From a young age, Deddeh Howard was enthralled by fashion and its role in culture. Unfortunately, she was never really able to see herself in it.
“Something that always bothered me when you see these amazing images [was] that very rarely you ever see a black woman on them,” Howard, who grew up in West Africa but now resides in Los Angeles, wrote at her blog, Secret of DD.
“Black girls are almost invisible,” she wrote.
So Howard created “Black Mirror,” a photo series in which she re-creates famous photos with herself in place of models like Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Gisele Bundchen, and others.
Howard’s partner, Raffael Dickreuter, shot the series. As its title suggests, it holds a “black mirror” up to the fashion world. The project’s goal is both to make people notice the lack of diversity in the fashion world and to provide inspiration to other non-white models.
Of the models featured on the fall 2016 runways, 75% were white. There’s a major need for a diversity boost.
Sometimes, that lack of diversity can be downright embarrassing. Earlier this year, one fashion show featured models walking to Beyoncé’s “Formation,” a song Essence described as a “wholly and undeniable a tribute to Blackness — particularly Black girl power.” The problem: The show didn’t feature a single non-white model.
Diversity, representation, and visibility play key roles in shaping ambition and self-acceptance in the real world.
It’s important to be able to see yourself in the world, and it’s important to know that someone who looks like you can succeed.
“The next generation can only get inspired and reach for the stars themselves if they believe they can do it too,” Howard wrote on her blog. “For that reason diversity in ad campaigns is in my opinion much more important than you might think.”
Donald Trump is predictably firing back at the latest batch of Sean Hannity texts revealed by the January 6 committee. In the newest round of texts, a frantic Hannity tries to convince White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Senator Jim Jordan to keep Trump quiet after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building. In fact, Hannity is insistent that Trump should go back to Florida and lie low until Joe Biden is inaugurated. The texts also revealed that Hannity was failing to get through to Trump about the seriousness of the attempted coup.
“Guys, we have a clear path to land the plane in 9 days. He can’t mention the election again. Ever,” Hannity texted. “I did not have a good call with him today. And worse, I’m not sure what is left to do or say, and I don’t like not knowing if it’s truly understood. Ideas?”
Trump, however, has naturally fired back on Hannity’s assertion that he should’ve remained quiet after the January 6 attack. “I disagree with Sean on that statement and the facts are proving me right,” Trump told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins in a statement.
Trump is now responding to the Hannity texts released by the Jan. 6 committee, including when he told Mark Meadows that Trump should stop talking about the election. “I disagree with Sean on that statement and the facts are proving me right,” Trump tells me, via a spokesman.
As for whether there will be repercussions for Hannity’s texts with Trump during the January 6 insurrection, c’mon, this is Fox News we’re talking about.
remember when it was revealed chris cuomo had been texting his brother about sexual assault crimes and cnn fired him and then it was revealed sean hannity had been texting the president about overthrowing the government and fox news was like we’ll see you at 9pm.
A few months ago, it was revealed that standout Niger rock group Mdou Moctar would be joining Parquet Courts on their 2022 tour. Now, while the African band finds themselves on this side of the ocean, they’re going to go ahead and have a North American headlining tour of their own, as they announced today.
The group will be on the road with Parquet Courts from February 27 to March 18, but now they’ve added some solo dates before and after that run. They have shows in Rhode Island and Virginia on February 24 and 26, and then they have another run of shows in late March, including a stop at Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival.
The winter is filled with a seemingly endless supply of bold, robust, spiced, and deeply warming beer offerings. So we asked a handful of our favorite bartenders to tell us the beers they plan to drink this January, with temperatures plunging. Keep reading to see all of their selections.
Alaskan Smoked Porter is a seasonal and limited release that also brings a sense of nostalgia. There’s just enough smoke and sweetness that pairs well with rich holiday foods while not overwhelming the smoked nature of things.
I love to cozy up with an Edmund Fitzgerald Porter by Great Lakes Brewing Company. The bittersweet chocolate-coffee notes are delicious and perfect for a chilly winter night.
Cigar City Maduro
Cigar City
Juliana Ortiz, food and beverage manager at The Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg, Florida
Cigar City Maduro is a decadent brown ale with chocolate, toffee, and espresso flavors, it has a silky texture with woody aromas that make it a delicious beer for those seeking extra warmth.
St. Bernardus Abt 12
St. Bernardus
Nick du Mortier, lead mixologist at Bar Pendry in Chicago
St. Bernardus Abt 12 is a Belgian abbey ale, and, oh, does it feel like a malty caramel treat to savor. It has a heavy sipping quality to it. I like that I can take my time drinking it because it’s even better as it approaches room temperature.
Troegs Mad Elf
Troegs
Christopher Devern, lead bartender at Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mad Elf by Troegs with its cherry, chocolate, and spices is my pick. Made in Pennsylvania, this eleven percent festive beer has flavors that remind me of a cherry pie. This is definitely a great beer to sit inside with and enjoy on a cold day.
My favorite accessible winter-style beer is the Jubelale from Deschutes Brewing. It is an English strong ale and it has notes of cocoa and toffee. It is rich and flavor-forward. It fills you up perfectly on cold, winter days.
Maplewood Brownie Points
Maplewood
Mark Phelan, beverage director at 16″ On Center in Chicago
Brown ales are my go-to when the temperature starts to dip, as their malty profile and extra body hold up well to sweater weather while staying lean enough to enjoy more than one. One of my favorites is Maplewood’s Brownie Points, which adds a little vanilla for an added layer of cold-weather flavor.
Samuel Adam’s Winter Lager is a seasonal beer that is released nationally around the time the weather starts to turn colder. Once the later months of the year approach and the sun goes down a little earlier, you know you can look forward to this seasonal rotation. The cinnamon, ginger, and orange flavors remind me of the comfort of gingerbread or carrot cake.
Founders Breakfast Stout
Founders
Jamie Shaw, beverage manager at Stella of New Hope in New Hope, Pennsylvania
I’m not a huge beer drinker, but I do look forward to winter for enjoying a good coffee stout or porter when the weather gets cold. It’s nice to sip on something rich and really flavorful. Founders Breakfast Stout is one of my favorites because of its dark chocolate, coffee, and bold malt flavors.
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island
Brandon Gomez, bar manager at Cuyama Buckhorn in New Cuyama, California
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout is hands down the special release winter beer I look forward to every year. It is barrel-aged for more than a year. It is a healthy (depending on the release) 12-15 percent ABV and we serve it in both 4-ounce and 8-ounce snifters. It has a sweet raisin and caramel flavor, which is followed by a smokiness from the barrel aging.
This drink’s almost more like a dessert wine than a beer.
A beer I look forward to in winter is definitely the Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout. Not only bold and complex with delicious coffee notes but it also has a beautiful mouthfeel. It’s a great beer to drink on its own. Or if you’re feeling adventurous, mix it into a cocktail.
North Coast Old Rasputin
North Coast
Lee Noble, lead mixologist at Art in the Age in Philadelphia
The rich dark flavors of North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, combined with its higher alcohol content, make for a great belly warmer for cold nights. It’s dark, chocolatey, and bold enough for the bitterest of winter evenings.
I get a mixed response to this beer, but I absolutely love Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout out of San Diego. To me, it’s the peanut butter cup of beers, but something about it reminds me of my childhood when I would tear into those chocolate packages and shove the pieces in my mouth as I ran off to play with my friends.
The flavors of the dark rich beer take me to a place of nostalgia and just makes me happy.
Three Floyds Robert The Bruce
Three Floyds
Zach Wilks, bartender at Anthony’s Chophouse in Carmel, Indiana
Robert the Bruce from Three Floyds in Munster, Indiana might be my favorite beer of all time. It’s super malty and hearty with a great note of malt and dried fruit. It starts sweet and caramel-like and finishes with a bitter note that balances everything out.
In my opinion, it’s one of the best beers made in the United States.
Porters are best in cold weather and one I have a proclivity for their flavors, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Here in at Devereaux, we serve the God Damn Pigeon Porter from Spiteful, all that plus a higher ABV to keep you toasty through the winter.
Guinness Stout
Guinness
Samantha Montgomery, beverage specialist and national brand ambassador at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Bardstown, Kentucky
I am such a sucker for a Guinness Stout in the winter. It’s the nostalgia of growing up watching my dad and his friends drink it around the table playing cards, the coziness of a dimly lit Irish pub on a cold winter night, and the way it drinks, of course, dark and smooth. I know that rich, heavy stouts are all the rage these days, but I prefer Guinness for its light-body and easy drinkability.
When the weather gets cold, I love a Belgian dubbel, such as Unibroue’s Maudite (from Quebec). It’s amber-colored and malty without the bitterness associated with darker beer styles.
When the cool weather starts to roll in, I look forward to drinking Monopolio Lager Negra. And it’s because it has a very strong classic, dark, and Pilsen flavor. It’s refreshing, malty, and great for cold-weather drinking.
Harpoon’s Winter Warmer is something I look forward to every year. It’s the perfect ale on a cold and snowy night. Every sip tastes like the perfect blend of holiday spice. It reminds me of my grandma’s homemade ginger snaps.
The Los Angeles Lakers are in a fight to get a top-6 spot in the Western Conference and avoid the play-in tournament for the second year in a row. As of today, the team sits 20-19, which puts them in seventh place and jostling with two other teams — the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks — that are all 10.5 games behind the 1-seed.
While Anthony Davis is out with a sprained MCL, the team has struggled to meet its lofty expectations even when everyone is on the floor. Their paths to getting better via a trade are limited, as Davis and LeBron James are presumably untouchable and the roster possesses a ton of guys on minimum deals. Still, there are a handful of guys who Los Angeles could try to trade, and according to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the franchise did its due diligence in trying to find a trade for the most high-profile of the bunch.
Amick reports that the Lakers made some calls about a potential deal involving offseason acquisition Russell Westbrook, but it does not sound like anything got too far off the ground.
All of which explains why sources say the Lakers showed some covert interest in discussing a possible Westbrook trade with rival executives earlier this season. A deal appears extremely unlikely before the Feb. 15 trade deadline, if only because his deal that was once seen by so many as untradeable is such a massive obstacle. But inside the Lakers, it seems, there is some recognition that this hasn’t gone as (James and Davis had) planned.
It had been reported earlier this season that L.A. discussed a trade for the former league MVP internally, but nothing beyond that. Westbrook only has one year remaining on his contract after the 2021-22 campaign, as he has a player option for next season that will pay him a little more than $47 million. It is worth mentioning that he’s been traded three times since it with into effect with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018 — first to the Houston Rockets, then to the Washington Wizards, and then to the Lakers — but it’s hard to imagine a trade where the Lakers could turn him into a player who can help without having to move other potential trade chips, like Talen Horton-Tucker or Kendrick Nunn.
On the year, Westbrook has averaged 19.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 8.1 assists in 35.8 minutes per game, and is one of two Lakers players who have suited up in every game this season.
The rollout for Gunna’s new mixtape, Drip Season 4, appears to be going smoothly. Just days after he announced the tape’s imminent release date — this Friday, January 7 — he revealed the elaborate cover art. Now, he’s also revealed the tracklist, which not only includes the previously released single “Too Easy” featuring Future and the remix with Roddy Ricch but also contains the collaborative track with Chloe Bailey he teased while refuting the dating rumors that circulated after he and the pop star were spotted at a basketball game together.
In addition to the above-mentioned tracks, there will also be guest appearances from a number of longtime collaborators and friends such as 21 Savage, Drake, G Herbo, Lil Baby, and Young Thug, as well as new collaborators Kodak Black and Yung Bleu. Clocking in at 20 tracks, the tape follows the contemporary trend of longer releases to generate more impressive streaming numbers.
Drip Season 4 will be Gunna’s first solo release since 2020’s Wunna, although he was extensively featured on the YSL Records compilation Slime Language 2 alongside the rest of Young Thug’s label signees. Ahead of the project’s release, the Atlanta native called it the final Drip Season tape.
Drip Season 4 is due 1/7 via 300 and Atlantic. You can pre-save it here.
Six-piece NYC-based collective MICHELLE captured hearts with their 2018 debut album Heatwave. Continuing to hone their refined harmonies and wistful melodies, MICHELLE are just weeks away from releasing their sophomore LP AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS, which they’ve already previewed with the wonderfully catchy tunes “SYNCOPATE” and “MESS U MADE.” Now, MICHELLE share another taste of their upcoming release with the new buoyant track “EXPIRATION DATE.”
Composed of musicians Sofia D’Angelo, Julian Kaufman, Charlie Kilgore, Layla Ku, Emma Lee, and Jamee Lockard, MICHELLE’s track “EXPIRATION DATE” takes the collective’s already awe-inspiring vocals to new heights. Over twinkling keys and R&B-inspired percussion, MICHELLE’s three singers deliver swirling melodies about enjoying a relationship while it still lasts.
Shortly after the release of their AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS and playing a few shows in the UK and Europe in February, MICHELLE are slated to hit the road with non-other than Mitski on her sold-out 2022 tour. They’ll open for the singer for a month-long stretch in March with stops in cities like Detroit, Nashville, and NYC. Ahead of their upcoming dates, MICHELLE were able to take the stage in 2021 opening for Arlo Parks and Gus Dapperton in venues across the US.
Listen to “EXPIRATION DATE” above.
AFTER DINNER WE TALK DREAMS is out 1/28 via Canvasback Music/Transgressive. Pre-order it here.
Yoko Ono has been on people’s minds lately thanks to her appearance in the Get Back Beatles documentary, which makes now a great time for Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono, a newly announced tribute album curated by Ben Gibbard. David Byrne and Yo La Tengo’s collaborative cover of “Who Has Seen The Wind?” was shared today, and the project also features Amber Coffman, Death Cab For Cutie, Deerhoof, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Sharon Van Etten, Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields, Sudan Archives, Thao, The Flaming Lips, US Girls, and We Are King.
Gibbard says of the project:
“[The album] was born out of both love and frustration. The ‘love’ part is pretty obvious; It is the seemingly bottomless well of inspiration and enjoyment Yoko Ono’s music has provided me and I must assume everyone else present here on this compilation. The ‘frustration’ part, on the other hand, goes back decades.
As an advocate, the tallest hurdle to clear has always been the public’s ignorance as to the breadth of Yoko’s work. To put it into context; This is an artist whose output has run the gamut from avant-garde to bubblegum pop, often across a single album. For years, it has been my position that her songwriting has been criminally overlooked. She has consistently created melodies as memorable as those of best pop writers. As a lyricist, she has always written with poignance, sophistication and deep introspection.
Some of her best songs have been covered and compiled here by a generation-spanning group of musicians for whom her work has meant so much. It is my sincere hope that a new crop of Yoko Ono fans fall in love with her songwriting due in some small part to this album we have put together.”
Van Etten also wrote on Twitter, “When I was first asked to choose a Yoko Ono song to cover, I almost said no. Am I able to honor her? Did I always understand her vision? She is someone who deserves to be honored and understood. And although I feel there is still so much to learn from her and about her, I extend my humble take on a song that has brought me to tears by its candid simplicity, innocence, and longing in hope that my rendition will bring new ears upon her magnificent, challenging music.”
Additionally, Gibbard and journalist Jenny Eliscu are co-hosting a podcast connected to the album, which is set to feature “in-depth discussions of Ono’s music and legacy with many of the artists featured on the new album.” A trailer for the podcast was shared today:
Listen to the Byrne and Yo La Tengo rendition of “Who Has Seen the Wind?” above and find the Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono art and tracklist below.
Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records
1. Sharon Van Etten — “Toyboat”
2. David Byrne and Yo La Tengo — “Who Has Seen The Wind?”
3. Sudan Archives — “Dogtown”
4. Death Cab For Cutie — “Waiting For The Sunrise”
5. Thao — “Yellow Girl (Stand For Life)”
6. US Girls — “Born In A Prison”
7. Jay Som — “Growing Pain”
8. Stephin Merritt (of Magnetic Fields) — “Listen, The Snow Is Falling”
9. Deerhoof — “No No No”
10. We Are King — “Don’t Be Scared”
11. The Flaming Lips — “Mrs. Lennon”
12. Japanese Breakfast — “No One Sees Me Like You Do”
13. Yo La Tengo — “There Is No Goodbye Between Us”
14. Amber Coffman — “Run Run Run”
Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono is out 2/18 via Canvasback Music/Atlantic Records. Pre-order it here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Over his past six games, which includes five starts, Malik Monk has been scorching hot, averaging 20.7 points on 73.1 percent true shooting (.566/.455/.900 split). His versatile scoring has been a tremendous boon to the Los Angeles Lakers’ offense, and he’s formed a dynamic partnership with LeBron James.
Against the Sacramento Kings Tuesday, he scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and knocked down a trio of threes to help Los Angeles snag its third consecutive win.
Apparently, he’s borrowing a philosophy from a former Lakers shooting guard that might be helping him torch the nets these days. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Monk doesn’t have any tattoos on his right arm because it’s ‘strictly’ for ‘buckets’, the same sentiment Nick Young announced years ago.
When Young was alerted of this parallel, he turned to The Karate Kid to summarize the dynamic.
“I’m Mr. Miyagi and he’s LaRusso,” Young told McMenamin via text. “The power of the no tat on the right arm is like wax on, wax off for buckets”
Nick Young, in a text to ESPN, on Malik Monk adopting his “strictly buckets” policy banning tattoos on his shooting arm: “I’m Mr. Miyagi and he’s LaRusso. The power of the no tat on the right arm is like wax on, wax off for buckets”
Young’s four years with the Lakers was certainly an electric tenure, one that saw him average a career-high 17.9 points and shoot 38.6 percent beyond the arc during the 2013-14 season. Like Young, Los Angeles is probably hoping Monk sticks around for a while and continues to pour in buckets with the arm that’s designed strictly for them.
Kanye West is planning his return to Madison Square Garden this month, according to a video that was uploaded to social media in which he tells a fan as much while posing for pictures during a night out. While leaving a restaurant in New York City, Kanye stops just before getting into his car to take a few pics with nearby fans, while off-camera, someone can be heard asking him, “When we getting another MSG show?” It’s muffled, but Kanye can be heard saying what sounds like “this month.”
Kanye’s last show at the Big Apple venue was in 2016 for the Life Of Pablo tour, where he reportedly sold $780,000 worth of merchandise in just one night. He also debuted his album there earlier that year in a combination fashion show/release party for The Life Of Pablo. Unfortunately, since then, his widely publicized endeavors have included more awkward campaigning as a smokescreen for Republican candidates who hoped he’d play spoiler for the Democratic vote than touring behind new music.
However, with the listening parties for his latest album, Donda, taking over stadiums in Atlanta and his native Chicago and his recent Free Larry Hoover concert showcasing a renewed passion for performance, it’s not entirely impossible that he’ll be able to follow through and deliver a similar concert experience for longsuffering New York City fans.
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