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Category: Other Description: a song called "fight the power" serves no purpose unless it is literally "fighting the power." Type: public Created By: ralowe
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the appropriation of rap music as a pop cultural commodity must end now so its potential as a call to action can be brought back from the dead.
rap music continues to be an important part of the black community. often, albeit with far less frequency at present, rap music promotes anti-establishment values. pop distortions of rap music, greatly betraying the struggles from which they emerged, continue to be marketed to the world by greedy media corporations. the same people who felt threatened that rap would destroy white civil society are now obsessive vinyl heads. it's time for that threat to be felt again.
through public intervention, open participation and imagination, rap comes together with direct action for the purpose of celebrating the art of naming oppression, linking shared oppressions, challenging power through public spectacle and reveling in the shared possibilities this incites. by way of example, what would the song "fight the power" look like if it was actually in front of you in the street "fighting the power?"
"why on earth is this group on dlist?" a better question would be "why am i on dlist?" i typed this weird manifesto-sounding thing mostly as an experiment. the actual concept i've only exposed to folks i know personally. that this idea appears here in this format is mostly owing to laziness. but i'd be lying if i said there wasn't a connection between this rap/direct action idea and my desire, at least how it exists digitally. primarily the extreme niche singularity of this idea has prevented me from "reaching out" to many different groups, along with the aforementioned laziness. hopefully the scope of this concept will not be limited by the shortcomings of my dlist persona.
listening to missy eliott does not improve the status of women of color in general (nor in particular, if one believes that she is equitably compensated for her creativity given the saturation of the missy eliott franchise). nothing can be instigated without engaging race, class, gender, etc. the over-saturation in the media of glamorous images such as missy only serve to make more efficient the state violence it covers for. those with privilege must move from the safety of consumption and take direct action if they want to preserve anything potentially meaningful from the cultural context of rap music.
please join my group. i'm interested in meeting/bringing together other queers who:
-appreciate busdriver, aesop rock, marveless, x clan and e40...
-have participated in direct action organizing...
thanks!
love-
ralowe
p.s.:
my dream...
could this be what radical queer direct action rap looks like?
click to stream or download...
rap music continues to be an important part of the black community. often, albeit with far less frequency at present, rap music promotes anti-establishment values. pop distortions of rap music, greatly betraying the struggles from which they emerged, continue to be marketed to the world by greedy media corporations. the same people who felt threatened that rap would destroy white civil society are now obsessive vinyl heads. it's time for that threat to be felt again.
through public intervention, open participation and imagination, rap comes together with direct action for the purpose of celebrating the art of naming oppression, linking shared oppressions, challenging power through public spectacle and reveling in the shared possibilities this incites. by way of example, what would the song "fight the power" look like if it was actually in front of you in the street "fighting the power?"
"why on earth is this group on dlist?" a better question would be "why am i on dlist?" i typed this weird manifesto-sounding thing mostly as an experiment. the actual concept i've only exposed to folks i know personally. that this idea appears here in this format is mostly owing to laziness. but i'd be lying if i said there wasn't a connection between this rap/direct action idea and my desire, at least how it exists digitally. primarily the extreme niche singularity of this idea has prevented me from "reaching out" to many different groups, along with the aforementioned laziness. hopefully the scope of this concept will not be limited by the shortcomings of my dlist persona.
listening to missy eliott does not improve the status of women of color in general (nor in particular, if one believes that she is equitably compensated for her creativity given the saturation of the missy eliott franchise). nothing can be instigated without engaging race, class, gender, etc. the over-saturation in the media of glamorous images such as missy only serve to make more efficient the state violence it covers for. those with privilege must move from the safety of consumption and take direct action if they want to preserve anything potentially meaningful from the cultural context of rap music.
please join my group. i'm interested in meeting/bringing together other queers who:
-appreciate busdriver, aesop rock, marveless, x clan and e40...
-have participated in direct action organizing...
thanks!
love-
ralowe
p.s.:
my dream...
could this be what radical queer direct action rap looks like?
click to stream or download...
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Posted By: PedroParamo on: 6/20/08 10:00 PM |
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Steps to take.
1. log onto the Blackout Sabbath site (http://www.blackoutsabbath.org/) and check out the proposal and links. 2(.if possible) donate a fridge magnet which will be exhibited on the site and will then be given away at the awareness concert. These can be mailed to my management or given to me at one of my shows. In turn , they will be passed out to members of the audience at the awareness concert to promote the event. 3. Go to the unamplified candle lit concert on March 19th featuring me and my family and many others such as Joan Wasser, Jenni Muldaur, & special guest! at the Angel Orensanz Hall. 4. Make plans for what you will do on the day of Blackout Sabbath (June 21st), i.e. what you will cook ahead of time, who you will spend it with, etc. 5. On June 21st starting at 12 noon, turn off the lights, unplug your fridge, walk or bike everywhere, do as much as you can to "live off the grid" for the day. But still, even if you just turn off one light, that will be an effort and a contribution. 6. As darkness descends: light your candle, take out your pencil and pad and write down your list of things that you will do in the next year to contribute to the earth's well-being. 7. Put the list on your fridge with a magnet and keep it there for a year. 8. At midnight, resume your life and try and keep your promises. 9. This exercise will be repeated the next year, at which point you can review your list and make a NEW one! |
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