The legendary Gil-Scott Heron, the black radical poet, musician, composer, author, purveyor of spoken word and singer (whom many refer to lovingly with titles like “the black Bob Dylan” and “the godfather of rap”), has been long presumed dead due to his conspicuous absence from music. Though kept alive through retrospectives and reverential referencing [...]
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Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron returns from the edge with a new album.
Gil Scott-Heron: From South Africa To South Carolina
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If only all politics were as funky as Gil Scott-Heron's...The only funkiness in our politics is that which goes on in the voting machines...I figure it must be freezing cold in Iowa today, but to encourage our brothers and sisters there to go to the polls, and to help thaw them out while doing so, I thought I should fire up a little GSH...Johannesberg and Johannesberg live from From South Afri...
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Championship Posting #12...Lying. Ass. BITCHES; The 2nd Coming...
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...hey there MOG-a-licious, what up? Me, I've been doing my thing but still keeping my ear to the ground and "election day's coming" says the hoofbeats of the breathless media masses that I hear far off in the distance...I don't know about the rest of you all but all of these debates, saber rattling and gnashing of teeth by the over-eager lot trying to justify why they should keep their cushy j...
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Gil Scott-Heron: From South Africa To South Carolina
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If only all politics were as funky as Gil Scott-Heron's...The only funkiness in our politics is that which goes on in the voting machines...I figure it must be freezing cold in Iowa today, but to encourage our brothers and sisters there to go to the polls, and to help thaw them out while doing so, I thought I should fire up a little GSH...Johannesberg and Johannesberg live from From South Afri...
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Bring The Pain
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Track:Home Is Where The Hatred Is
I knew Gil Scott-Heron's message would be lost amidst the masses' general confusion when, in the nineties, his epic statement "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was restated (by KRS-One, of all people) in a Nike commercial. Perhaps the only positive from that travesty was Scott-Heron received a well-deserved royalty check.Something about my last post really struck a chord with me, as did th...
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The Resolutions Will Not Be Televised!
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My earlier call for New Year's resolutions elicited some interesting responses, but there are a few more days left until 2007.Gil Scott-Heron wanted us to change the world for the better. Not a bad idea. What about the rest of you? Are you gonna change the world? Are you gonna change your socks? Is there a band or musician or type of music that you're curious about or that you've previously avo...
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TO QUOTE THE ABSTRACT: GET INVOLVED
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Gil Scott-Heron: Billy Green Is DeadFrom Free Will (RCA, 1972)So for all intents and purposes, the general election is set. As I was driving in the car last week listening to some GSH on the Cupertino Classic, this song really spoke to me. Thirty-six years after its release, it sounds as if it was recited on the street corner just last week and resonates just as much.Sounding like a conversatio...
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Gil Scott Heron ......
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I have nothing to say but, listen. You'll understand.Enjoy! That's 10 right. I mean 10 words, Right?
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Track:Lady Day and John Coltrane
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The Resolutions Will Not Be Televised!
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My earlier call for New Year's resolutions elicited some interesting responses, but there are a few more days left until 2007.Gil Scott-Heron wanted us to change the world for the better. Not a bad idea. What about the rest of you? Are you gonna change the world? Are you gonna change your socks? Is there a band or musician or type of music that you're curious about or that you've previously avo...
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Championship Posting #12...Lying. Ass. BITCHES; The 2nd Coming...
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...hey there MOG-a-licious, what up? Me, I've been doing my thing but still keeping my ear to the ground and "election day's coming" says the hoofbeats of the breathless media masses that I hear far off in the distance...I don't know about the rest of you all but all of these debates, saber rattling and gnashing of teeth by the over-eager lot trying to justify why they should keep their cushy j...
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