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blackbird krs-one the roots radiohead white stripes black star common carmen mcrae ella lady day talib kweli jem k-os ms. dynamite 4hero black moon quantic bad brains a tribe called quest zap mama dust brotherssharon jones and the dap kings bob james nina vivaldi simone bird parker dizzy fishbone mos def the pixies talking heads blondie joni mitchell barry white beastie boys beatles mingus /just love duke ellington/ pres-lester young ben harper billy staryhorn zero 7 madlib crown city rockers destani wolf les nubians lmno hieroglyphics del the funky homosapien betty davis jamiroquai joss stone visionaries u2 thievery corporation swayzak moby ray charles sergio mendes sage francis roy ayers rolling stones kenny garrett matisyahu weapon of choice eric dolphy fats navarro nirvana big daddy kane eric b and rakim stevie wonder jamiroqua nas the doors j dilla slum village de la soul haul n mason digable planets stravinski jill scott blue key coretet bright eyes the killers smoosh ravi shankar bjork dj jazzy jeff john coltrane public enemy ed o g biz markie dougie fresh afrika bambatta harry connick sade jeff buckley st. germain amy winehouse lily allen joss stone aretha franklin patti labelle lauryn hill coldplay the fugees soundgarden jimi hendrix experience janis joplin pink floyd led zeppelin screaming jay hawkins louis armstrong val limar breakestra pharcyde brand new heavies gang starr dj shadow dj crush marcus wyatt damien rice john mayer dave matthews the rebirth presto prach li pete rock ozomatli pan afikan peoples arkestra outkast ornette coleman norah jones emimen amp fiddler neptunes mystic antibalas afrobeat orchestra murs mc solaar maroon 5 macy gray lila downes lauryn hill last poets kevin sandbloom kanye west justin timberlake john legend jill scott jeremy sole jeremy ellis esthero kenny garrett keith murray red head kinpin booyaa tribe fu schinekens arthur lee love
Movies
silence of the lambs, dead poets society, bamboozled, clash of the titans, to catch a thief, crash, le samorai, adam's rib, the pianist, breakfast club, ascenseur pour l'Echafaud (elevator at the gallows), risky business, zodiac, pretty in pink, feriss beuhler's day off, fast times at ridgemont high, 3 days of the condor, the matador, high noon, rabbit proof fence, lavender hill mob, fish called wanda, the children of theatre street, godfather, casablanca, donnie brasco, goodfellas, serpico, black snake moan, scarface, sophie's choice, say anything, moulin rouge, bad news bears, in america, fanny and alexander, zoolander, jerry maguire, legend of the fall, the crimsom pirate, star wars, e.t., rear window, lolita, the man who wd be king, murder on the orient express, dial m for murder, gandhi, the departed, american splendour, sideways, the prestige, jack of diamonds, my fair lady, shaft, cotton comes to harlem, coming to america, boomerang, brick, out of sight, beverly hills cop, barfly, charade, roman holiday, breakfast at tiffany's, harry potters, lord of the rings, pirates of the caribbean, robin & marian, basquiat, factory girl, snatch, rainmaker, ripley, all the pretty horses, modigliani, summer of sam, malcolm x, pan's labyrinth, the hand that rocks the cradle, pretty woman, valley girl, love & basketball, primal fear, fight club, million dollar baby,the incredibiles, finding nemo, shrek, beauty and the beast, il postino, crouching tiger hidden dragon, kill bill 1 and 2, pulp fiction, sin city, troy, ghostdog, central station, king of new york, princess bride, waiting for guffman, what's eating gilbert grape, rain man, dance in the dark, y tu mama tambien, crash, mad hot ballroom, quincinera, forrest gump, 8 mile, 8 1/2, hoosiers, he got game, she's gotta have it, x men, fantastic four, the aviator, blood diamond, annie, cinderella man, the insider, the lion king, the sound of music, spanglish, dave chappalle's block party, bourne identity, good will hunting, oceans's eleven 12 13, willie wonka and the chocolate factory, finding neverland, spider man, hustle&flow, my big fat greek wedding, barber shop, ray, the 40 yr old virgin, the italian job, the royal tenenbaums, smokin' aces, the lady and the tramp, collateral, starsky and hutch, walk the line, the notebook, loveactually, bambi, half nelson, the chronicles of narnia, hotel rwanda, hitch, napoleon dynamite, the life of emile zola, reservior dogs, central station, the country girl, lucky number sleven, the bourne ultimatum, the seventh seal, hanniball rising, days of glory, strange fiction, lost in translation, it's a wonderfull life, boyz n tha hood, friday, glory, little women, garden state, blades of glory, played, old school, network, the rock, the hill, broken english, city of violence, the third man, i think i love my wife, alpha dog, easy money, all about eve, broadway danny rose, crimes and misdemeanors, a beautifull mind, volver, fantastic 4/rise of silver surfer, out of the past, john & mary, new york stories, knocked up, reign over me, pride & prejudice, slow burn, the lookout, the hoax, paper moon, the night listener, shadowboxer, mr. brooks, pirate, illegal, the big steal, cleo from 5 to 7, les enfants terrible, talk to me, kind hearts and coronets, the horse's mouth, act of violence, mystery street, le petit soledad, strangers on a train, la dolce vita, the namesake, last king of scotland, sherry baby, notes on a scandal, monty python and the holy grail, waitress, friday, 8 mile, crooklyn, o brother where art thou?, lock stock and two smoking barrels, shaft, almost famous, dazed and confused, midnight cowboy, easy rider, superfly, the harder they come, purple rain, they live by night, side street, bob le flambeur, eastern promises, the big lebowski, once, the big heat, the war of the roses, a mighty heart, taxi driver, 3:10 to yuma, the aura, in a lonely place, the wind that shakes the barley, adrift in manhattan, moliere, the man with the golden arm, hidden agenda, gone baby gone, american gangster, we own the night, la vie en rose, ride to the high country, margot at the wedding, the assination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, the servant, my best friend, the lives of others, all about my mother, the french connection, hitman, no country for old men, the italian job w/ michael caine, a letter to three wives, blackout, quiz show, how green was my valley, the asphalt jungle, seven thieves, jumper, lars and the real girl, the killing, carmen jones, the savages, bonnie & clyde, anatomy of a murder, the great debaters, iron man, something the lord made, the maltese falcon, bullets or ballots, semi-pro, a slight case of murder, double indemnity, house of strangers, mama's boy, grand slam, true romance, charlie bartlett, be kind rewind
Television
boondocks, dave chappelle, the cosby show, sportscenter, fox soccer channel, entourage
Books
transbluesency/dutchman-amiri baraka, leaves of grass - walt whitman, the big sea/i wonder as i wander/the ways of white folks - langston hughes, tropic of cancer/tropic of capricorn- henry miller, the idiot-dostoevskii,fences/ma rainey's black bottom by august wilson, the rememberance of things past-marcel proust, invisible man-ralph ellison, by james baldwin, i am alive in los angeles by mikethepoet, by saul williams, the philosophy of andy warhol, down these mean streets-piri thomas, the first man-albert camus, go-john clellan holmes,
thus spoke zarathrustra-nietsche, a coney island of the mind-ferlinghetti, to be young gifted black/ - lorrainne hansberry, solitudes crowded with loneliness - bob kaufman,
manchild in the promised land, by celine, cane - jean toomer, twenty one love poems and a song of despair - pablo neruda, the sport of the gods - paul lawrence dunbar,
east of eden - john steinbeck, beneath the underdog - mingus, by august wilson, on the road - jack kerouac, notes of a dirty old man - bukowski, a hundred years of solitude - gabriel garcia marquez, dialogues of krishamurti, the stranger, the flowers of evil/paris spleen - baudelaire, the myth of sisphius - camus, if he hollers let him go -chester himes, the portrait of the artist as a young man - james joyce, antonon artaud selected writings, the messenger and the wig by charles wright, fairoaks - frank yerby, native son/black boy/the outsider -richard wright, les enfants terribles - jean cocteau, the naked and the dead/an american dream - norman mailer, the learning tree - gordon parks
Heroes
coltrane, baraka, audrey hepburn, henry miller, duke ellington gandhi, dr. vivien thomas, dr. alfred blalock, dr. helen taussig, krisnamurti manuel alvarez bravo, miles davis, mear, mikethepoet, blakbird, bob kaufman, langston, whitman, ralph ellison, sidney lumet, billy wilder, ted joans, romare bearden, picasso basquiat, haring, terry gilliam, christian dior, john huston, warhol, modigliani, miro, jean cocteau, susan hayward, larry neal pedro almodovar, diane diprima, joan didion, eric b, lorrainne hansberry, nature, wanda coleman, big john thomas, sonny rollins, richard wright, gajin fujiita, damien hirst, jean- pierre melville, agnes varda, paulo mendes da Rocha, gary simmons, iona rozeal brown, nicolas ray, edward g. robinson, ralph waldo "petey" greene, elmer bernstein, kara walker, manuel alvarez bravo, graciela iturbide, lola alvarez bravo, alfred hitchcock, larry rivers, yue minjun, cai guoqiang, wang guangyi, john ford, carol reed, charles wright, w.e. dubois, the coen brothers, aaron douglas, palmer hayden, elizabeth catlett, john outerbridge, david hammons,charles white, emmitt smith,troy aiknman, michael irvin"s hall of fame acceptance speech, ed paschke, jim nutt, eric fischl, meta warrick fuller, gary eugene jefferson, phoebe beasley, william pajaud, kamau daaood, john riddle, henry tanner, sam peckinpah, keinyo white, kehinde wiley,donna karan, walter williams, violet fields, alva curry, joseph losey, patrice leconte, sharon ellis, daniel auteuil, dirk bogarde,anne klein, fernando torres,steven gerrard, dorothy dandridge, harry belafonte, max roach, frank ribery-etc.
'The demagogic propagandist must therefore be constantly dogmatic. All his statements are made without qualification. There are no grays in his picture of the world... He must never admit that he might be wrong or that people with a different point of view might be even partially right. Opponents should not be argued with; they should be attacked, shouted down, or, if they become too much of a nuisance, liquidated.' - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited .. Happy 4th!
defined wisdom....... passed through the elders on to the youth with great respect for the ones ones passed and present, creating one from earth.... Giving pounds and love to the fam kid..
philharmonic creates harmony with every brush stroke
poetry with every tongue note
rains truth on the soils tommorrow
to nurish the seeding souls inevitable stretch towards the sky
We are the new Beautiful!
our scars tell our story
I am the new beautiful Cory
with a flurry of theories
teary-eyed single moms
still raising single moms
single bombs still blast
we are the ointment laced poems to the rash!
the ugly past
that came to light
SO WE CAME TO WRITE
street documentarians
who speak at night
