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Pressed Root

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Leaving Babylon, Going off on Tangents, Filling sketchbooks. Busting out another BiggaDreadnauts page... and burning bridges, apparently. I suppose at times I need to swim across. Good swimmer. .. .. ..
Visual Artists Rick Griffin Wendi Pini, Vaughn Bode, Paul Pope, Mike Magnolia, Mucha, Klimt, Ras Daniel Heartman, Neville Garick, Aaron Douglas, Henry Ossowa Tanner, NC Wyeth, Tom Feelings, Leo & Diane Dillon, Charles Vess Brian Foud, Hiroaki Samura, Pieter Breugel , Bill Peet, Frank&Ollie, Carl Barks, Jeff Smith, Frazzetta, early Simon Bisley (Slaine'), Michael Golden, Par Broderick, John Byrne (but not without Terry Austin), Jeff Dee, Dr. Seuss, Peter Max, Joshua Light show, Ralph Bakshi, Burne Hogarth, Katsuhiro Otomo, Maurice Sendak, Milo Manara, Corben, Mobius, Hildebrandt(s), Hayao Miyazaki, Twins Seven-seven, ASTERIX&OBELIX(Goscinny & Uderzo). Frezau (how do you spell your name bro.? And where are you?) Ras Terms, Kip Omalade, Dirk Joseph, Steph I, Latasha Natasha Diggs, TerrorJoy, Camille Billops, Charlie Mills, Ben Chris, Jenny Jenowski, Nalla Smith, Ben Milam, Michael Simon, Deborah Simon, Walter Simon. At Last but Most: Haile Selassie the First. I'd say His sense of composition, His Approach and His way of Seeing things are all One.
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Music:

Led Zeppelin, BadBrains, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Augustus Pablo, Stones, Beatles, Doors, Lee Perry Vintage(60's/70's)Rock and Rockers are my preference. Folk has been calling on me lately(Arborea, Karen Dalton lately). Im drawn to music with conscious, rustic or ancient slants in them. But like most folks I have a broad range, and make exceptions. As long as it takes me over. No radio b.s. I listen to alot of NPR and Techwebsound. Illumi Nati Congo has been sounding good to me, of late. Anthony Hamilton is good and grown. "Dean" by Terry Reid. How did I ever miss this one coming of age? This one rang in my head for 2 months straight. Still does a bit. I like "Tam Lin" in all its versions, from the Glasgow Reel to Fairport Convention. "Peace in Mississippi" by Jimi Hendrix is the most badass thing on the planet - And off, since it has this meteoric element. "Why do black men fuss and fight on this earth?" By Hugh Mundell. Step aside. Hugh was 16 or 17 when Pablo caught this with him. Hugh died of gunshot in his early 20's. "Journey Into Satchadenanda" by Alice Coltrane. No words for that one, other than - like Nag Champa - how could you live without it, once tasted? "Do it twice" by The Wailers. "I live in these woods alone" Best opening line ever. When Bob wails 'Baby!-woods alone', you can imagine him singin on a swimmin' hole. "Elk River Blues" by Ernie Carpenter, Civil War era. This is like Home Sweet Home for me. Call me country here, they call me city there... -Please dont throw me in the briar patch!!!! oh man i shouldnt get into this, this will never end After all that I like the Bansuri(Bamboo Flute) by G.S. Sachdev.

Movies:

The Point! Seven Samurai, Fearless Vampire Killers, Robin Hood Fox & the Hound, Brother Bear, Journey of the Lion. Most films with animals in their names, I suppose...

Television:

What I like now - Avatar, Deadwood, Rome. But back then - Six million dollar man, Roots Saga, Thundaar the Barbarian, HR PuffnStuff

Books:

The Whingdingdilly, Farewell to Shady Glade, 2,000 Seasons, People Funny Boy, Deadbone Erotica, Handmade Houses, Ramapo Mountain People, Rain makes applesauce, Oxherding Tale

Heroes:

Tim Sheehy, Robin Hood & Little John, Nat Turner, John Brown, Denmark Vesey, Gabriel(Prosser), William Wallace, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Mutabaruka ..

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Timmy Sheehy

We love you Tim There's no one like you. Even from afar, you were looked up to. I was just a little dude, but I remember you well how you were. The smiling squint in your eyes, the squeaky laugh. ...
Posted by Pressed Root on Fri, 04 May 2007 04:15:00 PST

Not Enough Roots

Let me tell you all about a mystical thing that happened last summer at the Nyabinghi ceremony in Prospect park, Brooklyn. For those who were there, i'd appreciate your comments... I went to Pros...
Posted by Pressed Root on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:30:00 PST

Jah Amazes...

Blessed Links. Praises. Blaizes.Prophetic Phrases. Ganja smoke, Ganja hazes. Big buffuloe locks with Red eye glazes. Wandering Sadhus in Green Forest Mazes. The Lion watches out as the Sheep dem Graiz...
Posted by Pressed Root on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:34:00 PST

Speak English!

I was on the subway platform today, checking the headlines in front of a newspaper stand. The merchant behind the stand was speaking in his own language to another, older man. I don't know if this was...
Posted by Pressed Root on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:17:00 PST