SELECTED PRESS
SPOTLIGHT ON PUBLIC RADIO
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7.27.23 WNYC - NOTES FROM AMERICA
A Punk Rock Guide To Making A Scene
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8.5.23 DECODER RING / SLATE - What's Really Going on Inside a Mosh Pit
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2.28.23 - KXEP - SOUND AND VISION - Stranger in the Punk House: A Look at Black Punks
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6.20.22 THE TAKE AWAY - Becoming Afro-Punk
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5. 21. 22 ALL THINGS CONSIDERED - New graphic memoir shows how punk rock helped a young Black man find his identity
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10. 30. 06 ALL THINGS CONSIDERED - Film Looks at Lives of Black Punks
THE HIGH DESERT
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LA MADE: James Spooner and Kathleen Hanna in Conversation w/ Sextile Performance
—Los Angeles Public Library
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—New York Public Library
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—Washington Post
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—Publisher's Weekly
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—Publisher's Weekly Podcast Reviews
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The Graphic Memoir of an Apple Valley ‘Afro-Punk’
—LA TIMES
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—The Takeaway, NPR
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—Departures Magazine
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Afropunk Pioneer Explores ‘The High Desert’ of His Origins
—AndScape
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New Graphic Memoir Shows How Punk Helped a Young Black Man Find Identity
—All Things Considered, NPR
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Newly Published, From the California Desert to Capitol Hill
— New York Times
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Afropunk Goes Graphic Memoir: 'PW' Talks with James Spooner
— Publishers Weekly
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— Publishers Weekly
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— KIRKUS
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— Publishers Weekly
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SPOONER PROFILES &
BLACK PUNK HISTORY
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A Punk Rock Guide To Making A Scene
— WNYC - NOTES FROM AMERICA
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The Beauty and Freedom of Black Punks
— Harpers Bazaar
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— The Guardian
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"Fuck That Thing." That’s all punk needs.
— Diaphanes
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​The Afro-Punk Pioneers Who Defy Stereotypes
— The Voice UK
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The Very Black History of Punk Music
— Al Jazeera
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The Process: James Spooner on AfroPunk
— Believer Magazine
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James Spooner Shows a Different Shade of Punk
— Phoenix New Times
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AfroPunk at The Hammer Museum (Q&A)
–UCLA (video)
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— High How Are You
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The Musical Influences of Basquiat with James Spooner
— The Broad Museum
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The Lasting influence of Jean Michel Basquiat with James Spooner and Ed Patuto
— Auture Magazine
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— Heat Rocks Podcast (audio)
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AFROPUNK (Festival and Criticism)
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— CBS Sunday Morning
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AfroPunk Is Back With New Message
— Brooklyn Eagle
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— Riot Woman Podcast (audio)
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— Vibe Magazine
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— The Rad Voice
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The Misguided Evolution of AfroPunk
— Bitch Media
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— New Yorker
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— Nylon
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The True Story of How AfroPunk Turned a Message Board into a Movement
— Fader
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— Vice
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— PitchFork Magazine
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— New York Times
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— XLR8R Magazine
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AfroPunk Started With a Documentary
— Village Voice
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AfroPunk Stretches Racial Labels
— MSNBC
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— Forbes Magazine
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— Mail & Guardian
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— Tribes.org
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— Ebony Magazine
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— Mic
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AfroPunk: More Than a Festival; It’s Black Culture
— Huffington Post
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AFROPUNK (Early Years)
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AfroPunk – A Black Punk Documentary
— NPR
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Afro on The Outside, Punk on the Inside
— NY Sun
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The Rock N Roll Nigger Experience
— Brooklyn Rail
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— Vibe Magazine
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— MTV.com
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How AfroPunk Became a Movement
— Racked NYC
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— Indiana University Interview (video)
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— AfroPunk Media (video)
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— MTV (video)
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— Grit TV (video)
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— AfroPunk Media (video)
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— DefKon (video)
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— Much Music (video)
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— Documentary is Never Neutral
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TATTOOS​
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— LA Sentinel
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Tattooing the African Diaspora with James Spooner
— Los Angeles Public Library (video)
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— ATTN: interview. (video)
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Vegan Tattoo
— Driftwood Magazine
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MISC
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What's Really Going on Inside a Mosh Pit?
— Decoder Ring / Salt
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A Freedom Ride: Black Kids on Bikes
— Street Films (video)
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James Spooner's Ipod Commercial
— Apple (video)
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