Tag: Spoken word
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Future Feminism
Love this video from Antony & The Johnsons, where AnoHni (as she’s known now) does a spoken word piece about the state of the world, feminism and ecology. I’m also a heathen, a witch to some because I didn’t need to be unbaptised, I was never baptised…but she’s right, us queer people are always seen…
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Who Killed Russell Jones?
Listening to the new B. Dolan album ‘Kill The Wolf’ released today, and this spoken word about Ol’ Dirty Bastard stands out so far, along with the heavy breaks sound of ‘Lazarus’ (think Hijack, Hardnoise, SL Troopers, Gunshot! Yeah Britcore breaks and rapid fire delivery, it hits hard) and ‘Safety Theater’ (crunchy Meat Beat Manifesto…
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Eddie Pedalo The EP
Loving this new tune from Eddie Pedalo, other tunes on the EP go from true oldskool rave/gabba mashup flavour to house, but this is more recent squelchy breaks sort of thing (who knows what ver kids call it now*). Good to accompany your fireworks party/rave/V for Vendetta storming of Parliament. *cough* (* Unrelated rant: I…
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Around the Corner
Charles Hanson Towne’s poem seems as pertinent in the digital world as the old one, everyone is so busy after they are 20 or 30 that indeed old friends get lost. This is adapted from the great Zen Pencils comic – I really recommend looking at Zen Pencils, I’m more into the ones based on…
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Gotta Get Out Of The Ghetto
Hip hop is about voice, not the actually speech itself so much but the reality, the truth spoken, concise, cold water to the face. Same goes for poetry, it resonates like a sounding board when done well. It’s why hip hop came from poetry (Last Poets et al) and they go hand in hand. I…