February 2012
3 posts
Jim Punk, dBowie
January 2012
19 posts
Scale of the Universe →
▴ The story of Leila and the wolf. Told by Aboud,...
Shahadat's Winter 2012 on hip hop
▴ [Click image for link] New Shahadat’s Winter 2012 Exploring Popular Literature Series is a special issue on hip hop, edited by Rayya El Zein. The article itself is not so hip hop in my opinion, much more academia oriented, but excellent song selections and dope lyric translations. ( *note* the image above: Tomb Sonata in Three Military Movements by Khaled Hafez ›› it’s not from...
10 haiku (for Max Roach)
by Sonia Sanchez
1. Nothing ends every blade of grass remembering your sound
2. your sounds exploding in the universe return to earth in prayer
3. as you drummed your hands kept reaching for God
4. the morning sky so lovely imitates your laughter
5. you came warrior clear your music kissing our spines
6. feet tapping singing, impeach our blood
7. you came drumming sweet...
got this on repeat today, uf.
December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
1 post
Interview with the inspiring Halim El-Dabh,... →
▴ click the picture to listen
September 2011
2 posts
1 tag
August 2011
5 posts
8 tags
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1 tag
▴ Music from Jupiter
Kalimaat Isma3oo ›› Summer mix
TRACKLISTING
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December 2010
6 posts
dan mcpharlin interview →
7" factory sleeves →
November 2010
1 post
2 tags
new november mix
Peace, Love, & Shish Barak an orgy of org
This is music at the cusp. A moment in Middle Eastern history where dramatic urbanization and a burgeoning youth culture was emerging. Music right before the cassette tape popped off, which would eventually become the single greatest asset of the Iranian Revolution, disseminating the Ayatollah’s sermons en masse. It was a ...
June 2010
9 posts
Watch▴ Shajarian
“When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone in the air; you can never...”
– ▴ eric dolphy