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B.I.L.L.Y.

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About Me

I am a force-sensitive karmadelic, Rastafari, Aququarius, B-Boy, activist, mentor, conductor of the subway conection, do my own stunts and stay crispy in milk. I am a HipHop culturalist, verbalist and, occassionally, an actor. Since the Fall of 2004, I have been a member of the Chicago arts collective, PolyRhythmic- www.myspace.com/safesmiles. I am a performance poet who has appeared in films, competed in the National Poetry Slam and performed in theatres, clubs, galleries, museums, and streetsides all over North America. I'm currently the Mental Graffiti grand slam champ and performing in my 5th National Poetry Slam. Join me at www.billytuggle.net for a complete HipHoppers guide to the galaxy. Check the Book of Voices on www.e-poets.net. My lil' sister/ tag team partner Andi Kauth is in the video with me- www.myspace.com/andicaye. Peep www.myspace.com/fearofadreadplanet for additional tour information.

My Interests

Performance poetry, HipHop, Chicago Bears, Fire and White Sox, travelling...sometimes without movinghref="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3Bh Y2UuY29tL2JhcmFja29iYW1h"

I'd like to meet:

You, you and all of you in the back!

Music:

parliament-funkadelic, prince, tracey chapman, bob marley, peter tosh, stevie wonder, the mars volta, massive attack, horace andy, tricky, portishead, d'angelo, the roots, krs-one, common sense, blondie, she wants revenge, living colour, fishbone, jane's addiction, jimi hendrix, burnin' spear, miles davis, chaka khan, alicia keys, public enemy, all natural, the mad professor, pearl jam, soundgarden, rage against the machine, el-p, mr. lif, led zeppelin, steven marley, ben harper & the innocent criminals, michael franti & spearhead, d.j. abilities, atmosphere, psalm one, mos def, johnny cash, ice-t, lupe fiasco, hieroglyphics, cody chessnutt, donnie,van hunt, rhymefest, ani difranco, me'shell ndegeocello, kanye west, jamiroquai, medusa's gift

Movies:

Tarantino joints, John Huges joints, Star Wars, Spike Lee, old martial classics, Rockers, Cameron Crowe ish, Urban Poet

Television:

The Boondocks, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, The Oblongs, King Of the Hill

Books:

Conscience Under Pressure, The Hitchhiker's Guide saga, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Night Shift, It, Catch a Fire, The Kebre Neghast, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Ruminations, Africana, Dark Matter anthology

Heroes:

Andi Kauth, Tony Brewer, Jme Caroline, Andrea Gibson, Deborah D.E.E.P. Wiggins, Epiphany, Tara Betts, Kevin Coval, Krysal Ashe, Bill Herbst, Roger Bonair Agard, Death From Below, Suicide Kings, Tennessee Mary, Molly Meacham, Drew Perfilio, Candyce Little, LaShaun phoenix Moore, Anacron, Mike Green, Lisa Buscani, Karen Ladson, Lee Knight Jr, Rachel Flood, Tim Cook, I Was Born With 2 Tongues, Paulie Lipman, Cynthia French, Dasha Kelly, Shappy, Nick Fox, Lucy Anderton, Nikki Patin, Ed Mabry, Reggie Gibson, Marty McConnel, Cassie Poe, Danny Solis, Mike McGee, C.R. Averey, Proletariat Bronze, Maria McCray, Ken Green, Lane Falcon, Gregorio Gomez, Bruce Tate, Will Evans, Kim Johnson, Emily Rose, One Truth, Darlin' Nikki, Simone Beaubien, Shadowkat, Kamilah Johnson, Omari and you!

My Blog

The Hampshire County Slam, Amherst MA

I kicked off  The HipHopper's Guide To The Galaxy Tour with the Hampshire Slam Collective.I'm really looking forward to seeing what these young ones bring to the National Poetry Slam.  A you...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Thu, 01 May 2008 05:58:00 PST

another something from davey ds hiphop blog

arizona attempts to outlaw MEChA and Chicano Studies LA VOZ DE AZTLAN  Los Angeles, Alta California  April 17, 2008  Arizona legislation will outlaw MEChA and Mexican-American Studie...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:57:00 PST

The Battle of Chicago

So I'm thinking that this will, hands down, be the best- deepest in tallent- slam I've ever been in.  Since there is no Green Mill grand slam, this its pretty much the Poetry Slam Championship of...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST

"Negroampliphobia or Fear of a Black Rock"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-x8jxtD1ME Recorded at PolyRhythmic's Safe Smiles......
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:01:00 PST

Big article on Chicago poetry scene in Friday Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0404_c_poetry_apr 04,1,4372652.story?track=rss...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:26:00 PST

from Davey Ds myspace blog

In the aftermath of the Rev Jeremiah Wright furor, I have a 64 thousand dollar question. Keep these questions in mind as you read the following article.First, will Hillary Clinton dis-associate hersel...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:00 PST

my candidate, my senator, my neighbor, part 2

This whole Barack Obama-Trinity Church thing has hit home. Literally. Trinity, while not a so-called "superchurch", basketball-arena-sized congregation and television, is one of Chicago’s larges...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:49:00 PST

my candidate, my senator, my neighbor, part 1

As Prepared for Delivery..... "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."  Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of m...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:27:00 PST

Lois I. Simpson, 8/24/24-2/20/08

When i was 12- March of 1983- my family gathered in Detroit to bid an untimely farewell to my cousin Robbie sherman. She was only around 60 but passed suddenly and unexpectedly.  The morning of t...
Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:05:00 PST

"Falling Unrequited" with Andi Kauth

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Posted by B.I.L.L.Y. on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:22:00 PST