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)
TitleReclaiming 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.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Crazy Horse, Kandia
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Fields, Rob
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Garofalo, Reebee
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Hollinden, Andy, 1961-
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Mahon, Maureen
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Mitchell, Moe
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Netic
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Spooner, James
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Stew, 1961-
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Blues Church (Musical group)
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Tamar-kali
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Tate, Greg
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Thomas, Kamara
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Thomas, Suzanne
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Tillery, Linda
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Willis, Ike
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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 InformationProcessed 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.
Online Streaming in Media Collections Online
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.
Online Streaming in Media Collections Online
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.
Online Streaming in Media Collections Online
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
Online Streaming in Media Collections Online
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.
Online Streaming in Media Collections Online
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 (pdf version), 2009 October
AAAMC Black Rock Discography/Filmography, 2009
October
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