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nonfics.bsky.social @nonfics.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Sly Stone has died. Join us in remembering him by watching Questlove's documentary about the music icon, 'Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden Of Black Genius),' now on Hulu and read our review here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...

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David Davies @ddaviesscribe10.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It was a pleasure speaking with Joseph Patel about the extraordinary Sly Lives! doc - one of the most thrilling and insightful docs of recent years.

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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

“My first memory in life is Sly Stone.” Thank you to filmmaker/EP Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson & producer Joseph Patel for an excellent Q&A after our sold out free screening of SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) (2025) over the weekend during ‘This Is Not a Fiction.’

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Saw this fantastic documentary today, and, like everything my boy @jazzbeezy.bsky.social touches, it's marvelous. He produced it, and Questlove directed, just like "Summer of Soul." Thanks for the sweet shoutout, Jazzbo. Love you always. You too, Exo and Kimson. XO

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Santa Monica, we outside and inside today

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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

‘This Is Not a Fiction’ Aero Edition: CONAN O’BRIEN MUST GO GHOST BOY GATES OF HEAVEN / VERNON FLORIDA SLY LIVES! ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND BELFAST, MAINE KOYAANISQATSI NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET KILLER OF SHEEP 100 FOOT WAVE www.americancinematheque.com/series/this-...

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Real Genius a Top 10 All Time movie for me. RIP Val Kilmer 🤲🏽

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E.J. Friedman @ejfriedman.me · 29/03/2025

Looks like there's still some tickets left for a FREE public screening of #SlyLives (aka The Burden of Black Genius) at @amcinematheque.bsky.social on April 12 featuring an in-person Q&A from @questlove.bsky.social and @jazzbeezy.bsky.social. Get 'em -> www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

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SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) - American Cinematheque

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 28/03/2025

"Sly Lives! has a not dissimilar mission, because Hall of Fame or no Hall of Fame, the man born Sylvester Stewart in 1943 has all but outlived what legend he had, and as Thompson sets out to prove, that’s not right." Robert Christgau — 'Making Sly Fresh Again':

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Making Sly Fresh Again

'Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius)'

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Shouts to the homie and fellow designer @fwmj.bsky.social who is apparently now a nemesis of a billionaire w/ a fragile ego over a t-shirt design he made in 2017. Legit blacklisted. gothamist.com/news/madison...

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Madison Square Garden bans T-shirt designer over 'Ban Dolan' shirt — years after he made it

Frank Miller Jr. says he was stunned to learn he’s barred from all Madison Square Garden venues, years after mocking the Knicks' owner with a satirical shirt.

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Remember: every time you read about a new Broadway box office record, it’s not because they added more seats to a theatre. It’s because the prices are higher than before.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I truly cannot believe we are only 2 months into this shit.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Steve Kerr needs to start doing layup drills in practice

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Real cool to see Dustin Nguyen in Dope Thief.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Adolescence on Netflix is as good as everyone says it is. And technically mind-blowing how it's shot.

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Javachik @javachik.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@seejanemarie.bsky.social you’re SO generous with your time in this interview - every person who wants to work in audio documentation should read this! (And many who already do, should!!) www.descript.com/blog/article...

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Industry Veteran Jane Marie on Making Art in a Podcast Graveyard

Jane Marie sat down with us to talk about her time at This American Life, hosting The Dream, and making good podcasts when no one wants to pay.

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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

See Questlove’s SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) (2025) at this year’s ’This Is Not a Fiction’ film festival 🎹 Free screening + Q&A with producer Joseph Patel coming to the Aero on Sat. 4/12 at 12:30 pm. Stay tuned for RSVP’s going live! www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

GP2 can never take off that mask

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Jeremy @floregonian.com · 18/03/2025

There’s this muppet on TikTok who transcribes and then scats incredibly difficult jazz solos so well and I could not possibly love a thing more

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Bad turnovers, missed free throws, Steph brain lock, Brick city. Terrible loss for the Dubs.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our campaign raised nearly $845,000 this filing period. We did it from 10,988 individual donors across almost every NYC zip code. And with $500,000+ matching eligible, we expect another $4+ million next month. We have the movement, the momentum and the money to win.

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Money Pours In for Cuomo and Mamdani in Mayoral Race

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, a progressive state lawmaker from Queens, are leading the mayoral candidates in fund-raising.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I don't want to be a broken record here, but the senate had an opportunity to try to force the GOP to negotiate on stuff like this, and they threw it away instantly, with absolutely no effort to apply leverage at all. because they were afraid the GOP might criticize them.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Little Simz "point and kill" is an excellent theme song for Dope Thief

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Tom Lowry @tomlowry.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

My first exposure to Sly & the Family Stones was taking the greatest hits vinyl album out of my town library as a jr. high schooler. Finally caught @questlove.bsky.social's "Sly Lives" docu. So good, as is this @sharonwaxman.bsky.social @thewrap.com intvu w/ Questlove & producer Jospeh Patel.

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Questlove Says 'Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' Is an 'Intervention Cry' to Musicians and a 'Letter to All Of Us'

Sundance 2025: The Oscar-winning documentarian calls Sly Stone the first Black celebrity of many to "have fallen by the waysides."

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained

Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

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Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Wrote about the new Sly Stone documentary, especially the clip of him in 1970 on the Dick Cavett Show. "Both audience and interviewer openly laugh...as though it’s all just the ramblings of a crazy man on drugs. But I found it insightful, and thought-provoking." www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...

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The exploration of Sly Stone’s genius

Sly Lives! presents an unflinching portrait of the artist – and the main quandary of the creative process.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Um...Tracey Thorn (THE Tracey Thorn) wrote about our Sly documentary. Wow. Hi, @traceythorn.bsky.social - I remember you loved Summer of Soul as well. Thank you! www.newstatesman.com/culture/film...

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The exploration of Sly Stone’s genius

Sly Lives! presents an unflinching portrait of the artist – and the main quandary of the creative process.

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Imagine being in high school in NYC in 1990 and traveling to Union Sq to see some other kids from Queens perform some songs you REALLY like. You're super hype. And surprise! Now you're exponentially more excited than before bc you've noticed the video camera capturing it all.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I love Hollywood Plays Itself movies and shows. Can't wait for this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIQu...

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The Studio — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Maximum Film! @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This week we've got the dulcet tones of music writer/prof @owang.bsky.social, coming to your ears as we discuss SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the latest doc from Questlove. Plus, we’re recapping this year's Oscars… #filmsky maximumfun.org/episodes/max...

A graphic reads “Episode 392: Sly Lives! With Oliver Wang.” Below that, a screenshot from Zoom of Oliver Wang, producer Marissa, Alonso, and Drea in their respective windows. Alonso holds a copy of the book ‘Woodworking’ by Emily St James. At the bottom, an image of Sly Stone at the keyboard wearing oversized sunglasses and singing. A sticker on top reads “Oscar recap! DVD failures! Genius of Sly Stone! …& more!”

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

🎧 Listen to the podcast! "Sly Lives!" documentary producer @jazzbeezy.bsky.social and music journalist Joel Selvin spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about Sly Stone's music, life and legacy.

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Sly Stone and the ‘Burden of Black Genius’

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking with "Sly Lives!" documentary producer @jazzbeezy.bsky.social and music journalist Joel Selvin about the gifts Sly Stone gave the world and the tolls it took on him. ❓ What is your favorite Sly Stone memory or song? 📻 Listen:

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Sly Stone and the ‘Burden of Black Genius’ | KQED

No band may better reflect the multicultural, gender-expansive exuberance of the Bay Area dream than Sly and the Family Stone. A new documentary “Sly Lives (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” explores…

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

FRI at 9 AM: Producer of the documentary Sly Lives! @jazzbeezy.bsky.social and music journalist Joel Selvin join to talk about the gifts Sly Stone gave the world and the tolls it took on him. ❓ What is your favorite Sly Stone memory or song?

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‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Struggling to Transmit

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.

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WIRED @wired.com · 06/03/2025

“Sly Lives!,” “A Real Pain,” and “Alien” are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

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The 37 Best Movies on Hulu This Week

“Sly Lives!,” “A Real Pain,” and “Alien” are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 04/03/2025

without George Lowe, and without Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Adult Swim as we know it might never have existed. not to mention, even before Eric André joined AS, he'd cited this show, and Lowe's ingenious interviews, as a fundamental influence. RIP, man

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 03/03/2025

Sly and the Family Stone’s Everyday People debuts at No. 7 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart, marking the group’s first top 10 hit on the list. The renewed interest follows the release of Sly Lives (AKA The Burden of Black Genius), a Questlove-directed documentary on Hulu.

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Joseph Patel @jazzbeezy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I kinda hate Severance more with each subsequent episode

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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Two recent documentaries throw into sharp relief the different ways the music industry treats Black and white legacy artists. 'Sly Lives!' is an attempt to correct and clarify the record; 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' is an attempt to further muddle it.

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Becoming Led Zeppelin, Surviving Sly and the Family Stone

Two recent documentaries capture the rise of era-defining bands in the late 1960s and early ’70s—but only one gets to revel in a legacy.

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