Email Author Carol Cooper

2003 Stories by Carol Cooper

• One Crunk Nation Under a Reggae Ton of Grooves

  published November 25, 2003

  By fusing Atlanta crunk, Jamaican dancehall, and Afro-Latino "reggaeton" beats, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz' "Get Low (Remix)" has become the... More >>

• Imps of the Perverse

  published October 28, 2003

  Both women crouch nearly nude on their album covers, gazing with feral yet somehow fetal reproach at potential consumers, like naughty fairy... More >>

• The Long Road Home

  published August 5, 2003

  In the rural east Texas graveyard where my father and his parents are buried, just a stone's throw from a black church built on land donated by my... More >>

• Listings

  published June 3, 2003

  No one-sentence summation (no matter how correct or clever) really does justice to the Scissor Sisters. As a girdle-tight, piss-elegant rock unit... More >>

• With God on Our Side

  published April 8, 2003

  Much the way there are no atheists in foxholes, you'll find even fewer unbelievers in Black America. Constant danger, risible ironies, and... More >>