Did I miss you? I doubt :-) OK for people who landed on Mars or the Moon and didn't come back, some news, first there was the first screening of "Afropunk" the James Spooner movie about the black punk (at large) scene in the USA, and more than this, the famous and "cult" documentary "Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted" by David Walker (about blaxploitation realm)...you also could get a print of D.Walker interview(in a scrapbook still available if you ask) ...didn't attract many people but I ain't amazed any longer, at the same time you had World Cup 2006, maybe the worst WC I ever witnessed, with the end of Brazil team and a mostly European challenge at the end(so who cares, it's World Cup, not European "Weltmeister" at least I thought)...African teams went as usual as tourists, Ivory Coast bragging and doing strictly nothing, Ghana players playing style so full of shame, so lousy you wouldn't believe it (and which flag do some of them salute? damn.... no pride at all, good bye NKrumah) and the others are forgettable...of course you have the famous headstrike by Zinedine Zidane, a weird affair, with so many shadows( racist words uttered or not by the Italian player?) and weird FIFA decisions...and something people were waiting for after the press conference, Ka Tribe is now a bunch of outlaws, thanx to Internal Security (and not for his own marriage :-) ) Minister Nicolas Sarkozy strong suggestions to ghost president Jacques Chirac. Bondage up theirs ?!?

Well seems there are some problems on Radio Campus Tours blog in the morning...ok let's put it like this my friends, first a gig report, last night, after watching Dave Chappelle show (making fun of R Kelly dirty habits and videos, really great) I went straight to the Bateau Ivre for a "groove session", Permis de Jouer it's called (licence to perform or licence to be on stage, set by PIMANT organisation) 2 bands only and I thought I had missed one, no, got both! First it was COBBLESTONES, a mix of 70ies soul funk and blues rock, let's say, great rythm section (bass and drums)..and they had a very enthousiastic fan, Luigi(for people who know about borrowing, let's say renting movies), and then, there was..not NWA but RYTHMETIX, a mix of afrobeat, funk and "festif" spirit but in a good way, a great rythm section there either(horn section,bass, keyboards, drums and percussions are in the line up), beside one reggae tune (for the ladies, yes gael that's what he said) and a mbalax (or close to it) song for one of their friends, it was "Lagos vibe", playing according to the ghost of the Black President( which is FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI for those who don't know)...big evening really!
What else, some news from the front, the famous trial with Kemi Seba and Patrick Haram will take place April 25th, and interesting news about Bobby Hutton death(for beginners, he was shot April 6th, 1968 after a failed ambush ordered by Mr Eldridge Cleaver, he was the first member, besides Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale, of the Black Panther Party For Self Defense), a police officer testified that in fact, both Eldridge & Bobby were beaten , and someone shot him (for no reason it seems as they had no guns) point blank in the head, then other officers started shooting at the body, so a deliberate gunning down...any way, are you really amazed by this?

Sad sad news and good ones, first seems Poor Righteous Teachers discography is on the way for re-issues, if you can't wait check their "Rare and Unreleased" compilation, both PE albums are great ("New Whirl Odor" and Paris produced "Rebirth Of A Nation"), now some obituaries, first we salute Ms Coretta Scott King(even if I disagree with the method, they're Black Pride and fighting pioneers), Gordon Parks (photographer, writer, movie maker, remember "Shaft", "The Learning Tree"? it's his work), Wilson Pickett and now Professor X from X Clan and Blackwatch fame (remember that with BDP, Brand Nubian, PRT, PE, and some others they belong to that conscious/afrocentric wave of late 80ies rap), fortunately for us we still have some people (now more hailing from Dirty South or West Coast) like Dead Prez, The Coup, Paris, and people like Nas show they're not only bling bling(right Biggie S?). Some good readings, well start with "We Want Freedom" from Mumia Abu Jamal...some news from the BADAZZMOFO camp, David Walker's new movie, "Uncle Tom's Appartment" is ready featuring Diana Devoe, Ted Lange( "Love Boat" fame), A Wone amidst others...is it useful to talk about Artur Jorge's departure from ILICS ? For those who still don't understand...

busy times,anyway I have some websites for your mind, Afrostyly.com is one... what else, PE in full effect, a Paris gig report( the show in Paris, in November,2005) as soon as possible, and the new album "New Whirl Odor" seems great. Black people start moving here, some good news....