Trick Bag
Martin DouglasTrick Bag is a publication featuring the writing of veteran music journalist and cultural critic Martin Douglas.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 18 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 16 days ago |
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: R.I.P. New Jack, Pro Wrestling’s Only Real Gangsta
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Five years ago this week, Jerome Young, best known as New Jack, passed away. One of pro wrestling’s most notorious antiheroes in the (sometimes literally) lawless locker room of Extreme...
A Brief History of Black Spirituality
We are now about a month removed from the Spring Equinox, a season that had Ramadan, Passover, and Easter all clustered around it—so it had me thinking about the concepts of spirituality and religion. As a result, this personal essay is a r...
Ryan Coogler, Swerve Strickland, and Why Corporate America Gets Bent Out of Shape When Black People Know Their Value
You know the answer already, but allow me to reiterate.
I feel like I’m dumbing myself down by even having to write this thought in 2026, but the basis of every industry establishment comes down to one of the most powerful establishments i...
The Trick Bag Mail Order #003
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I. This Flannel is for When I Chop Wood
In the interest of full transparency, I had a bunch of shit planned for Black History Month, but time just slipped away from me. Time management...
A Posthumous Tribute to Shopping
The beloved UK DIY dance punks called it quits last summer
A few months ago, the UK band Shopping announced they were breaking up and released their final single. In the age of indefinite hiatuses and “taking a break, ttyl,” a band actuall...
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Veteran music journalist & cultural critic, award-winning podcaster, ex-public radio renegade, non-conformist.
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