Howdy.This week I offered up a musical sampling of the African Diaspora, in honour of Black History Month. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and called in - to the guys that requested songs, I promise I'll get them on next week, okay?
Here's the skinny (every one's a winner, baby....):
1. go slow - fela anikulapo kuti
2. wooba skooba - lee "scratch" perry*
3. rockit - the dynamics*
4. downpresser - peter tosh
5. white boy a follower - nine-mile rastafari bredren
6. weapon conflict - sierra leone's refugee allstars
7. i'm a pilgrim - john dee holeman & the waifs band
8. my heavy load (live) - big mama thornton
9. what makes a work song leader? - alan lomax and bama
10. early in the mornin' - 22, little red, tangle eye, and hard hair
11. queen bee - taj mahal, toumani diabate & ramatou
12. kpindigbee - s.e. rogie
13. de la vie a la mort - zap mama
14. message to the messengers - gil scot-heron
15. dial 7 (axioms of creamy spies) - digable planets
16. louder than a bomb - public f#@kin' enemy!
17. i against i (live) - bad brains
Think the FBI are the only ones that tap telephones? check out the privacy commission's report on the exempted data banks that the RCMP have been taking some pretty serious liberties with since the towers fell. Read this report, and think about what it says about the value of our rights to free expression nowadays. Then get really mad and write your MP and tell them you won't stand for these kinds of violations. It's time to make people know that the "war on terror" can't be used as an excuse for orwellianism any more.
Chef Wayne (host of the trop funkay south louisiana gumbo radio show, Mondays from 7-8pm MST on CJSW 90.9fm) called in to tip me off on an awesome collection of alan lomax' writings. Check it out if you are so inclined, and make sure you tune into Wayne this and every Monday - homie throws DOWN!
Most importantly, there's a provincial election coming up in a few short weeks. I'm at once excited because I think we have a real chance to see some positive change in Alberta, and scared shitless that apathy will win the day and those of us with enough willingness to participate and faith in democracy will be forced to put up with the same old shit for another four effing years.
And then we'll be out for beers with our pals and we'll all be moaning about the government and they'll be all like "this sucks", and i'll be like "yeah i know, but at least we all voted and did what we could to voice our choice", and they'll go "what? vote? you vote? votings lame, unless it's for hockeyville or skater of the year or whatever!".
And then I'll chug my beer and go find somebody with half a clue to hang out with.
Go here to get the skinny on the election. Check this out if you wanna think about the good of the environment when you vote. And for the love o' Socrates, vote on march 3rd.
Next week it's me and Mishka Lysack, talking about climate change. talk t'ya then
PEACE,
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