file this under: clean your own house before trying to clean someone else’s
U.S. Speaks Up on Mexico Stamp Controversy
WASHINGTON – The White House on Thursday objected to a postage stamp issued by the Mexican government, saying that “racial stereotypes are offensive no matter what their origin” and have no place in today’s world.
saludos to jordan,
who under some happenstance found my blog and said hola!
y’all should check out his site, its very inspiring
go visit him at jordan55.com
more latah
seems that i have been given one serious fuckin writing assignment due by tomorrow afternoon.
with only the vaguest idea of how to approach the subject matter, i run into some unexpected company on my early am subway ride home. an eclectic conversation later and i believe that some inspiration has mystically lit the path.
love ya like steel toe boots love kickin ass
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Whenever something happens at Acentos, we always rise to the challenge. It’s not THE most ideal situation. In fact, I keep finding myself asking “what next?†and then saying “no, don’t answer that.â€
Last night we had to deal with a party right next door to door us with the pumpin sound system and (damn the party animal in me) some damn hot music playin’. One part of the evening saw me starting to move my shoulders to Crazy In Love as someone was starting to throw down their poem.
The plus side of it was the Acentos audience ignoring the festivities for 80% of the show and only losing it for the last few open micers. The Open Micers also came through as well and our feature, Flaco, delivering all the goods. At this point I would like to say Gracias to the curating gods for intervening and helping us land a feature that has some of the best vocal & theatrical skills in the game today.
This whole thing reminds me of the St Louis Nationals debacle and how people were complaining left and right that the audiences were not there to listen to them. Phil West correctly pointed out that the whole reason we use lyricsm/rhyme/volume/exaggerated body motions/theatrics/pandering arguments/anaphora/narrative/pop culture references (pick whichever applies) is in an effort to enrapture an audience that is easily distracted.
Oh but we have a message and it needs to be heard.
Mierda! If your message is so damn important than just pump up the volume and if it still doesn’t get across, then chalk one up in the LOSS column and call it a day or book a room at a library if you want some quiet. (End side rant)
Our next show features Rigoberto González and I am already in full poetry groupie mode.
Love ya like Tom Cruise loves publicity girlfriends!
[EDIT: Photos from last night courtesy of Señorita Inglaterra- Jannine]
OB PATIENTLY WAITS FOR BATMAN TO COME THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT
I’LL SAY IT AGAIN: THE PRETTIEST OPEN MICERS IN POETRY!
TEGO… I’M WAITING
THE AK AND THE HK
familia acentos: profe, kristen, jannine- the bride, geko jones, fish, grande, marcus- the groom, ob, and down front la raina & aruba
the story behind the pic- me desperately holding on to ‘ruba as she does a near matrix move to stay in the pic.
side note: i caught the bouquet – well, actually, a single flower – with a left handed windmill grab that woulda made jet li say “damn, sun!” said flower was quickly deposited in ms leon’s palm before you could say ‘ob.nuptuals’
love ya like green loves a park pond
