Yapping Sessions
Session 1
Yo, I have writer’s block and nothing has moved me enough to want to deep dive and write about. So this is just me rambling about random topics and what’s been on my mind. Welcome to “Yapping Session 1”, a series.
The Grammys
This Grammy season, since I’ve been more focused on music as a passion, a hobby, and a lifestyle, I was going to force myself to watch the Grammys. I don’t believe award shows make or break an artist, but deadass—who doesn’t want a Grammy?
It wasn’t even a forced watch, surprisingly enough. It was a long day if you started with the pre-show award announcements, but the acts were entertaining, the winners made sense, and there were still surprises. Next year, I’m making an all-day party out of it—come kick it! I was going to go on about the winners, but that’s too coherent for this yap.
Shout out Dot and Beyoncé, NEXT!
Black Women
Yo, shout out Black women.
I’ve spent most of this winter reading Angela Davis, bell hooks, and a collection of other works by Black women. The work they’ve been doing for decades to help Black people is powerful and moving. The future runs through them. They are the smartest and most successful of any race or gender (numbers don’t lie).
To the Black men reading this: we need to get out of the way and let our women lead. The male patriarchy and the idea that women should be submissive is a white supremacist ideology—we gotta let that go.
Real Babble
Loc & Wax started almost a week ago. The idea came from—once more—shout out Black women.
When I wanted to get into vinyl collecting, I figured I’d turn to reselling to fund the records I wanted. But if you follow my Twitter, you know I’m an insufferable anti-capitalist, so the thought of being purely a reseller didn’t sit right with me. If you’re gonna tweet about it, be about it.
The idea started from a TikTok I saw a while ago (can’t remember the creator now), but she was a therapist who turned her practice into a pay-what-you-can service—and now she makes a living off of it. Seeing that made me want to do something similar with music and vinyl collecting.
Vinyl is much like therapy—overpriced but highly sought after. I figured, why not try it here? The idea is simple: a bunch of people pay $7/month, collectively pick the vinyls we want to buy, and then sell them back to the community at a discounted price. Any extra money (or anything people choose to pay above the base price) goes right back into growing the community.
I BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY.
Other Things to Mention
Do not type your drafts on Substack. That "Save Draft" feature is a lie. Had to rewrite this whole thing because I trusted Substack (free game).
Luka is a Laker. Cheers.
It’s gonna be a long four years, but what did Dot say?
“Long as God got us, we gon’ be ALRIGHT!”
Peace!
