I recently acquired a new Immortal Technique CD. Immortal Technique is Real. That’s all I can say. He’s probably too much and too hard for most, but he puts it down, and I listen.
In this CD, he uses a sound-bite of a radio broadcast of an essay called, “Hip Hop or Homeland Security”, by Mumia Abu-Jamal. This opened up a whole can of worms for me. I had to check out more of Mumia.
If you have a night to face real issues, I’d suggest starting here:
— Mumia’s Essays
— What’s happening in his case
— His webpage
— All of his Radio Broadcasts
and
— A Story you should definitely consider…
There’s a truth in everyone’s voice. This is all worth listening to.
I’ll make one quick note: I’ve been bombarded, lately, by thoughts of how Real other people’s lives are, in ways I can’t even begin to imagine. From my friends that I see everyday, to guerrila soldiers in jungles, to starving children in desolate lands, … each person lives in a reality that is as real (for them) as my own reality is for me. Artists like Immortal Technique, movies like City of God, and many of my daily considerations make me feel their consciousness, their Realness… and it’s almost frightening. Almost.
Posted by bell at December 3, 2004 09:39 PM | TrackBack