FRIDAY M.I.A. and Lynn Hirschberg’s “Agitprop Pop” By Angela Bacca Last week, the New York Times published a controversial piece by staff writer Lynn Hirschberg on M.I.A, which painted her as a wealthy disconnected and uninformed musician who uses the politics of her native Sri Lanka to further her image and sell records. Most notable was…
Originally Published by SFCritic Last month, the state of Arizona passed SB 1070, which gives police and other state authorities the jurisdiction to request proof of citizenship from anyone on the street. Internationally, musicians have been the loudest vocal opposition. While a similar law was passed federally in 1986, the new Arizona law is particularly…
Originally Published by SFCritic I spend a lot of time in front of a computer, and a lot of that time utilizing the internet to discover new music. I usually start at Pandora.com, discover a song I like and then listen to the whole album– for free- at Lala.com. Lala had become the bridge between…
by Angela Bacca DECEMBER 6, 2007 9:25 AM Rapper Jay-Z’s new video, “Blue Magic,” features scenes of New York City, clubs, cars and stacks of euros. That’s right, euros—not dollars. The dollar continues to drop and the euro continues to rise. So what exactly is Europe doing right and what is America doing wrong? Among other…
Missing civility should be cured by choice, not order by Angela Bacca & Sean Maher NOVEMBER 15, 2007 11:06 AM SF State students can have a problem getting along with one another, despite the CSU civility standard that orders them to do so. On Sept. 11, the memorial service on campus held jointly by the College…
by Angela Bacca, staff writer OCTOBER 18, 2007 1:40 PM As the water supply dries up in Georgia, the snow falls early in the Rockies, and California gets burned up in a succession of wildfires the Bush Administration continues to pretend that the clear and present danger of climate change is unfounded and nonexistent. Meanwhile, I…
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