the DOE blocks livejournal, so there it is.
[aaand scene.]
from the New York Times
Elizabeth Murray, a New York painter who reshaped Modernist abstraction into a high-spirited, cartoon-based, language of form whose subjects included domestic life, relationships and the nature of painting itself, died yesterday at her home in upstate New York.
She was 66 and lived in TriBeCa and in Washington County, N.Y.
( read more... )
Common finds forever: an album that once again expands hip hop's geographic mind-map and solidifies the go-ill's place in this cultural movement. A signature Kanye stamp underscores the top-notch production of this album without undermining Common's message by turning it into the Kanye show; eight tracks is enough. Reluctant fans of Kanye's lyrical ability (or lack thereof) will gratefully salute his vocal absence, save "Southside," which for the named Chicagoans on that fortunate end of the compass rose, will arguably be the duet anthem of the decade. "Start the Show" and "Driving Me Wild" are sure barnburners, while "The Game" carries over the momentum and edge into the remaining, more contemplative five tracks. "The People," though the album's flagship track, will never escape the inherent "Peace, Love, and GAP" contradictions of this (RED) generation of world stage celebs; work on that, Common. The social commentaries of "Black Maybe" and "So Far To Go," find their saving grace in the J-Dilla beats and crooning of Bilal and D'Angelo, respectively. A decided shift from the headnod to the swingin' stepper-set "Break My Heart" rhythms is reconciled with "Misunderstood," an intergenerational dialogue of soul-searching Simone's. And what's a Common album without an epilogue by Lonnie Lynn? Cue cards aside, "origin is forever...just talk, don't sing." well said. Bring home forever, pops. Your son did you proud with this one.
- Music:Common - Forever Begins
train. i mentioned to the girl sitting next to me that it appeared to be coming from/landing on a school down the way. she said, "yeah, i hope that means some money for that school, shit, it needs it."that concludes week one in the NYC teaching fellows program.
blessings, fam.
FYI: for those who remember joy de la cruz and miss her, you may remember her website: (http://www.geocities.com/joyouspoetry/in
be peace,
marlon
if i had followed my "plan"
i've been thinking of joy a lot lately, so it freaked me out when vanessa texted me yesterday, asking me not to drive to nyc. in a nutshell, i appreciate my friends and i'm flying to nyc. below is an entry of joy's about nyc.
peace,
mars
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http://www.geocities.com/joyouspoetry/03-0
Largest Blackout in US History Shuts Down NYC, Other Cities
August 14, 2003
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peace,
mars
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trying to ask myself if i'm not in new york right now because i'm actually trying to be responsible or because i'm scared or because i'm lazy...
then a little voice in my head (yes, have conversations with myself)::
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stop trying so hard to get where you think you want to be - be present where you are
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less daring and adventurous, but i've done the homeless thing - living out of storage, sleeping on piles of towels on mica's dorm floor, crashing post-party on timi's couch, curling up on david's ottoman, even freezing my ass off on some roof in pb in the middle of the night. i feel i'm a seasoned nomadic wanderer.
i'm still game for serendipiocitic adventures, but just aiming to go in with an actual game plan.</SPAN></FONT></P>
peace,
mars
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trying to ask myself if i'm not in new york right now because i'm actually trying to be responsible or because i'm scared or because i'm lazy...
then a little voice in my head (yes, have conversations with myself)::
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica color=#999999><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">
stop trying so hard to get where you think you want to be - be present where you are
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less daring and adventurous, but i've done the homeless thing - living out of storage, sleeping on piles of towels on mica's dorm floor, crashing post-party on timi's couch, curling up on david's ottoman, even freezing my ass off on some roof in pb in the middle of the night. i feel i'm a seasoned nomadic wanderer.
i'm still game for serendipiocitic adventures, but just aiming to go in with an actual game plan.</SPAN></FONT></P>
Land of Lincoln to be Land of Homer? D'oh!
By Bob Secter and Rick PearsonTribune staff reporters
May 22, 2007, 5:27 PM CDT
( SPRINGFIELD )
- Music:System 7 - Ship Of The Desert (Space Station Soma: Tune in, turn on, space out. Ambient and mid-temp
thanks Sarah Browning and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
polymexina for the post.
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The Republic of Poetry: Martín Espada's Hampshire College Commencement Address
Martín Espada gave me permission to post here the commencement address he gave Saturday at Hampshire College. Lucky, lucky grads - they've received a manifesto for living, for creating the new world.THE REPUBLIC OF POETRY: HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Martín Espada
May 19, 2007
( To the graduates, )
Asian American Lit. Final
Choose three and answer in short essays:
1. Disease is an important literal and figurative element in Carlos
Bulosan's landmark novel, America Is in the Heart. Explain.
2. In Li-Young Lee's poem, "The Cleaving," the speaker refers to
many male figures (Chinatown butcher, grandfather, Emerson, Jew,
and so on). What kind of dynamic does he engender within that
imagery? Explain.
*( Read more... )
CUTTINGS, by Kimiko Hahn
CUTTINGS
a zuihitsu for father
My younger sister and I, cleaning father's house before he returns from a
week in intensive care, rush to dispose of mother's cosmetics, store her
jewelry for a later date, and phone a woman's shelter to pick up bags of
dresses, size 4, and shoes, 4 1/2, even stopping to laugh at the platforms
from "the mod era" she swore would come back. We collapse into each
other's arms and cry mommy mommy as if she could hear us if we wept
loud enough.
( Read more... )
a zuihitsu for father
My younger sister and I, cleaning father's house before he returns from a
week in intensive care, rush to dispose of mother's cosmetics, store her
jewelry for a later date, and phone a woman's shelter to pick up bags of
dresses, size 4, and shoes, 4 1/2, even stopping to laugh at the platforms
from "the mod era" she swore would come back. We collapse into each
other's arms and cry mommy mommy as if she could hear us if we wept
loud enough.
( Read more... )
- Music:Naughty by Nature - Feel Me Flow
http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.ht
That is all.
"first there was the word, then there was the fist,"
will be moved from New Orleans to NYC, August 3-5, 2007.
There will be an official announcement (and plead for help) shortly,
but if you'd like to get the latest news on the APIA Summit,
please join the listserve (http://groups.google.com/group/APIASum
Think about coming out to it and joining the family!
For more info on the Summit:
4th National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit: NYC 2007
http://www.apiasummit.com
http://beastcoasttour.blogspot.com/
3rd National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit: Boston 2005
http://www.bostonprogress.org/summi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicshog
2nd National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit: Chicago 2003
http://www.thecollectivechicago.org/sum
http://poeticdream.com/gallery.php?g
http://poeticdream.com/gallery.php?g
http://poeticdream.com/gallery.php?g
http://poeticdream.com/gallery.php?g
1st National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit: Seattle 2001
http://www.thecollectivechicago.org/sum
http://poeticdream.com/gallery.php?g
- Location:1250
- Music:Common - The People
