Why do fans want to know everything about their favorite celebrity?  Celebrities are famous for a reason — be it talent, physical appearance, intelligence, or otherwise.  To the loyal fan, this reason makes their idol’s personal life worthy to be studied.

Meeting a celebrity is not as difficult as it seems. Twitter gives real-time information down to the half-second. Just the other day, I searched for former Rage Against the Machine frontman, Zack de la Rocha on Twitter and someone tweets where Zack was at that very moment. On a blog site, a comment reads “By the way if you do want to meet him, he lives in Eagle Rock and frequents a local eatery also in Eagle Rock called The Coffee Table on Colorado Boulevard.” The internet only adds fuel to the stalker’s obsession.

I was 17 when I first saw Rage Against the Machine performing live on TV.  Instantaneously, I was enamored with Rage frontman, Zack de la Rocha.  The combination of Zack’s powerful stage presence, passionate lyrical vitriol, and physical appearance was what attracted me most.  At the time, it was an innocent, teenage girl crush that led me to buy their  CD.  Soon after, I became a Christian and to me that meant I should stop listening to anything with foul language.  Around this time, Rage disassembled which really didn’t matter to me since I stopped listening to their music anyway.

A month ago, I came across one of their live video performances on the tube and my interest was rekindled.  Only this time, it was unlike my innocent, teenage girl crush years ago.  With so much of Zack’s personal life posted all over the internet and twitter (a stalkers real-time tool), it was not hard to “get to know” him. Don’t get me wrong.  I have no desire to date, have sex with, or marry Zack.  Just to meet him and talk.  Actually, I am more interested in his spiritual life and sharing my faith with him.  From what I’ve read, he does not claim to be Christian or any other religion.  Judging by his lyrics and his own experience with religion, it seems that Zack has had a negative perspective on Christianity.

Deep down, I know these thoughts are fanatical and “stalkerish.”  Then again, part of me says “Well, if I ever were to meet Zack, that’s the first thing I’d want to do: show him a different perspective of Christianity.”  I’ve shared my faith with everyone I love and care about and Zack would be no exception.  In a way, I do care about him because he’s made such an impact on my life with his music and political beliefs.

So, why am I writing this?  To confess that I may have a problem. OK, I have a BIG problem. I’m obsessed with this desire to befriend Zack. Whether or not my intentions are good or bad, a celebrity obsession is as unhealthy as any other commonly known addiction.  Just the amount of time alone I think about this goal is unhealthy.  This time could be spent improving my life and dealing with the reasons I am obsessed in the first place.  Depression, being one of these reasons, or as I like to think of it: when a person has an extremely distorted and negative perspective on their own life.  In regards to my career, I’m not where I want to be and I presume focusing on my “Save Zack” mission has kept me from thinking about how unhappy I am.

I must clarify that I would NEVER go to Eagle Rock to meet Zack. The thoughts come to my mind though… often.  Just like a person who has OCD is obsessed with washing their hands.

With any addiction, the first step is admitting you have a problem.  I’ve done that, now what?

Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – Renegades of Funk

vs.

Rage against the Machine – Renegades of Funk

ბატონები Zack De La ROcha, Tim MorellO, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk = გენიალური კოლექტივი RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Los Angeles-იდან [California]. ჯგუფი დაარსდა 1991 წელს 2000 წელს დაიშალა, მაგრამ 2007 წელს RE-UniOn შედგა Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival-ზე .

ყველაზე საინტერესო მუსიკასთან ერთად, პოლიტიკური შეხედულებები და ტექსტებია. ზაკი – ანარქისტი, მარქსისტი, სოციალისტი და ღმერთმა იცის კიდევ ვინ არის , გამოირჩევა მთავრობის წინააღმდეგ რადიკალური გამოსვლებით(განსაკუთრებით ერაყში მიმდინარე საომარი მოქმედებების დროს აქტიურობდა), ძალიან ,,უყვარს” ჯორჯ ბუში უმცროსი.

ჯგუფის გენიალური გიტარისტი ტიმი ერთ-ერთი დამფუძნებელია ორგანიზაციის Axis of Justice, რომელიც აერთიანებს მუსიკოსებს, მწერლებს, მეცნიერებს, ფანებს და საერთოდ ჩვეულებრივ ადამიანებს, მათი მთავარი მიზანი კი სოციალური უსამართლობის წინააღმდეგ ბრძოლაა.

“ America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve. ” — Tom Morello, Guitar World.

,,When you live in a capitalistic society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works being sold at Barnes & Noble? No, because that’s where people buy their books. We’re not interested in preaching to just the converted. It’s great to play abandoned squats run by anarchists, but it’s also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from Granada Hills to Stuttgart ” – Zack

WAR WITHIN BREATH

Every official that come in
Cripples us leaves us maimed
Silent and tamed
And with our flesh and bones
He builds his homes

Southern fist
Rise through tha jungle mist
Clenched to smash power so cancerous
Black flag and a red star
A rising sun loomin over Los Angeles
Yes for Raza livin in La La
Like Gaza on to tha dawn Intifada
Reach for the lessons tha masked pass on
Seize tha metropolis
Its you its built on

Everything can change on a new years day
Everything can change on a new years day
Everything can change on a new years day
And everything changed on a new years day, come on.

War within a breath
Its land or death

Their existence is a crime
Their seat, their robe, their tie
Their land deeds
Their hired guns
Theyre tha crime

Shots heard underground round the rapture
Worlds eye captured
At last is a Mexican pasture
Tha masked screaming land or deathWithin a breath
A war from the depth of time
Shot four puppet governors in a line
Shook all tha world bankers
Who think they can rhyme
Shot the landlords who knew it was mine
Yes its a war from the depth of time

And everything can change on new years day
And everything can change on new years day
Everything can change on a new years day
And everything can changes on new years day

War within a breath
Its land or death

Its land or death ?

Jim Morrison

Johnny Cash

Kid Rock

Marilyn Manson

Michael Stipe

Zack de la Rocha

Eddie Van Halen

Tommy Lee

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Every now and then, a song comes along that is visceral in its call to arms.  The Sex Pistols are rightly famous for their Anarchy In The UK and God Save The Queen tracks.  At the time these were seen by many commentators as signifying the incipient demise of western civilisation.  The anger and fear that these songs and the allied if slightly disunited punk movement caused was demonstrated in 1977 by the MP Marcus Lipton writing in the Daily Mirror that:

“If Pop music is going to be used to destroy our established institutions, then it ought to be destroyed first”

A call to arms or a plea to abandon the apathy of the automaton are not much good if they are  not heard by the target audience. The nineties had its fair share of rebels and insurrectionists but if truth be told, most never made it out of a cult following.  Rage Against The Machine, somewhat surprisingly burst onto the consciousness of the world (with the censored help of MTV) with ‘Killing In The Name’. 

Formed in Los Angeles during the early nineties, Rage Against The Machine compromised Tom Morello, Zack De La Rocha, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. The agenda of the band was always to explore deprivation, racism, and censorship, to promote equality and social justice. Inspired by the likes of The Sex Pistols and The Clash this was to be consummated in a manner that was overtly political and confrontational.  They must undoubtedly have been an influence on bands such as At The Drive In (or their descendants Mars Volta) and System Of A Down.  The latter band are headed by Serj Tankian who collaborated with Tom Morello to form a non-profit organisation called Axis Of Justice whose aim is to:

“to build a bridge between fans of music around the world and local political organizations to effectively organize around issues of peace, human rights, and economic justice”.

Rage fused Hip-Hop and Rock, but for me it is the guitar work of Tom Morello that really announces itself.  The riffs that he uses in this track alone – nevermind the album – certainly cements his place as one of greatest guitarists of the nineties. Still, it would be hard to comment on this band without mentioning the hyperactive poet/rapper/peacenik/jack-in-the-box that is De La Rocha. In his own words:

“…was about completely detaching ourselves from society to see ourselves as…as spirits, and not bowing down to a system that sees you as just another pebble on a beach. I channeled all my anger out through that band.”

This comment was made with regard to an earlier band called Inside Out.  However, even a cursory glance through De La Rocha’s back catalogue will reveal that he has very much stuck to that conviction.  It is good to see that some people still get angry about injustice.  It cheers me to know that there are people like De La Rocha who are simply not content with letting prejudice go unmentioned. It thrills me to see this anger manifest itself in music. Maybe I am speaking too soon, but I doubt that Zack De La Rocha will end up advertising butter or selling car insurance.

The stunning album cover followed in the traditions of earlier rabble rousers like the Dead Kennedy’s.  Jello Biafra and company had used imagery to shock and provoke – see for instance the cover to ‘Holiday In Cambodia‘.  Likewise Rage Against The Machine had used a picture of Thích Quảng Đức a Buddhist monk who immolated himself by the means of setting himself alight.  This was as a protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese administration.  Certainly the use of this picture set the stall as to what could be expected inside the album.

I have done my best to remove the self promotion from MTV. Unfortunately too much clipping of the video to remove the advertisement would impact on the song.

Álbum debut de la banda

Hoy toca hablar de uno de los discos que más me han influido con su música, aunque no me gusta mucho que sea un grupo tan sumamente politizado: sólo hay que echar un vistazo a sus letras o a sus declaraciones en los medios para darse cuenta que no dejan títere con cabeza en todas sus canciones.

Dejando ese pequeño matiz al márgen, estamos ante el álbum de debut de la banda titulado “Rage Against the Machine”. Me parece un disco impresionante teniendo en cuenta que era el primer disco (antes habían lanzado una pequeña demo o ep) que lanzaban al mercado. El grupo tenía un sonido muy rompedor e innovador teniendo en cuenta que a principios de los 90 se venía del heavy de los 80 y empezaba a nacer el movimiento grunge. Por lo tanto, el grupo consiguió un gran reconocimiento en un tiempo relativamente pequeño (2-3 años), convitiendose en una de las bandas más famosas de los EEUU.

Su sonido destaca por encima de la mayoría de los grupos de su época por las diferentes “pinceladas” que añade cada uno de los miembros de la banda: Zack de la Rocha (cantante) está muy influido por el rap,punk y hardcore, y eso se nota tanto en sus letras (que son de carácter social y político) como en su estilo, en el que combina grandes frases rapeadas con gritos más propios del hardcore. Tom Morello (guitarra) destaca por la gran cantidada de efectos que usa en la guitarra, algunos de ellos muy similares al sonido que consigue sacar un dj con los platos. Para mi es uno de los guitarristas más innovadores de los ultimos 20 años y el gran precusor de los grupos que a mediados de los 90 comenzaron a tener un dj en su formación. También destaca por usar unos tempos más o menos lentos pero tremendamente efectivos. Esto último nos lleva a hablar de los otros dos miembros de la banda, que son Brad Wilk (batería) y Tim Commerford (bajo). Son la pareja perfecta para mantener el ritmo y la contundencia de la banda.  El primero, porque introduce en algunas canciones ritmos más cercanos al funk o tímidamente al rap que al rock  y el segundo por hacer unas lineas de bajo (aunque en muchos casos lo que hace es “doblar” a la guitarra) muy efectivas sin ser muy complejas.

Ya para terminar, decir que el disco contiene la mayoría de los clásicos de la banda, como “Killing in the Name ” o también el que para mi representa mejor el sonido y la tendencia política del grupo, “Bullet in the Head”. Y también dejo una rareza difícil de encontrar jeje. Es uno de los primeros conciertos que dieron después de sacar su primer disco, tocando temas como “Peolple of the Sun” con la letra original (no la que se escucha en el Evil Empire) que se publicarían más adelante en su segundo disco. Lo podeis ver aquí.

Tracklist:

1. Bombtrack
2. Killing in the Name
3. Take the Power Back
4. Settle for Nothing
5. Bullet in the Head
6. Know Your Enemy
7. Wake Up
8. Fistful of Steel
9. Township Rebellion
10. Freedom

Enlace al disco:

• Rage Against the Machine (álbum) *subido por bochagarcia23*
  

Más sobre Rage Against the Machine:

• Web oficial del grupo
• Myspace del grupo
• Rage Against the Machine (wikipedia)

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Today I’m gonna share a band I figure is gonna be pretty popular pretty soon. Mainly ’cause it has Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and former member of The Mars Volta, Jon Theodore. The band is called One Day as a Lion, hailing from Los Angeles, Cali, where all the famous mofos roll. I’m not gonna describe their music too much, if you’re familiar with RAtM then you’ll recognize their style right here, Zack’s yelled rapping is spread throughout the whole album. Also, if you enjoyed RAtM, you’ll probably like these guys’ music.

They only have a 5-track EP out, One Day as a Lion, released in 2008. According to the news, it scored over 17,000 copies sold in the first week. You should listen to the whole thing if you get the chance, but anyway, here’s the third track available for download:

One Day as a Lion – Last Letter [Download]

Cheers.

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh,

Salut les Moulants, bon qu’est-ce que je découvre juste après avoir garé ma meule devant le “Sli-Bar” pour prendre une p’tite mousse… Le patron alias Jean-Claude Rouflaquette à moules , rapport à ses états de service auprès de la gente féminine, me cale direct sur son Personal Computer pour me faire écouter un son qui lui rappelle étrangement Rage Against The Machine.

En effet le gonz a raison ça sonne drôlement Zack de la Rocha… je tend l’oreille… pas de doute Zack is back
avec un batteur et lui qui assure le clavier et le rap… je vous laisse découvrir

pour en savoir plus ici

Kenavo les Frocs et RDV au BBQ de Bradoc avant de torcher les girondins !!!!

Davos

One Day as a Lion is a music duo consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Zack de la Rocha and drummer Jon Theodore.

Theodore was earlier the drummer of The Mars Volta, while de la Rocha is the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine.

On July 16, 2008, the song “Wild International” was made available to stream on the band’s MySpace profile and was given its Australian radio premiere by Triple J and American radio premiere by KROQ. The band’s eponymous debut EP was released on July 18th, 2008 in Australia and four days later in the US, and was also released on iTunes. The vinyl version was released on October 7, 2008.

As of mid-2008, One Day as a Lion is expected to tour sometime soon, though de la Rocha is preoccupied with the Rage Against the Machine Reunion Tour for the immediate future. On August 11, de la Rocha spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the new project, his first interview in over eight years. He revealed that a full-length album was scheduled for an Autumn release, and stated that they “want to play shows and be a band and go out and start some noise”. He also mentions adding members to the group, revealing “We’re still in the process of forming as a band – we need a keyboard player, I’m not good enough to do it all myself – so that will be rectified soon”.

The band’s name derives from an infamous black and white graffiti photograph taken by Chicano photographer George Rodriguez in 1970 reading “It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.”

~ courtesy of Wikipedia

• A Island Records, gravadora de Amy Winehouse, vetou o material que seria o aguardado terceiro disco da talentosa cantora, sucessor do excelentíssimo Back to Black. Os diretores da Island acharam que o material fugia demais ao estilo musical que consagrou Amy e que as letras estavam demasiadamente melancólicas. As músicas apresentadas estariam muito marcadas por ritmos como reggae e ska, o que faz com que nós do PONTE estejamos torcendo para que essas canções vazem na rede mundial de computadores!

• Por falar em reggae/ska, o The Aggrolites estará em turnê no Brasil esse mês. Confira as datas e locais no site da Radiola Records.

• Enquanto sonhamos com uma volta definitiva do Rage Against the Machine e um show deles no Brasil, seu vocalista, Zack de la Rocha, tem feito coisas boas. A última que chegou ao nosso conhecimento foi o videoclipe do One Day As a Lion, projeto tocado por ele e Jon Theodore (ex The Mars Volta). Veja logo aqui abaixo:

• Hoje, 2 de abril, o mestre Marvin Gaye faria 70 anos. O pessoal do Radiola Urbana achou uma forma bacana de homenageá-lo. Confira!

• Os estúpidos do Converge estão preparando disco novo. Alguns vídeos de músicas novas têm aparecido por aí e, pra nossa felicidade, a epilepsia sonora continua!

• Quem também promete disco novo é o Rancid. Com data de lançamento marcada para 2 de junho, o álbum se chamará Let the Dominoes Fall.

• Ainda sobre disco novos, uma das coisas mais criativas atualmente no Brasil, mais conhecida como Cidadão Instigado, deve presentear os interessados com material inédito ainda este ano. A última edição da revista +SOMA está com uma matéria bem legal com o líder do grupo, Fernando Catatau.

“Bring that shit in! uggh! Yeah, the movement’s in motion with mass militant poetry Now check this out…uggh! In the right light, study becomes insight But the system that dissed us Teaches us to read and write So called facts are fraud They want us to allege and pledge And bow down to their god Lost the culture, the culture lost Spun our minds and through time Ignorance has taken over Yo, we gotta take the power back! Bam! here’s the plan Motherfuck uncle sam Step back, I know who I am Raise up your ear, I’ll drop the style and clear It’s the beats and the lyrics they fear The rage is relentless We need a movement with a quickness You are the witness of change And to counteract We gotta take the power back (…)”

Director: Nickolaos Kononelos
Director of Photography: Kevin Joelson

The band is not particularly brand new, but the music video really got my attention. Simple and raw.

“In this era where DJs behave
Be paid to be slaves
We raid airwaves to be sane
And what’s raining from the station
Cash fascination
Like living dead fed agents
Distract us fast
From a disaster’s wrath for sure
Air war was flooded like the 9th ward
On the AM, on the AM
Turn and face them
Hatred and mayhem
Slay them, dangerous
I take razor steps
It’s the swing from the bling
To the bang on the left”

One Day as a Lion  is the duo consisting of  Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore.
They released an self-titled EP last year, the song from the video is the single. Go check it out if you hadn’t heard bout this band till now…it’s different, it’s in your face and has the lyrical content and intensity that Zack delivers in all his projects (being this the best thing I’ve heard from him since RATM).

ONE DAY AS A LION WEBSITE (has all the lyrics, probably handwrited by Zack himself)

ONE DAY AS A LION MYSPACE

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One Day As A Lion, the new project of former Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, has a video for their song “Wild International”.  You can see it here.

I mean, besides this cover

I subscribed to Rolling Stone magazine for about four years. I thought it was neat back in the day, being the first magazine that I actually paid to get every month. Now, to paraphrase Zack De La Rocha, there has been a rage building inside of me while reading this magazine of hypocrisy. If this was just another music magazine then it wouldn’t warrant so much of my attention. But this is Rolling Stone. The same Rolling Stone that was home to Hunter S. Thompson and Robert Altman.

I enjoyed Rolling Stone for a couple of years. The first album I ever bought was Ricky Martin’s self-titled album. So I wasn’t always into music, and Rolling Stone worked with that. They gave me all the advertisements and fashion stories that I couldn’t get from my television. Rolling Stone also exposed me to new bands, for which I am eternally grateful. There have been a few, but none more important to me than Kings of Leon (this is circa Aha Shake Heartbreak, before their sound was tainted by legions of screaming British teenagers).

Kings of Leon

Now, I love the Kings of Leon, and in my opinion they are the greatest southern band since Lynyrd Skynyrd. They renewed my faith in modern rock music. So, after Rolling Stone cried tears of joy all over their second album, Aha Shake Heartbreak, and ran a feature about their fashion, I decided to pick it up while it was still soaking wet. Needless to say, it was, and still is a great album. Now, after giving thanks, I have to wonder what the hell is going on in the minds of the people working at that damn magazine. I have pondered this, and the only solution I can come up with is that they don’t read back issues. They just put out the newest issue and erase what they have just written from their memories. Granted, they have many different writers working for them, but I think that a couple of editors wouldn’t hurt, if only for some sort of continuity (not counting their layouts, which, from a graphic design standpoint, have very little variety, but that is a topic for another time).

What am I talking about?

In Rob Sheffield’s review of the Kings of Leon’s 2007 offering, Because of the Times, he can’t help but drool over how great it is. I have no problem with that. I love the album. What I do have a problem with is his quick history of the band. He explains that they came onto the musical scene quickly and “they weren’t any good.” Hmmm… really? I wish somebody could explain to me why Rolling Stone gave their first album, 2003’s Youth and Young Manhood, four stars, the same as Because of the Times. If they weren’t any good then, why does their “best” album get the same rating as their “worst”? Also, a band that tours with Bob Dylan can’t be that bad, right? I mean, the big man himself said that listening to them play “Trani” (from their first album) was the most fun he had had in years.
Just because Rolling Stone hated Led Zeppelin and gave Nirvana’s Nevermind three stars (::cough:: less than Fall Out Boy’s Infinity On High ::cough::), does not mean that they lose all musical credibility. However, when Led Zeppelin are given an album cover as “The Heaviest Band of All Time” and Nevermind is in the top twenty of the “500 Best Albums of All Time“, then there is a problem. I mean, I personally think Nirvana peaked with Bleach, but saying that “Nirvana isn’t onto anything altogether new” would get anybody today at that magazine fired quicker than writing an article supporting Bush the second.

Some cruddy bands from like, forever ago

So, I hereby renounce my subscription to Rolling Stone and am currently without a magazine subscription in my name. That’s right, I am single now, and looking for a spicy new magazine that preferably focuses on music. And please, if you don’t like my opinion, please listen to Glenn Danzig, who has better reasons to hate the magazine. So, I leave you with words of wisdom on Rolling Stone from the Misfits frontman himself.

“It’s just an old hippie magazine who really love putting Beyoncé and Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on their covers. So why would I care about a magazine like that? It is not a real music mag anyway.”

If you ever read this Rolling Stone…I would still work for you because I could do more damage inside the system.

it is a sunday. my brain feels like a dried up sponge. i hope to make sundays a relaxing day. with poetry and so on and so forth.

we will begin this shindig with one of my own compositions. and follow up with some poetry that has been playing on repeat in my brain for the past few months

the artists below are as follows.
1)mr robbie reaves – riding a bicycle at night.
2)mr zack de la rocha – bulls on parade
3)mr frank o’hara- an excerpt from “Mayakovsky”
4)mr frank o’hara – Song (Is it dirty)
5)mr el-p – league of extraordinary nobodies

the in and out breathy sound
escapes a pair of lips,
riding a bicycle at night.

and there is no light,
except that of the tall lamp posts.

on a bicycle at night the sound is tire and asphalt.
and the breathy sound escaping.
and the syncopation of the tire and the asphalt and the breathy sound escaping.

on a bicycle at night i watch the ground
the tire and the asphalt
and the glimmer of the spokes waltzing
against the empty shimmering road.

and right beneath the light
of the tall lamp posts

i am alone.
with the breathy sound.
and the spokes are dancing.
and the the syncopation of the tire and the asphault and the breathy sound escaping.

riding a bicycle at night and i am cold
my breath is fog.
and i watch my shadow come and go
circling around the spokes
and twisting with the light.

and the syncopation of the tire and the asphault
and a bicycle at night.

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Bulls on Parade – Zack De la Rocha

The microphone explodes, shattering the molds
Ya either drop tha hits like de la O or get tha &%$# off tha commode
Wit tha sure shot, sure ta make tha bodies drop
Drop an don’t copy yo, don’t call this a co-opt
Terror rains drenchin’, quenchin’ tha thirst of tha power dons
That five sided fist-a-gon
Tha rotten sore on tha face of mother earth gets bigger
Tha triggers cold now empty ya purse

They rally round tha family! With a pocket full of shells

Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Linin’ to the mind cemetery now
What we don’t know keeps tha contracts alive an movin’
They don’t gotta burn tha books they just remove ‘em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells

They Rally round tha family! With a pocket full of shells

Bulls on parade!

——————————–

Frank O’Hara – Mayakovsky (excerpt)

Now I am quietly waiting for

the catastrophe of my personality

to seem beautiful again,

and interesting, and modern.

The country is grey and
brown and white in trees,
snows and skies of laughter
always diminishing, less funny
not just darker, not just grey.

It may be the coldest day of
the year, what does he think of
that? I mean, what do I? And if I do,
perhaps I am myself again.

Frank O’Hara – Song

Is it dirty

does it look dirty

that’s what you think of in the city

does it just seem dirty
that’s what you think of in the city
you don’t refuse to breathe do you

someone comes along with a very bad character
he seems attractive. is he really. yes. very
he’s attractive as his character is bad. is it. yes

that’s what you think of in the city
run your finger along your no-moss mind
that’s not a thought that’s soot

and you take a lot of dirt off someone
is the character less bad. no. it improves constantly
you don’t refuse to breathe do you

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El P -The league of Extraordinary Nobodies

I just counted in my head how many people in this room
I’m talking to that I would never give the time
Here we are, all being vain and looking at ourselves
in mirrors very closely nodding straight up in a line
All the funny little stories that are told
are being fueled by what amounts to nothing more than minor crime
But I’m a whore and I’m exploring territory where the party and the pussy
both are numbered with a dime

I’ve been thinkin’ that this frozen glow I’ve chosen
is a candidate to lead me to a very sudden end
Another room up in the tombs of lovely substance
where the grave diggers are shoveling that dirt up in her heads
The very fact is that I’m sitting here with zombies talking endlessly
but couldn’t tell you one thing that was said
I get surrounded by the friendliest of strangers
who would sooner kill themselves than give a fuck if I were dead

I just realized the tragedy of this
is that her hand is on my leg and she so clearly wants to fuck
And though I’m wired, and I would certainly oblige
I can’t continue getting high and then confusing it for lust
I’m not an angel, but the baggie we unfolded
and just split to give a lick is dripping out me colored rust
And you seem nice but I still hate you for the moment
’cause I’m too smart to be open, this is artificial trust

I’ve been noticing the fact that nothing glorious can happen anymore
we’ve run the gamut of our filth
But here I am again, pretending spontaneity exists with idiots
all lifted out their little gills
Aren’t you disturbed that everything you did tonight is something else you did already
and its meaning is still nill
And all the people in your presence are just weapons
it’s as simple as the theory that the dying love to kill

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
Everybody here is so alive

Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
Oh, what a night
You would tell me if I was crazy, right?

I’ve been wondering how arrogant it is for me to keep doing the things
that killed so many that we know
I’ve been noticing how quickly motherfuckers have the answers to existence
just as soon as someone goes
We change the channel for a week or so of cleansing and reflecting on ourselves
but then it’s back to that old show
I hear the cackles of the crowd, they’re laughing at us
and we haven’t even gotten to the part where it’s a joke

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[RATM's album cover. Vietnamese Monk putting himself on fire to resist repression of Buddhism]

AH! RATM!!! One of my favorite bands!

Along with U2, they are the band that challenged the society most effectively (in my opinion of course)

[Bono, the vocalist from U2. I believe he almost received novel peace prize!]

The guitarist of RATM is infamous Tom Morello. His father was a descendant of the first President of Kenya, and he fought against the government. His mother was a famous (white) woman activist.  He grew up in New York Harlem, experienced racism in Chicago for being half black, and attended HARVARD UNIVERSITY and studied politics. To achieve his dream of being greatest activist ever, he read tremendous amount of books about socialism and progressivism. He decided to spread his thoughts by music. During the day he studied, and at night he was jamming the guitar. Instead of just simply playing the guitar, he examined each parts of guitar carefully. As a result, Tom Morello is known as one of the best guitarist in the world, who is capable of producing unique tone and sound that can’t be immitated by anyone(including legendary guitarists like Slash and Van Hallen).

The vocalist(or rapper) of RATM is Zack De Rocha, he experienced extreme racism in America for being Mexican.

His father was an activist, he expressed his political thoughts through painting. As his son, Zack had similar idea, and most importantly, was filled with anger.

When these two key people met, RATM was born, and they crahsed the world.  lml

I truly admire them. I really do. I respect their thoughts and ideology. Besides their musical activity, they lead or participated in many protests.

But how much did they change the society so far? Last time I wrote how music can change poeple. But can music change society?

I watched one of the South Park episode criticizing hippie musicians.

They were portrayed as people who played music, thinking that they are changing the world. Actually, they were just getting wasted. They were avoiding the reality, instead of changing them.

RATM is music is surely inspiring. It ignited many people’s heart, encouraged them to fight for what is wrong.

The question is, how many people will actually take action to change society?

In roaring twenties, books like jungle inspired American people and leaders to make changes.

In 21st century, music is not taken seriously as books do, despite of its capability of spreading.

Last time, I said musicians have power to change the world. That was a theoretical statement. In this post, I would like the question the validity of my own statement.

Music can change people. Can those people change the world?

coming up next

music popularity

skill in music

Thousands of people are marching against Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio tomorrow, including Zack de la Rocha of “Rage Against the Machine” fame. They are protesting Arpaio’s treatment of undocumented inmates, claiming that he has “subjugated and terrorized” them while they are under his custody.

I’m definitely not proud of this, but I spent some time in the tents back in the day. It was pretty nasty, which I think was the point.

I was there a handful of times for stints of a few days to a few weeks. During all of those visits, I never witnessed anything like what the protesters are claiming. I’m not saying that the claims are false, I’m just curious to hear what they’re going to claim.

The processing and placement of inmates seemed pretty standardized in my experience. We all went through the same hell-hole called “The Horseshoe”, where everyone in Phoenix gets processed. We all got tents, crappy blankets and nasty chunks of some sort of wonderbread. There was plenty of racism, but that was on display between the inmates, not the sheriff and his crew. I’m not defending him… I’m just curious what has changed since then.

The New Times quotes de la Rocha saying,

“To witness what is happening in Arizona and remain neutral,” De la Rocha is quoted saying in the media statement reprinted below, “is to be implicated in human rights violations that are occurring right here on US soil against migrants. History will not be kind to Joe Arpaio.”

Some pretty bold words… I’ll be tuned in tomorrow.

kitty (3:40:03 PM): watched “burn after reading”
kitty (3:40:11 PM): last nite
4EVERFIANCE (3:43:50 PM): was it goo?
4EVERFIANCE (3:43:51 PM): good
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:05 PM): i saw slumdog millionare—– not too impressed saaaad
kitty(3:44:09 PM): def wierd
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:14 PM): i like wierd movies tho
kitty (3:44:19 PM): really different george clooney than any others
kitty (3:44:25 PM): u would like
4EVERFIANCE(3:44:26 PM): good cuz standard clooney is too boron fo rme
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:28 PM): saaaaaad
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:28 PM): jk
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:31 PM): he’s col
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:34 PM): cool
kitty(3:44:45 PM): i love clooney to death
4EVERFIANCE (3:44:45 PM): i loved him on ER
kitty (3:44:56 PM): i lovd him on facts of life
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:02 PM): haha i never watched that shttt ER omg he was on facts??????????????
kitty (3:45:11 PM): im oldschool like that
kitty (3:45:21 PM): his character was jo
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:25 PM): DUUUUMG
kitty (3:45:26 PM): LMFAO
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:28 PM): jo?
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:30 PM): lol
kitty (3:45:30 PM): jk he was tho
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:35 PM): natalie
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:36 PM):
kitty (3:45:45 PM): he was on it
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:51 PM): ( O-O )
4EVERFIANCE (3:45:54 PM): oops
kitty (3:45:54 PM): anyhoo you would like it
kitty(3:46:09 PM): and i gots 50+ movies but all AVI
4EVERFIANCE (3:46:09 PM): ( O-O )
4EVERFIANCE (3:46:12 PM): oops
4EVERFIANCE (3:46:23 PM): ( O-O &nbsp
kitty (3:46:24 PM): 160?
4EVERFIANCE (3:46:26 PM): nevermind
kitty (3:46:28 PM): u crazy
4EVERFIANCE (3:46:37 PM): i was trying to draw fat face
kitty(3:46:47 PM): i also got a movie from netflx called “anita and me”
4EVERFIANCE (3:47:05 PM): theres a movie w/ DAVID DUCHOVNY i want to see think its calle dthe stranger
kitty (3:47:08 PM): it was a coming of age movie for youngstrs
4EVERFIANCE (3:47:13 PM): ITS ON INSTANT NETFLIX so watch it
kitty(3:47:18 PM): cool
4EVERFIANCE (3:47:23 PM): funny how we are always texting about diff things lol
kitty (3:48:02 PM): i love to input diff actors into netflx site and discover all thier flops on watch instantly
kitty (3:48:11 PM): lol
4EVERFIANCE (3:48:17 PM): SERIOUSLY!! LIKE clive owen has a wierd movie
4EVERFIANCE (3:48:21 PM): where he lives in the woods
4EVERFIANCE (3:48:24 PM): seen that one?
kitty (3:48:25 PM): YES
4EVERFIANCE (3:48:31 PM): haha
4EVERFIANCE (3:48:40 PM): it grossed me out when cute guy gets raped
kitty (3:48:42 PM): clive owen is da man but that movie sux
kitty (3:49:09 PM): he wasn’t even hot in that one just nerdy and regular man like
4EVERFIANCE (3:49:22 PM): i luved him in children of god
4EVERFIANCE (3:49:33 PM): i get him confused SOMETIMES with gerard buter
kitty (3:49:42 PM): ok the actor in the burn after reading movie i think his name was malcovich.. where he from
4EVERFIANCE (3:50:10 PM): john malcovich is supposed to be one of those “revered” actors
4EVERFIANCE (3:50:14 PM): in HUNDREDS of movies
kitty (3:50:27 PM): whats his best again?
4EVERFIANCE (3:50:29 PM): ???
4EVERFIANCE (3:50:41 PM): he does alot of period movies
kitty(3:51:26 PM): i couldn’t believe it came out last yr
4EVERFIANCE (3:51:30 PM): why?
kitty (3:52:19 PM): it was filmed soo wierd that you actually felt like you were in the like 90’s or something
4EVERFIANCE (3:52:33 PM): the coen bros suppesed to be wierd
4EVERFIANCE (3:52:54 PM): did another cloon movie- o brother where art thou?
4EVERFIANCE (3:52:56 PM): you seen?
kitty (3:53:09 PM): of course!
kitty (3:53:19 PM): saw it @ ur house i think
4EVERFIANCE (3:53:25 PM): NO i never saw it!
kitty (3:53:33 PM): i liked that one bout negroes yes?
kitty (3:53:36 PM): jk
4EVERFIANCE (3:53:39 PM): which one?
kitty (3:53:56 PM): oh no that one bout a trio
kitty (3:54:07 PM): i’m confused noew
kitty (3:54:52 PM): oh ok i know i saw the “black” one w/ u and this one @ home
4EVERFIANCE (3:55:01 PM): which “black” one?
4EVERFIANCE (3:55:06 PM): Notorious?
kitty (3:55:15 PM): lmaf
4EVERFIANCE (3:57:24 PM): that was actually good cuz our homegirl ANGELA BASSETT was in it
4EVERFIANCE (3:57:29 PM): she can make a movie good
4EVERFIANCE (3:57:38 PM): with her muscular self! go on !!!!!!!
kitty (3:57:40 PM): lol!
kitty (3:57:46 PM): i’m serious
kitty(3:58:01 PM): ok i heard the funniest shit @ cvs the other day
4EVERFIANCE (3:59:51 PM): ok
kitty (4:00:25 PM): the latina manager who act black comes outta her office which is located @ front of store and walks pimp style to patron @ cashier (so she knws them obviously) and when they turn around (they blk) she says in drawl “who dat all lookin like MISH-elle OH-bama?” OMFKKNG and the lady was FLATTERED and shit
4EVERFIANCE (4:00:47 PM): OMG THAT IS FUNNY!
4EVERFIANCE (4:00:50 PM): hahaha
4EVERFIANCE (4:00:57 PM): i love michelle obama lol
kitty (4:01:06 PM): so that is like a popular compliment nowaday
4EVERFIANCE (4:01:13 PM): yea hahaha
kitty (4:01:25 PM): that’s fkkn weird
4EVERFIANCE (4:02:04 PM): well remember when Zack De La Rocha said he wanna be jackie o? he actually changed lyrics to Michelle O
kitty (4:02:21 PM): NO FKKN WAY!!!!!!!
4EVERFIANCE (4:02:28 PM): no LOL LOL LOL but that s a good one
kitty (4:02:43 PM): yes u are very clever once in awhile
kitty (4:02:50 PM): cleave-r
kitty(4:02:55 PM): hahhahahahahahahahaha
4EVERFIANCE (4:02:57 PM): <3
kitty (4:03:02 PM): lmao
4EVERFIANCE (4:03:05 PM): what did de la roach mean anyway?
kitty (4:03:11 PM): he gay
kitty(4:03:15 PM): jk
4EVERFIANCE (4:03:21 PM): seriously
kitty (4:03:23 PM): he needed a rhyme
4EVERFIANCE (4:03:30 PM): i guess huh
kitty (4:03:40 PM): por vida n my name up on a stall
kitty (4:04:06 PM): In middle school, Clooney developed Bell’s palsy, a debilitating condition that partially paralyzes the face. While suffering from the malady—it went away within a year—his left eye closed and he was unable to eat or drink properly, earning the nickname Frankenstein.
4EVERFIANCE (4:04:16 PM): SAAAAAD!
kitty (4:04:28 PM): i would do him if i was 60
kitty (4:04:37 PM): lmfao
4EVERFIANCE (4:04:41 PM): huh? 60? hes not that old
4EVERFIANCE (4:04:42 PM): lol
kitty (4:04:47 PM): i kno
kitty(4:04:54 PM): thts why it’s funny dum
4EVERFIANCE (4:05:01 PM): oh cuz you like younger men i get it
kitty (4:05:19 PM): no but dat funny
4EVERFIANCE (4:05:42 PM): got thai haze & brownie
4EVERFIANCE (4:05:43 PM): 4 u
4EVERFIANCE (4:05:53 PM): then u will fall asleep at a reasonable time lol jk
kitty (4:06:12 PM): u mean 4 not reasonable
kitty (4:06:15 PM): am
4EVERFIANCE (4:06:38 PM): oh guess what i don’t go to gym on weekends anymore
kitty (4:06:42 PM): Clooney suffered a broken rib and road rash
4EVERFIANCE (4:06:41 PM): so i can stay up late
kitty (4:06:53 PM): road rash
4EVERFIANCE (4:06:55 PM): cloon is a bachelor
4EVERFIANCE (4:07:06 PM): was he in an accident
kitty (4:07:23 PM): On September 21, 2007, Clooney and a girlfriend were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey. Clooney’s motorcycle was hit by a car. The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass on the righ
kittysgoodbye (4:07:29 PM): i guess he’s not gay
4EVERFIANCE (4:07:43 PM): OMG did u hear about PO’ morgan freeman?
kitty (4:07:55 PM): but honestly his role in last nite’s movie made me feel disgust for him
kitty(4:08:08 PM): omg whwat
4EVERFIANCE (4:08:25 PM): he was in an accidnet w/ some white lady
4EVERFIANCE (4:08:35 PM): but he’s married to someone else i guess?
4EVERFIANCE (4:08:41 PM): anywho- the white lady is suing him
4EVERFIANCE (4:08:58 PM): she actually held a press conference
4EVERFIANCE (4:09:05 PM): saying “i am not his mistress!”
4EVERFIANCE (4:09:06 PM): saaaaad
kitty (4:09:07 PM): no fkkn way
4EVERFIANCE (4:09:14 PM): do yo thing morgan w/ berries on face
kitty (4:09:19 PM): i’d do him if iwas 80
4EVERFIANCE (4:09:25 PM): EWWWW his voice
kitty (4:09:31 PM): i know
kitty (4:09:42 PM): berries
kitty(4:09:49 PM): too much girl
kitty (4:09:54 PM): When asked if the actor went too far with his remarks, Clooney responded by saying, “I don’t care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association; he deserves whatever anyone says about him
4EVERFIANCE (4:10:04 PM): wow what did he say?
kitty (4:10:38 PM): u kno they weren’t very clear on wiki but something to the effect of of old man having ALZ
kitty (4:10:44 PM): sad
4EVERFIANCE (4:11:33 PM): haha
kitty (4:11:47 PM): have u seen “milk” with wonderfull sean penn
kitty (4:11:55 PM): joto movie
kitty (4:12:02 PM): dan says
4EVERFIANCE (4:12:32 PM): no but i want to for the wonderful jf!!!!!!
kitty(4:12:50 PM): no it really is about a gay dude
kitty (4:12:59 PM): thas why
kitty (4:13:16 PM): did u c the wrestler
kitty(4:13:23 PM): w the fine as mickey rourke
4EVERFIANCE (4:13:39 PM): EWWWWWWWWWWW
kitty (4:13:47 PM): jk
4EVERFIANCE (4:14:00 PM): too much plastic surggg
4EVERFIANCE (4:14:07 PM): how was JF in Milk?
kitty (4:14:19 PM): jf
kitty (4:14:24 PM): ?
kitty (4:14:33 PM): james franco?
kitty (4:14:42 PM): omg is he in the movei
kitty (4:14:47 PM): he gay too
4EVERFIANCE (4:14:46 PM): WHAT????
4EVERFIANCE (4:14:51 PM): yea!!!
4EVERFIANCE (4:14:54 PM): u saw it high?
kitty (4:15:10 PM): i still haven’t seen it it’s on my comp along with 50 others i haven’t seen
4EVERFIANCE (4:15:15 PM): OOOHH
4EVERFIANCE (4:15:20 PM): best movie of 09:
4EVERFIANCE (4:15:25 PM): Paul Blart, Mall Cop
kitty (4:15:33 PM): omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kitty (4:15:42 PM): kids loved it saddddddd
4EVERFIANCE (4:15:48 PM): OH YEA
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:13 PM): ebert gave it 3 stars because he said although it was not good he gives it credit for being a stupid comedy-
kitty (4:16:18 PM): on another subject i don’t know wether to love or absolutely hate tilda whats her name
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:18 PM): without rated R material
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:23 PM): SWINTON!!!!!!!!
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:31 PM): I LOV EHR cuz she is wierdoooo
kitty (4:16:33 PM): she a bitch
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:36 PM): no way!
kitty (4:16:41 PM): don’t like her
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:48 PM): so u hate her then
4EVERFIANCE (4:16:54 PM): i mean love or hate?
kitty (4:17:11 PM): everytime she’s in movies i ‘m like “ok she’s a villian”
kitty (4:17:19 PM): and she is always
4EVERFIANCE (4:17:24 PM): member her in the thumbsucker movie?
4EVERFIANCE (4:17:31 PM): she tried to win a date w/ Benjamin Bratt?
4EVERFIANCE (4:17:33 PM): lol
kitty (4:17:36 PM): didn’t watch tah one
4EVERFIANCE (4:17:42 PM): oh that ones good
kitty (4:18:01 PM): remeber wristcutter with ever so Qte guy
kitty (4:18:12 PM): that only makes flops
4EVERFIANCE (4:18:20 PM): PATRICK FUGIT? i don’t agree i liked the russian better
kitty (4:18:37 PM): hells nah
4EVERFIANCE (4:18:39 PM): he was in a movie called “spun” u won’t like him that much no more
kitty (4:18:55 PM): oh have u seen movie “humboldt county”
4EVERFIANCE (4:18:59 PM): no! lol
kitty (4:19:27 PM): w/ the weird as fk lookin like a freaking tiger girl from return to oz
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:01 PM): omg i like Fairuza Balk but i think its cuz i watched return to oz million times
kitty (4:20:12 PM): u would like Hcounty movie
kitty (4:20:20 PM): “watch instantly”
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:21 PM): so what about slumdog?
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:29 PM): i wasnt too impressed
kitty (4:20:31 PM): dowdnloading as we speak
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:36 PM): what? u haven’t seen
kitty (4:20:43 PM): wtf is everyone making a big ass deal
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:43 PM): i am alerting the bollywood community
4EVERFIANCE (4:20:47 PM): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kitty (4:20:52 PM): lololol
kitty (4:20:53 PM): shhhh
kitty (4:21:15 PM): the movie anita and me was indians living in england
kitty (4:21:23 PM): i loved it but ann wasn’t so impressed
4EVERFIANCE (4:21:26 PM): thanks fo tellling me
4EVERFIANCE (4:21:29 PM): won’t watch it now
kitty (4:21:31 PM): sad
4EVERFIANCE (4:21:34 PM): lol
4EVERFIANCE (4:21:52 PM): the only Indian i can watch is the loveable KAL PENN
4EVERFIANCE (4:21:55 PM): LMAO
kitty (4:22:11 PM): stupid
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:16 PM): and M.I.A.
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:21 PM): did u see her at grammies????
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:25 PM): omg so cool
kitty (4:22:32 PM): no fo real
kitty (4:22:37 PM): gots to youtube
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:45 PM): she was 1 DAY FROM LABOR
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:47 PM): and performed
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:51 PM): prego!
kitty(4:22:52 PM): i’m too ADD to sit throu those kindda awrds
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:56 PM): with see thru dress!!!!!!!!
4EVERFIANCE (4:22:58 PM): big belly
kitty (4:23:01 PM): omg cool
4EVERFIANCE (4:23:23 PM): ok gots to clock out now!!!! comeova tomorro gabe djs sat so we gots apt to ourselves
4EVERFIANCE(4:23:24 PM): saaaaaad
4EVERFIANCE (4:23:33 PM): oh imean Sat he djs too!
4EVERFIANCE (4:23:35 PM): ok bye!
kitty (4:23:39 PM): i tried that @ work christmas luncheon but uh i guess i’m no MIA
kitty (4:23:45 PM): jkjkjkjkjkj
4EVERFIANCE (4:23:46 PM): huh?
kitty (4:23:53 PM): nevermind
kitty (4:23:59 PM): ok bye
4EVERFIANCE (4:24:02 PM): haha bye