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David Daniels

“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”-

About Me

Let's see.. guess one can say I wear many hats..playwright,founder of the Reggae Theatre Ensemble..Performance and Spoken Word Artist. The Talkin'Roots Crew,the spoken word music band was my creation. In addition,I'm a former political candidate,Mayor of Denver 1987,Minnesota US Senate 2000, the father of Rose,and New York Mets and Denver Broncos fan! That's just a few of them

My Interests

Writing,Performance,Politics,Listening to National Public Radio, History,Football Rastafari,Hippies,Baseball Marijuana,

I'd like to meet:

Friends

Music:

DAVID DANIELS WITH THE TALKIN' ROOTS CREW-4:20 REPORT

Reggae,Folk,Bluegrass,Roots Music

Movies:

Modern Times,Do The Right Thing,The Great Dictator,O'Brother Where Art Thou?

Television:

Monday Night Football,The Hemp Channel,

Books:

In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan,The Brave Cowboy by Edward Abbey,Working by Studs Terkel

Heroes:

Bob Marley,Muhammad Ali,Eugene McCarthy

My Blog

The System on You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so7Joh6Gj3o This came as a total surprise to me..The creator of this video,Elaine Kain,also created the cover for my first CD Talkin' Roots as well as the 4:20...
Posted by David Daniels on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:00 PST

Tribute

  One of the things we have no control over in our lives are the families we are born into.  I happened to be born into this one. Like many fathers and sons,our relationship was compl...
Posted by David Daniels on Sat, 24 May 2008 07:38:00 PST

David Daniels, our maverick bard

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/03/24/david-daniel s-our-maverick-bard.html   By Dwight Hobbes , TC Daily Planet March 25, 2008 To experience David Daniels is, well, an experience. Lea...
Posted by David Daniels on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:37:00 PST

musings on the Super Bowl

    While I agree with folks who claim the Super Bowl is the quintessential American holiday,this is not my point in writing this. What I will say is,for me,the Super Bowl,(along with Minne...
Posted by David Daniels on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:53:00 PST

Books that Rocked

Richard Brautigan What I am talking about here is more than just a good book. What I'm talking about are those books,that,when after reading them,for one reason or another,life becomes different,or on...
Posted by David Daniels on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:24:00 PST

Feds Implement Martial Law to control and assault peaceful people at the Rainbow Gathering

..> Monday, July 30, 2007 - 11:13 AM Feds Implement Martial Law to control and assault peaceful people at the Rainbow Gathering For several years now, the Bush administration has been spending mi...
Posted by David Daniels on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:43:00 PST

Random Thoughts from a Rasta Bard

My friend and Twin Cities writer Dwight Hobbes has called me both in person and in print the "Rasta Bard" A few days ago,he asked me about my creative process,or more like "How does it work for me?" ...
Posted by David Daniels on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:32:00 PST

Thoughts on Uncle Walter's 90th

Walter Cronkite turned 90 the other day. Like many Americans,I never knew Walter Cronkite personally,but his news broadcasts were so much a part of the family landscape that he was, like part of...
Posted by David Daniels on Sat, 19 May 2007 07:06:00 PST

Music from Home

Ever have those times when you hear a song how it brings you right back to a certain time and place? I'm certain most of us can relate to that feeling.. For what it's worth,I thought I'd share some o...
Posted by David Daniels on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:48:00 PST

Presidential Politics and the Study Hall Pt.2

...Then there were the others. I didnt know them as well as the first group of characters in Part 1,but one couldn't help but to know who they were.I didnt like most of them,in part because they would...
Posted by David Daniels on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:31:00 PST