23 April, 2016

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Quote of the week:

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Arnett Wilkes and Nikolias Nkosi: Complete Zulu

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
–Philip Pullman

My Joburg

My Johannesburg neighborhood.  Trash strike last week and so folks resorting to their own solutions.

Joburg is my love and my heartbreak .  .  .

9 April, 2016

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Joni Mitchell: Taming the Tiger James Baldwin: The Evidence of Things Not Seen

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘what are you doing for others?’”
–Dr. Martin Luther King

2 April, 2016

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Mobb Deep: The Infamous Margo Jefferson: On Michael Jackson

“You got a fast car. I want a ticket to anywhere, maybe we can make a deal.”
–Tracy Chapman, Fast Car

26 March, 2016

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2Pac and Outlawz: Still I Rise Regina Taylor: Crowns

“Trouble, oh trouble set me free. I have seen your face and it’s too much, too much for me”  
–Cat Stevens, Trouble

Surviving the first Episode

So I watched Umlilo Season 3, Ep 1. At first, I could only see the problems and the terrible disjuncture between what I saw in my head when I wrote it and what was on screen (even if it was better on screen.) But then I relaxed and enjoyed it . . .

In any case, in case you missed it, here are the top 5 best moments. (I love the shit these marketing people come up with.)  Check it out.

 

19 March, 2016

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Quote of the week:

Cat Stevens: Mona Bone Jakon Adrienne Kennedy: Adrienne Kennedy Reader

“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.”
–Elisabeth Kübler-Ross