![]() My creative community - with reason - sees Trump as a racist, a sexist and a white nationalist, and his White House as harboring anti-Semites and those who see the Constitution of the United States as something to get around rather than revere. ![]() Right now, both the places where I live are highly suspicious of each other. It’s fair to say we’ve all found ourselves simultaneously living in separate worlds, sometimes contentedly and sometimes not. I am not the only liberal I know who lives in a small rural town, and in my own circle of acquaintances, I know conservatives who dwell among throngs of liberals nor is politics the only nexus of communities, even if it is the one I’m focused on now. But I rather strongly suspect that I am not the only person who finds himself in the very small overlap of two (or more!) entirely disparate communities. My two communities are sharply defined to the point of near exclusion from each other - it’s fair to say that the only thing these two communities have in common is me and my family. This community is my home, as much as the community of Bradford is my home. Like my real world neighbors, these virtual neighbors are lovely people, whom I can bounce creative ideas off of, celebrate achievements and commiserate career potholes with, count on for support and give support to. This community is liberal, whereas my physical world community is conservative almost none of my creative community voted for Trump (even the occasional nonliberal in this tribe voted for Gary Johnson or Evan McMullin). ![]() With social media, I talk to writers and creators living in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington and elsewhere around the world on a more than daily basis. It’s not an exaggeration to say that thanks to travel, I see some of these creative people more often than I see some of the people in Bradford. This “coastal elite” lives in a place where there is so little light pollution he can see the Milky Way, where the nearest McDonald’s is 10 miles away, where a traffic jam is three cars behind an Amish buggy, and where the sound of repeated gunfire is not a cause for alarm but just the neighbors getting in some target practice. In the last presidential election, a full 78% of Darke County voters pulled the lever for Donald Trump. It’s on the edge of Darke County, population 50,000, of which roughly 98% of its inhabitants are white. To those who accuse me thus, I invite you to visit my current hometown of Bradford, Ohio, population 1,850. It's a track that will make an incredible addition to any playlist in need of some serious spice.As a writer of liberalish tendencies, and one with an active - meaning, loud - political and social presence online, I am often accused (particularly on Twitter, the Wild West of social media) of being a “coastal elite.” Which is to say, one of those latte-drinking multiculturalists loitering in one of the big cities with an ocean nearby - but not the Gulf of Mexico, which totally does not count - who doesn’t know what it’s like for the honest, hard-working real Americans in the “flyover country,” a place someone like me would never visit. "Double Bubble Trouble" has a straight-to-the-point catchy and incredibly sexy rhythm that is sure to make you move. has fused an electric feel with elements of reggaeton together to make for an exceptional trap-tastic experience for the listener. The compilation of multiple genres in "Double Bubble Trouble" truly showcases how she has adapted to the ebbs & flows of musical trends in today's society, while remaining unique and true to her individual style as an artist. M.I.A.'s recording career began 11 years ago, and it goes without saying that she has seen success in her endeavors. M.I.A.'s typical compositions combine elements of electronic, dance, alternative, hip hop, and world music, but this track adds in the element of trap to her genre roster. The track took one of my weekend party's crowds by surprise and made every person in sight move. ![]() Each track is unique in sound, but a track that stood out is "Double Bubble Trouble". It goes without saying that the album is about as one-of-a-kind as the artist herself. Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (aka M.I.A.) recently released her fourth album, Matangi, at the beginning of this month.
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