photography, medicine, kickin' politics with heads, travelin', writin', public speakin', speech writin', people watchin (especially Melanites), road trippin', backpackin', divin'...living life not letting life live me...laughin', learnin', lovin', livin'...
octavia butler, mama tingo, marebal sisters, madiba (i've only gotten as close as his grand children and their home), my grandmothers to hear their stories, my little brother andy on broadway, jess in mexico again, t in manilla, erin on the front lines revolutin', trustin' our struggle and my lil' LI bloods to kick some knowledge shit, dora after followin' her depressions in the sidewalks and streets of izkalotlan, diane pissin' in a urinal, blu taken' our shit back from the lourve, tomoi paintin' power with Black baby's fist up in air, jana climbin' vines in thailand, the everglades and sechylles, clementine and mellisa shakin' our asses to kwiato in some shadey spot in yoeville, ali in my home in the grove, diana while we're keepin' it nappy, warnin' brotha's of police and practicin' our spanish, sylvia to go intellectual border hoppin, the wanderer to be with my life-long comrade, the local optometrist to sip some of the sunshine from her cup, knowtis noticin' ana's beautiful children growin' with the changes of german seasons, stace in order to figure out why we should be friends, sofia buildin' about photography, soul awakener to wake up souls, nina while breastfeedin' and battlin', paloma negra to fly Blackness into people's minds, lydia bouncin' heads and shoulders to an ethi's beat, hanifa practicin' french, katie writin' stories about love and loss and more of my human family, you...
melanin is the driving force that motivates most, if not all, of my myriad of melodious music makers...enjoy some of the music for free here at my launchcast station ...
city of god, bread and tulips, kung fu hustle, sex and lucia, lumumba, blade runner, the professional, i'm not scared, amandla: a revolution in four-part harmony, usual suspects, spook who sat by the door, snatch, the battle of adwa, l'homme sur le quais (the man by the shore), dances with wolves, hotel rwanda, star wars and star trek series, hero, la femme nakita, fresh, amores de perros, the thin red line, boomerang, sankofa, the warriors, etc..
parable of the sower, parable of the talents (all of octavia butler's books), flatland, the farming of bones, the butterfly's way: voices from the haitian dyaspora in the united states and dew breaker (all of edwidge danticat's books), ready for revolution, spook who sat by the door, the drunken universe: an anthology of persian sufi poetry, reminiscences of the cuban revolutionary war (by che), ender's game, dark matter: a century of speculative fiction from the african diaspora, wounds of passion, words of fire: an anthology of african-american feminist thought, go tell it on the mountain and the fire next time(all of james baldwin's books), night of fire: the black napoleon and the battle for haiti, mules and men, black looks: race and representation (any thing bell hooks produces), "i think of my mother:" notes on the life and times of claudia jones, eulogies (amiri baraka), one house: the battle of adwa 1896 - 100 years, nigger (dick gregory), tao paths: love, here i stand (paul robeson), dark eros: black erotic writings, reflections in black: a history of black photographers 1840 to the present, malcolm x: great photographs, etc...
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