Entries from August 2008

20/08/2008

Negro Music: Turn It Up (Hug Yo’ Kids,Homiez) 20 August 08

T-Baby- “It’s So Cold In the D”
Ay,farilldough…HUG THESE DAMN KIDS,PEOPLE!!!
Where the hell do I start with this excellent slice of self expression? *sigh*
First of all, I laughed…then my heartbroke…then I laughed at the sister that can’t seem to figure out if she wants to laugh/not be there/break out a butterfly & [...]

14/08/2008

Spiritual Music: Kelan Phil Cohran talks Sun Ra 14 August 08

video by Floyd Webb
Thursday, August 14, 2008 – 6:30pm 
FREE CONCERT
Millenium Park, Michigan & Washington
Chicago, IL
I’m going to need to open up a Chicago branch of myself to enjoy all of this hard to find “black schitt“, nah mean?
Oh yeah…if these are on your iTunes

you are indeed the homie, and I hope you enjoy this blog…it’s [...]

13/08/2008

Political Music: Zach de la Rocha Interview 12 August 08

The 90’s did a number of pop culture & youth culture, with the raise of the reactionary grunge movement (led by punk rock crossover superstars Nirvana, and enjoyed by the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains) and the urban trojan horse “gangsta rap“, corporate music vendors found a whole new way to co-opt the [...]

06/08/2008

I Pledge Allegiance With Creation 6 August 08

“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes   : photo by Freddy Allen
“One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet__not a Negro poet,” meaning, I believe, “I want to write like a white poet”; meaning subconsciously, “I would like to [...]

02/08/2008

little Words with Big pictures 2 August 08

Anyone have any weird stories they think may or may not be related to the recent solar eclipse?
I definately think that the guy who beheaded the other guy on the bus in Canada was touched, but who the fuck knows what was really up his ass? That story was the craziest schitt I’ve ever read [...]