tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89350909500464450452024-03-12T22:22:59.325-07:00The Nia CoffeehouseThe history and impact of coffeehouse culture. Current topics in jazz and the local Cleveland Jazz scene. Nia Coffeehouse events and interests.Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-57775573601783387922015-06-24T14:23:00.001-07:002015-06-25T15:24:21.002-07:00Batuqui um restaurante brasileiro (Batuqui A Brazilian Restaurant)<br />
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<b>BRINGING A PART OF BRASIL TO CLEVELAND</b><br />
I recently visited Batuqui, a Brazilian restaurant opened in the Larchmere/Shaker/Buckeye area with some friends to test drive the restaurant and the menu, at a soft opening. A soft opening is like a dress rehearsal for restaurants. Batuqui owners, Carla Batista and Gustavo Duarte invited a small group of people to practice on before the official opening.<br />
Firstly thank you so much for opening your restaurant in the neighborhood. Batuqui fills a culinary void and I predict much success for the restaurant. <br />
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I enjoyed the experience very much and many of the dishes are exceptional. <br />
Batuqui has a patio in front for diners. Being in a converted house it of course has an intimate feel inside and out.<br />
Our entourage had a great time enjoying appetizers, salads, drinks, and entrees. <br />
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The first thing we tasted was Bolinho de Bacalhau, a Cod fish croquette appetizer. It was cooked to perfection. Out of all the ways to present this Batuqui serves several slightly larger than bite sized croquettes, breaded, and deep fried. The proportion of bread to Cod is perfect and pretty traditional, however the bread coating is coarser than I’ve had in past food forays. This provided for a fantastic contrast of the exterior crunch to the pâté like Cod interior. It was served with lime garnish which to my surprise complimented the Cod well.<br />
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Pao De Queijo, another traditional dish of chewy cheese puffs was wow wonderful! I made sure these stayed at the other end of the table so as not to eat them all. Pão de queijo are a lot like French gougères. With both, the end result is a hollow pastry puff. Unlike the French gougères pão de queijo are made with tapioca flour or cassava flour and didn’t seem as crisp as the French counterpart, but were kind of melt in you mouth chewy.<br />
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Xim Xim (de Galinha) was yet another smashing dish, ok this dish is just plain addicting! It was so sublime I think I had a dream about it for a couple of days afterward. Ximxim in many African tongues simply means “stew,” and galinha means chicken in portuguese. Traditionally made with palm oil, dark meat chicken, coconut, shrimp, garlic, ginger and a few other sundries this dish greets your nose as it arrives at the table. If you have allergies, make sure you ask as this dish is often made with peanuts or cashews. Although this was chock full of solid foodstuff it was more of a flavorful soup as opposed to a thick stewy liquid. To many though the process and intent determine whether it is a stew or soup. On the eco tip I’d love to see this made with olive oil rather than palm oil, though it would alter the taste and tradition, still the verdict is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. <br />
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Churrasco Misto, the next entre, is a style of cooking I love. The flavor was very good. The chicken and sirloin tasted like a great dry rub. Is this ever made with chicken dark meat?? It was a great with the farofa, tomato relish, and rice. Farofa is a toasted cassava flour mixture, sometimes cassava flour is substituted with maize flour (farinha de milho). So when you see that sawdust looking stuff on your plate that often accompanies meat… yes, go for it! Eat it directly, sprinkle it on your food, mix it in, revel.<br />
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Batuqui, should explore their plating and presentation a bit. I did note that on a few dishes the presentation did not bespeak how marvelous the dish was, dishes should look as exciting as is practical, ergo the garnish. Long gone are the days when an establishment would just plop a sprig of parsley on the dish and call it a day. All things being equal in the restaurant business the experience is as important as the fare and can make a big difference.<br />
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Desserts were nice, light, and satisfying.<br />
Pudim de Leite is rich and creamy, it’s a flan made with condensed milk something sweet like sugar or honey and eggs. This was ok but didn't do much for me. It got the least attention at our table and I think was the last to disappear. I don't remember any comments about it. I'm used to the more delicately textured, thicker flan flan and this was thin and the texture very different more toward chewy than melt in your mouth. I'll try it again next time I go. <br />
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Another dish was Mousse de Maracuja or passion fruit mousse. One person at our table wanted some addition to the taste, to break up the flavor and although that would work I enjoyed savoring the layers of taste and how some flavor hit my palate at the back and other flavors settle near the middle, just a lot of great movement lingering at the back of my mouth.<br />
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Our server was fun and engaging, attentive and made us feel very comfortable. So was hostess Alexis/Alexandra yes she was fun.<br />
I loved the atmosphere and the decor was fun. It was exciting seeing a guitar in the corner and the young man on the cajon or box drum was a great addition. Batuqui plans to have music on Sundays.<br />
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Batuqui should not overlook promoting that they have vegetarian dishes and should seek to provide vegetarian versions of some of the dishes they have on the menu. I spoke to someone about trying Batuqui out, they responded, "don't they have meat? Doesn't sound vegetarian to me." They have two veggie dishes and a few nice salads, but I think they can turn at least one other dish veggie with not a lot of trouble, for instance, they can do a veggie Xim Xim without the chicken, with seafood for pescatarians, without for vegetarians. <br />
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I don't know if this would challenge being totally Brazilian but they have a lot of great tastes and flavors with which to work. They could possibly marry the sauce and calamari at the last minute, which they probably do anyway, and that sauce is a possible soup base. Samba soup and salad with a side of Pao de Queijo or with crostini. I'll stop showing how much I don't know about the cuisine. <br />
My point is to make sure they stay competitive and capitalize on their inventory and the huge vegetarian market out there today. Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-17734199942708907982015-01-11T11:42:00.000-08:002015-06-25T15:35:15.569-07:00Jay D'Amico interview from The Jazz Mind in memory of Bobby Jackson<br />
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<a href="http://www.thejazzmind.com/audio/jay-damico" target="_blank">This is a fun and interesting interview</a> of Jay D'Amico<br />
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<strong style="background-color: #070016; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px;"> "Selections from: </strong><a class="ext" href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/JayDAmico" style="background-color: #070016; color: #c6b3ed; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><em>Nocturne</em></a><span class="ext" style="background: url(http://www.thejazzmind.com/sites/all/modules/extlink/extlink.png) 100% 50% no-repeat rgb(7, 0, 22); color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 12px 0px 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: #070016; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px;"> (CAP Records/2010)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #070016; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px;">Jazz music is a twentieth century invention that stands on the history of everything that came before it. Included in that history is the influence of European classical music..." ENJOY.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #070016; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29.25px;">In Memory of Bobby Jackson</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 27.2999992370605px;">"<a href="http://jazztimes.com/articles/114130-bobby-jackson-veteran-jazz-broadcaster-dies-at-57" target="_blank">Bobby Jackson, a longtime, award-winning jazz broadcaster and educator, died Dec. 9 in Cleveland. Jackson, who was 57, died suddenly of undetermined causes.."</a></span>Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-78082361244523943092014-01-12T07:26:00.002-08:002015-06-25T16:02:40.440-07:00Writin is Fightin Fighting the Good Fight Rest In Peace Amiri Baraka<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I like that Alexs Pate states in the video below “Amiri was before beat,” because though Mr. Baraka was part of the movement, even publishing, Kerouac and Ginsberg before he started Yugen magazine, he is often not thought of as part of this very significant beat shift in literary thinking, especially poetry.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amiri Baraka strikes a chord in me for many reason, one reason because of his bravery. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still I search for that <i>consistent</i> core or reserve and resolve to be who I am and do the right thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He is asked in this video what is the cost of truth telling. </span>I feel that I have made great and significant gains but sometimes not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not quite sure what institution Amiri Baraka didn’t buck while being himself and following what he learned and what he believe in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance he distanced himself from Black Nationalism to become a Marxist. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> He imparted some insight to this shift stating, "As long as the black writer was obsessed with being an accepted, middle class, Baraka wrote, he would never be able to speak his mind, and that would always lead to failure. Baraka felt that America only made room for white obfuscators, not black ones." </div><div class="MsoNormal"> His life at the very least exemplifies, an Ismael Reed, quote, “writin is fightin,” from Reed's essay titled, Writin is Fightin: Thirty Seven Years of Boxing on Paper. I love that Baraka was more than sympathetic toward Castro and Cuba, which he made plain with, Cuba Libre, an essay and as a member of the Fair Play for Cuba committee in 1960 and through, ‘A Declaration of Conscience,’ a literary endeavor in favor of Castro’s regime that he co authored.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1-2S7baPUU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> Alexs Pate’s intro is rather long but, actually </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">one of the few intros you don’t want to fast </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">forward through. Amir Baraka starts at 9:34</div><div class="MsoNormal">
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Perhaps the following bespeaks my simple-mindedness, but of all his endeavors, of all there would be to discuss I would have loved to talk to him about his name change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I legally changed my name in the early 90s and to this time, January 2014 still many are insulted and hurt feelings continue with many refusing to speak it or even write it in legal documents. I approached it thinking of its permanence more or less like a tattoo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, out of all the stakeholders (many more than I thought there could be) the only one who heard the why and embraced me, Cavana Ibeji Opo Faithwalker, was my father after whom I was named.</div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>440</o:Words> <o:Characters>2510</o:Characters> <o:Company>Left Thumbprint Solutions</o:Company> <o:Lines>20</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>3082</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Many laugh at us Africans-American half-breeds and we at ourselves as the misspellingess, most prolific name changers on the planet from Shanaynay to Tequila to Mercedes to Trevon, Malik, and Jamal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not positing that we should all change our names or even that we corner the market on name changing and creating anew. I do affirm it is one of our <i>weapons of mass construction </i>to reclaim our very souls and bodies as we have light to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, we must stop and look at the continuum from Shanaynay to Amiri and realize that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“X” marks the spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“X” may be the alpha and omega of our kujichagulia, our self-determinism. Poor Shaniqua political at birth, political by birth, political when she just wants a proper future for her son. Take heart in Amiri. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Thank you </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Amiri Baraka</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> (born </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Everett LeRoi Jones</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), formerly known as </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">LeRoi Jones</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> and </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Imamu Amear Baraka</b></div>Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-44345844882821501762013-12-23T20:03:00.000-08:002013-12-23T20:06:41.463-08:00Jazz is My Religion Surrealism is My Point of View<br />
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/110960540549822652786/posts/5pC1VCFiTet">Ted Joans reads poetry with jazz, 1964 Amsterdam, read starts at 2:47 in.</a><br />
<b>Theodore "Ted" Joans</b> (July 4, 1928 – April 25, 2003) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_poetry" title="Jazz poetry">jazz poet</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist" title="Surrealist">surrealist</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter" title="Trumpeter">trumpeter</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">painter</a>.
His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and
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movement. However he criticized the competitive aspect of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_poetry" title="Slam poetry">"slam" poetry</a>. Joans is known for his motto: "Jazz is my religion, and Surrealism is my point of view".- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Joans">Wikipedia Ted Joans</a><br />
<br />Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-74516639182176969202013-12-22T18:25:00.000-08:002013-12-23T15:57:38.517-08:00Jazz, Two Poems and a Funeral<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The impetus for the last blog, '</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 17.77777862548828px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The impetus for the last blog, 'Jazzhead Great Bobby Jackson Dies at Age 57.' Here are bits and pieces sparked by his memorial had jazz or course and poetry.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One thing that thrills me about ‘spoken word’ is how the structure of the word on the page, its grouping with other words, whether consistent end rhyme is employed, stanzas and couplets, that make meter and even individual iambs in say tetrameter or pentameter all are questioned. The word is primary but flows with, pushes against, responds to and calls or answer or completes an idea the music. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enter jazz vocalese the art of taking lyrics and singing them to pre-existing tunes, the structure of the rhythm of the words against and with the structure of jazz tune. The music and it's form is primary. In either case words can be on the upbeat, downbeat, off tempo, they expand and contract in the most interesting and exciting ways. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Bobby Jackson’s memorial service on Monday the 16</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (2013) councilman Jay Westbrook read a piece he found in a small book of poetry at Bobby’s house. The poem/lyrics were by King Pleasure aka Clarence Beeks a jazz singer in the 40s and 50s. The piece is called, Parker’s Mood by Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker. King Pleasure does a vocalese version of it and thus the lyrics exist, a year before Parker died in March 1955. It was already an emotional time at Bobby’s memorial. At the reading of Parker’s Mood myself, many in my row, the row in front, the row behind cried Bobby a river. Jay didn’t read with any particular expertise as much as reading from a place of deep loss at Booby’s passing. It is easy to confuse the piece with ‘Goin’ to Chicago’ many of the lyrics are the same and there is a hint of humor throughout. Jay’s reading of the piece was so different from the performance of the piece yet the spirit seemed to remain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well not exactly. </span><span style="font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another set of words that was not read was, The Sun Must Go Down. it was in the program and I was struck by how the sanctity of creations aren't that holy if they don't fit the occasion. There were a few lines cut from the lyrics before going into the program. Mandrill came into being in 1968, started by three brothers from brooklyn all horn players; trombone, trumpet and sax. They are considered funk not jazz. (Click on the pretty Mandrill to hear, "The Sun Must Go Down," lyrics are below)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-788dd795-2175-3877-5553-fcf7208eb1ce" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2014 marks year 17 for the Nia Coffeehouse. In the early years I endeavored to bring music, mostly standard jazz and poetry audiences together. The jazz folks inevitably wanted more jazz less poetry and the poetry audience wanted more poetry and less jazz. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On venues like youtube how often music and even the interpretation added to the word on the page are distasteful. Many times it seems the poster does not fully understand or accept the power of the word on the page and seeks to help it out a bit. So often the music is inappropriate to the word or the volume is plain overpowering. Many times the voice is not so much interpreting as pushing a preconceived idea of what the poem should do or helping the poem with trills here and whispers there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One moment feels good, the next not the same </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The only thing changeless is change. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pendulum swings the tides creeping in In the darkness we question </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To give way to inevitable changes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A fresh dawn, a new growth for the ages. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Syncopate; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the sun shine on we turn our backs. T</span></div>
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Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-88823867268925886982013-12-15T08:00:00.000-08:002014-12-07T07:24:55.441-08:00<br />
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Jazzhead Great Bobby Jackson Dies at Age 57</h2>
The world and jazz community has suffered a great and sudden loss.
Although Bobby grew up in the Bronx we claim him as our own. Bobby
died suddenly at his home in Cleveland, Ohio Monday December 9th common era 2013.<br />
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Jackson leaves his
wife Lisa Jean and his 10-year-old son, Xavier. The family is welcoming support
through donations to the Bobby Jackson Memorial Fund. Send donations to
Key Bank, 3266 Steelyard Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109.<br />
<a href="http://jazztimes.com/articles/114130-bobby-jackson-veteran-jazz-broadcaster-dies-at-57%EF%BB%BF" target="_blank">Here is the obit from Jazz Times</a>.<br />
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Memorial Service and Celebration</h3>
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A funeral service for Bobby will be held this coming Monday, December 16 at 11AM at the <a href="http://www.churchinthecircle.com/" target="_blank">University Circle United Methodist Church</a>, 1919 E.107th Street. </div>
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Also Monday evening the 16th at 7PM at Nighttown, Sean Jones,
the artistic director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, on whose board
Jackson served, will lead area jazz musicians in a celebration of
Jackson’s life. There is no admission, donation to the Bobby Jackson
Memorial Fund are be welcomed.</div>
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The family is also inviting anyone who has a story about or memory of Jackson to share it at his website, <a href="http://www.thejazzmind.com/" target="_blank">The Jazz Mind</a>. <a href="http://www.thejazzmind.com/" target="_blank">www.thejazzmind.com/</a></div>
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I will also remember Bobby. He was wonderfully funny and had a penchant for pulling his expressive face into the act. I marveled and still do at his intimate relationship with jazz greats like Percy Heath, Christian McBride, Janis Seigel of Manhattan Transfer and on and on. These folks were more than just a day at work to Bobby. There was nobody he couldn't call up 'out of the clear blue.'<br />
He could make lemonade out of lemons faster than most. He was warm, engaging, honest, straight forward and authentic and boy did he love his family.. yeah and he was the ultimate jazzhead..<br />
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Bobby Jackson is kickin' it with Miles and Mandela this morning. " Makes me smile.Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-43655496688333384292012-11-30T07:51:00.000-08:002012-11-30T07:58:22.518-08:00Whole Lotta Readin Going On.. and Poetry Dec. 1st<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don't forget to stop by the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Woodmere's
Eton Square on Chagrin Blvd., and join me for a
fun time of browsing, shopping, kibitzing and hearing poetry . . A great
group of poets reading between 1:00pm and 5:00pm (see flyer). Buy
something with vouchers (PRINT pi</span>c two below)
and Heights Writes gets a percentage of your purchase. Heights Writes
supports the Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights which is a two year post
and other artistic educational endeavors. My term ends in June. It is
also Educators' Day at Barnes & Nobles and educators get discounts.
NEED MORE INFO? CALL B&N ((216) 765-7520) There are very nice
restaurants and shops in Eton Square and in the area from moderate to
expensive, I here tell some folks will be smoking cigars across the
street at Cousins afterward... could be just a rumor ;-)<br />
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Many Cleveland poets and musician will probably be participating in 100,000 poets for change. The Nia Coffeehouse will be participating. <a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/jazz-other-music-spoken-word/p/2268816330/the-nia-coffeehouse-is-a-participating-in-100-000-poets-and-musicians?hash=b83783e1-5943-4530-9449-f0d9075542b7" target="_blank">Here is some info on 100,000 PaMfC. </a>Leave a comment especially if you'd like to participate. What should the creative community be doing? What good does it do?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: right;">J</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: right;">udith has a BA in English and, Psychology and an MA in English and Creative Writing. She has been a creative force in the writing, art and literature scene behind the scenes and in front of the mic for years. You can find Judith at </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/judith-mansour/6/956/732" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: right;" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: right;"> and at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/judith.mansour" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: right;" target="_blank">facebook.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The band- Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets. Look for future Nia blogs dedicated just to this powerhouse who has done so much in poetry, jazz and the community but for now go <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22vince+robbinson+and+the+jazz+poets%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=vince+robinson+poets&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnso&ei=DrrAT4irLIii9QS4rtHLCw&start=0&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=9bc3db36f8558eed&biw=1280&bih=660" target="_blank">here are no less than ten pages on Vince and the cats</a> take your pick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Soon Nia will be looking at beautiful music and laying protest jazz aside unless you our readers want to keep protest alive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">W</span></b>e've got some interesting responses for favorite protest music from you but first we have questions. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It is quite possible that most folks feel overwhelmed and powerless to do anything about today's social ills. For one thing, the "what can little ole me do" syndrome kicks into effect for many and secondly there are so many things that need attention it is overwhelming, for instance there is</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> fracking, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">homelessness, infant mortality, child abuse, oil spill issues, Kony, Travon Martin</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">; the object or the objects of the occupy everything movement; the Grammy awards categories being cut that Nia thinks is an important cultural, diversity and monetary issue for people of color and the list goes on.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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Should musicians and people in media feel powerless? Many talk about the power of music but maybe it's a fairy tale conjured up by musicians and their managers. Already the entire burden shouldn't be put on jazz so we can broaden the conversation for now with an emphasis on jazz.</div>
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Mark David <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Ritscher aka Malichi </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Ritscher, a fixture and musician in the Chicago music scene,</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> apparently didn't think the power of music was enough. </span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Ritscher's </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">self-immolation in 2006 on downtown Chicago's Kennedy expressway </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">not mentioned by the media for nearly a week</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><i style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">columnist</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Roeper" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Richard Roeper">Richard Roeper</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">, finally wrote "With all due respect, if he thought setting himself on fire and ending his life in Chicago would change anyone's mind about the war in Iraq, his last gesture on this planet was his saddest and his most futile."</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachi_Ritscher#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Ritscher left a detailed smoking gun (sorry) pointing at protest as the raison d'être of his actions. What about protest music, the power of music, the music that soothes the savage beast? The actual quote is "music has charms to soothe the savage breast" and forgive me for waxing pedantic. It would be remiss of us not to mention that according to Ritscher's son Mark David was a recovering alcoholic fighting depression and yet we say this exposes two more arena's in which one must question the power of music.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Go to</span><a href="http://multiamerican.scpr.org/2011/05/what-does-a-latin-jazz-protest-sound-like/" target="_blank"> Multi- American</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">for the entire video and more info on the protest</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">In contrast to Mr. Ritscher's self-immolation members of the Latin Jazz community protested with music and signs and slogan-chanting the elimination of 31 mostly people of color categories from the Grammy Awards. Polka, gospel, Native American and R&B are among the categories that have been removed. It would be very interesting if musicians took a page from Black folk and started their own Grammy since they as a group are now not allowed to participate; because of this kind of exclusion Black newspapers sprang up, Miss Black America beauty pageant and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to workers' unions, clubs and restaurants.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 19px;">Is Nia asking the right questions?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 19px;">Is Nia defining the "power of music" correctly?</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 19px;">Has music effected change in your life, an epiphany perhaps, set you on a different path, "saved your life," or helped you through a most difficult time in life? What was the music that "did it?"</span></li>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What could local musicians do to help local causes say in Cleveland, Ohio? </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a class="gi ld qm" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/110993132751397169371" rel="nofollow">Ian Heams</a> from Barnet a borough of London writes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">"I totally agree Oscar Brown Jr and also that satire and humour can be found in the MUSIC as well as the lyrics. At our local pub on Sunday (The Mitre) the band playing there (Big Chief) played Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehaving" to a ska beat. It worked a treat and the humour of the contrast between old and new wasn't lost. There's also a tension between a song by a black composer/performer being played to rhythm mostly thought of as being developed by white artists."For me Jazz works best when it's in fusion with other music and the players are pushing the boundaries."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From musician: <a class="actorName" data-ft="{"type":35,"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1231616771" href="https://www.facebook.com/simmie1" style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Simmie Davis</a><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"> </span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text" style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">PROTEST SONGS. I aint got time to die, Lift evry voice and sing, To be young gifted and black.</span></span><br />
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of the most powerful protest songs is surely, "Wade in the water".
Still sung today, it is well known for the double meaning of it's lyrics
which continually remind us of the horrors of slavery which, after 300
years still exists in various forms."</span></blockquote>
"<b>Wade in the Water</b>" is the name of a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_spiritual" title="Negro spiritual">Negro spiritual</a> first published in <i>New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers</i> (1901) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Work,_Jr." title="John Wesley Work, Jr.">John Wesley Work II</a> and his brother, Frederick J. Work (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Jubilee_Singers" title="Fisk Jubilee Singers">Fisk Jubilee Singers</a>).<br />
The main chorus is:<br />
<dl><dd><i>Wade in the water.</i></dd><dd><i>Wade in the water children.</i></dd><dd><i>Wade in the water.</i></dd><dd><i>God's gonna trouble the water.</i></dd></dl>
The song relates to both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testaments</a>. The verses reflect the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a>' escape out of Egypt as found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Exodus</a>:14.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_in_the_Water#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup> The chorus refers to healing: see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a>
5:4, "For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and
troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the
water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had."<br />
Many internet sources and popular books claim that songs such as
"Wade in the Water" contained explicit instructions to fugitive slaves
on how to avoid capture and the route to take to successfully make their
way to freedom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-coded_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_in_the_Water#cite_note-coded-1">[2]</a></sup>
This particular song allegedly recommends leaving dry land and taking
to the water as a strategy to throw pursuing bloodhounds off one's
trail.<br />
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Here is a cool version of Wade in the Water by Kevin Whallum: <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Oscar Brown, Jr</b> (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist who created lyrics for jazz protest and whose lyrics easily crossed over into the realm of poetry and spoken word. Here is Oscar Brown Jr.'s "Forty Acres and a Mule" music and lyrics. As you will see it is not about reparations but face value broken promises observed from street level. Notice
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Here is an interesting counter point to "Forty Acres and Mules," spoken
word jazz with jazz great Oscar Brown on Def Poetry Jam more or less
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Here is a show tune by Rodgers and Hammerstein that floated by unscathed until it got to ... not Mississippi but Georgia. Quoting Rene Marie in an article last August in Jazz Times,<br />
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Who woulda thunk that this lovely song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein about racial prejudice could be snuck into <i>South Pacific</i>?
Rodgers and Hammerstein were repeatedly pressured to remove the song
from the musical, with lawmakers in Georgia actually going so far as to
introduce legislation that would make illegal the performance of any
creative works with ideas that stemmed from “Communist” thinking.
According to James Michener (author of the book that inspired the
musical), “The authors replied stubbornly that this number represented
why they wanted to do the play in the first place. … [E]ven if it meant
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<u><b>Nia Continues the Conversation on Jazz and Protest with a look at Charlie Haden</b></u></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">W</span></b>hat exactly is protest music, in this case jazz, without lyrics? The last issue of the Nia Coffeehouse brought to you Louis Armstrong and Nina Simone with Armstrong's, Black and Blue and Nina Simone's, Goddam Mississippi. Louis bemoans the plight of African Americans by asking, "what did I do to be so black and blue," and Ms. Simone lashes out at Jim Crow, lynching and the state of Mississippi over the assassination of Medgar Evers with a frustrated exclamation, "Goddam Mississippi!"<br />
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As Nia asked the question about protest music in jazz <i>today</i> Charlie Haden crossed our sights. His album, American Dreams is touted by Byron Woods in, Indy Week dotcom back in 2003 as protest jazz, but is it really? No doubt Charlie, has "chops" with his effort called, Haunted Hearts making Time magazine's top ten list in 1992 and Down Beat selecting Always Say Goodbye as jazz album of the year in 1994.<br />
In my effort to learn more about American Classical Music I find that it is indeed classical and extremely sophisticated so that the listener has to grow in sophistication to fully enjoy it. A major part of growing in sophistication is just <i>listening </i>and letting the music have first place for a minute.<br />
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One very interesting thing is how the album is touted as protest in the Indy Week. com article, <a href="http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/protest-jazz/Content?oid=1188812">Protest Jazz- Bassist Charlie Haden's American Dream</a> but on <a href="http://www.charliehadenmusic.com/music/with-michael-brecker" target="_blank">Charlie's website</a> patriotism and love of country ( certainly protest constitutes for all but the "love it or leave" ilk love of country) wade through, no gush through the music to the forefront in the description. Whatever happened to there's no such thing as bad publicity? Well certainly there is and the joint is first and foremost a nice piece of work whether it is in your face protest or sappy patriotism.<br />
Give <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbzDYAlong&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">Charlie Haden's "America the Beautiful"</a> a listen; compare it to a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xk1P1913y0" target="_blank">Ray Charles version </a>with orchestra and challenge yourself to relegate Ray to the back ground, which is a fun exercise and not as hard as you might think, and focus on how the music takes one to a quite different place than where Charlie Haden's version goes, especially the last stanza. Love or leave it guys you'll love this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JXWXhteJ30" target="_blank">America the Beautiful by the Gaither Vocal Band</a> it was a little hard for me to get through although as you would expect from the Gaithers it is very well done.<br />
You might enjoy more about Charlie Haden and his Liberation Music Orchestra here at<a href="http://adevoutmusician.typepad.com/blog/2011/05/protest-music.html" target="_blank"> a devout musician</a> I did.<br />
Where is Charlie Haden today? <a href="http://www.charliehadenmusic.com/news" target="_blank">Check out Charlie Haden news.</a><br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But another Charlie Haden story concerns his protests against the Vietnam War, our country's interventions in El Salvador, and apartheid in South Africa. You can hear them on the three Liberation Music Orchestra recordings he's made since 1970--each recorded, as he's pointed out, while a Republican was president."</span></blockquote>
Here's <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/byronwoods" target="_blank">Byron Woods at Twitter </a><br />
Nia is still wanting local jazz musicians to showcase protest or involvement in today's society at the Nia Coffeehouse and maybe educate us with some words also. Bring your band and play with Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets or let's work out sumpthin. (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vince-Robinson-The-Jazz-Poets/194858253938020?v=info" target="_blank">The Jazz Poets at facebook</a>)<br />
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Nia means purpose.</div>Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-89715216307043529632012-05-09T19:58:00.002-07:002012-08-29T11:43:15.267-07:00The Intersection of Jazz and Social Protest... does it happen today?<br />
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"NPR -America's cultural cauldron produced music, which criticized segregation with candor, sadness, and humor. Farai Chideya speaks with Robert O'Mealy. He's the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and founder and former director of the Center for Jazz Studies."<br />
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I am wondering what Jazz musicians are doing with their music for
protest in these decades year 2000 through this 2012. I've read about musicians protesting the
Grammys, the musician's union and I even read about a musician setting
himself on fire as a protest but what are today's Jazz musicians doing in society?
What are Cleveland Jazz musicians doing in the wake of the Wall Street and
housing debacle and Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Cleveland, Occupy the Hood and Occupy the
Kitchen Sink? Send it in and we'll blog and maybe even vlog it. </div>
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Meanwhile in this <a href="http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=92422929&m=92422915" target="_blank">NPR interview</a> cuts of:Mississippi Goddamned- Nina Simone,Strange Fruit- Billy Holiday and,<a href="http://themusicsover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/louisarmstrong.jpg?w=300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://themusicsover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/louisarmstrong.jpg?w=300" /></a></div>
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here is the complete Black and Blue by Louis Armstrong from 1929 and 1965. Interestingly enough, to me, the 1965 rendition has a lot more pathos and pain in Louie's voice, let me know if you agree.</div>
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<br />Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-18613187425027654352012-05-07T14:20:00.001-07:002012-05-07T17:28:23.313-07:00The Occupy 5: Pawns or Masterminds? Flip a COIN (TELPRO)<style>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">A short handsome 40 something Brazilian only known as Franco presented the movie "Romero" at St. Alban Episcopal church. Franco brought with him Conner Stevens, and Joshua "Skelly" Stafford, two of the five alleged <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/05/fbi_in_cleveland_makes_nationa.html" target="_blank">route 82 bridge bomb planners</a>. These two were not involved in the actual hands-on bridge bombing attempt set up by the FBI.</span></div>
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arrested in an FBI plot/sting </span><span style="font-size: large;">ostensibly </span><span style="font-size: large;">to blow up the route 82 bridge in Brecksville are all associated with Occupy Cleveland. At least one of the five has a criminal record. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They have been <b style="font-weight: normal;">charged with conspiracy</b> and
attempted use of explosive materials to damage physical property
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course Occupy Cleveland representatives have tried to
distance the "organization", but in the words of Tony Soprano, fahgeddaboutit. Occupy can not distance itself from the people it draws, puts to work and even puts into leadership/spokeperson positions, especially when powerful organizations like say, the FBI or whoever they are working for want to make the association clear. Brandon Baxter was quoted representing Occupy Cleveland on more than one occasion and was one of the last standing to occupy the tent on Frankfurter downtown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had all but written</span><span style="font-size: large;"> off</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Occupy Cleveland until
this incident. The reason I am going to give Occupy a second look is because I can say that the two I met were not capable of
conceiving, planning <i>and</i> executing a bridge bombing. Forgive me for being so jaded but this really smells of the "good ole days" as some of you can reminisce over the domestic landscape when COINTELPRO (<b>Co</b>unter <b>Int</b>elligence <b>Pro</b>gram) watered the grass and took out the trash until busted in the early 70's. However just like when SOA (School Of the Americas) was "busted" in 2000, 2001 or so COINTELPRO probably just changed their name or just decentralized leadership a bit and kept on trucking. Who know they may even work out of the impenetrable<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Western Hemisphere
Institute for Security Cooperation (<a href="http://www.benning.army.mil/tenant/whinsec/" target="_blank">WHINSEC</a>), formerly School of the Americas? So it is not beyond the ken of mortal probability for this to be a set-up to discredit Occupy Cleveland and indeed this may be happening to the Occupy movement across the U.S., if I am correct.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If I were going to do anything I didn't want leading back to me, covert, and dangerous in which I needed a couple of savvy, sharp, go to cats, it would <i>not</i> be these two. If I wanted some fall guys I would need neither references or resumes from them, fellas you're hired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One of the two I met
was much more immature than he should have been for his age and seemed to
be the kind of kid who could easily be brought into something like this
or planning a rave, your choice, it wouldn't matter to him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In interviews since the bridge bombing revelation Occupy leaders claim to be nonviolent and say they don't accept that ilk into Occupy Cleveland. However sans violence nothing could seem further from the truth, there is little to indicate this nonviolence stance at the <a href="http://occupycleveland.com/" target="_blank">Occupy website</a> and nothing to indicate they are selective about whom they accept. As cool and egalitarian as this democratic come all hither approach seems, one big issue with this approach is that many of the people Occupy needs to engage and proselytize who sympathize with or share in the plight of the 99% <i>are</i> discriminating and selective about with whom they deal. There are many people watching the 6:00 news thinking, no <i>knowing</i> they dodged a bullet when they had second thoughts about linking arms with an organization whose leadership seems to be made up of long-haired, young, White males with nose rings and ear gauges/plugs. Before you try to play the prejudice card understand that except for the "young White ear gauges/plugs" part I fit this description. You can not blame anyone concerned with financial security and safety for shying away from folks on the fringe that haven't kissed the conservative ring or received some blessing from the establishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In fact, not much is indicated at the Occupy site period, except lots of street parties and asking for support for more street parties. If they get a bit more organized I smell a cottage industry poster child, like SOAW aka <a href="http://www.soaw.org/about-us/faq" target="_blank">School Of the Americas Watch</a>, another organization that has fun protests. At the Occupy site there is a mission statement of sorts but absolutely, no list of goals, demands and more importantly no objectives to get there, that is to the mission statement. There is no approach pronged or otherwise. There is no structure that is evident that is a call to action <i>away</i> from or outside of the protests. At least with the SOAW they are involved in areas where power is and they know where change needs to be made in the hallways of congress and the Senate and there is a lot going on in community to work toward political leveraging not only in the American political ring but in at least the first three rows.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Occupy could learn a lesson or two from the WHINSEC website. They know that just because they are all about destabilizing democracies in the Americas and are responsible for their fair share of human rights atrocities, one can still look one's best. Freshen up Occupy, at least get it down in writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">COINTELPRO (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO" target="_blank">ARTICLE SITE</a>)</span><b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">COINTELPRO</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">
(an acronym for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Co</b>unter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Intel</b>ligence <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pro</b>gram) was a series of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_operation">covert</a>, and often
illegal,<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-church-final-report-1">[2]</a></sup>
projects conducted by the United States <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation">Federal
Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating,
discrediting, and disrupting domestic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_organizations">political
organizations</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">The FBI has
used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception;
however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place
between 1956 and 1971.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-churchill-vanderwall-1990a-2">[3]</a></sup>
COINTELPRO tactics included discrediting targets through psychological warfare;
smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false
reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence,
including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination">assassination</a>.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-icdc.com-3">[4]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-FBI_Secrets_1995-4">[5]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-itsabouttimebpp.com-5">[6]</a></sup>
The FBI's stated motivation was "protecting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security">national security</a>,
preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political
order."<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;">FBI records
show that 85% of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the
FBI deemed "subversive,"<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup>
including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism">communist</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism">socialist</a> organizations;
organizations and individuals associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement">civil rights movement</a>,
including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.">Martin
Luther King, Jr.</a> and others associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference">Southern
Christian Leadership Conference</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People">National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Racial_Equality">Congress of
Racial Equality</a> and other civil rights organizations; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_nationalism">black nationalist</a>
groups; the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement">American
Indian Movement</a>; a broad range of organizations labeled "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left">New Left</a>", including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society_%281960_organization%29">Students
for a Democratic Society</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_%28organization%29">Weathermen</a>;
almost all groups protesting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</a>, as well as
individual student demonstrators with no group affiliation; the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lawyers_Guild">National Lawyers
Guild</a>; organizations and individuals associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights">women's rights</a>
movement; nationalist groups such as those seeking independence for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ireland">United Ireland</a>, and
Cuban exile movements including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Bosch">Orlando Bosch</a>'s Cuban
Power and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Nationalist_Movement">Cuban
Nationalist Movement</a>; and additional notable Americans—even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>, who
was a member of several civil rights groups, came under FBI surveillance during
the years just prior to COINTELPRO's official inauguration.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup> The
remaining 15% of COINTELPRO resources were expended to marginalize and subvert
"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy">white</a> hate
groups," including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan">Ku
Klux Klan</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_States%27_Rights_Party">National
States' Rights Party</a>.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-9">[10]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation">FBI
Director</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover">J. Edgar
Hoover</a> issued directives governing COINTELPRO, ordering FBI agents to
"expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" the
activities of these movements and their leaders.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-WRH-10">[11]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-pbsco-11">[12]</a></sup></span></div>Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-34209234117851550862012-04-23T18:09:00.001-07:002012-05-15T04:03:42.468-07:00Poet Laureate Party at the Heights Art Gallery April 27th<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trina Jones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vince Robinson</td></tr>
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Friday April 27th marks the start of my 2nd year as poet laureate of the City of Cleveland Heights. To kick things off I've invited some of my favorite poets to read at the Heights Art Gallery on Lee Road in Cleveland Heights. The gallery is a few doors south of the Cedar-Lee theater with ample metered parking in the rear. Vince Robinson, Kathleen Cerveny, Tammi Powell, Phil Metres, Vince Robinson and Trina Jones.<br />
<a href="http://heightswritesblog.blogspot.com/?utm_source=Copy+of+April+20%2C+2012&utm_campaign=POETRY+READING&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Check this out</a> to see the Heights spit on this event. I hope to see you all there!<br />
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peace and blessings,<br />
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Cavana<br />
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<br />Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-37176364961001559172012-04-18T15:18:00.000-07:002012-04-18T15:33:51.873-07:00Being at Peace in Our Community<br />
from Poet and Being at Peace in Our Community Progenitor Kathy Smith takes place April 21st @ 2:00pm:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF8k-pr4qSvoYUrMNv0vYY8piHs09IgJ83_l8Zz87lo4V6ahG1O9aklMnQ_vEtF6rXIn70fO52IHGaSiXFFPsUB43nOt7FxY2Hzf7Gg_8ll6AO557joB1SXk0pFNfon3LyZM-JVAsia0/s1600/Being+at+peace+hands.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgF8k-pr4qSvoYUrMNv0vYY8piHs09IgJ83_l8Zz87lo4V6ahG1O9aklMnQ_vEtF6rXIn70fO52IHGaSiXFFPsUB43nOt7FxY2Hzf7Gg_8ll6AO557joB1SXk0pFNfon3LyZM-JVAsia0/s1600/Being+at+peace+hands.png" /></a>"How we can all become less estranged, and more part of the community? <br />
<br />
We welcome you to participate in a series of events featuring poetry, discussion and <br />
food. The impetus for this series is a drive to improve the relationship and understanding <br />
between people who are leading and policing our communities and all people who live in <br />
the communities to minimize violence and to work better together on solving problems. <br />
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Here are some of the immediate problems we’d like to work on solving/discussing: <br />
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•Incidents have occurred such as misuse of <br />
force/misuse of authority/improper training on the part of some police officers and <br />
other members of the community. Some in our community have been stopped and harassed<br />
by for no apparent reason, and like in the case of Trayvon Martin, some children have even been harmed. <br />
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• Too much polarization, not enough togetherness <br />
• Not enough working together on common community issues <br />
Addressing and helping solve these social issues can help us work together <br />
on some of the other big issues--economic and environmental--at which <br />
<br />
we <br />
will <br />
be <br />
more <br />
effective <br />
addressing <br />
together. <br />
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SATURDAY APRIL 21 @ 2-5 PM <br />
<br />
BEING AT PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY <br />
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“Introducing Ourselves” @<br />
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<u><b>The Nia Coffeehouse</b></u><br />
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2555 Euclid Heights Blvd. (At St. Alban Episcopal Church) <br />
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Open mic poetry, refreshments and roundtable introductions. Theme of <br />
the evening: “Introducing Ourselves”--however you might wish to interpret <br />
this. Please feel free to bring some food and poetry to share. We will meet <br />
again in May; stay tuned for venue and theme info! "Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-46834152002630484782012-03-17T08:56:00.000-07:002012-03-17T09:00:36.420-07:00Joseph Kony and Uganda's Wounds Still Seeping<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason Russell creator of the Kony 2012 video and movement</td></tr>
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Undoubtedly you've read about allegations leveled at Jason Russell,
creator of the now viral Kony 2012 video and his <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/invisible-children-co-founder-jason-russell-reportedly-arrested/2012/03/16/gIQAuBl5GS_blog.html">arrest</a>. I'm cynical and chose not to
trust the allegations in toto believing that there is some manipulation
going on in media and in Mr. Russell's life somewhere,<span class="text_exposed_show"> somehow,
someway for some reason. It is just suspicious he has no record of
anything like this and as soon as this cause gets some juice he makes
the news. <br /> Worst case scenario- all the allegations are true, AND
Kony is guilty. Uganda's weak defense that Kony is a good boy now and
Uganda has been overtaken by warm fuzzies and that Kony is no longer in Uganda does not detract from the
illegal and immoral atrocities he has committed. Uganda should be at
the forefront of the movement to bring him to justice instead of
promoting roadblocks and taking on a Freddie Prince, "it's not my job man," posture. Thirty thousand (30,000) children, mostly if not entirely Ugandan, have been affected for the rest of their lives. Imagine deep depression, hopelessness, unbearable guilt, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at thirteen (13) years of age times 30,000 children dismissed because "Joseph doesn't live hear anymore."</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">To be sure many decent people in Uganda are incensed at being on the world stage in this light once more and would rather Joseph Kony have no ties to Uganda mentioned. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">reports </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">a high school teacher as saying</span></b></span><span class="text_exposed_show">, </span><span class="text_exposed_show">"</span>The LRA led vicious attacks in northern Uganda for 20 years, killing
tens of thousands of people and abducting children as soldiers and
slaves. But Kony and his LRA were pushed out of the country by the
Ugandan Army, and there have been no LRA attacks here since August 2006.
Most of the 1.8 million displaced people have returned and are trying
to reconstruct their lives.,"<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">It is too bad that this refocus on Joseph
Kony may show Uganda in bad light once again, but this should not be the
main consideration in bringing crimes against humanity perpetrators to justice, and I
dare say this has not been the cry of outrage anywhere else in the
world when war criminals are hunted down. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> </span><span class="text_exposed_show">It does not matter if Ghandi made the Kony 2012 video
or Joseph Stalin did, either way the impetus for his capture and for his being
brought to justice needs to be, at the very LEAST maintained. Mad
prayers to Jason and his family believing he will recover quickly and
believing what Satan has meant for evil and destruction, God will use
for good. Y'all keep up the good fight, let us keep fighting, let us fight
more. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">We can't be lead by the perfect person, she or he does not exist
unless you look to Jesus, but we can be led by perfect love which casts
out fear and overthrows what should not rule this world, what should not
rule our lives. Whether evil or good wins you have to choose a
trajectory or it will be coercively chosen for you. Stand up! Stand up! Stand up! Please do not make the mistake of believing that the spirit of Joseph Kony is not active in your neighborhood.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">To bring this closer to home, "we are the richest most prosperous nation in the world and still we haven't found the political will to end hunger."- James McGovern, US Representative, Massachusetts. Our style of rape and pillage may be far more insidious than what Joseph Kony exacts. </span><br />
The Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi asked someone what
they thought about Jason Russell's arrest and he named the charges which
makes one think there may be a strong connection between Uganda and the
event that the pres knew about it almost immediately. Mr. Prime
Minister didn't ask me what I thought about it but here is what I think
about it; everybody needs to RE POST and pursue: Right on Jason may God
bless to finish the fight: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc&feature=share">Capture and Arrest Kony Now!</a><br />
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Food writer and Modern Spice cookbook author Monica Bhide recently returned from visiting her family in India, and we asked her to share some glimpses of contemporary life she noticed while there. You can read her first post here. <br />
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For centuries India, particularly North India, has been a country of tea drinkers, while steaming cups of coffee were loved by the folks in South India. And then something happened. Since 2000, coffeehouses like Barista and Café Coffee Day have begun to spring up in major cities by the hundreds. They offer different types of coffees, smoothies, and snacks very much like Starbucks does. The initial reaction was interesting to watch. "The affluent young Indians will love it," the media claimed, as they noted all the youngsters gathering at the coffeehouses. There was an outcry from lovers of Indian culture and tea--it was blasphemous for them to even think that coffee culture could be percolating here in India, sacrilegious that a tea-drinking nation could love drinking coffee. Culture watchers were quick to point out that people drinking in these fancy coffeehouses weren't any better than the ones who drank tea off the street stalls. <br />
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In my opinion--and I have been watching this closely over the past ten years-- these coffeehouses aren't about the coffee. While tea stalls provide a quick stop for the frantic in need of a hot shot, they aren't places to gather for contemplative conversations. A Barista opened near my parents' home in New Delhi several years ago, and as I stopped by on a daily basis during five weeks of my trip, I discovered it had culture of its own. <br />
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The early morning hours find retired older men who sit around with newspapers in hand discussing politics, their children, the new iPod Nano and their good old times. I spoke with a few of them and they told me there was nowhere else to go in this heat, and at home their wives objected--oh, the maids are cleaning, not now! So they meet here; this is their support in their old age. The afternoon finds the young adults with their laptops, and book clubs meeting to discuss the latest Jhumpa Lahiri masterpiece. As the day fades, these coffee shops become places to be seen, with teenagers gathering to discuss where to eat and what the evening holds. <br />
They meet, they talk, they reminisce, they discuss, and they work here. True, some of them sip the beverages offered, but it isn't about the coffee. It is about the culture: the togetherness it has bought. Why not celebrate what it is bringing to contemporary India, instead of lamenting about what it is supposedly taking away? There are, and always will be, crowds at the local tea stalls. That is also a culture, and I don't think it will, or should, ever go away. But this diversity is what makes India what it is today.<br />
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Photos: Above, a lovely cup of cappuccino is served at the Barista in Phoenix Mills, Mumbai. Below, a traditional tea stand in Mumbai. By Monica Bhide.Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-48074619025244555372009-10-10T16:14:00.001-07:002012-05-14T07:31:44.209-07:00Coffee Roads that Cross to the Future and Rome<div style="border: 0px none; float: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.8px; margin-top: 25px; min-height: 50px; overflow: auto; width: 456px;">
B. "Coffee roads that cross, to the future and to Rome. (On the Continent).(Coffee, coffeehouses and European history and culture)." <u>Tea & Coffee Trade Journal</u>. Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. 2002. Retrieved October 10, 2009 from HighBeam Research: <a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-86876710.html">http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-86876710.html</a><a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-174239866.html"></a></div>
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Coffee's Road to the Future Raising Coffee From the Dead <br />
However one chooses to believe that coffee came to Europe -- abandoned by fleeing Turks at the walls of <yoono-highlight class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="Vienna">Vienna</yoono-highlight> after their unsuccessful siege, shipped in by Venetian galleys as prizes of war -- it is indisputable that the stimulating drink caused a revolution in Western Culture. Coffee house quickly spread from Vienna and <yoono-highlight class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="Venice">Venice</yoono-highlight> to Paris and <yoono-highlight class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="London">London</yoono-highlight>. <br />
The "cafes," as they came to be known, were far more than our espresso bars. They became the collective depository of those supercmharged explosives of culture -- political thought and radical art. <br />
The European cafe became something of a common man's parliament of free speech and thought. This is why the geniuses of the ages have adored them, from Bach to Voltaire. Far before the advent of the Euro or the bureaucratic <yoono-highlight class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link" keywords="corridors of power">corridors of power</yoono-highlight> at the EU in Brussels, they existed in all European nations and were a nexus of thought and energy -- a pan European stimulation by the dark and aromatic bean. <br />
How many revolutions were plotted over cups of cafe coffee; how many schools of art found their beginning at those wobbly, wet tables and on such uncomfortable chairs? It is not hyperbolic to suggest that the cafe and coffee were perhaps second only to the University and the book in bringing enlightenment and a commonality of shared ideals to play in the rapid advancement of Western culture from the 17th century well into the past century. </div>Metabedu Connectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890620987647169437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935090950046445045.post-6178473493350323162009-10-03T22:23:00.001-07:002012-05-14T07:34:13.609-07:00African Origins of Coffee<div style="border: 0px; float: none; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.8px; margin-top: 25px; min-height: 50px; overflow: auto; width: 456px;">
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<b style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;">Goats will eat anything.</b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> Just ask Kaldi the legendary Ethiopian (</span><a href="http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html?id=362&size=medium&left=31.68&bottom=3.41&right=49.3&top=14.88&point=x40.49,x9.145&text=Ethiopia" style="background-color: yellow; color: #2388bd; color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="new">map</a><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;">) goatherd. Kaldi, the story goes, noticed his herd dancing from one coffee shrub to another, grazing on the cherry-red berries containing the beans. He copped a few himself and was soon frolicking with his flock. </span><br height="14px" style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold; height: 14px; line-height: 14px;" /><br height="14px" style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold; height: 14px; line-height: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> Witnessing Kaldi’s goatly gambol, a monk plucked berries for his brothers. That night they were uncannily alert to divine inspiration. </span><br height="14px" style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold; height: 14px; line-height: 14px;" /><br height="14px" style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold; height: 14px; line-height: 14px;" /> <b style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;">History tells us</b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> other Africans of the same era fueled up on protein-rich coffee-and-animal-fat balls—primitive PowerBars—and unwound with wine made from coffee-berry pulp.</span> <img align="RIGHT" border="0" class="yoono-image" height="79" src="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/images/gb1.gif" style="border: 0px; height: 79px; padding: 5px; width: 79px;" width="79" /><span style="background-color: yellow;">Coffee</span> later crossed the Red Sea to <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coffee/legend2.html" style="background-color: yellow; color: #2388bd; color: black; text-decoration: underline;">Arabia, where things really got cooking... </a> <br />
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