SELECTED PRESS
THE HIGH DESERT
LA MADE: James Spooner and Kathleen Hanna in Conversation w/ Sextile Performance
—Los Angeles Public Library
—New York Public Library
—Washington Post
—Publisher's Weekly
—Publisher's Weekly Podcast Reviews
The Graphic Memoir of an Apple Valley ‘Afro-Punk’
—LA TIMES
—The Takeaway, NPR
—Departures Magazine
Afropunk Pioneer Explores ‘The High Desert’ of His Origins
—AndScape
New Graphic Memoir Shows How Punk Helped a Young Black Man Find Identity
—All Things Considered, NPR
Newly Published, From the California Desert to Capitol Hill
— New York Times
Afropunk Goes Graphic Memoir: 'PW' Talks with James Spooner
— Publishers Weekly
— Publishers Weekly
— KIRKUS
— Publishers Weekly
SPOONER PROFILES &
BLACK PUNK HISTORY
The Beauty and Freedom of Black Punks
— Harpers Bazaar
— The Guardian
"Fuck That Thing." That’s all punk needs.
— Diaphanes
The Afro-Punk Pioneers Who Defy Stereotypes
— The Voice UK
The Very Black History of Punk Music
— Al Jazeera
The Process: James Spooner on AfroPunk
— Believer Magazine
James Spooner Shows a Different Shade of Punk
— Phoenix New Times
AfroPunk at The Hammer Museum (Q&A)
–UCLA (video)
— High How Are You
The Musical Influences of Basquiat with James Spooner
— The Broad Museum
The Lasting influence of Jean Michel Basquiat with James Spooner and Ed Patuto
— Auture Magazine
— Heat Rocks Podcast (audio)
AFROPUNK (Festival and Criticism)
— CBS Sunday Morning
AfroPunk Is Back With New Message
— Brooklyn Eagle
— Riot Woman Podcast (audio)
— Vibe Magazine
— The Rad Voice
The Misguided Evolution of AfroPunk
— Bitch Media
— New Yorker
— Nylon
The True Story of How AfroPunk Turned a Message Board into a Movement
— Fader
— Vice
— PitchFork Magazine
— New York Times
— XLR8R Magazine
AfroPunk Started With a Documentary
— Village Voice
AfroPunk Stretches Racial Labels
— MSNBC
— Forbes Magazine
— Mail & Guardian
— Tribes.org
— Ebony Magazine
— Mic
AfroPunk: More Than a Festival; It’s Black Culture
— Huffington Post
AFROPUNK (Early Years)
AfroPunk – A Black Punk Documentary
— NPR
Afro on The Outside, Punk on the Inside
— NY Sun
The Rock N Roll Nigger Experience
— Brooklyn Rail
— Vibe Magazine
— MTV.com
How AfroPunk Became a Movement
— Racked NYC
— Indiana University Interview (video)
— AfroPunk Media (video)
— MTV (video)
— Grit TV (video)
— AfroPunk Media (video)
— DefKon (video)
— Much Music (video)
— Documentary is Never Neutral
TATTOOS
— LA Sentinel
Tattooing the African Diaspora with James Spooner
— Los Angeles Public Library (video)
— ATTN: interview. (video)
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Vegan Tattoo
— Driftwood Magazine
MISC
A Freedom Ride: Black Kids on Bikes
— Street Films (video)
James Spooner's Ipod Commercial
— Apple (video)