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Mark Gonzales
Afro-beat / Hip Hop / Acoustic

Life. Language. Land. Love



Long Beach, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/9/2009
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Member Since11/25/2005
Band Websitewww.humanwritesproject.org
Band Members .. ..
InfluencesSOUNDS: Bahamadia, Mos Def, Brand Nubian, Medusa, Fela Kuti, Manu Chao, Coltrane, Mingus, Beethoven, Ozomatli, Moby, dj unDfind- WORDS: Kahlil Gibran, Arundhati Roy, George Jackson, Angela Davis, Rudolfo Anaya, Suheir Hammad, Amir Sulaiman, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Tariq Ali, Malcolm X, and everyone else working to rewrite this reality.
Sounds LikeA Butterfly Blueprint for Change
Record LabelHuman Writes Project


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 9 2009 12:00P
U of WI Teacher’s Institute: with Kirkland and K-Swift Madison, California
Jul 10 2009 12:00P
U of WI Teacher’s Institute: with Celena Glenn Madison, Wisconsin
Jul 16 2009 10:00A
ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE 2009: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
Jul 17 2009 10:00A
ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE 2009: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
Jul 18 2009 10:00A
ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE 2009: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
Jul 19 2009 10:00A
ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE 2009: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
Jul 20 2009 12:00P
Media, Education and Movement Building (Strategy Session) Detroit, Michigan

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   About Mark Gonzales
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Made in America @ Mighty Mic Concert
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My name was born before I was; attached to my flesh on September 2, 1975 at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. Outside of the delivery room, snow had yet to fall on Alaskan autumn ground. Inside, a Canadian French woman cradled her newborn son, and then passed him onto the gentle mechanic hands of my Mexican father. I wonder: did they know by the way I took my first breath that their child would group up to be poet?

Did cries for mother’s milk mimic those I would make for justice?

Did I try to break the bars on my crib like a future prison abolitionist?

Did I throw temper tantrums like Molotov; shake rattle like perception?

Did they know their son would stand before members of the United Nations travel across continents, stand before HBO and international audiences as an indigenous citizen, pro justice/ feminist/ Palestinian descendant of aboriginal immigrants? Or did they simply say: “Welcome to the world Mark Gonzales, it is yours' to make of it what you will” Welcome to a glimpse into my world; no passports are needed. Just an open mind and an open mic, and maybe some dim lights.

For Bookings and Questions: humanwrites@gmail.com



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Lea Monique C





Jul 10 2009 5:46 AM

Visiting you, via ur page... Yes, I second that. What's up with those photos, plan to use them in your book or something?
FAWKSIE 1





Jul 6 2009 1:42 PM

the page is looking nice.
!!!*OES MOBB*!!! .:GEEGEE:.





Jul 5 2009 6:40 AM

WASSUP MISTA OH GEE!! HOW U BEEN SINCE WE LAST KICKED IT AT GRADUATION!!! I DONT THINK I COULDVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!
WASSUP WITH YOU!! HOWS EVERYTHING GOING!! WHEN'S UR NEXT PERFORMANCE!! ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HEARD ONE OF UR PIECES!!
WELL IM PRETTY SURE UR BUSY BUT HIT ME UP WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE!!
latifa ahmad





Jul 4 2009 11:18 PM

♀...she wolf...♀





Jul 4 2009 11:18 PM

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Send me a drink back!

House Of Armour





Jul 4 2009 11:18 PM

Thanks for being part of the HoA family!
Mr. Focus- THE OFFICIAL FRIENDS SITE!!!





Jul 4 2009 11:17 PM


Use the darkness... dont run from it.





Jul 2 2009 4:59 AM

Whats up Mark? Still fighting the good fight I hope =D
♀...she wolf...♀





Jul 1 2009 6:10 AM

i am good..i am studying cosmetology... i have a new life with a new family..an my english is better...what about you?
♀...she wolf...♀





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Jun 30 2009 7:18 PM


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Jun 27 2009 3:34 AM

Hello, i just was wanting you to know stay up during this huge loss in the music industry we lost a soldier, a king, friend.... RIP MICHAEL JACKSON...... ONE LOVE.... PEACE AND LOVE J
Lotus/Melissa Fem Mag





Jun 20 2009 3:41 AM

hi u! hey are you teaching still (or whatever you are working on) i have 3 fresh (not touched) copies of "Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision"
by Barbara Ransby
pub The Univ of No Carolina Press
2003

if you want to take a look and you like-they're yours
-missy
THUGLIFE 2000





Jun 16 2009 1:27 AM

I just been gettin into ICDC college.
Stuff like that.
What about you?
I havent been to them Mic Sessions
in a while.
How is that going?
I cant make it but whenever I can
I'll go and do my thang for real on the mic.
I dont like to go much because I dont
go often.I dont want to disrespect the group like that.
And for me to go last is like All eyez on me.
But I dont give a fuck no more.
Next time I go...I'll do my thang Fo Sho!
Thanks for hittin me up Maestro!
Keep doing what you do best y
que vayas con DIOS.
Ixchél





Jun 15 2009 4:45 AM

peace brother!!
thank you for doing all that you do for the voiceless in the world.
can't wait to hear of new projects by you soon. much respect, stay strong.
Daniel





Jun 15 2009 4:45 AM

Hey Mark!
I hope you can come by THIS Wed. with good energy for a fun live performance and our first live recording!

Wed. June 17
La Cita
336 S HILL ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
21 & Over
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.


concert,traditional music,son jarocho,los angeles,downtown,event,fun
Run_in_Watta





Jun 13 2009 5:51 PM

thanks for the props! from one Street Warrior to another, Stay up! and keep bring the light!
love Run_in_Watta
CARPE DIEM





Jun 11 2009 7:26 PM

Hey brother! How are you!???
The Infamous Danny Oi!





Jun 11 2009 7:26 PM

Thanks Mark, Really appreciate what you have to offer and I look forward to hearing/seeing you again.
Katina





Jun 10 2009 8:51 PM

The Bay awaits you ;) Shoot thru, stop neglecting us!! We're starving, need food for thought - soul food =)
GLORIA





Jun 10 2009 6:38 AM


Comfort me with apples





Jun 9 2009 7:23 AM

i hope you find the beauty uplifting.


titania sleeps, by frank cadogan cowper


the mermaid, by howard pyle
GUERRILLA QUEENZ





Jun 9 2009 3:23 AM

hey you...on myface or spacebook..we 'friens' :)of da rEVOLUCION!~ mucho amor y RAZpects companero..hopefully soon we can represent RAZA from here to GAZA juntos~ tiahui
one,
valEYErie
guerrillaqueenz.com
The Orient Realist!





Jun 8 2009 5:53 AM

Hey you! how's it growing?

hope all is well n speak soonish.

keep on keepin it realist.

Peace!1!

Raabiah.
FREE PALESTINE, hands off GAZA





Jun 8 2009 5:53 AM

is this true mark? have you heard that jerry quickly was fired from KPFK for making an anti-semitic comment???

looking for more info, and pissed///
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