kendrick & iverson & sza & cooley high & scotch bonnets
stop playing in Black History Month's face
Hello. I’m the author, journalist, producer, and podcast creator Danyel Smith. SHINE BRIGHT HQ is where I overshare about music and culture. It’s Black History Month, and it’s definitely Black History Month daily over here. So far this month, I’ve published a post a day (which is wild). I like doing it, and I appreciate the amazing response: thank you for subscribing to, and for sharing my work. FYI the full SHINE BRIGHT HQ archive is here. And: as your daily (for now!) Black History Month newsletter continues, right now is a gorgeous time to ⤵️
Black History Month-type things:
More than 150 paintings by around 120 artists:
most seen [in Brussels] for the first time, show people and scenes of Black life across the globe. Here for the story, and credits.
Flares are back, courtesy of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl jeans.
There’s this: “A varsity jacket referenced his own career, and a chain inspired some questions. But the cut of his jeans was the biggest surprise of the night.” And the fact that the denims are Celine. Also
has six takeaways from Lamar’s performance. And here’s Kendrick Lamar, the runner.“This is the only museum in the world that centers black freedom,” Miss Beverly said grandly. This one is very NOLA.
The Public Broadcasting Service, aka PBS, is made possible by viewers like you, but not you or you. A whole effing predictable and ugly and disturbing and angering mess, right here.
The making of SZA's genius SOS
Say hello to the person who makes The Lion King move the way it moves, here.
A deeply concerned historian imparts lessons from the first time we did this whole “Jim Crow” thing. Here.
Wait! Stand up, Chicago!
The big difference between [ole boy’s] situation and the storyline from The Office is that The Office is fake. They were able to turn [a different ole boy’s] disaster into a happy ending. I’m not so sure that [the ole boy currently under discussion] will have the same luck. Who is ole boy?
Can we discuss the deep and lasting …
happy Valentine’s/Galentine’s Day to those who celebrate influence of Allen Iverson's braids?
Scotch bonnet, thyme, curry goat with rice and peas — garden-to-table, the Jamaican way.
In Music, and freedom —
Danyel
