MIA in Links

I really like Sady Doyle's discussion of the Times profile of MIA at Tiger Beatdown (hat tip to JMR on Facebook!). I like MIA's music a lot, and find her politics very intriguing--not that I necessarily always agree with them, or think she is free of hypocrisy (who isn't!), but they are always provocative. If you haven't seen her now notorious video for "Born Free," be sure to give it a whirl. Not for the faint of heart, but in this Age of Arpaio I personally find it quite powerful. There is no shortage of commentary about this video out there, but the musicologically-inclined might appreciate that Steve Waksman was interviewed about that video and others for a Metro feature on "Girls Gone Wild" in recent pop music--his expert commentary there is a breath of fresh air.