Michael Muhammed Knight, the provocative author of Taqwacores and The Five Percenters, (interviewed on my site a couple years back) has just written a great article over at Killing the Buddha about Father Allah. If you know nothing about this Harlem God, Knight’s piece is a great primer. And if you are familiar, as a [...]
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Michael Muhammed Knight Does It Again: A Tribute to Father Allah
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, gratitude, history, mis-education vs. raw learning, pointing at The Big Something on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Black Mosaic Templars in Barbados Find Arkansas Roots
Posted in history on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Too interesting (to me, anyway), not to highlight. A small, dying chapter of a initiatory fraternity called the Mosaic Templars, in Barbados has rediscovered the roots of its organization in Arkansas. The founding chapter of the group had been created by freed blackmen following the Civil War and once stretched across several countries, aiding their [...]
Obama Would Be the Sixth Black President, At Least!
Posted in Limnal Site of Dead Heroes, history, mis-education vs. raw learning, politics, pro-peace/pro-people, psychology on September 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
About a year ago, a Rastafarian guy I worked with who had a lot of optimism about Obama and, to me, an unrealistic expectation that an Obama presidency would be “revolutionary,” made a statement that piqued my curiosity. In the middle of speaking on what was shaping up to be the Obama versus Hilary primary [...]
The Eyes of Mr. Blunn: High School Slavery, the Civil War, and Lincoln’s Outhouse
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Mundane Poetics, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, gratitude, history, late night, mis-education vs. raw learning, pointing at The Big Something, pro-peace/pro-people on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had an American Literature teacher in high school who looms large in my memory of those days, despite the fact that in physical stature he could have been a gnome.
We’ll call him Mr. Blunn.
He had the thinnest of comb overs on his pate, as well as piercing eyes that looked like onyx, at [...]
Odd Labor Out: Why Isn’t Labor Day the Same as May Day in the U.S.?
Posted in history on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s one idea about it, from a decidedly Left-Anarchist perspective.
From May Day-The Real Labor Day:
May 1st, International Workers’ Day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world, and is recognized in every country except the United States, Canada, and South Africa. This despite the fact that the holiday began in the 1880s [...]
Wolves and Dogs and Things
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Dreams, Personal Speculation, everyday forteana, everyday life, high weirdness, history, initiation, late night, mysticcult, pointing at The Big Something, psychology, religious history, spirituality on May 31, 2008 | Comments Off
Bill Hicks on Waco: Before and After
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, civil liberties, conspiracy poetics, history, media, mis-education vs. raw learning, requiem on March 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The wise man changes his views when he sees the truth.
Rest in peace, Bill.
Before the tragedy:
And after(from Rant in E-Minor):
Remembering Malcolm X
Posted in civil liberties, history, requiem on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A day late (due to Internet troubles), I present a speech and the ending of Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, in remembrance of the life of the profound man who was assassinated 43 years ago yesterday.
The Blue Magic No One’s Talking About
Posted in CIA, conspiracy poetics, history, media, politics on November 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
So lots of people have been talking about this Jay-Z video, Blue Magic. Mainly, they are pointing out the fact that he’s flashing Euros. Being hip-hop’s poster-boy of the most successful hustler, showing Euro’s probably signifies that Jay’s committed himself to surviving. Mayhaps he’s sending a message to all the rest of [...]
A Thousand Jesi: What Christianity Can Learn from Traditional “Paganisms”
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Personal Speculation, history, spirituality on October 15, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Ever wonder why there are more denominations of Christianity? Sure, there’s the story of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation and the rise of individualism wrought by these changes and so on and so forth. And the socio-dynamics of leadership succession and the politics around that certainly have a part to play in branch offs and [...]
