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Gords Poetry Factory: GIL SCOTT HERON FATHER OF RAP SINGER POET COMPOSER

Gords Poetry Factory: GIL SCOTT HERON FATHER OF RAP SINGER POET COMPOSER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc
and Winter in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGlRsjHTkbs
and Working For Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88SkWMdIo6o
and interview on BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnBafZnNUI

GIL SCOTT HERON FATHER OF RAP SINGER POET COMPOSER

More music to pimp!

On Steve Earle’s album "The Revolution Starts Now "it begins with Gil-Scott Heron’s piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ". So we go from a leftist redneck to a leftist Rapper. Gil-Scott Heron creates some beautiful & passionate music often as not with a social/political message.
Here’s some bits of info on Gil-Scott Heron gleaned from websites which you should checkout :

Malcolm X, Gil Scott-Heron and Stevie Wonder -
Speeches
http://www.gilscottheron.com/
Talk The Talk, Walk The Walk, Gil
Scott-Heron
Fri, January 26, 2001
Jacquelyn Pope - Sonicnet
" Gil
Scott-Heron, proto-rapper and pianist, prime influence on hip-hop, creates a
synthesis of soul, jazz and poetry that is quite unlike anything else around.
Invigorated by righteous anger and biting wit, his recordings have lost none of
their vividness or urgency over the 30 years he's been making them. The first
releases in a planned series of reissues from TVT offer proof (if any was
needed) of his enduring power- and how the more things change, the more they
stay the same. "

And check out:

Gil Scott-Heron Portrait of a Jazz
Man
http://home.clara.net/giaco/gil/

"Gil Scott-Heron was born
in Chicago on April 1st 1949. He attended Lincoln and John Hopkins University.
He wrote two novels. The Vulture and The Nigger Factory. He met Brian Jackson,
his frequent collaborator. Gil Scott-Heron began playing keyboards and, teaming
up with Brian Jackson, setting his political poetry to a jazz-funk fusion. First
releases were on the Flying Dutchman label in the 70's.
During the 1970s and
1980's for Arista label, Scott-Heron released twelve albums. Then, after a
twelve-year break, he signed with TVT Records and released Spirits in 1993. The
first cut of this album, "Message To The Messenger," is a warning to today’s
rappers, urging them to take responsibility in their art and in their
communities. Since then, he has played to sell-out crowds all over the world,
performing at major festivals in England; including Glastonbury ...."

Here are the lyrics of "The Revolution Will Not be Televised " by Gil-Scott Heron:

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
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And here are the lyrics from the Ironic & satirical "Whitey On the Moon":

Whitey on the Moon
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)


There are about 15 music/ poetry reading videos of Gil-Scott Heron on YouTube & a couple of interviews.
at You Tube
" THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc
and Winter in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGlRsjHTkbs
and Working For Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88SkWMdIo6o
and interview on BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnBafZnNUI
Anyway check out the videos & if necessary you may be able to find a collection of his music on the Net as it were.
Bye for now,
GORD.

ANN COULTER#2 WISDOM OF A FASCIST

IF "FAGGOT " IS OK TO SAY THEN SO IS THIS:
SO DON'T COMPLAIN ANN BABY!!!


AND HERE IS THE WISDOM OF ANN COULTER

The Wisdom of Ann Coulter
from The Washington Monthly
October 2001

Coulter is spinning her downfall as a new kind of terrorist-war McCarthyism. "People are hysterical about speech right now," she told The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz. "Everyone's comments are being taken out of context and wildly misinterpreted." At the risk of further de-contextualization, here are some of Coulter's past comments:

"[Clinton] masturbates in the sinks."---Rivera Live 8/2/99

"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"---Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01

The "backbone of the Democratic Party" is a "typical fat, implacable welfare recipient"---syndicated column 10/29/99

To a disabled Vietnam vet: "People like you caused us to lose that war."---MSNBC

"Women like Pamela Harriman and Patricia Duff are basically Anna Nicole Smith from the waist down. Let's just call it for what it is. They're whores."---Salon.com 11/16/00

Juan Gonzales is "Cuba's answer to Joey Buttafuoco," a "miscreant," "sperm-donor," and a "poor man's Hugh Hefner."---Rivera Live 5/1/00

On Princess Diana's death: "Her children knew she's sleeping with all these men. That just seems to me, it's the definition of 'not a good mother.' ... Is everyone just saying here that it's okay to ostentatiously have premarital sex in front of your children?"..."[Diana is] an ordinary and pathetic and confessional - I've never had bulimia! I've never had an affair! I've never had a divorce! So I don't think she's better than I am."---MSNBC 9/12/97

"I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote."---Hannity & Colmes, 8/17/99

"I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."---Politically Incorrect, 2/26/01

"If you don't hate Clinton and the people who labored to keep him in office, you don't love your country."---George, 7/99

"We're now at the point that it's beyond whether or not this guy is a horny hick. I really think it's a question of his mental stability. He really could be a lunatic. I think it is a rational question for Americans to ask whether their president is insane."---Equal Time

"It's enough [to be impeached] for the president to be a pervert."---The Case Against Bill Clinton, Coulter's 1998 book.

"Clinton is in love with the erect penis."---This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00

"I think we had enough laws about the turn-of-the-century. We don't need any more." Asked how far back would she go to repeal laws, she replied, "Well, before the New Deal...[The Emancipation Proclamation] would be a good start."---Politically Incorrect 5/7/97

"If they have the one innocent person who has ever to be put to death this century out of over 7,000, you probably will get a good movie deal out of it."---MSNBC 7/27/97

"If those kids had been carrying guns they would have gunned down this one [child] gunman. ... Don't pray. Learn to use guns."---Politically Incorrect, 12/18/97

"The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail."---Hannity & Colmes 8/24/01

"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly."---MSNBC 3/22/97

"Originally, I was the only female with long blonde hair. Now, they all have long blonde hair."---CapitolHillBlue.com 6/6/00

"I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't."---TV Guide 8/97

"Let's say I go out every night, I meet a guy and have sex with him. Good for me. I'm not married."---Rivera Live 6/7/00

"Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend."---Politically Incorrect 7/21/97

"I think [Whitewater]'s going to prevent the First Lady from running for Senate."---Rivera Live 3/12/99

"My track record is pretty good on predictions."---Rivera Live 12/8/98

"The thing I like about Bush is I think he hates liberals."---Washington Post 8/1/00

On Rep. Christopher Shays (d-CT) in deciding whether to run against him as a Libertarian candidate: "I really want to hurt him. I want him to feel pain."---Hartford Courant 6/25/99

"The swing voters---I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don't have set philosophical principles. You're either a liberal or you're a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. "---Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00

"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."---MSNBC 2/8/97

"You want to be careful not to become just a blowhard."---Washington Post 10/16/98

Bye for now,
GORD.

ANN COULTER & " FAGGOTS" HOMOPHOBIC BIGOTRY IS IN !!!

NEOCON ANN COULTER
MEAN-SPIRITED
HOMOPHOBE BIGOT ???





BELOW SAMPLE OF ADS FROM WORLDNETDAILY.COM
http://www.wnd.com/ A WEBSITE IN LOVE WITH THE LIKES OF
ANN COULTER















AND WORLDNET.DAILY.com
CLAIMS TO BE DEDICATED TO TRUTH
& NOT TO HAVE A ONE-SIDED
POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA !!!

(photos from PICASA)

Anyway story of the week Ann Coulter & her Homophobia & Bigotry are now in style with the mass of the American People!!!

At CPAC, Ann Coulter Calls John Edwards a "Faggot"
Fri Mar 2,

"The
Nation -- Just returned from CPAC, where I caught Ann Coulter call
John
Edwards a "faggot" (Crooks and Liars has video). The crowd roared their
approval, of course. Then Coulter endorsed Mitt Romney. Another gem from
Coultergeist: Discussing black Republicans, she declared, "Our blacks are better
than their blacks."
I also met concentration camp enthusiast Michelle Malkin
at her book signing and asked her to autograph this photo. From the looks of
what she wrote on her blog and the hysterical rant she launched into the lens of
our video camera, Malkin was non-plussed about the encounter..."

and from ABC online:

" Coulter's Slur Against Edwards Stirs Outrage
Many Think Pundit May Have
Gone Too Far
Ann Coulter made the comment Friday while speaking to GOP
activists attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
"I
was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate
John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word
'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards. So I
think I'll just conclude here and take your questions," Coulter said.
At
first her audience seemed shocked, but then many started to clap.
Democrats
were quick to condemn her remark. "

(And she has added :Coulter:
Edwards' Campaign Manager 'Fronting for Arab Terrorists'
By E&P
Staff
Published: March 05, 2007 )

If it were not for the fact that this vapid blonde is listened to & taken seriously by the angry bigoted crowd of Neo-Conservitives & the Radical Evangelical Religious Right in the United States & even here in Canada she & her stupid remarks it might be better to just ignore them . But like her fellow-travelers such as Glenn Beck , Michelle Malkin & Rush Limbaugh are taken seriously & whatever they say is taken as the Gospel Truth . It is also a sad state of affairs when she & her ilk are given such a high profile in the Media Establishment & shows that Fascism is alive & well in American discourse.

Ann Coulter appears to believe that it is ok to call someone a " Faggot " Is she attacking Edwards for possibly being Gay ? Or is she appealing to some crude Sterotype of Homosexuals & therefore to somehow impune his character as being weak or overly sensitive? Or is she suggesting that Edwards is indecisive or as perverted & untrustworthy?

Ann Coulter does seem to believe that those who get upset by her calling someone a "Faggot" is just a matter of being overly sensitive & politically correct .

We can only assume that like a lot of Neocons she would have the same attitude to the use of other slurs & insults such as " Nigger" "Kike" "Jap" " Kafir " or "Paki" .
What bothers her & other Neocons is that they might be chastised for using such derogatory terms which deep down they take to be true.

It reminds me of people I have had to work with in various jobs who would use such derogatory terms & tell sexist or racist jokes. The use of such derogatory remarks & jokes is seen by some as a form of bonding with your co-workers. So if you don’t take part in this ritual & laugh at the jokes or derogatory words or epithets you are seen as having no sense of humor. If you were to complain about such jokes then you would no longer be one of the boys & therefore you are seen as an outsider. In some jobs being placed in this situation puts your ability to do your job in jeopardy .

From my own experience it seems that those who use such derogatory terms & like to tell such jokes feel they are the ones being persecuted so that they have to be careful about what they say around some people . What they then do is to find those who think like they do & then pull them aside to tell their tasteless & mean spirited jokes. Someone’s employability may then become dependent upon being one of the guys & not mind such derogatory remarks or jokes .

This I believe to still be true to some extent since I have seen this behavior time & again. For instance I have watched as individuals whom I thought were somewhat liberal & not at all prejudice get a new job somewhere with a private business or even in a government department suddenly begin using such derogatory remarks & jokes without really noticing because they came to see this as acceptable behavior because their boss or someone they respect at their new job uses such terms .I fear that this happens because there are many who only pay lip-service to what they see as merely being politically correct & that their true feelings about other people outside their group i.e. if they are white then they see it as quite acceptable to make negative comments & use offensive language when speaking about non-whites or if they are heterosexual they believe it is ok to make derogatory & offensive remarks about Gays & Lesbians .

What is stranger & is one of my pet peeves are those white women (like Ann Coulter) for instance who have risen in society becoming Lawyers or doctors or bureaucrats or accountants or whatever & who see themselves as different & better than the majority of women & therefore participate in making sexist & derogatory remarks & jokes about women which of course helps them to ingratiate them with the men they work for or who will then see them as part of the group & not as outsiders . She then becomes " one of the Guys" & therefore not to be feared or resented. This is considered by some to be a badge of maturity & part of becoming successful.

It is therefore considered immature for one to object to the use of derogatory remarks & jokes about women or Blacks or Jews or Arabs or Muslims or whomever are considered to be the outsiders of the moment .

But those who accept this view were never really without such prejudices but were merely "playing the game of fitting in" & conforming to the views of those around them so if when they were in university for example if their professors & their fellow students viewed such remarks & jokes as being inappropriate then they refrained from such remarks & jokes in order to fit in but not because they actually believed that such prejudices were wrong.

Anyway if you listen to or read Neoconservatives like Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin or Rush Limbaugh &Glenn Beck they are constantly spewing their hatred of one group or another from African-Americans & other non-whites to Gays & Lesbians or people who are not Christians i.e. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists , Wiccans, or Atheists .But it seems they are now considered to reflect the opinions of not just a small segment of society but in fact represent what anyone in their view with a bit of intelligence & common sense would believe including the Media NEWS/Entertainment establishment & most American Intellectuals . Is this how far down we have gone???

At the heart of Ann Coulter’s remark is a belief that anyone who is not like her & her group have no place in running for political office & if they had their way most professions would revert to the old days when those who were not heterosexual WASPs would not be permitted to enter such professions such as law, medicine, or teaching etc. As these people often claim is that only "TRUE CHRISTIANS" should be allowed to run for public office in the United States . The neocons in Canada who support Steven Harper seemed to have the same views since their ideology is all borrowed or derived from that of American Neo-Conservitivism .

Anyway GOOD NIGT & GOOD LUCK,
YOU'LL NEED IT!
GORD.

STEVE EARLE " THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW"

STEVE EARLE SINGER SONGWRITER
POET WHO IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS
TOPICAL ANTI-WAR SONGS
& SONGS CRITICAL OF THE BUSH REGIME







PHOTOS FROM PICASA


Yes it is good to know there are some music performers who are concerned with the way things are going & have the integrity to stand up speak out & let the chips fall where they may. While most people in the music industry seem to have no opinion about anything & are just happy to get air play & have a hit on the vapid radio stations & the apolitical Much Music in order to make another couple of million to help pay for their multi- million dollar estate as they sell out to the highest bidder .

I only recently by accident came across Steve Earle & I find his music & lyrics quite compelling including those songs that are not so political.
So anyway here’s a bit about Steve Earle a country singer who also writes & sings protest songs & gets a lot of flack for it :

Steve Earle
MOTHER JONES, October 21, 2004
By Jeff
Fleischer

Last month, the eight-time Grammy nominee released The
Revolution Starts Now, a politically charged and musically compelling album that
takes aim at the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. In one of the tracks,
"Rich Man’s War," Earle sings about three men used as political pawns; in "F the
CC" he thumbs his nose at media censorship, and in "Condi, Condi," he serenades the national security advisor.

He’s also hosting a weekly radio show on the Air America network, discussing music and politics with his guests.

Here are the lyrics of one of his songs from the album " THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW "

"Rich Man's War" Lyrics
Steve Earle

Jimmy joined the army ‘cause he had no place to go
There ain’t nobody hirin’
‘round here since all the jobs went
down to Mexico
Reckoned that he’d learn himself a trade maybe see the world
Move to the city someday and marry a black haired girl
Somebody somewhere had another plan
Now he’s got a rifle in his hand
Rollin’ into Baghdad wonderin’ how he got this far
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war-

Bobby had an eagle and a flag tattooed on his arm
Red white and blue to the bone when he landed in Kandahar
Left behind a pretty young wife and a baby girl
A stack of overdue bills and went off to save the world
Been a year now and he’s still there
Chasin’ ghosts in the thin dry air
Meanwhile back at home the finance company took his car
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war

When will we ever learn
When will we ever see
We stand up and take our turn
And keep tellin’ ourselves we’re free

Ali was the second son of a second son
Grew up in Gaza throwing bottles and rocks when the tanks would come
Ain’t nothin’ else to do around here just a game children play
Somethin’ ‘bout livin’ in fear all your life makes you hard that way
He answered when he got the call
Wrapped himself in death and praised Allah
A fat man in a new Mercedes drove him to the door
Just another poor boy off to fight a rich man’s war -

And here's " It's Christmas Time in Washington " by Steve Earle


It's Christmastime in Washington
The Democrats rehearsed
Gettin' into gear for four more years
Things not gettin' worse
The Republicans drink whiskey neat
And thanked their lucky stars
They said, 'He cannot seek another term
They'll be no more FDRs'

I sat home in Tennessee
Staring at the screen
With an uneasy feeling in my chest
And I'm wonderin' what it means


Chorus:
So come back Woody Guthrie
Come back to us now
Tear your eyes from paradise
And rise again somehow
If you run into Jesus
Maybe he can help you out
Come back Woody Guthrie to us now


I followed in your footsteps once
Back in my travelin' days
Somewhere I failed to find your trail
Now I'm stumblin' through the haze
But there's killers on the highway now
And a man can't get around
So I sold my soul for wheels that roll
Now I'm stuck here in this town

Chorus

There's foxes in the hen house
Cows out in the corn
The unions have been busted
Their proud red banners torn
To listen to the radio
You'd think that all was well
But you and me and Cisco know
It's going straight to hell


So come back, Emma Goldman
Rise up, old Joe Hill
The barricades are goin' up
They cannot break our will
Come back to us, Malcolm X
And Martin Luther King
We're marching into Selma
As the bells of freedom ring

See you later,
GORD.