"I was trippin' on old cans of crushed dreams. I was trippin' on crushed cans of old dreams. Trippin' over old cans of crushed dreams, over and over, over and over . . ."
~Lamya"Bed I Never Made"~
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Coming up on sistaz Coloring Outside Of The Lines for the December/January show, I'll be featuring the first rocker to appear on the show, Tamar-Kali. This sista is fabulous check her out in advance at http://www.myspace.com/tamarkali and check her out in her video below for my favorite Tamar-Kali song "Boot"
"Boot" music video
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In March,2007, The Sweet Songstress, Zein Simone was featured on "Music Without Boundaries"
She was my first international interview
check the archive player to hear her interview
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The following video is Setra - Daughter of the Sun singing "Hearts And Flowers" from her Cd entitled "Sings About It". Setra, was featured on the October 12th edition on "Music Without Boundaries" on C-Notes Radio at http://nghosi.com . . . go to my top 24 and show Setra some love...
The following is video by Sparlha Swa singing Doing My Thing". Sparlha was my featured guest on the December Edition of "Music Without Boundaries"
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And here is the beautiful Audrey Martell, featured on "Music Without Boundaries" February/March, 2007.
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Yu, efu yu nyan a poku!!!!! (You, if you Eat The Music!!!!!)
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Epiphany
By
Torrena "Torri" Dye
Comprehension?
The mystery and the majesty
of black femininity.
What miracles could we work?
. . . magic would we conjure?
if, as a group, we were to awaken
with the knowledge of who and what we are
to open our eyes . . . all of us
. . . all at once
with the knowing of an undeniable truth that
. . . to be born womon is a gift
. . . to be born BlackWomon
. . . a privilege and an honor.
Consciousness?
To awaken with the knowledge,
the realization and the acceptance
of the responsibility
that comes
with
this gift
. . . this privilege . . . this honor.
Cognition?
To know that we can, should and must
recognize this awakening in ourselves
and in our sisters
and attempt to awaken those who still sleep,
so that together we could and would . . .
subjugate the would be subjugators
. . . those that would seek to
suppress . . . oppress . . . repress
the power that exists within us
when we are a united force.
Cohesion?
When we refuse to
surrender, submit,
yield or give in
to those who, upon recognizing that we recognize
who and what we are,
look upon us
with fear and loathing
and in the fear and out of that loathing
they attempt to extinguish
the ObsidianFire
that is BlackWomon!
With our eyes open,
they cannot triumph!!!.
ah yes! Epiphany!!!
© 2000 Heed the Call of the Drum, Inc.
Check ‘em out an’ tell ‘em Torri sent you . . .
Monique Mijnals - Clic th' Pic
Audrey Martell-clic th’ pic
Gaelle-clic th’ pic
Song-clic th’ pic
Malina Moye-clic th’ pic
Setra -clic th’ pic
Lamya -clic th’ pic
Wayna -clic th’ pic
Tamar-Kali-clic th’ pic
Zein Simone -clic th’ pic
Sparlha Swa -clic th’ pic
Music:
Cassandra Wilson, Monique Mijnals,Tsidii Le Loka, Miriam Makeba, Wayna, Alison Crockett, Kate Bush, Maxwell, Lenny Kravitz, Nnenna Freelon, Lamya, Res, Amy Winehouse, Rachelle Ferrell, Dione Farris, Cree Summer, Kimmie Horne, Miriam Makeba, Angelique Kidjo, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Hudson, Bo Bice, Dr. John, Sparlha Swa, Gaelle, Billy Miles, Audrey Martell, Malina Moye, Rhian Benson, and many many more . . .far to many to name.
Movies:
Anything with Johnny Depp in it, The Elepant Man, Bram Stoker's Dracula, An American Werewolf In London, The Bagdad Cafe, Asian horror films, The Color Purple, Karmen Gei, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Roots, Cell, all of the 'Hanibal Lecter' movies and too many more to name.
Television:
South Park, King of the Hill, Star Trek (all of them except Enterprise), The Most Extreme (on animal planet), Emeril La Gosse, Paula Dean and Bobby Flay, Forensic Files, Cold Case Files, Body of Evidence, American Justice and any of the true crime shows. Not much more except the News and an occasional movie on Life Time and the SCi-Fi Channel
Books:
Anything by Octavia Butler, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson, Toni Morrison, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kafka and Poe. Speculative Fiction, Horror, Fantasy. Roots, The Color Purple.
Heroes:
My Daddy and Josephine Baker (check out the following "Josephine Baker Slide Show and video. She is my personal inspiration for "Sistaz Coloring Outside Of The Lines".) and Kate Bush and Steve Irwin!!!
Hey, how well do you know me???? If you think you know me, take this quiz an’ see how well you do. How well do you know Torri? /The Late Josephine Baker sings "
Sous le Ciel d'Afrique"
The late Mahalia Jackson - Lord Don't Move The Mountain
The Late Dorothy Dandridge
The late Nina Simone singing "Mississippi Goddam"
The Late Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes "The Block Party"
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