{"id":9311,"date":"2016-01-04T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T02:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9311"},"modified":"2016-01-05T08:52:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:52:01","slug":"episode-149-keith-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight","title":{"rendered":"Episode 149 &#8211; Keith Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kchronicles.com\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9317\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9317\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\/slipperyrockkeithknight\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/slipperyrockkeithknight.jpg?fit=599%2C443\" data-orig-size=\"599,443\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"slipperyrockkeithknight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/slipperyrockkeithknight.jpg?fit=525%2C388\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/slipperyrockkeithknight.jpg?resize=440%2C325\" alt=\"slipperyrockkeithknight\" width=\"440\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/slipperyrockkeithknight.jpg?resize=440%2C325 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/slipperyrockkeithknight.jpg?w=599 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show #149: Keith Knight<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5259\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9311-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9311-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The talk about race in America hinges on how comfortable white people are with it. Because once white people are too uncomfortable, they&#8217;ll either say you&#8217;re pulling the race card, or just say, &#8216;Enough.'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9313\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9313\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\/img_3026-500x375\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg?fit=500%2C375\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3026-500&amp;#215;375\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg?fit=500%2C375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg?resize=440%2C330\" alt=\"IMG_3026-500x375\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg?resize=440%2C330 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3026-500x375.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We kick off 2016 with gentleman cartoonist <a href=\"http:\/\/kchronicles.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Knight<\/a>!\u00a0Keith &amp; I met up at <a href=\"http:\/\/caffedriade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a cafe in Chapel Hill<\/a> to talk about comics, race, fixing the <em>Star Wars<\/em> prequels, his career as a Michael Jackson impersonator, the literature course that made him a political artist, his campus lecture tour on race relations, the importance of <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/keefknight\" target=\"_blank\">crowdfunding<\/a>, the reasons he continues with a daily comic strip (and two more strips), why you never see black people on <em>Antiques Roadshow<\/em>, the songs that will turn any party out (excluding tracks by MJ and Prince), the case for <em>Off The Wall<\/em> over <em>Thriller<\/em>, whether it&#8217;s an honor or a disgrace to be the first non-white guest on this podcast in two years, and more!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0(the conversation starts at the 7:30 mark)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The comics industry needs to catch up to its audience, because the creative side is not as diverse is not as diverse as their readers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>BONUS:\u00a0I launch a <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon for the Virtual Memories Show<\/a>! You get to hear me talk about all the neat stuff I&#8217;m planning for the show if we get <\/em><em>enough support from listeners like you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kchronicles.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9315\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9315\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"23273299040_e9a147f98d_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?fit=525%2C394\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9315 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"23273299040_e9a147f98d_z\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?resize=620%2C465 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?resize=440%2C330 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/23273299040_e9a147f98d_z.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5260\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9311-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=9311-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_149_-_Keith_Knight.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-139-derf-backderf\" target=\"_blank\">Derf Backderf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-our-lady-of-organized-vituperation\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Fleener<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-125-signal-boost\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Perkins\/Tom Tomorrow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-slow-learner\" target=\"_blank\">Jules Feiffer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-147-peter-kuper\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Kuper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kchronicles.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9314\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9314\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\/kkdriade\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/kkdriade-e1451958949875.jpg?fit=380%2C564\" data-orig-size=\"380,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kkdriade\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/kkdriade-e1451958949875.jpg?fit=465%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9314\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/kkdriade-e1451958949875-296x440.jpg?resize=240%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/kkdriade-e1451958949875.jpg?resize=296%2C440 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/kkdriade-e1451958949875.jpg?w=380 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kchronicles.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Knight<\/a> is many things to many people\u2013rapper, social activist, father and educator among them. He\u2019s also one of the funniest and most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular comic strips: <em>the Knight Life, (th)ink<\/em>, and <em>the K Chronicles<\/em>. For nearly two decades, this multi-award-winning artist has brought the funny back to the funny pages with a uniquely personal style that\u2019s a cross between Calvin &amp; Hobbes, MAD, and underground comix. Keith Knight is part of a generation of African-American artists who were raised on hip-hop, and infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the <em>Washington Post, Daily KOS, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine<\/em>, and <em>the Funny Times<\/em>. His comic musings on race have garnered accolades and stirred controversies, prompting CNN to tap him to grade America on its progress concerning issues of race. Follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeefKnight\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and support his work on <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/keefknight\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by David Baerwald, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at <a href=\"http:\/\/caffedriade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caffe Driade<\/a> in Chapel Hill on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. &#8220;Yellow scarf&#8221; photos of Mr. Knight by me, no credit for the photo of him with a marker.. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show #149: Keith Knight &#8220;The talk about race in America hinges on how comfortable white people are with it. Because once white people are too uncomfortable, they&#8217;ll either say you&#8217;re pulling the race card, or just say, &#8216;Enough.&#8217;&#8221; We kick off 2016 with gentleman cartoonist Keith Knight!\u00a0Keith &amp; I met up at a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-149-keith-knight\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 149 &#8211; Keith Knight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,2,26,4,1183,17,19],"tags":[4009,3995,4003,3998,4004,4005,994,867,4012,4008,3997,3941,356,1707,380,3993,474,3999,4002,4001,757,3994,424,4014,4000,4007,4011,268,4013,3996,548,4010,4006],"class_list":["post-9311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-basketball","category-comics","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-urban-issues","tag-aaron-mcgruder","tag-adam-mansbach","tag-amadou-diallo","tag-beastie-boys","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-c-spike-trotman","tag-charles-schulz","tag-chris-rock","tag-chuck-d","tag-darryl-ayo","tag-dee-lite","tag-derf-backderf","tag-digital-underground","tag-james-baldwin","tag-jason-kidd","tag-keith-knight","tag-kyle-baker","tag-marginal-prophets","tag-martin-luther-king-jr","tag-maya-angelou","tag-michael-jackson","tag-my-life-as-a-michael-jackson-impersonator","tag-prince","tag-robert-horry","tag-rockwell","tag-ron-wimberly","tag-samuel-l-jackson","tag-star-wars","tag-stephen-curry","tag-stephen-volley","tag-ta-nehisi-coates","tag-the-nappy-hour","tag-whit-taylor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2qb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16313,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-555-keith-knight","url_meta":{"origin":9311,"position":0},"title":"Episode 555 &#8211; Keith Knight","author":"Gil","date":"September 19, 2023","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 555: Keith Knight \"All the stories start in truth, but I wanted to make sure they ended in good ways.\" How did the writers' strike get Keith Knight to finish his long-awaited graphic memoir, I WAS A TEENAGE MICHAEL JACKSON IMPERSONATOR (Keith Knight Press)? 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