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summer school radio episode 49, the black history month shower ✿ recorded live on february 5, 2023, at the lot radio studio in brooklyn, NY.

i’m so honored to be amongst such a beautiful network of innovators in black sound and song. deep love and gratitude to each of you for your work:

Kamaal (@kamaal) / Mike (@mikelikesrap) / yaya bey (@yayabeybay) / Contour (@ccontourr) / Semiratruth (@semiratruth) / Space Afrika (@space_afrika) / Sudan Archives (@sudanarchives) / keiyaA (@keiyaa) / Shungu (@shungu_senga) / Mavi (@mavi4mayor) / New Past (@newpast_futures) / Pink Siifu (@pinksiifu) / and Liv.e (@_osun) <3

then, Melissa Lyde of Alfreda's Cinema (@alfredascinema) was invited to share a brief conversation about her Black cinema project, and to take over the second hour of the show. another creative i’m so glad to be in the company of. thank you melissa for your contribution.

✿ listen to the show on Soundcloud

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Chris Johnson, Women Making Clouds, 2000

Month in review

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artist: holly warburton

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CHURCH OF THE DIVINE DISCO MOTHER 2312

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And Then Once More

The Rainbow Children Sang

From The Sacred Book of Disco

& Danced to the Mother Donna

& The Ancient Grooves were Renewed

& Precious Vinyl

Carried into The Temple

& Laid upon The Turntable

Until The Night Orchestral

Sinuous Insistent Pulsatile

Swallowed their pain in The Music

& rivulets ran

Down their glistening backs

& their foreheads gleamed

With their efforts

And their laughter

Glittered in the air

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The poem is a vision of a future religious spiritual practice of ancestor worship centered around a global pride holiday with Donna Summer as the deified figure. - rp

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"The Divine Disco Mother Goddess, LaDonna Adrian Gaines, Donna Summer (1948-2012) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 20th Century and became known as the "Queen of Disco"

Blessed Be She.

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🏳️‍🌈 Listen: Pride Disco Fever

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I dropped something with my friend Chevy Kev! Link in bio. 🙏🏾

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Questions to help break through a ‘I can’t do the Thing’ wall

I’m not doing the Thing, but if I were to do the Thing, what would be the first bit to tackle?

eg: I’m having trouble washing up. I’ll start by just getting all the dishes into one place and emptying the drying rack.

Often, you might find that the first bit was what you were stuck on, and now you’ve done that, you feel ready to do the whole Thing. But if not, that’s fine, you’ve set things up to be easier later! Similarly:

What can I do to set things up for when I’m ready?

eg: I need to apply for a job vacancy I’ve seen. That feels really overwhelming and I don’t have the energy right now. I will create an email with the correct address in and open the files I’ll need for tomorrow.

Half-done is half more than you had before, and it will make things easier when you come back. Reduce the friction and complexity as much as you can.

Will this task actually be any easier if I do it later?

eg: I need to re-spray my waterproofs. It’s sunny today but it’s going to be raining all week, so it would actually be easier to do it now so I can do it outside and let them air. ‘Kay FINE, guess I will.

or: I want to make progress on my Creative Endeavour. I’m having a lot of trouble focussing at the moment but tomorrow I’ll be better rested and my Creative Group will be meeting. It will genuinely be easier then so I should stop worrying about it for now.

Sometimes, you realise that it would legitimately be easier to do a task later. Other times, you realise it would suck more to put it off, and that can help give you a nudge to do it sooner. It also helps reframe it in your head from “will I do the Thing?” to “when will I do the Thing?”

These are some questions that I use myself and I thought I’d share them to see if they’re handy for anyone else!