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Interview with Gordon Voidwell.
Friday, July 16, 2010 by
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Category: Entertainment, Interview
I remember I had a white friend who would always crack some jokes that weren’t too fried chicken, cornbread and collared-green friendly. When I confronted her about this, she simply answered, “ That’s impossible, my best friend is black.” Referring to me. Ah the joys of white friends. How quick are they to play color blind, but when I look back, she really was. What some referred to as nappy, she dubbed tightly coiled curls. Growing up, when the jokes about my darker hue ensued, she would calm me, “You look like a tahitian goddess, and besides with that chocolate skin you could be a top model”. Between her frequent trips to Abercrombie&Fitch and my monthly appointments with the creamy crack, me and my white friend were going to rule the fucking earth.
When I first got a listen of Gordon Voidwell’s “White Friends”, after channeling my inner John Travolta via Saturday Night Fever, I was on the hunt to figure out who the hell this god of an artist was. He gave me pop fever, with a tinge of disco, and a splash of hip-hop, and I wanted more. I managed not only to get the scoop on this up and coming artist, but I also managed to get an interview too.
With most bumbling artist, when it comes to collaborations with clothing companies it’s usually pretty small. With Gordon Voidwell, for the release of his, “Ivy League Circus”, he collaborated with fashion powerhouse Ralph Lauren. When the trained vocalist isn’t performing at the hippest venues in New York, you can find him doing the next best thing: writing about fashion. They’ve told me that he is a fusion of Tom Tom Club, Madonna, Prince and David Bowie, and I’m telling you to make room because Gordon Voidwell is here to stay. (more…)
Interview with Gordon Voidwell.
Friday, July 16, 2010 by Team Greedmont | No Comments | Category: Entertainment, Interview
I remember I had a white friend who would always crack some jokes that weren’t too fried chicken, cornbread and collared-green friendly. When I confronted her about this, she simply answered, “ That’s impossible, my best friend is black.” Referring to me. Ah the joys of white friends. How quick are they to play color blind, but when I look back, she really was. What some referred to as nappy, she dubbed tightly coiled curls. Growing up, when the jokes about my darker hue ensued, she would calm me, “You look like a tahitian goddess, and besides with that chocolate skin you could be a top model”. Between her frequent trips to Abercrombie&Fitch and my monthly appointments with the creamy crack, me and my white friend were going to rule the fucking earth.
When I first got a listen of Gordon Voidwell’s “White Friends”, after channeling my inner John Travolta via Saturday Night Fever, I was on the hunt to figure out who the hell this god of an artist was. He gave me pop fever, with a tinge of disco, and a splash of hip-hop, and I wanted more. I managed not only to get the scoop on this up and coming artist, but I also managed to get an interview too.
With most bumbling artist, when it comes to collaborations with clothing companies it’s usually pretty small. With Gordon Voidwell, for the release of his, “Ivy League Circus”, he collaborated with fashion powerhouse Ralph Lauren. When the trained vocalist isn’t performing at the hippest venues in New York, you can find him doing the next best thing: writing about fashion. They’ve told me that he is a fusion of Tom Tom Club, Madonna, Prince and David Bowie, and I’m telling you to make room because Gordon Voidwell is here to stay. (more…)
