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living word

change comes to those who demand it. . .

About Me

respect. . . i'm m'kai's dad an artist educator passionate being purveyor of stage ritual crowd moveri exist as spirit i live in word. . .that's the poetic fluff fluff. . .on tha real. . i am those things AND the artistic director at a non-profit literary arts, and youth empowerment center in san francisco called youth speaks, inc. i write, dance and teach all over the planet from stanford to harvard, pittsburgh to paris. when i'm not off trying to change the world, i'm usually glued to sportscenter, pulling for the yankees (where i'm from) and the raiders (where i'm at), or falling deeper in love with my son.

My Interests

brilliance, haiti, social change and evolution, colson whitehead, percival everett, hip hop theater, world cup 2006, authenticity, denizen kane, hawaii, rites of passage, burning man, lookin for the perfect beat. . .

I'd like to meet:

sexy people who put soul first, are spritual without being self-righteous about it. . . see quickly through the surface. . . unafraid to be smart. . . unafraid to dance by themselves in corners at the club. . . spooked AND seduced by mirrors. . . in love with love. . .AND. . .muhammad ali

Television:

LOST, HEROES, the sarah connor chronicles, SATC, run's house, GOL TV, entourage, espn, colbert, the backyardigans, VH1-SOUL. . . i also watch def poetry on hbo when my peoples is on. . .kill your tv if you want, but leave mine the fuck alone

Books:

the temple of my familiar, song of solomon, the tao of pooh, for girls with hips, can't stop won't stop, total chaos, playz from the boombox galaxy, the time traveller's wife, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, 2012: the return of quetzalcoatl, lush life, the god of small things, the audacity of hope

Heroes:

m'kai yi rising, michael garces, chinaka hodge, kim cooper, arlene eisen, erica geller, russell simmons, and my mom

My Blog

Check out this event: the break/s in San Francisco at YBCA

Hosted By: marc bamuthi josephWhen: Thursday Jun 19, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater700 Howard StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103United StatesDescription:marc bamuthi joseph C...
Posted by living word on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:15:00 PST

me and my girlfriend

Tonic 1.Coop is a superstar. I am in the shadows. We are teenagers and the music is all we know.Her mom is still alive. I am still looking for dad's love, stewed in emotional abuse. It is the summer b...
Posted by living word on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:49:00 PST

Boston Globe LOVES Scourge. . .

'Scourge' examines Haiti in explosive, fluid fashion Marc Bamuthi Joseph uses rhythmic dances, drum beats, poetry, and vocals in his fast-paced multimedia work "Scourge."By Karen Campbell, Globe...
Posted by living word on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:40:00 PST

San Francisco Chronicle. . .

Neva Chonin did an interview with me this week that appeared in the Feb 15 edition of the SF Chronicle, The Bay Area's flagship newspaper. . . enjoy: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/20...
Posted by living word on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:45:00 PST

. . .en francais

two sites to check out, one a segment that ran on national tv and the other a review of scourge. . .my grandmere is SO proud of me for conducting the interview in french! http://www.festivaldeliege...
Posted by living word on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:15:00 PST

chocolate and transformation

just got back from the festival de liege in belgium where we performed scourge for the first time in 07. . .MAGIC yo. . .the festval did an AMAZING job translating the work and projected the translati...
Posted by living word on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:54:00 PST

BLACK BURN

OK here's the deal. . . burning man is THE most important counter cultural artistic event of our generation and is THE  answer to any allegories about revolution that we poets posture about with ...
Posted by living word on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:20:00 PST

scourge at bates

so i feel like we FINALLY got scourge. . .structure, flow, clarity, backbone, spirit. . .the temperature rises now when we bust this piece. . .ajayi jackson has created an AMAZING scoretwo performance...
Posted by living word on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:45:00 PST

colbert. . .

finally someone made it happen and stated the OBVIOUS in a public forum. . .for those of you who haven't followed it, stephen colbert TORE UP Bush the other night, going way further than most of will ...
Posted by living word on Tue, 09 May 2006 08:07:00 PST

why randy jackson is going to hell. . .

i'm in columbus ohio, which is MUCH doper than you think it is. . .HELLA black folk, rich communities 4 major academic institutions, yada yadai'm in town reppin that good living word at the king arts ...
Posted by living word on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:07:00 PST