Looking at the scene today, genocide, starvation and other not nice things seem to be "the word." What happens when people in the Bronx and Harlem, NY get sucked into the "campaign for Dafur." They start to advocate that it is the Chinese government's fault for aiding the government of Sudan. Well some government have to be helped. Or is this the usual British Intelligence operation of help the little people and let the world collapse. Here is a typical "Dafur event" in New York city today and through Wednesday this week:
Four Days for Darfur
La MaMa
74 East 4th Street, 212-475-7710, $30-$50
What's in a name? Hollywood producer Doug Claybourne and playwright L.D. Napier asked themselves this question when President Bush named the situation in Darfur "genocide" in 2005. "I grew up learning about the Holocaust and wondering what I would have done had I been there. How could people have stood by?" asks Napier. "Then Rwanda happened. Bosnia happened. And I did nothing." Now, he and Claybourne are doing something: They've organized Four Days for Darfur, a benefit for Darfur Peace and Development, the Genocide Intervention Network, and Oxfam, which includes last night's fancy-schmancy gala and a three-day run of Napier's new play, The G-Word: For Those Born Later, in which the author covers the history of the word "genocide," interspersed with true stories from Darfur. At 8, through Wednesday.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Havana Boyz II and Music at the Bronx Museum
A standing-room only crowd packed the upstairs room at the Bronx Museum at 165th St and Grand Concourse, Bronx NY at 6pm on Friday, April 18th. About 200 people showed up for the program, Azucar! (Sugar) which included a film plus the live band, Habana Tres. The event was free and Cuban-style fried snacks were served. Cuts from the film “Havana Kidz II” were shown, which was produced and directed by Alberto Gonzalez, with co-producer Adrianna Alvarez.
The film begins with the boy, Ismael, who wants to go to music school, and plays the trumpet. His band is called Marea Azul (Blue Sea). This is the story of Ismael’s struggles to get into music school and form a band. The film is broken up by bits of Cuban music, and loud trumpet playing, and conga drums. The music is a fusion of various Cuban music styles such as salsa, and bacchata.
The difficulties in the band include learning how to work together like a family. Cuban musicians are known to be jokers, so it’s all right to have some fun, but there has to be a serious side to the band as well. It can be difficult to become a success on the small island of Cuba, with only 10 million or so people. The musical venues are limited. There is the chance of getting on the Adolpho Guzman TV show, which shows traditional types of Cuban music, but the kids like to mix traditional music like el son and cha-cha with reggaeton. Despite the politics of Cuba, Cubans still like their traditional rhythmic music. When they hear the conga drums beating, most Cubans go wild.
The band makes a “demo” recording, to get publicity and try to get their music known. The boys in the band, some of whom are as young as 11-years-old, have to raise money to produce their first demo, including getting money from their families. At least a couple of songs have to be recorded and Orlando, the bands musical director, writes down and arranges the music. At the end of the film, there is an inspiring jam session, in which the band plays one of their songs. The song is very lively with a traditional Cuban feel, but quite fast, and with reggaeton influence. The three younger boys sing and dance in front of the conga players, keyboard player and horn players in an inspiring end to the 40-minute cut shown. For more info, see www.havanakidz.com .
The director, Alberto Gonzalez, was there at the event to answer questions after the film. He is following up with the kids and is planning to help them produce an album in the future. The program then had an intermission, and people had a chance to go out to the lovely outdoor balcony at the museum, including looking at the funny statues there. DJ Cato aka Congri was spinning Salsa and other music. After the break, the band Habana Tres played a set demonstrating in-person the beat and joy of Cuban music, with genres such as Afro-cuban, Salsa and Son.
The film begins with the boy, Ismael, who wants to go to music school, and plays the trumpet. His band is called Marea Azul (Blue Sea). This is the story of Ismael’s struggles to get into music school and form a band. The film is broken up by bits of Cuban music, and loud trumpet playing, and conga drums. The music is a fusion of various Cuban music styles such as salsa, and bacchata.
The difficulties in the band include learning how to work together like a family. Cuban musicians are known to be jokers, so it’s all right to have some fun, but there has to be a serious side to the band as well. It can be difficult to become a success on the small island of Cuba, with only 10 million or so people. The musical venues are limited. There is the chance of getting on the Adolpho Guzman TV show, which shows traditional types of Cuban music, but the kids like to mix traditional music like el son and cha-cha with reggaeton. Despite the politics of Cuba, Cubans still like their traditional rhythmic music. When they hear the conga drums beating, most Cubans go wild.
The band makes a “demo” recording, to get publicity and try to get their music known. The boys in the band, some of whom are as young as 11-years-old, have to raise money to produce their first demo, including getting money from their families. At least a couple of songs have to be recorded and Orlando, the bands musical director, writes down and arranges the music. At the end of the film, there is an inspiring jam session, in which the band plays one of their songs. The song is very lively with a traditional Cuban feel, but quite fast, and with reggaeton influence. The three younger boys sing and dance in front of the conga players, keyboard player and horn players in an inspiring end to the 40-minute cut shown. For more info, see www.havanakidz.com .
The director, Alberto Gonzalez, was there at the event to answer questions after the film. He is following up with the kids and is planning to help them produce an album in the future. The program then had an intermission, and people had a chance to go out to the lovely outdoor balcony at the museum, including looking at the funny statues there. DJ Cato aka Congri was spinning Salsa and other music. After the break, the band Habana Tres played a set demonstrating in-person the beat and joy of Cuban music, with genres such as Afro-cuban, Salsa and Son.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Liberation not Flagelation, Down with the British
It's nice to know that some people on this planet are getting the message-- Down with the British. When you think that since the 1970s, the US Dollar has been run out of the City of London financial district and the off-shore money havens like the Cayman Islands, you know, we in Harlem and the Bronx and New York have to get in on the lesson too. By the way, the Cayman Islands are under the indirect dictatorship of the British Monarchy, who appoint a Governor there. How convenient. Even the tee shirt lady can understand that.
Oddly enough, the one teaching us this week is the embattled President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. If he got the British out of "Rhodesia" after 100 years, he can't be totally out of it. Read this lesson, from larouchepac:
April 18, 2008 (LPAC)--Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe blistered the British at an Independence Day rally attended by 15,000 in Gwanzura Stadium, Harare today. Some excerpts follow.
"Today, we hear the British saying there's no democracy here.... We, and not the British, established democracy on the basis of one man, one vote.... We brought it through the gun.... Beware. Be vigilant in the face of the vicious machinations of Britain and its allies. Yesterday they ruled by brute force. Today they have perfected their tactics to a more subtle form by using money literally to buy some people to turn against their government. We are being bought like livestock.... What a shame that you are accepting to be bought so cheaply when we have a painful colonial history which should teach us otherwise.... Freedom did not come on a silver plate. Zimbabwe was once usurped by imperialists who seized it like robbers, but we got it back and we are proud to be Zimbabweans, not Rhodesians; Africans, not British. We were incarcerated and died for this country during the liberation struggle.... We should not let our children down by dropping our guard against imperialism, British imperialism, which is surreptitiously and clandestinely weaving its way through our society, trying to divide us." The opposition wants Zimbabwe to "go back to white people, to the British." [In the 2002 election, the opposition MDC explicitly allied itself with the European -- mainly British -- commercial farmers.] "Zimbabwe will never be a colony again. Never shall we retreat.... Down with the British. Down with the thieves who want to steal our country...."
Oddly enough, the one teaching us this week is the embattled President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. If he got the British out of "Rhodesia" after 100 years, he can't be totally out of it. Read this lesson, from larouchepac:
April 18, 2008 (LPAC)--Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe blistered the British at an Independence Day rally attended by 15,000 in Gwanzura Stadium, Harare today. Some excerpts follow.
"Today, we hear the British saying there's no democracy here.... We, and not the British, established democracy on the basis of one man, one vote.... We brought it through the gun.... Beware. Be vigilant in the face of the vicious machinations of Britain and its allies. Yesterday they ruled by brute force. Today they have perfected their tactics to a more subtle form by using money literally to buy some people to turn against their government. We are being bought like livestock.... What a shame that you are accepting to be bought so cheaply when we have a painful colonial history which should teach us otherwise.... Freedom did not come on a silver plate. Zimbabwe was once usurped by imperialists who seized it like robbers, but we got it back and we are proud to be Zimbabweans, not Rhodesians; Africans, not British. We were incarcerated and died for this country during the liberation struggle.... We should not let our children down by dropping our guard against imperialism, British imperialism, which is surreptitiously and clandestinely weaving its way through our society, trying to divide us." The opposition wants Zimbabwe to "go back to white people, to the British." [In the 2002 election, the opposition MDC explicitly allied itself with the European -- mainly British -- commercial farmers.] "Zimbabwe will never be a colony again. Never shall we retreat.... Down with the British. Down with the thieves who want to steal our country...."
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
London is Calling- to Mr. Obama
London's calling,
Obama is through/
A new juicy scandal/
Will do what it do/
(spoof, the Clash- London's Calling)
Yes, it seems that London is pulling the plug on Mr. Obama's Presidential campaign. I always knew that the British crowd would never allow Obama to become President. Even if he has towed the line with Felix Rohatyn's financial advice to save the system, it is not good enough for them. Like Jesse Jackson going along with fascist bailout the mortgage market positions, it just seems laughable. Now the Tony Rezko trial put out the bombshell. Stuart Levine, a close associtate of Rezko said that the Obamas were there at the Rezko house party where the guest of honor was British-Iraqi billionaire Auchi. Several weeks later, homeboy got his southside mansion as a present, or at least at a discount.
Obama is through/
A new juicy scandal/
Will do what it do/
(spoof, the Clash- London's Calling)
Yes, it seems that London is pulling the plug on Mr. Obama's Presidential campaign. I always knew that the British crowd would never allow Obama to become President. Even if he has towed the line with Felix Rohatyn's financial advice to save the system, it is not good enough for them. Like Jesse Jackson going along with fascist bailout the mortgage market positions, it just seems laughable. Now the Tony Rezko trial put out the bombshell. Stuart Levine, a close associtate of Rezko said that the Obamas were there at the Rezko house party where the guest of honor was British-Iraqi billionaire Auchi. Several weeks later, homeboy got his southside mansion as a present, or at least at a discount.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Let's Hear some Sweet Music
Let's hear some sweet music. Maybe the Lion king or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Blacks on Broadway. I got a nice white chick, but she doesn't look very Afro-American.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Harlem Videos or Not, Here we Come
I have been looking at what videos are available. Preferably about Harlem, NY or at least Afro-American stuff. There was some great stuff in the Harlem Community News about Blacks on Broadway. That would be pretty good.
Don't forget about our dear Iloveharlem and tee shirt queen , peace out.
Don't forget about our dear Iloveharlem and tee shirt queen , peace out.
Universoul Circus in New York
The Universoul Circus will be in New York this April. It is in Queens, at the Roy Wilkins Park from april 15 to april 27, and in the bronx, in the Orchard Beach parking lot, for April 29 to May 4th. It has been called, pride, joy and hip hop under the big top type of circus. It is also known as the coolest show on earth.
Dizzy's Coca-cola in Harlem NY
While the storm gathers over Harlem with the collapse of the Wall St easy money machine, there is still plenty of fun to be had. On Tuesday through Sunday, starting April 15, head over to Dizzy's Club Coca-cola, at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center West 60th St and Broadway. That's the Time Warner- AOL tower, you know? Okay, that is downtown, but it is still with that Harlem Feeling. There you will find the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Bobby Sanabria.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
African Diaspora Film Festival , Walter Reade Theater
No folks, it is not in Harlem, it's downtown New York, but there are some nice things at Lincoln Center, like the Walter Reade Theater. There is the African Film Festival Inc., which on April 14th will present a panel discussion including Mamadou Diouf, an acclaimed Senegalese historian.
For more info see www.africanfilmny.org and filmlinc.com .
For more info see www.africanfilmny.org and filmlinc.com .
Monday, April 7, 2008
IBM has continued in the Internet game, in the Shadows
Though I was recently told that IBM is not a "web" company, check out this newsletter bit from Hostreview.com
IBM acquired an equity stake in Oracle-compatible open source database project EnterpriseDB. That happened shortly after the recent acquisition of MySQL by tech giant Sun. The EnterpriseDB database product is PostgreSQL-compatible and is used in business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. IBM has announced that the company does not have immediate plans for integration of EnterpriseDB software in its offerings.
Interesting that IBM is part of the game. I'm sure they are doing other stuff on the worldwide web, Internet as well. After all they have over 150,000 employees, I believe, and still are a lot larger than Google and Yahoo in terms of overall business activity. Any more comments on this subject would be appreciated.
IBM acquired an equity stake in Oracle-compatible open source database project EnterpriseDB. That happened shortly after the recent acquisition of MySQL by tech giant Sun. The EnterpriseDB database product is PostgreSQL-compatible and is used in business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. IBM has announced that the company does not have immediate plans for integration of EnterpriseDB software in its offerings.
Interesting that IBM is part of the game. I'm sure they are doing other stuff on the worldwide web, Internet as well. After all they have over 150,000 employees, I believe, and still are a lot larger than Google and Yahoo in terms of overall business activity. Any more comments on this subject would be appreciated.
The Black Expo and Harlem
The Black Expo is at the Javits Center in New York, on May 3rd and 4th, Saturday and Sunday. The t-shirt queen is going to be setting up in all her glory. We have the "I Love Harlem Line" and also at I Love Harlem and it's time to get into the groove.
Big companies involved include Coca-Cola, Citibank, Allstate and AT&T, so it should be a blast. Concerts, singing, and entertainment also making the scene, brothers and sisters. Also check out the new Harlem Pavilion.
Big companies involved include Coca-Cola, Citibank, Allstate and AT&T, so it should be a blast. Concerts, singing, and entertainment also making the scene, brothers and sisters. Also check out the new Harlem Pavilion.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Help Harlem, have a war over Tibet
How do we get the economy going in New York and Harlem? It's easy, let's have a war over Tibet. The nuclear fallout may not be that good, but if we are cautious, we can keep all the bad stuff over there. If Richard Gere and the gerbils are ready to fignt, why not everybody else.
Tibet- we must meditate for victory.
Tibet- we must meditate for victory.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
You Want to Make a Harlem Revolution?
Throwing people out of their houses in mortgage foreclosure may be a way to make a revolution. Or to have chaos and war right here in our backyard. As the Gateway mall rises in the Bronx, various Big Building are rising on 125th St. What good is it, if the prices keep going up for homes and now the foreclosures are skyrocketing in New York City and Harlem as well. Time to make a revolution with the Homeowner and Bank Protection Act. Yeah, baby, get down brothers. Our black brothers in the state legislatures of Alabama and Mississippi are passing it. I thought we Northerners were supposed to be smarter than our Southern cousins, but I guess not.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Harlem on the Leveraged Planet
The word from the New York Times is that living on a leveraged planet. All the attempts to have a local economy for the village of Harlem or anywhere else is on hold.
The private financial sector has been completely destroyed with reverse leverage kicking in. That is what the fall of Bear Stearns is about. That is why we have to get federal credit issued again by the US Treasury and credit ordered from the Federal Reserve for specific uses, like Franklin Roosevelt's Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC).
Politically, this is the tradition of Hulan Jack, the first black Manhattan Borough President, as well as Congressman Adam Clayton Powell.
The private financial sector has been completely destroyed with reverse leverage kicking in. That is what the fall of Bear Stearns is about. That is why we have to get federal credit issued again by the US Treasury and credit ordered from the Federal Reserve for specific uses, like Franklin Roosevelt's Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC).
Politically, this is the tradition of Hulan Jack, the first black Manhattan Borough President, as well as Congressman Adam Clayton Powell.
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