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Crowdsourced creativity, advertising- and algorithm-free. In this installment: The Last Poets by Thomas Poole This Came Out in 1984 by Jeff Campbell Switching Conditioned Responses by Michelle L. Brown What has Tori Been Up to Lately? by Victoria Adams Zischke So Please Excuse Me by Suzanne Lavender The Death of Another Street Tramp by Ace Backwards Untitled by Kerri Atwood Odyssey of the Mind by Stefan Wray Dick Move by L. George Friday The Last PoetsBy Thomas Poole My uncle in Boston when I was a teenager introduced me to this ground-breaking album, the bridge between African oral traditions and the drum to today's spoken word/hip-hop. From the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture: Long before records were spun at park jams and parties across New York City, spoken-word artists paired the natural rhythm of their works with music. From the Harlem Renaissance through the 1960s, artists relied on the spoken-word for powerful political and social commentary. Initially formed in 1968, over the years members of The Last Poets have included Gylan Kain, David Nelson, Abiodun Oyowele, Felipe Luciano, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Umar Bin Hassan, Sulaiman El-Hadi, and Nijala Obabi. The Last Poets is the debut spoken word album by The Last Poets, released in 1970. The Last Poets are considered one of the godfathers of Hip-Hop. Their politically charged Black nationalist poems, infused with drums and jazz, continue to inspire generations of poets and lyricists. This collective of The Last Poets was founded by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Umar Bin Hassan, Abiodun Oyewole, and percussionist Nilaja. Sample the album HERE. Note from youtube poster Metemi: There are long spaces between some of these tracks, sorry. I don't know why that happened when I uploaded it to You Tube... Tom, a PBS and Not Channel Zero producer, was a member of the video art collective Black Planet Productions, and for years led the pioneering independent Deep Dish TV. This Came Out in 1984By Jeff Campbell. A newspaper burns in the sand And the headlines say 'Man Destroys Man' Extra extra, read all the bad news On the war for peace that everybody would lose The rise and fall, the last great empire The sound of the whole world caught on fire The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble The game that left the whole world in shambles The cheats, the lies, the alibies And the foolish attempts to conquer the sky Lost in space, and what is it worth? Huh, the President just forgot about Earth Spendin' multi-billions and maybe even trillions The cost of weapons ran in the zillions There's gold in the street and there's diamond under feet And the children in Africa don't even eat Flies on their faces, they're livin' like mice And their houses even make the ghetto look nice Huh, the water tastes funny, it's forever too sunny And they work all month and don't make no money A fight for power, a nuclear shower A people shout out in the darkest hour Sights unseen and voices unheard And finally the bomb gets the last word Christians killed Muslims and Germans killed Jews And everybody's bodies are used and abused Huh, minds are poisoned and souls are polluted Superiority complex is deep rooted Leeches and lices, and people got prices Egomaniacs control the self-righteous Nothin' is sacred and nothin' is pure So the revelation of death is our cure Peoples in terror, the leaders made a error And now they can't even look in the mirror Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher And that's the reason why we got to get tougher So learn from the past and work for the future And don't be a slave to no computer Cause the children of Man inherit the land And the future of the world is in your hands So just throw your hands in the air And wave em like you just don't care And if you believe that you're the future Scream it out and say oh yeah (Oh yeah) Oh yeah (Oh yeah) Rrrrhaa! Grandmaster Melle Mel Beat Street Breakdown. Watch and listen HERE Jeff is the founder of the Emancipation Theater Company. He has been part of Denver's creative community for over two decades as a pioneering Hip Hop and spoken word artist. In 2015, he was named one of Westword's 100 Colorado Creatives. Switching Conditioned ResponsesPosted by Michelle L. Brown. Original post by For the Greater Glory of Science. Michelle's poems have appeared in The New Orleans Review, So to Speak, Concho River Review, Slipstream, PMS: Poemmemoirstory, Pinyon, The Awakenings Review, Rattle, and Pembroke Magazine. She lives in Cypress, Tx. and teaches at Lone Star College-CyFair. What has Tori Been Up to Lately?Tori is an award-winning stage and television actor, and crushes just about anything else she touches, from backyard renovations to marathons and shipling pottery. So Please Excuse Me Reposted by Suzanne Lavender. Original post by @Kyatic. Suzanne is a Cincinnati-based theatrical lighting designer and pilates instructor. The Death of Another Street TrampBy Ace Backwards aka Peter Labriola We got the news the other day that Mott died. For a half hour, Mott was the gossip of the day. And then, he’s forgotten. It’s amazing how quickly people are forgotten. Click HERE to read Story A homeless writer and artist who lives in Berkeley, California, Ace is an accomplished cartoonist, widely known for Twisted Image, a comic strip that Charles Bukowski once said had "crazy energy." You can find more of his writing HERE. UntitledMixed-media sculpture - and photo - by Kerri Atwood. "The visceral and delicious summertime allure, pointedly juxtaposed with the iconic American disposable table ware, erupts with a flattened blue dot - while still clinging to its red sister - an incisive heart-searing abstraction of our biosphere’s present precarity." - Chance Stoney In additon to writing, performing and producing theater, Kerri formed the band Sexy Finger Champs, lends her vocal chops to Pong, and has collaborated with Paul Soliel /Christeene, singer and author scott crow and producer and musician Televangel. Odyssey of the Mind Posted by Stefan Wray Original post by Joseph's Machines. Click HERE to access video. A seminal internet activist, Stefan now manages IT for the city of Austin, TX, where he loves the weather during winter months. Dick MoveRe-Posted byL. George Friday Original post by John deVille. L. George is a National Organizer at United for Peace and Justice; Assistant Director at NC Peace Action and Executive Leadership Team at Move To Amend. Screen TimeNon-scientific screen time estimates for POETS AND PROPHETS: Just the headlines - About 35 seconds I read everything - Less than 15 minutes I read, WATCHED and LISTENED to everything - Under 2.5 hours Data displayed by your personal surveillance device may vary. *Cover photo by Tim Fuller, of artwork by Banksy, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Please send creative posts, feedback, suggestions for improvements, and social media hacks to [email protected].
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