So i'm on you-tube listening to some of Amiri Baraka's speeches and poems and I come across this gem, this work of art by another one of my faves, Gil Scott-Heron. This song, this video, it captures a moment in time, and expresses a reality that many of us know all too well. It lyrically puts me in the mind of Erykah Badu's "Bag Lady". The bottle he sings about is a metaphor and literal at the same time, it speaks to the bottle of alcohol, the baby bottle, and the confines of a metaphoric bottle that surrounds us I could write a whole speech about what this means to me. But I won't because less is more, and i'll just post it so you can interpret this as you will...
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Intro of sorts...
So you've found my discreet lil blog. Consider yourself one of the elite, I guess you can call this an online journal that thinks it's a diary, or better yet a social commentary on the musings of an often contradictary ordinarily interesting woman who wants more out of life. I'm finding my own groove and falling into it, so read along as I tell you all about it, however sparingly or scarce the posts may be. Oh, and i'll try not to be too deep. (you'll have to read my very first post to get it)
My recent addictions
- The best photography blog ever! Patti Brown Blog
- Small Business Association
- CNN News (not faux)
- Black Electorate
- Bossip...Henny without any coke
- The People of Wal-Mart
- Crunktastical
- Okayplayer
- Steve's Blog!
- Jahzie's spot
- Drewzee 23
- Bomani Jones-Real Talk
- Youngcel's blog
- Concrete Loop
- fungkeblakchik
- Bakerella
- Soulbounce
- U know you dead azz wrong
- Kanye's Blog
- Young Black & Fabulous
- Pioneer Woman
- Antioch University McGregor
- The Cynical Ones
- Cake Wrecks
- This is why you're fat
- Food Gawker
1 comment:
hey you, when you come you sho'll come hard. Translation: You might keep a daily blog, but when you blog you be dropping jewels on us, girl. you just turn me on to dude. he sounds so familiar, i think i use to party to him in my younger years on the bottle and in diapers.
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