.

At the zine event I just did, people in the audience had heard of the #AfroPunk festival but never heard of the DIY #documentary that it was named for. Spooner drove around the country back in the early 2000s interviewing #BlackPunk rockers who, at the time, were racially isolated in their respective scenes. This movie changed the entire landscape for everyone but especially Black kids in the punk scene, giving a voice to our various experiences. You can find the video online for free, I believe.

#ShotgunSeamstress #zines #ZineAnthology #independentbooksellers #IndependentBookshop @firestorm

Ornette ColemanJun 20
Orange Lantern  Jun 20
Cyberpunk was meant as a warning, not a guide ffs.
Ornette ColemanJun 19
Dare ObasanjoJun 19

A visual like this makes it look like progress is a straight line but the truth is more nuanced. During the Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877, Black people in the American South had civil rights. Eventually there was a backlash which led to almost 80 years of repression via Jim Crow laws.

We are currently living through another backlash era with Trump following Obama.

Ornette ColemanJun 17
Flipboard News DeskJun 17

Around 5 million people participated in last week's "No Kings" protests, according to the organizers. Next month, they're going to do it all again. The Transformative Justice Coalition has announced that the next protests will happen on July 17 in honor of the fifth anniversary of John Lewis's death. Spokesperson Barbara Arnwine said that they will focus on racial justice, voting rights, and "our continued and united fight for a just, inclusive and strong democracy that is our goal, that is our obligation in these times." Here's more from @AxiosNews.

https://flip.it/YpnegB

#NoKings #RacialJustice #JohnLewis #Protest #VotingRights #Democracy #July

"No Kings" protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration

July 17 was chosen to honor Civil Rights activist and lawmaker John Lewis who died on that date in 2020;

Axios
Ornette ColemanMay 29
VarietyMay 29

Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ Brings Back ‘BLSHT Day’ FYC Event at 13 L.A. Burger Joints (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #Emmys #FYC #PokerFace

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/poker-face-blsht-day-fyc-burger-joints-june-7-1236411665/

'Poker Face' Brings 'BLSHT Day' FYC Event to L.A. Burger Joints June 7

Peacock's 'Poker Face' brings back its Emmy FYC 'BLSHT Day' event at to 13 L.A. hamburger joints on June 7.

Variety
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Can we just admit we may have taken this ‘anybody can grow up to be President’ thing a bit too far?
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Dare ObasanjoJun 19

A visual like this makes it look like progress is a straight line but the truth is more nuanced. During the Reconstruction from 1865 to 1877, Black people in the American South had civil rights. Eventually there was a backlash which led to almost 80 years of repression via Jim Crow laws.

We are currently living through another backlash era with Trump following Obama.

Show threadTC Won't Give In To LiesJun 19

@carnage4life

Excellent graphic.

But of course, we know that the end of segregation took many years after Brown to be implemented.

#Juneteenth is a great time to celebrate victories, but remember the work never ends.

Show threadTobin BakerJun 19
@carnage4life There is a paradox that I don't know how to resolve: even as Trump's 2024 voter base became less white than in 2016 or 2020 (making large gains among Hispanics and Asians and smaller gains among Blacks), his policies became more explicitly white-nationalist (restricting asylum to Afrikaners is the poster child but there are other examples). What gives?
Show threadDare ObasanjoJun 19
@tobinbaker From talking to friends in red states, a theory is that the left got too inclusive. Specifically gay and trans rights were a bridge to far for certain voting demographics including Hispanics and Muslims which explains Trump’s gains with them in 2024.
Show threadTobin BakerJun 19
@carnage4life yeah that is an inconvenient truth that cannot be mentioned in the Dem party
Show threadGarretSidzakaJun 19
@carnage4life
People don't realize there were black government leaders in the South at that time...before Jim Crow years took it all away.