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About jamilah

i think about a lot of things, and sometimes i write about them.

Our Favorite Records Of 2025

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xcrwt-19f9276 (RECORDED ON DECEMBER 17, 2025) There’s so much music out there in the world, and no one could possibly listen to, or know everything that’s been released.  However, jesse and jamilah did find some gems among the vastness, in … Continue reading

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Pharrell Williams, The Myth Of The Apolitical, And The Reality Of Class Alliances

The attempt to divide art and politics is a bourgeois which says good poetry, art, cannot be political, but since everything is … political, even an artist or work that claims not to have any politics is making a political … Continue reading

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jesse And jamilah Discuss The ‘Michael’ Trailer

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kcjtc-19bb806 (RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2025) Apparently, ‘Michael’, the Michael Jackson biopic, has been in the works for a few years.  Out of the two of them, jesse tends to follow the posthumous happenings of the MJ (and Prince) world, … Continue reading

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‘Metallica Saved My Life’: Conversations With Lars Ulrich, Jonas Åkerlund And Many Other Wonderful People, At The Mill Valley Film Festival

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vizqe-1995a09 (RECORDED ON OCTOBER 9 & 10, 2025) jamilah traveled to California to attend the Mill Valley Film Festival premiere of ‘Metallica Saved My Life’ (among other things). The intent always was to capture the voices of people who attended … Continue reading

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The ‘Giving Flowers’ Series (episode 5): DEVO (feat. Abby Denson (And A Melodica))

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-q2iwk-1952ce0 (RECORDED ON AUGUST 30, 2025) Longtime friends Abby and jamilah have been into DEVO for many, many years; however, jamilah has never seen them live.  Given that they are still touring, they decided to do a ‘Flowers’ episode on … Continue reading

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The ‘Giving Flowers’ Series (episode 4): Metallica (feat. Dave Ferraro)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ncb5y-19313cf (RECORDED ON AUGUST 8, 2025) Anyone who’s a regular/semi-regular listener to the podcast most likely is aware that (drummer) Lars Ulrich is jamilah’s biggest musical inspiration; and that his band, Metallica, is her second favorite (after Earth, Wind & … Continue reading

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Podcasts Unite (pt. 3): A Conversation With Sam Thompson (Witchpolice Radio)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uqjyn-19228d9 (RECORDED ON JULY 27, 2025) Music And We has been going for some time now (with a bit of a hiatus); however, the podcast was started later in the game, unlike the 2012 premiere of Witchpolice Radio.  Hosted by … Continue reading

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Clowns Love (the) Ramones Too: A Conversation With Jonas Woolverton

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vv37v-191d890 (RECORDED ON JULY 26, 2025) When jamilah was floating about in the middle of the Punk Rock Bowling festival (in Las Vegas), she ended up meeting Jonas Woolverton in a small tent selling skateboards and horror-themed items.  They talked … Continue reading

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A Message To The ‘Anti-Immigrant’ & Anti-Queer/Trans Metallica Fans…

(This post is also on my Substack page, but i posted it here as well. Thanks for reading!) When i was 14 years old i was introduced to Metallica. By the time i turned 15, they were my favorite band. … Continue reading

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Punk Rock Bowling, and Reconnecting To My Roots

i’ve not spent much time at music festivals in general; besides the random annual local jazz or punk festival over the years, the last time i attended anything major was in the early 1990s, with the second and third Lollapaloozas. … Continue reading

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