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Christine Capetola

Writer. Professor. Cultural Programmer.

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FKA twigs and the Palpability of Vulnerability

September 2, 2019 By ccapetola

I. 

FKA twig’s set at Afropunk 2019 starts in darkness.  The darkness of the stage at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn mirrors the darkness of the Sunday night sky, feeding one another in a continuos loop.  Slowly, the stage fills … Read the rest

Filed Under: intimacy, vibrations, vulnerability Tagged With: Afropunk, FKA twigs

Robyn, The Hurt, and The Honey

July 29, 2019 By ccapetola

It starts with a bass line.  Wobbling and reverberating out into the night, the vibrations make space for the vocals to slowly creep into the song.  As the voice declares, “If you’ve got something to say, I need to hear … Read the rest

Filed Under: intimacy, synthpop, vulnerability Tagged With: house, Pitchfork, Robyn

Can You Break Sometimes: Blood Orange and the Future Past

November 5, 2018 By ccapetola

What does it mean to go back to who/where you used to be?  What does it mean to go forward from going back? In late September, I returned to Central Park Summerstage for the first time in over a decade … Read the rest

Filed Under: blackness, transness, vulnerability Tagged With: Blood Orange, Central Park Summerstage

Kelela in Three Acts

March 19, 2018 By ccapetola

“Some of you don’t know who the fuck I am.  My name is Kelela.”

It’s Friday afternoon at the Pitchfork SXSW day party at Barracuda and Kelela is midway through her set as the headlining act.  After doing the three … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, black womanhood, vulnerability Tagged With: Kelela, SXSW 2018

We’ll Do It Again (In A World At War)

February 17, 2018 By ccapetola

In the middle of the summer of 2017, Lana Del Rey’s Lust For Life entered the musical atmosphere like a whirlwind, a mixture of vulnerability, politics, and pop hooks that pulled in many different directions while simultaneously keeping its course … Read the rest

Filed Under: America, homoeroticism, vulnerability Tagged With: Lana Del Rey, Millennials

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