I just changed out of a tuxedo from working a banquet at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Mayor Gavin Newsom was having a fundraiser. Ra’s ship was sinking into the pacific. On the hostel’s rooftop, the San Francisco sky looked like bleeding watercolors. Up came Black. “Damn, you summoned the blunt, my nigga,” he said, holding a long cigar full of the Bay’s medicinal heritage. We passed the blunt back and forth then he told me his story. …
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Last month on 9-14-2014 Boiler Room hosted a special stream event in Marrakech, Morocco featuring spiritual folk musicians playing a style called Gnawa. The featured music ensembles were lead by two Maâlems (master musicians): Mohamed Kouyou & Mahmoud Guinia (who has played and recorded with saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders, saxophonist/clarinetist Peter Brötzmann, and drummer Hamid Drake). Electronic musicians James Holden, Floating Points, Vessel and Biosphere assisted in mixing the live audio of the two bands. Below are videos from two separate sessions and two Boiler …
Warning: this may be…no, this should be distressing and disturbing to viewers. Posted by The Guardian, in the video, Rapper, actor and activist, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) is force-fed under standard Guantanamo Bay procedure. In light of Ramadan approaching, the Muslim community is demanding that the Obama administration reconsider its policy on force-feeding Guantanamo Bay detainees who are on hunger strike. Over 100 detainees are on hunger strike, 40 are getting force-fed. …
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