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saint john coltrane, jesus lizard, public enemy, karp, this moment in black history, black sabbath, eddie gale, charles mingus, the sonics, jackie mclean, s.t.r.e.e.t.s., scratch acid, the birthday party, grachan moncur III, fela kuti, booker ervin, fucked up, van halen, the mummies, little willie john, a tribe called quest, mulatu astatqe, basil kirchin, the j.b.'s, nation of ulysses, unrest, don cab, horace arnold, sam rivers, john gilmore, the meters, unwound, new order, lync, the brentwoods, isan, king crimson, bo dollis & the wild magnolia, alice coltrane, this heat, elvin jones, nas, indian summer, charlie haden, billy higgins, proem, jenny westbury, curtis mayfield, tony williams, art davis, jemeel moondoc, willie hutch, ghostface, donny hathaway, black flag, dave holland, thelonious monk, randy weston, notorious b.i.g., reggie workman, the smiths, jens lekman, roland alphonso, pepper adams, manuel gottsching, klaus schulze, horace andy, albert ayler, mccoy tyner, bedhead, scott lafaro, jimmy garrison, jack dejohnette, billy cobham, little milton, cecil taylor, the fall, nomeansno, archie shepp, jay-z, pharoah sanders, elvis costello, rhymefest.
2001: a space odyssey, do the right thing, 400 blows, tokyo drifter, annie hall, the bicycle thief, caddyshack, alphaville, city of god, snatch, rockers, i stand alone, M*A*S*H*, mon oncle, krush groove, malcom x, battle royale, branded to kill.
arrested development, daily show, colbert report, family guy, aqua teen hunger force, futurama, the simpsons, the dog whisperer, curb yr enthusiasm, the office (BOTH), 24, 30 rock, the boondocks, lost, barney miller, chico & the man, the venture bros, clark and michael.
black nationalism and the revololution in music, by frank kofsky
ok. figure out what the one thing you love to do more than anything else in the world is. got it? ok. now. figure out how to make a living doing exactly that. if you've got THAT on lock down, you are my hero.