March 2010
2 posts
February 2010
8 posts
some writings:
“All Powerful:”
The calming sway of a sticky warm breeze through dirty palm trees. Horns that belch the alphabet; clear and concise toots that sound a result of the return from a long and arduous trip. Listening to it, one could be fooled; cruise commercial smiles and the cleansing sweat on brown skin. “This is how the locals do it, son.” Awkward phrasing in a third or...
January 2010
5 posts
"girl from addis ababa"
i am getting restless again. i need to buy a new bike, walking and bussing sucks, but not even as close to as much as getting rides. fuck. if i could just have my bike back i’d be stoked. anyone wanna do a tape trade? i can put together a rad african mix or something. or we could trade for art or other music or something!
lets do it??
this is a rad old picture of Alemayehu Eshete, a...
September 2009
2 posts
Downloads
Adrian Orange - Bitches Is Lord http://www.mediafire.com/?nmmyqyhwgyi
Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader http://www.mediafire.com/?tt042mguzty
American Football - American Football http://www.mediafire.com/?znwmyjzynco
American Football - EP http://www.mediafire.com/?tjqadg1oy2m
Anomie - Discography (1994-1997) http://www.mediafire.com/?2eejxntuhml
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle...
April 2009
1 post
March 2009
10 posts
This is the new Dirty Projectors track,Knotty...
highlife
J.A. Adofo & City Boys International
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz
Sir Victor Uwaifo
Dr. Orlando Oho and his Ominah Band
Snr Eddie Donkor
Ikenga Super Stars of Africa
Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey
Whatever you want I will try to find for you. Most of it I got at “awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com” so thats definetly worth checking....
new/more tapes
Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill. 1986. Billy Idol: Rebel Yell. 1986. Boyz II Men: End of the Road Cassingle. 1992. The Cure: Mix Up. 1990. Royal Carribean Presents: Motown. 1998.
nothing from this millenia. sweet. p.s. grocery outlet beware. ben + jake = DECIMATION.
Tapes I own.
Bad Boys of Rock: David Lee Roth, Billy Idol, Rod Stewart, Eddie Money, Sammy Hagar. 1986. The Breeders: Last Splash. 1993. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. 1984. Casy and Brian/Religious Girls: Live on KZSU Split. 2008. Come: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. 1994. The Damned: The Light at the End of the Tunnel. 1988. Jake and Rebecca’s Wedding Tape. 2009. Herr Jazz: Braceros S/T....
“My P.O. tellin’ me I need a 9 to 5, but I already got a job; that’s...”
– Young Jeezy, The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102, 2006.
i wrote a short story.
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Black hair fell to the floor like greasy feathers, cascading off of his head. Every strand held a memory, good times, bad times and anything of any consequence left in his brain after five years of consciousness. He had been growing his hair since he was thirteen years old. He looked in the mirror: the barber’s eyes focused on the lower right back of his head. He...
“Ilsebill came. She overlooked me, overstepped me. Already she had passed me by....”
– p.547, The Flounder by Gunter Grass.
heaven knows together we shine
everyday gets worse. but everyday i feel a little better and more alive. am i growing up? please say no. internets…