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URBAN . jUKE . jOINT
O . PEN MIC alternative venue dedicated to presenting the craft of poetry, rhyme, and spoken word hybrids residing under the rubric creative writing : 2 : a poetry cafe (relating to character of a city) designed to : unite . unify : to fit together by joint [one soul many bodies] :3 : to form joint[s] as a stage for growth & development: 4 : a spiritual cosmospolitian .. created to spit in the whirlwind : 5 : a city's "G" spot. Although housed n the NYC Baha'i Unity Center, "Da Joint" truly resides n t/ heart. We believe nside home of t/ HEART artists are able to move 2 a place that can best be described as noble but in order for this nobility to find its voice we believe the ego and the commercially-driven cult of t/ personality must b replaced by t/ artist's need to serve humanity. UJJ seeks to foster a spirit of unity in its diversity. Through cross cultural fertilization we believe writers gain a greater understanding of "the other" aesthetics and t/ social-political, spiritual responsibility associated with t/ craft of writing. It is withn this spiritually charged atmosphere we begin to see not just : a : light but the entire spectrum, of voices giving back to t/ spirit : b : facilitating a healing thru the power of poetry giving rise to the axiom : c : "We are all ONE human family/The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." -BAHA'I WRITINGS

Urban Thought: What if this is G*d's work? What if real poets walked the earth and live lives fit for a prophet's birth? spreading ancient wisdom like the Coptic church? and those that know what they're hearing know that they are hearing something special. Perhaps, eventually, will be sent here just to bless YOU. Test you in this world of lies and if you feel your eyes cry be cause they recognize that what they are seeing is the truth. And, the chills up your spine will provide absolute truth that in this now, where politicians and clergy have proven themselves unworthy of our time and television shows and music videos have proven themselves unworthy of our mind. Dont be surprise to find that just those men who pretend to be closer to G*d then you by making you ashamed of your sins. When the lives that they have lived may not have been for your salvation. What if this is G*d's work. What if the creator realizes that the creation isnt perfect but only wishes for us to worship, sincerely. To not be hypocrites but to really be concern about our fellow man to stand against injustices falsely perpetuated in G*d's name in foreign lands? What if this is G*d's work? What if the poets are closer to Muhammad, Buddha, and Jesus than the preachers, I mean think about it which of us are the poor righteous teachers? What if this is G*d's work? And if so, then poetry is sacred so ye poets should be concerned what you step on this stage with. And, be on your job cause if this is G*d's work then stealing from another poet is the same thing as stealing from G*d. And, its not about whether you use your tools for aahs and oohs but whether you use your tools to improve humanity. What if this is God's? And,I know blasphemers have hell to pay so i wouldn't say anything to you tonight that i wouldn't be so comfortable repeating on judgment day. What if this is G*d's work? Let us pray. --  Taalam Acey
The last Friday of every month URBAN JUKE JOINT is hosted by Christ Phoenix. Sign up begins at 8:30. One poem (4 min limit). All artists R asked to refraim from using any PERFANITY or explicit material. There are a limited number of slots available for the open mic. Once the list has been filled, any artist who still wishes 2 sign up will go on "stand-by" & may be able to perform if time permits. WHERE: Baha'i Unity Center. 53 East 11th Street (btwn Broadway & University Pl) Take 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, or W to Union Square - 14 St. station SHOW BEGIN 9:00 PM, doors open @ 8:00 PM. Free

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MF DOOM (officially capitalized) is also known as Zev Love X, King Geedorah, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn / family name / Daniel Dumile (“doom-uh-lay”) is a British born American hip-hop artist / Dumile began to rap at open mic events at the Nuyorican Poets Café in 1998 where he withheld his face by putting a stocking over his head. The imaginative MC began using the new identity MF DOOM, inspired by the Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom, and wearing a similar metal mask which he would not perform or be photographed without. MF stands for Metal Face (and his production name: Metal Fingers). INTERVIEW:Q: Let's talk a bit about you and your career. Where you are now, I'd say that you as an artist enjoy the most freedom out of any rap artist I've ever known to do what you want. If you compare yourself to say, fellow Rhymesayers, artist trying to branch out but they get a lot of flack / maligned for painting outside the lines. What do you think it is about you that's allowed you to be so free as an artist and as a lyricist? MF DOOM: Well I've been doing this for a while / my credentials ain't really questioned. I've been rhyming since day ..1, before even me and

MF DOOM'S PROGRESSIVE Hip-Hop video: "MONKEY SUIT"

my brother was making money off this $%^. So It's almost like a respect for the veteran: "Yo that crazy old man!? Let him do whatever he wants to do / It's kinda like that but in a respectful way. It's difficult for me too. It's not always easy even for me. Every time you try to break into new ground and set trends, you get some type of offensive flack for it until you pull it off and then everybody's sweating you and $%^ right? I get that too. But I just ignore that @$ Whatever. This is me and this is how I do my $%&. Nothing is set in stone anyway. Somebody made up the standard and people just tend to follow that. It's human behaviour: we tend to follow whatever works for the next guy. But I'm like yo! In my experience, sometimes what the next guy does don't work for me. I had to find my own way. I'll look at what the standard way of doing it is and I'll put my mark on it. So I've brought that same mentality into the game. This is something that comes from this being a self-employment thing. I look at it like this: if I'm the one who's writing it and I'm the one who's recording this, well then I should have full decision over how I do it on all perimeters and everybody else should work round that. A lot of times in the hip hop game, you've got people other than the artists dictating the process and the artists are trying to conform to that. You've got artists conforming to a game designed by people who don't even do it. I'm like "Yo we're the ones doing it so let's design the game. And these people who are making a living from the sidelines? They've got to go!!

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The Boondocks is an Peabody Award winning animated series created by Aaron McGruder for the Adult Swim block of the Cartoon Channel, based upon McGruder's comic strip of the same name. The Boondocks is a social satire of American culture and race relations, revolving around the lives of ten-year-old Huey, his younger brother, eight-year-old Riley, and their grandfather, Robert/recently moved from the South Side of Chicago to the peaceful, fictional suburb of Woodcrest. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, and races provides for much of the comedy in this series. Check out the sistha CEO "MONSTER". Happy Halloween, family!!! (signed) lloyd & Ken.

The ANIMATED TEE-VEE Series: THE BOONDOCKS

FROM MAMBO TO HIP-HOP: A Bronx Tale (in 6 parts)

“From Mambo to Hip-Hop” / Produced by Elena Martinez and Steve Zeitlin / traces the history of two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most desperate days of the South Bronx. In their beginnings both styles also reflected, and defied, the ghetto status and economic deterioration of the South Bronx. Mambo was visceral, sophisticated music that emerged after World War II as Cuban styles were picked up by Puerto Ricans who mingled with jazz musicians, and the Bronx became a night life mecca. The groundbreaking big band led by Machito was named the Afro-Cubans, flaunting the fact that its musicians were black, and it traded ideas with the era’s beboppers. Bandleader Willie Colón, explains We not only wanted to make music; we had a goal. We wanted to convey a social and political message, and salsa was very important for that because it was our voice.” But Latinos’ rising expectations met neglect and worse in the Bronx. The documentary shows burned-out buildings, gang fights and other factors — But in the wreckage, hip-hop was being created. Public parks and abandoned buildings were turned into clubs as gangs sublimated rumbles into battles of words and break-dance competitions. Hip-hop wasn’t invented by Latinos (and the documentary fails to note the strong Jamaican element in early hip-hop), but they were in the neighborhoods, and they took to it quickly. Conga drumbeats sent break-dancers into motion, some of them reviving the most flamboyant moves of the old mambo dancers. Even when much of the South Bronx was rubble, Afro-Latin alliances were made and cultural memory held strong.

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