Armor and Flesh |
on Lotus Presson Amazon.com Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:13:00 PST |
The Sour Thunder |
on Bridge Recordson Amazon.comread the backstoryread the original press release... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST |
MENDI + KEITH OBADIKE LAUNCH BIG HOUSE / DISCLOSURE |
MENDI + KEITH OBADIKE LAUNCH BIG HOUSE / DISCLOSUREa 200-hour long house song with the voices of Chicago-area CitizensWHEN: March 1st- 8thWHERE: Northwestern Univ. Campus Kresge Hall and online atht... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:16:00 PST |
SWEAT |
See more blog entries here. Posted by Mendi+Keith on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:39:00 PST |
What Are We Worth? |
Doing research for a new project Keith and I are working on. Reading a lot of interesting books on slavery. I'll say more about that when the time comes, but in the meantime, I'm sitting with what I'm... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:32:00 PST |
Words to the Wise: Sandra Cisneros |
I love Sandra Cisneros' work. When I first read her I thought I was going to study her intensely so I could tap into whatever she was working with, but after a powerful experience researching her for... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:36:00 PST |
Words to the Wise: Czeslaw Milosz |
A year or so ago, I was instructing my students to write an ars poetica and went to my poet-friends for some brainstorming on how to write about the art of poetry. Reggie H. sent me the poem "Ars Poet... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:37:00 PST |
Feeling It: Alice Coltrane / Turiyasangitananda |
Yesterday I heard the word that Alice Coltrane passed last Friday from Cherryl's blog and then saw it confirmed in the news. I don't have many words, but do feel the need to say something about this... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST |
Something I Can't Get out of My Head (A Conversation with Leslie Hewitt) |
I first saw Leslie Hewitt in a print shop in New Haven. She and I were black women in a store together (do you know what I mean?) and I remember her quiet acknowledgment that day. She had what you cal... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:51:00 PST |
Tell Me Something Good: Georgia Anne Muldrow |
Peace is work, when there's a world that's filled with pain. Everytime I have come to my computer this week, I've had to go to Georgia Anne Muldrow's myspace page and play her song, "REALLYTHO". (or J... Posted by Mendi+Keith on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:49:00 PST |