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Reclaiming the Right to Rock : Black Experiences in Rock Music Collection, 2008-2010

A Guide to the Collection at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture

Finding aid prepared by Ronda L. Sewald

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University, Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC)
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47408-2601
Phone: 812-855-8547
Fax: 812-856-0333
Email: aaamc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc

Creator
Indiana University, Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC)

Title
Reclaiming the Right to Rock : Black Experiences in Rock Music Collection, 2008-2010

Collection No.
SC 151

Extent
46 video files (HD QuickTime) (21 hours, 45 minutes) : sound, color ; 1440 x 1080, 35 MBps, 29.97 fps + 28 videocassettes (miniDV) (circa 21 hours), 1 box documentation, assorted audio, video, and image files

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
This collection consists of documentation and one-on-one interviews from the AAAMC's two-day conference on Black rock hosted on the Indiana University-Bloomington campus on November 13-14, 2009. The conference and related activities were open to local and regional musicians, scholars, students, and brought together Black rock musicians from different generations and regions with music critics and scholars to discuss the socio-political history, musical developments, and the future of Black rock.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open to the public. MiniDV videocassettes require the creation of reference copies. If you are interested in viewing the contents of the miniDVs, please contact the AAAMC staff well in advance of your visit for details.

Biographical Note

Kandia Crazy Horse (panelist/interviewee): Raised on a variety of music, from P-Funk to Supertramp, electric guitar evangelism to country and western, D.C. native Kandia Crazy Horse has worked as a rock critic for over a decade. Crazy Horse began writing, in her words, "simply because I could ‘speak so well’ like Colin Powell; read and write; and had a favorite band throughout the '90s that got awful press and a lot of disdain: the Black Crowes. As a New Southerner with a brain, I figured it was my job to champion them because they made great Black music." The Brooklyn-based writer was formerly the music editor at Creative Loafing in Charlotte, N.C., and has contributed to numerous publications, including Paper, Harp, Village Voice, Popmatters.com, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian . She supported Afrofuturism by editing Rip It Up : The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll (2004), noted for being "an eclectic mix of interviews and essays on Black rock 'n' roll--filled with fascinating information and provocative ideas." Crazy Horse was the 2008-2009 Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies at Princeton University, where she taught the course "Roll over Beethoven : Black Rock & Cultural Revolt," and organized and mounted a Southern rock symposium titled Radio Free Dixie-- or, De Dirty South Brokedown . Crazy Horse challenges Black readers to take pride in the history of Black rock, to "attempt to conserve it, don't just fritter it away and then lament it being lost forever after."

Rob Fields (panelist/interviewee): Self-described "Black rock evangelist" Rob Fields writes about Black rock and Black culture on his blog Bold as Love, which focuses on exploring, celebrating and evangelizing the growing music genre known as Black rock, Afro-punk or urban alternative (URB ALT). In conjunction with his blog, he runs a live event series, Bold as Live, which creates new opportunities for audiences to discover Black rock through shows, lectures, and discussions. He has worked professionally in the Black rock scene since the early 1990s, when he became Director of PR for the Black Rock Coalition. Following this, he went into artist management, working for Capitol Records and representing alternative Black artists such as trombonist Josh Roseman and M-Base cofounder Graham Haynes. With his background in marketing, Rob's interest lies in providing context for audiences (particularly Black audiences) to understand and enjoy what they're hearing in Black rock, and to help Black rock artists find ways to make Black rock matter in the marketplace. Rob has been a guest several times on NPR, and was a panelist at the 2009 SXSW Music Conference.

Reebee Garofalo (moderator/interviewer) is author of Rockin Out : Popular Music in the USA and has been a professor at the College of Public and Community Service at U Mass Boston since 1978. He is also affiliated with the American Studies Program. Professor Garofalo is an internationally known scholar of popular music studies who has written numerous articles on music and politics, racism, censorship, and the globalization of the music industry and has lectured widely on a broad range of subjects relating to the operations of the music industry. At CPCS he has been spearheading the Community Media and Technology Major—a cutting edge media and technology program designed to encourage a combination of technical proficiency and social vision.

Andy Hollinden (moderator/interviewer) teaches at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he has developed several courses on popular music that have become widely favored by students on the campus. Such courses include the history of blues, rock, Frank Zappa, and Jimi Hendrix. In addition to Hollinden's professorial duties, he composes and produces music for videos and has performed and recorded with numerous rock bands. So far, he has written and produced seven CDs of his own music: Moving Earth from There to Here (1994), Boot rouge et swabs (1996), Heat to Fragrance (2000), Begging's Not Endearing (2002), Stick It in Your Sound Hole (2004), Trust Yourself (2006), and Grieve for the Living (2008). As one of the moderators for this conference, Hollinden brings a broad historical awareness of the roots of rock music, which is centered in the African American cultural tradition, along with the understanding of musical, racial and political negotiations between Black and White musicians who have been associated with the genre.

Maureen Mahon (moderator/interviewer) is an associate professor in the Department of Music at New York University. A cultural anthropologist, her research interests include African American history and culture; the construction and performance of race and gender in music; and the relationship between race, class, generation, and culture. She is the author of Right to Rock : The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race (Duke University Press, 2004) and has published articles on African Americans and rock music in academic venues and at EbonyJet.com. Her current research on the music and legacy of Black women in rock examines the intersection of gender, race, sexuality, and music production. She has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the American Association of University Women and has taught at Wesleyan University and UCLA.

Moe Mitchell (panelist/interviewee): A graduate of Howard University, Moe Mitchell has established himself as an activist and musician in the underground punk scene. His band Cipher, founded in 1996, is committed to opening critical spaces in underground music to reawaken the legacy of dissent in today's hardcore, weaving together elements of hardcore and metal with melodicism and politically radical lyrics to form a provocative, probing treatment of race, gender, and class. Mitchell was one of the four artists profiled in James Spooner's 2003 documentary Afro-punk, which explored issues of race identity within the punk scene. Cipher was formed in 1996 by longtime friends who wanted to bring something new to underground music. Elements of hardcore and metal are woven with politically radical lyrics to form a provocative, probing treatment of race, gender, and class. Cipher's most recent album, Children of God's Fire (2005), was released to critical acclaim as "an unrelenting, neo-revolutionary musical statement, transcending genres and provoking thoughts." As one reviewer put it, "In front of ambitiously bruising slabs of hardcore, Cipher front man Moe Mitchell ponders everything from patriarchy to the pharmaceutical industry." Cipher released their second album, The Joyous Collapse, in late 2009.

Netic (panelist/interviewee) is one of the founders as well as the lead vocalist of the Brooklyn-born band Game Rebellion. Before rhyming with Game Rebellion, he was a brain and cognitive sciences major at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he enrolled at the age of sixteen. Game Rebellion is an all-Black, all-outta-Brooklyn band whose metal, punk, and rudeboy skanking licks sound as credible and crunchy as their hip-hop lyrics and head nodding bounce. The lyrical prowess and production of Netic provide an unobstructed view of the angst of young rebels everywhere. Game Rebellion has been making big waves on the New York scene for about three years. In that short time they've ventured out even further to slam heads, rock houses and muddy the lily white waters of hip-hop and rock from NYC and Cali to Puerto Rico and the UK. They just may be the best-kept secret in music right now. Their album Searching for Rick Rubin (2008) explores classic hip-hop songs originally produced by studio legend Rick Rubin, re-imagined in Game Rebellion’s own style and mixed by J.period.

James Spooner (panelist/interviewee) is a filmmaker and fine artist. His award-winning debut feature documentary Afro-punk has screened at festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including the Toronto International Film Festival, New York's Urbanworld Film Festival, the American Black Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina), and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The film has been incorporated in a program for high school students on race identity by the New Museum in New York, and has inspired an Afro-Punk Film Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which he has been co-curating. He was Resident Video Installation Artist at the Ase Dance Theatre Collective in New York, where he created new media works with a choreographer. Prior to working in film, he was a sculptor, whose work showed in galleries in New York and Seattle. He has also been an editor and an editing consultant. More recently, Spooner made his narrative film debut with White Lies, Black Sheep (2007).

Stew (panelist/interviewee) is a Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter/playwright from Los Angeles. Together with his collaborator Heidi Rodewald, Stew leads two critically acclaimed bands: The Negro Problem and Stew, both of which were formed in the early 1990s. By the turn of the millennium, The Negro Problem was enjoying considerable success, receiving Entertainment Weekly's Album of the Year award in both 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Stew and Heidi Rodewald received the support of the Sundance Institute and The Public Theater to produce the musical Passing Strange , which has had successful runs at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, The Public Theater (NYC), and the Belasco Theatre on Broadway. More recently, Spike Lee directed a film version of Passing Strange , which is receiving glowing praise at film festivals and aired on PBS in the spring of 2010. As a result of his various creative ventures, Stew has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2008 Tony for Best Book of a Musical, two Obie awards for Best New Theater Piece and Best Ensemble as a cast member, and is a four-time Tony nominee. Stew was also the recipient of a 2009 Meet the Composer grant for a new multi-media work Making It , commissioned by St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York and scheduled for performance in 2010. Stew’s recorded output includes Post Minstrel Syndrome (1997), Joys and Concerns (1999), Guest Host (2000), The Naked Dutch Painter (2002), Welcome Black (2002), Something Deeper than these Changes (2003), and the cast album of Passing Strange (2008).

Tamar-kali (panelist/interviewee): Songwriter-vocalist-guitarist Tamar-kali came on the New York rock scene around 1993 while performing with the band Funkface. Shortly thereafter, she became the front woman for Song of Seven, another New York-based rock band. Eventually, Tamar-kali's strength as a woman in a male-dominated genre led to creative conflict and compelled her toward her own expression as a songwriter and vocalist, which resulted into her eclectic musical style. Her band 5ive Piece incorporates hard-core funk, melodic guitar riffs, dissonant harmonies, even and odd-metered grooves and unorthodox song forms. In addition to the instrumental styles of 5ive Piece, Tamar-kali's diverse vocal range allows her to execute warm, round, dark and raspy tones from low to high registers upon demand. She also performs with the string quartet Psycho Chamber Ensemble, which performs renditions of songs by 5ive Piece as well as those arranged and composed specifically for strings by Tamar-kali. Along with leading her diverse ensembles and heading up her own production company, Flaming Yoni Productions, Tamar-kali has worked with other artists in hip-hop and rock such as Outkast and Fishbone. In addition to appearing in the film Afro-punk, Tamar-kali has been featured in Vibe, Fader and Village Voice magazines.

Greg Tate (panelist) is an American author who has spent the last two decades formulating a critical language that has redefined African American cultural theory and writing. An essayist and long time staff writer for Village Voice, Tate has published widely, with writings on art, music, and culture appearing in The New York Times , Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Spin, Artforum, The Nation , DownBeat, and Africa-based magazines such as Glendora Review and Chimurenga. The impact of Tate's writing lies in the seminal productive tensions he navigates between post-structural theory and Black cultural nationalism, academia and street culture. Tate has been inspired by Black innovators such as Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, George Clinton, and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Furthermore, Tate has defied fixed notions about what constitutes authentic Black culture, and has inscribed a new radical trajectory that is simultaneously rebellious yet intelligently written. Now in his 50s, Tate continues to challenge cultural hegemony, writing on everything from hip-hop to YouTube. His books include Flyboy in the Buttermilk (1992), Midnight Lightning : Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience (2003), and Everything but the Burden : What White People Are Taking from Black Culture (2003). He is also a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the conductor and music director of Burnt Sugar, a band that fuses jazz, rock, funk, and African music in a lyrical, exploratory and improvisational manner.

Kamara Thomas (panelist/interviewee), along with Matt Whyte, is one of the founding members of the band Earl Greyhound. Living and working in New York City, the pair began performing regularly as a duo. All along, they were crafting the sound and songs that would form the foundation for a colossal rock band influenced by the strident English three- and four-pieces of the '70s, the dark pop and heavy grooves of the '90s, and the transcendental, noisy acid sounds of modern rock. The band's first full-length album, Soft Targets , was recorded in Los Angeles and Brooklyn in 2005 and earned the group many fans and critical acclaim from publications including The New Yorker, Spin, Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan , and Pitchfork. Even more so, the band's live show quickly drew heaps of attention and gained a steady reputation among critics and fans alike as a veritable rock-n-roll wrecking ball. Earl Greyhound toured relentlessly for the next two years all over the U.S., Canada, and Japan, and autumn 2007 was spent playing theatres as openers for the band's good friend Shooter Jennings, as well as for Soundgarden and Audioslave's Chris Cornell. In spring 2010 Earl Greyhound released their sophomore album Suspicious Package.

Suzanne Thomas (panelist/interviewee): A real deal blues guitarist and vocalist, Suzanne Thomas no stranger to the blues. Life for Thomas started out as an abandoned biracial child in South Korea, where she lived in an orphanage until an American family adopted her into the States at five. She began studying organ at the age of six and, as fate would have it, Thomas was given her first music lessons and introduction to the organ by the great Jimmy Smith. Thomas abandoned dental school at Ohio State to attend music school in Los Angeles. After time in all-female groups such as School Boy Crush, Software, and PMS, Thomas formed Crank, a 3-piece hard rock band that shared the stage with Ice T and Body Count, Fishbone, and Macy Gray. Thomas has also been hired out as a guitarist to several funk and R&B bands, notably doubling on guitar and bass in the Grammy-winning band A Taste of Honey. She took second place in the 7th annual Jimi Hendrix contest, and played in Japan, France, and New York at various music festivals and events including the Manhattan Music Center. Thomas currently performs with her band The Blues Church.

Linda Tillery (panelist/interviewee): Before becoming a prominent figure in women's music in the 1990s, San Francisco native Linda Tillery began her singing career in the 1960s with the gender and racially integrated psychedelic/soul band The Loading Zone, which was modeled somewhat after Sly & the Family Stone. After two albums with that band, Tillery released her solo debut, Sweet Linda Divine, on CBS in 1970 to enthusiastic reviews and high praise. She spent most of the 1970s singing and playing drums on over forty albums, including those by Mary Watkins and Teresa Trull. Having become a staff musician and producer at Olivia Records, Tillery released her second solo album, a self-titled effort, on the label in 1978, garnering a Bay Area Music Award for Best Independently Produced Album. Tillery has twice gone on to win Bay Area Jazz awards for Outstanding Female Vocalist. In subsequent years, Tillery collaborated with female musical powerhouses including June Millington, Deidre McCalla, Barbara Higbie, and Margie Adam, as well as on the Olivia Records 10th anniversary album, Meg/Cris Live at Carnegie (1983). In 1985, Tillery released Secrets on her own 411 label which returned her to center stage. In recent years, she has assembled a large band, Skin Tight, which plays jazzy, funky blues. She has also performed with the ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra and has branched out into radio, film, theater, and television commercials. She has worked for the National Endowment for the Arts and appeared with artists ranging from Santana, Kenny Loggins, and Huey Lewis to the Turtle Island String Quartet, Bobby McFerrin, and Holly Near. In 1992, Tillery created the Cultural Heritage Choir as an outlet for her desire to perform the traditional spiritual music of African American slaves and their descendants.

Ike Willis (panelist/interviewee) first met Frank Zappa while studying political science at Washington University. Willis volunteered to help with the concert committee just so he could get a backstage pass to meet Frank Zappa. As a result of this meeting in 1978, Willis became Zappa's lead singer and rhythm guitarist for nearly fifteen years. In addition to touring, Willis performed on Zappa's albums Joe's Garage, Tinsel Town Rebellion, and You Are What You Is . He also played the title character and narrator in Zappa's off-Broadway musical, Thing-Fish. Willis' distinct baritone vocals coupled with his melodic guitar style continues to solidify the musical legacy of Frank Zappa, which Willis promotes not only through his own music, but also via performances with ensembles around the world that perform Frank Zappa's music, such as Bogus Pomp, Project/Object, Ugly Radio Rebellion, and The Central Scrutinizer Band.

Arrangement

Arranged in five series:
  • Series 1. Conference Sessions
  • Series 2. One-on-One Interviews
  • Series 3. Conference-Related Events
  • Series 4. Miscellaneous Audiovisual Materials
  • Series 5. AAAMC Production Materials

Scope and Content Note

On November 13th and 14th, the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) hosted a two-day conference on Black rock on the Indiana University-Bloomington campus. The conference and related activities were open to local and regional musicians, scholars, students, and the general public.

Reclaiming the Right to Rock : Black Experiences in Rock Music brought together Black rock musicians from different generations and regions with music critics and scholars to discuss the socio-political history, musical developments, and the future of Black rock. The main component of the conference was a set of three panels, each exploring one of the following topics: 1) the conceptualization and origins of Black rock; 2) the politics of Black rock; 3) the face of Black rock in the 21st century.

The core panelists were those artists considered to be innovators and practitioners of Black rock in the United States, including representatives from the East and West Coasts such as Linda Tillery, Ike Willis, Tamar-kali, and Netic. The conference also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Black Rock Coalition, which was founded to create "a united atmosphere conducive to the maximum development, exposure, [and] acceptance of Black alternative music."

In conjunction with the conference, the AAAMC also collaborated with a number of units and organizations at Indiana University to arrange a series of film screenings, concerts, and workshops, which were hosted on the Bloomington campus during the conference weekend and throughout the Fall 2009 semester.

In addition to professionally videotaped footage of the three conference sessions, the IU Union Board Concert, and one-on-one interviews with each of the panelists (minus Greg Tate), a number of volunteers assisted with documenting the conference and conference-related events. The professionally videotaped footage consists of high definition QuickTime files provided by IU's Radio and Television Services (RTVS). Conference volunteers produced miniDVs as well as image, audio, and video files in a variety of formats. Also included in the collection are a number of internal documents produced by AAAMC staff members during the production of the conference, including publicity materials, contract templates, grant materials, and planning documents.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
All education rights for conference session footage and one-on-one interviews with the panelists was released to the Indiana University Board of Trustees in November 2009.
Usage Restrictions
All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Some publication requests may also require the written permission of the interviewer, interviewees, and/or performers.
Preferred Citation
Reclaiming the Right to Rock: Black Experiences in Rock Music Collection, SC 151, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Processing Information
Processed by Ronda L. Sewald.

Completed in 2010

Collection Inventory


Series: 1. Conference Sessions, 2009 November 13 and 14 

Alternate formats available

All HD QuickTime files have the following derivative copies:

  • Online streaming access is available for some items with IU log in credentials. Researchers in need of streaming access can contact the AAAMC to request an IU guest account. Links to streaming content, when available, are included in each item's description below.
  • Medium resolution QuickTime files (video: 960 x 540, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Low resolution QuickTime files w/embedded timecode windows (video: 480 x 270, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Video discs (DVD)

Alternate formats available

Copies of the digital image files are available on DVDR 15 and include deaccessioned items (e.g., photos that were blurry, underexposed, redundant, etc.


Session 1. "What Is Rock? Definition and Roots," 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1039--DVF 1041; DIF 2133--DIF 2171; MDV 16--MDV 17

Physical Description

3 video files (HD QuickTime) (3 hours, 54 minutes) : sound, color ; 60.75 GB + 1 transcript (24 pages), 39 digital photographs (color), 2 videocassettes (HD miniDV, 107 minutes : sound, color)

Moderator
Hollinden, Andy

Panelists
Crazy Horse, Kandia
Stew
Willis, Ike

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Photographer
Batcheller, Anna

Description

This panel examines the following broad areas: (1) the ways in which African American rock musicians conceive of and define rock as a musical genre; (2) how rock is situated within the broader spectrums of African American music and American popular music; (3) the social and political context for the emergence of this music; and (4) the role of rock in African American community life. Video files consist of 14 sec. calibration pattern and 117 minutes of footage from main camera and 117 minutes of simultaneously recorded footage from side camera.

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online

Technical Note

File DVF 1039 contains a test pattern/calibration screen for the panel. One file each created by main and side cameras.


Session 2. "The Politics of Rock : Race, Class, Gender, Generation," 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1049--DVF 1052; DIF 2048--DIF 2085

Physical Description

4 video files (HD QuickTime) (3 hours, 51 minutes) : sound, color ; 63.06 GB + 1 transcript (33 pages), 38 digital photographs (color)

Moderator
Garofalo, Reebee

Panelists
Mitchell, Moe
Tamar-kali
Tate, Greg
Tillery, Linda

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Photographer
Sewald, Ronda L.

Description

This panel explores the role of race, class, gender, and generation in shaping the multiple identities of participants in rock, as well as the ways that African American rock musicians have negotiated these identities within the context of the music industry, mainstream society, and African American communities. Video files consist of 29 sec. calibration pattern and 115 minutes of footage from main camera and two files totaling 115 minutes of simultaneously recorded footage from side camera.

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online

Technical Note

File DVF 1049 contains a test pattern/calibration screen for the panel and DVF 1051 contains no useable content. One file each created by main and side cameras.


Session 3. "Face of Rock in the 21st Century," 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1053--DVF 1055; DIF 2086--DIF 2132

Physical Description

3 video files (HD QuickTime) (4 hours, 27 minutes) : sound, color ; 70.94 GB + 47 image files (jpeg : color)

Moderator
Mahon, Maureen

Panelists
Fields, Rob
Netic
Thomas, Kamara
Thomas, Suzanne

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Photographers
Batcheller, Anna
Sewald, Ronda L.

Description

This panel explores the status of rock in the 21st century—how rock is conceptualized/defined and how has it been transformed and reinterpreted; the role of African American musicians in this process; current trends in rock; the use of technology for creative, marketing and distribution approaches; the reception of Black rockers by the music industry, mainstream, underground, and international audiences; and African American communities, etc. Video files consist of 34 sec. calibration pattern and 134 minutes of footage from main camera and 133 minutes of simultaneously recorded footage from side camera.

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online

Technical Note

File DVF 1053 contains a test pattern/calibration screen for the panel. One file each created by main and side cameras.


Man on the Street Interviews, 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1042--DVF 1048

Physical Description

7 video files (HD QuickTime) (14 minutes)

Interviewees
Allbrittin, Deanna
Berry, William
Brown, Clayton
Ford, Starla
Rizzi, Jessica
Rowley, Ariel

Interviewer
Williams, Lorrin[?]

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Description

Brief interviews with audience members attending Saturday conference sessions. Due to technical problems, an additional interview with an unidentified informant was not recorded and a second interview with another unidentified informant was recorded without audio.

Technical Note

File DVF 1042 contains no useable content.


Series: 2. One-on-One Interviews, 2009 November 12-14 

Alternate formats available:

All HD QuickTime files have the following derivative copies:

  • Online streaming access is available for some items with IU log in credentials. Researchers in need of streaming access can contact the AAAMC to request an IU guest account. Links to streaming content, when available, are included in each item's description below.
  • Medium resolution QuickTime files (video: 960 x 540, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Low resolution QuickTime files w/embedded timecode windows (video: 480 x 270, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Video discs (DVD)

Alternate formats available:

File DVF 1019 contains a test pattern/calibration screen for the panel.


Crazy Horse, Kandia, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1027; MDV 13

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (34 minutes) : sound, color ; 8.88 GB + 1 transcript (8 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Garofalo, Reebee

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Douglas, Jr., Earl, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1025--DVF 1026; MDV 13

Physical Description

2 video files (HD QuickTime) (38 minutes) : sound, color ; 9.97 GB + 1 transcript (8 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV) (sound, color)

Interviewer
Garofalo, Reebee

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Fields, Rob, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1035--DVF 1037

Physical Description

3 video files (HD QuickTime) (36 minutes) : sound, color ; 9.30 GB + 1 transcript (8 pages)

Interviewer
Orjuela, Fernando[?]

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Mitchell, Moe, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1029--DVF 1031; MDV 13

Physical Description

3 video files (HD QuickTime) (39 minutes) : sound, color ; 10.33 GB + 1 transcript (9 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Garofalo, Reebee

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Netic, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1033--DVF 1034; MDV 14

Physical Description

2 video files (HD QuickTime) (24 minutes) : sound, color ; 5.30 GB + 1 transcript (5 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Mahon, Maureen

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Spooner, James, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1032; MDV 13

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (27 minutes) : sound, color ; 7.00 GB + 1 transcript (5 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Mahon, Maureen

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Stew, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1023--DVF 1024; MDV 1

Physical Description

2 video files (HD QuickTime) (53 minutes) : sound, color ; 13.99 GB + 1 transcript (15 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Hollinden, Andy

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Tamar-kali, 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1038

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (29 minutes) : sound, color ; 7.74 GB + 1 transcript (9 pages)

Interviewer
Garofalo, Reebee

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Thomas, Kamara, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1028; MDV 13

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (36 minutes) : sound, color ; 9.44 GB + 1 transcript (6 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : sound, color)

Interviewer
Mahon, Maureen

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Thomas, Suzanne, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1020

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (25 minutes) : sound, color ; 6.50 GB + 1 transcript (7 pages)

Interviewer
Burnim, Mellonee

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Tillery, Linda, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1021

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (36 minutes) : sound, color ; 9.46 GB + 1 transcript (9 pages)

Interviewer
Hollinden, Andy

Videographer
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Willis, Ike, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1022; MDV 1

Physical Description

1 video file (HD QuickTime) (36 minutes) : sound, color ; 9.63 GB + 1 transcript (9 pages), 1 videocassette (HD miniDV : (sound, color)

Interviewer
Hollinden, Andy

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
McAlpin, Michael

Online Streaming in Media Collections Online


Series: 3. Conference-Related Events, 2009 October 19-November 20 

Alternate formats available:

All HD QuickTime files have the following derivative copies:

  • Online streaming access is available for some items with IU log in credentials. Researchers in need of streaming access can contact the AAAMC to request an IU guest account. Links to streaming content, when available, are included in each item's description below.
  • Medium resolution QuickTime files (video: 960 x 540, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Low resolution QuickTime files w/embedded timecode windows (video: 480 x 270, deinterlaced, 29.97 fps, codec h.264 ; audio: linear PCM, stereo, 16-bit/48 kHz)
  • Video discs (DVD)

Alternate formats available:

Copies of the digital image files are available on DVDR 15 and include deaccessioned items (e.g., photos that were blurry, underexposed, redundant, etc.


Reclaiming the Right to Rock : Black Experiences in Rock Music Exhibit, 2009 October 19-November 20 

Shelf No(s).
DIF 1984--DIF 2001; CDR 24--CDR 25

Physical Description

18 image files (jpeg) : color + 2 audio discs (CD)

Curators:
Wilkins, Langston
Nelson-Strauss, Brenda

Photographer
Batcheller, Anna


Film Screening of Passing Strange followed by Q&A Session with Stew, 2009 November 11 

Shelf No(s).
DAF 289; DIF 2172--DIF 2212

Physical Description

1 audio file (33 minutes) : stereo ; 24-bit/44.1 kHz, 501.11 MB + 41 image files (jpeg : color)

Presenter
Stew

Audiographer
Estrada, Zilia C.

Photographer
Estrada, Zilia C.

Note:

Audio recording is of Q&A session only.

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Ike Willis Classroom Lecture to Andy Hollinden's Frank Zappa Class, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 2--MDV3; DAF 286--DAF 287; DIF 1519--DIF 1654

Physical Description

2 videocassettes (HD miniDV) (65 minutes) : sound, color + 1 audio file (101 minutes : mono ; 24-bit/48 kHz, 1.62 GB), 1 audio file (104 minutes : stereo ; 24-bit/44.1 kHz, 967 MB), 136 image files (jpeg : color)

Presenter
Willis, Ike

Videographer
Estrada, Zilia C.

Audiographers:
Estrada, Zilia C.
Walter, Rich

Photographer
Estrada, Zilia C.

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Suzanne Thomas Workshop/Rehearsal with the IU Soul Revue, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 7--MDV 11

Physical Description

5 videocassettes (HD miniDV) (197 minutes) : sound, color

Performers
Thomas, Suzanne
IU Soul Revue

Videographers
Kreiger, Meryl
McAlpin, Michael

Description

In addition to workshop/rehearsal, the videocassettes contain footage of three brief man on the street interviews with IU Soul Revue members recorded by Michael McAlpin.


Kandia Crazy Horse and Kamara Thomas Dinner/Discussion at Hutton Honors College, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DIF 1839--DIF 1870

Physical Description

32 image files (jpeg) : color

Presenters:
Crazy Horse, Kandia
Thomas, Kamara

Photographer
Estrada, Zilia C.


Linda Tillery Workshop/Demonstration on Negro Spirituals at Collins Living-Learning Center, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
DIF 2002--DIF 2047

Physical Description

46 image files (jpeg) : color + 6 audio files (wav, 18 minutes : mono ; 16-bit/44.1 kHz)

Presenter
Tillery, Linda

Audiographer
Unidentified student from Paul Mahern's "Audio production" course

Photographer
Estrada, Zilia C.


Ike Willis Lecture/Workshop at Foster International Living-Learning Center, 2009 November 12 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 4--MDV 6; DAF 288; DIF 1655--DIF 1838

Physical Description

3 videocassettes (HD miniDV) (127 minutes) : sound, color + 1 audio file (wav, 96 minutes : stereo ; 24-bit/48 kHz), 184 image files (jpeg : color)

Presenter
Willis, Ike

Videographers
Wallner, Jessie
McAlpin, Michael

Audiographer
Walter, Rich

Photographer
Ozdegirmenci, Izlem

Description

Includes two brief man on the street interviews with audience members in addition to lecture/workshop footage.

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Suzanne Thomas Lecture to Professor Mellonee Burnim's Class "From Juke Joint to Choir Loft," 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 12; DIF 2340--DIF 2402

Physical Description

1 videocassette (miniDV) (50 minutes) : sound, color + 63 image files (jpeg : color)

Presenter
Thomas, Suzanne

Videographer
Cooper, Kailee

Photographer
Ozdegirmenci, Izlem


"Who Are Asian Pacific Americans?" Luncheon Talk Series at Asian Culture Center, Featuring Suzanne Thomas, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 15; DAF 290 (copy on CDR 84); DIF 2277--DIF 2307 (copies on CDR 83)

Physical Description

1 videocassette (HD miniDV) (45 minutes) : sound, color + 1 audio file (wav, 55 minutes : stereo ; 16-bit/44.1 kHz), 31 image files (jpeg : color)

Presenter
Thomas, Suzanne

Videographer
Fales, Cornelia

Audiographer
Lee, Mike

Photographer
Lee, Mike

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Afro-punk Film Screening Followed by Question and Answer Session with Director and Co-Producer James Spooner, 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s).
DIF 2308--DIF 2323 (copies on CDR 83)

Physical Description

6 audio files (wav) (approximately 24 minutes)on DVDR 9 : mono ; 16-bit/44.1 kHz) + 16 digital photographs (color)

Presenter
Spooner, James

Audiographer
Unidentified student from Paul Mahern's "Audio Production" course

Photographer
Lee, Mike


Union Board Concert Featuring the IU Soul Revue, Suzanne & The Blues Church, and Tamar-kali, 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DVF 1056--DVF 1064; DVDR 10--DVDR 14; DIF 1456--DIF 1518; DIF 2213--DIF 2276; MDV 18--MDV 25

Physical Description

9 video files (HD QuickTime) (2 hours, 51 minutes) : sound, color ; 44.6 GB + 1 videodisc (DVD : sound, color), 4 videodiscs (DVD with AVCHD files : sound, color), 8 videocassettes (HD miniDV, 448 minutes : sound, color), 240 image files (jpeg : color)

Performers
IU Soul Revue
Thomas, Suzanne
Blues Church (Musical group)
Tamar-kali

Videographers
Indiana University, Radio and Television Services
Monroe County Public Library, Community Access Television Services
Guest-Scott, Anthony
Wallner, Jessie
Hatlen, Merrill

Photographers
Hsu, Hsin-Wen
Batcheller, Anna
Lee, Mike

Techincal Note

File DVF 1056 contains a test pattern/calibration screen for the concert.

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Series: 4. Miscellaneous Audiovisual Materials, 2009 November-December 

Appreciation Banquet Photographs, 2009 November 14 

Shelf No(s).
DIF 2324--DIF 2339 (copies on CDR 83)

Physical Description

16 image files (jpeg) : color

Photographer
Lee, Mike


Suzanne Thomas Luncheon and Union Board Concert Volunteer Footage, 2009 November 13-14 

Shelf No(s).
MDV 26--MDV 27

Physical Description

2 videocassettes (HD miniDV) (122 minutes) : sound, color

Presenter/performer
Thomas, Suzanne

Videographer
Teo, Bertrand

Description

Additional footage recorded by journalism student for use in a classroom podcast project.


Portia Maultsby Interview ; Suzanne Thomas Interview, approximately 2009 November 13 

Shelf No(s)
MDV 28

Physical Description

1 videocassette (HD miniDV) (52 minutes) : sound, color

Interviewer
Teo, Bertrand

Videographer
Teo, Bertrand

Description

Footage recorded by journalism student for use in classroom podcast project; also includes three "man on the street" interviews with conference attendees.


Podcast Project Files for Paul Mahern's "Audio Production" Class, 2009 November 11-14 

Shelf No(s).
DVDR 9

Physical Description

35 audio files (wav) (approximately 29 minutes) : mono ; 16-bit/44.1 kHz on DVD-R.

Audiographer
Students enrolled in Telecommunications T-353

Description

Brief, edited audio clips recorded by volunteer journalism student for use in final classroom podcast project for Paul Mahern's "Audio production" course. Consist primarily of man on the street interviews recorded with audience members attending the film screening of Passing Strange, the Union Board concert, as well as clips from a one-on-one interview with AAAMC director Portia K. Maultsby and Afro-punk director and co-producer James Spooner. Original audio recordings no longer exists.


Final Podcast Projects from Paul Mahern's "Audio Production" Class, circa 2009 December 

Shelf No(s).
CDR 20--CDR 23

Physical Description

4 audio files (wav) (approximately 19 minutes) on 4 data CDs : mono ; 16-bit/44.1 kHz

Creator
Kilpin, Jordan
Powell, Gary
Lamping, Nicholas
Davis, Gareth

Description

Four of the final classroom podcast projects created for Paul Mahern's "Audio Production" course created from interviews and audio from various panels and related events recorded by Mahern's T-353 students throughout the course of the conference.


Series: 5. AAAMC Production Materials, 2009 March-2010 January 

Subseries: Event and Volunteer Schedules

Summary of Conference Week Events

RTVS Filming Schedule

Volunteer and Staff Schedules/Itineraries

Subseries: Panelist/Moderator Itineraries

The Blues Church

Crazy Horse, Kandia

Fields, Rob

Garofalo, Reebee

Hollinden, Andy

Mahon, Maureen

Mitchell, Moe

Netic

Spooner, James

Stew

Tamar-kali

Tate, Greg

Thomas, Kamara

Thomas, Suzanne

Tillery, Linda

Willis, Ike

Subseries: Publicity Materials

Information for Event Calendar Postings, 2009 September 28 

Conference Website, 2009 October 

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/br/brconf_2009.html


Conference Website (pdf version), 2009 October 

AAAMC Black Rock Discography/Filmography, 2009 October 

Liner Notes (no. 13), 2008-2009 

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/PDFs/linernotes13.pdf

Description

Contains edited version of pre-conference interview with Linda Tillery and a description of the upcoming conference.


Liner Notes (no. 14), 2009-2010 

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/PDFs/linernotes14.pdf

Description

Contains extensive conference coverage and edited interviews with Stew, Ike Willis, Earl Douglas, and Tamar-kali.


Subseries: Administrative documents

Linda Tillery Pre-Conference Interview, 2008 September 8 

Physical Description

1 audio disc (CD) : stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 transcript (15 pages)

Interviewer
Cooper, Tyron

Interviewee
Tillery, Linda


Maureen Mahon Pre-Conference Interview, 2009 September 8 

Physical Description

1 audio disc (CD) : stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 transcript (12 pages)

Interviewer
Cooper, Tyron

Interviewee
Mahon, Maureen


New Frontiers Grant Proposal, 2009 January 19 

Panelist Invitation Letters, 2009 March 27 

Purchasing Contract Template for Panelists'/Moderators' Services, 2009 May 12 

Themester Funding Proposal, 2009 May 24 

Participants' Acceptance of Conference Invitation Confirmation Letter, 2009 June 12 

Travel Information Form, 2009 July 21 

Panel Descriptions and Proposed Interview/Panel Questions, 2009 July 

Information Request for IU-AAAMC Purchasing Contract, 2009 July 22 

Material Donation Request Letter and Response Form, 2009 July 22 

Revised Purchasing Contract Templates, 2009 August 7 

Conference Registration Form, 2009 September 22 

Travel and Hotel Summaries for Conference Participants, 2009 September-November 

Documenter and Audience Member Release Form Templates, 2009 November 

Conference Program, 2009 November 

CD of Introductory Music for Conference Sessions, 2009 November 

New Frontiers Final Grant Report, 2010 January 27 

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