the guerilla publishing company

the guerilla publishing co?1a] a not for profit production outfit dedicated to providing necessary services to like minded artist; both in the new orleans area and abroad.1b]a multi media publishing agency geared toward independent artist and the use of grassroots marketing methods. the goal of the gpc is to create a community minded, globally oriented media house which will act as an outlet for independently produced projects and products. we do this in the hopes that one day we can finally effectively use the purchasing power of the people to reclaim control of our popular culture from both the corporate elite and the moral majority. we are a small band of wayward souls, throwing stones at tanks and hiding behind the armor of the public eye. we are tired of being told to drink Coke, smoke Newports, and eat Mc Donald’s. we have realized that big business pulls the strings, and now laugh at thier pointless elections, shake our heads at thier stupid wars. and ironically yes, we are ready to wage war too, to attack with the very chains thhey intended to hold us down. we are ready to stop buying the crap that you tell us to, and to start buying the things we want and need.------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------2]a loose, informal association of parties from various backgrounds who occiasionally conspire with elespee in his never ending efforts to topple the evil empire.----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------3]a thing that makes you go, "ummm..."--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------what the press has to say:"...The show was definitly old school hip hop like i remember enjoying as a kid, trying to breakdance on a broken down U-HAUL box to the fat boys and run dmc..." justin hooks the south mississippi sun herald 12/21/07 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------a few words about our latest endeavor, the uptown jazz project a.k.a street gumbo:------------------------------------------------------ ----- NOTES by S. Frederick Starr. ------------------------------------------------ Casual musical tourists to New Orleans invariably focus their attention on the French Quarter. More knowledgeable jazz fans, especially those who have read what passes for the history of the music, understand that there also exists an area called "Uptown." The inhabitants of "Uptown" are said to have been hard living and hard playing Blacks from the countryside, in contrast to the refined Creoles of color who lived downriver from Canal Street.Unfortunately, this distinction is more tidy than accurate. Creoles of color were by no means so effete musically; one of their number, Sidney Bechet, was among the most raucous pioneer jazzmen. And if the uptown "black Storyville" was a rough place that gave rise to rough music, it has served a useful purpose.This Uptown-Downtown dichotomy is attractive but false. Yet in highlighting the large area of Uptown New Orleans and in suggesting that this area, too, played a role in the creation of jazz music, it has served a useful purpose.In light of the great diversity of bands and styles presented on this album, what, if anything, characterizes New Orleans’ musical Uptown as a whole? Surely, its chief hallmark is precisely this diversity. Rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white, Creole and country - all groups were represented. Each helped to shape jazz.Thus, it was in the Uptown area that jazz underwent the process of adoption and development that enabled it to reach out to people of all cultures throughout the world. Uptown New Orleans was no melting pot, but a kind of gumbo, with many distinct elements contributing to a single rich flavor.----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------

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