Adam Kivel
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Tall | Podcast producer/editor, This Must Be the Gig
Chicago
Joined March 2009
However you define "woke," anti-woke means being a cunt who wants to indulge bigots.
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been quiet here for so long while i frantically search for a ft job & the irony isn’t lost on me that i read this news while surveying 206+ rejection mails. gutted for the brilliant writers/editors. a stake in the heart of an industry disintegrating before our eyes.
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Feeling stupidly compelled to yelll into the ether(!) I have my first piece in @nytimes & even prouder that it’s a profile of @desiremarea a queer South African Sangoma, a story that I care deeply about. We need *every* reason to lean into art that embodies soul/spirit/joy ❤️🔥
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a thrill to have myself & my book on South African Popular Music featured on Marc’s brilliant, thoughtful pod! Sometimes it feels very tender to talk about ur writing - which is the design of it all - but we were nice n drunk off process/inspiration here! thx for havin me 💙🇿🇦
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♥️RIP Sixto Rodriguez aka Sugar Man ♥️ A legend who lived relatively unknown, but so so loved in South Africa. He only found out much later in life that his popularity in SA rivaled huuuge megastars i don’t think we will ever hear of a story quite like this again
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Check it out, @LiorPhillips is a superstar!
.@LiorPhillips joins @KyleMeredith to talk about how South Africa's political landscape affects the region’s art, and why she cringes at the term “world music.” Listen to the full podcast episode: https://t.co/2HHI78R17S
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.@LiorPhillips joins @KyleMeredith to talk about how South Africa's political landscape affects the region’s art, and why she cringes at the term “world music.” Listen to the full podcast episode: https://t.co/2HHI78R17S
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hi hellooo i was on Radio New Zealand yesterday and you can hear the full chat right now: https://t.co/a8VZCvbg0a
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hot ones and chicken shop date and here i am crying into my bowl of tofu (chasing invoices, mourning the loss of shuttered magazines, fighting to be a voice for underrepresented artists, chasing pitches) MUST I EAT CHICKEN?! HOW DOES THIS JOURNALIST CROSS THE ROAD
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In one whole week I'll be talking about my book at the beautiful bookstore/venue @BookvillExiles here in Chicago! @imLeor will be there to ask me any/all burning q's about the process/end result I hope you will come! Please come? Sign up for free here! https://t.co/JZiXlG2m12
exileinbookville.com
Indie bookstore located in the historic Fine Arts Building on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Where books and music meet.
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Huuuge honour to be in and amongst an author list like this on @RecordingAcad ! Thank youuu for the beautiful write-up about my new book-out now-in stores-online-wherever you buy your books !! @333books @BloomsburyPub @BloomsburyAcad
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I am leaving my cave of emotions and coming to you live in two weeks, Chicago! My first book event will be on June 8th at the wondrous @BookvillExiles at 7pm. I’ll be talking about my book with the brilliant @imLeor !! LIOR x LEOR Register for free here✨ https://t.co/JZiXlG2m12
exileinbookville.com
Indie bookstore located in the historic Fine Arts Building on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Where books and music meet.
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EVENT OF THE SUMMER INCOMING
I am leaving my cave of emotions and coming to you live in two weeks, Chicago! My first book event will be on June 8th at the wondrous @BookvillExiles at 7pm. I’ll be talking about my book with the brilliant @imLeor !! LIOR x LEOR Register for free here✨ https://t.co/JZiXlG2m12
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From Beyonce's 'My Power' to 'Black Panther,' New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage
variety.com
From Beyonce's "My Power" to "Black Panther," new 33 1/3 book explores how the sounds of South Africa reached pop's global stage.
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I am so beyond thrilled that Variety has just published an excerpt from the 11th chapter of my new book!! This chapter felt like the beginning of the next, the now, the past and the future, and I can’t wait for you to read it! @Variety @333books
From Beyonce's 'My Power' to 'Black Panther,' New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage
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This is the only day I am allowed to say this so sod it: 💫MAY THE BOOK BE WITH YOUUU!!! https://t.co/anLIqzJXON
https://t.co/ZCADnxXIfJ
amazon.com
From the storied ache of mbube harmonies of the '40s to the electronic boom of kwaito and the amapiano and house explosion of the '00s, this book explores vignettes taken from across South Africa's...
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