25 Fri Dec 2015
Posted in Fiction, History of Rhythm & Blues, History of Soul, Mindfulness, Music, Philosophy
Tags
1970, Don Corleone, Donny Hathaway, Someday We'll All Be Free, The Ghetto, The Godfather, This Christmas, Vito Corleone
LUMPENPROLETARIAT—“A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.” —Don Corleone, The Godfather
Messina
“This Christmas” (1970) by Donny Hathaway
“Someday We’ll All Be Free” by Donny Hathaway
“The Ghetto” by Donny Hathaway
28 Tue Apr 2015
Posted in History of Funk, Music
LUMPENPROLETARIAT—Talkin’ ’bout the fonky, fonky ghetto… I done lived in the ghettos of California and now I done lived in the ghettos of Kansas City, which JC Nichols made the blueprint for the USA’s ghettos.
We commend those who have survived the world’s ghettos. And we implore those survivors to help our neighbour’s still trapped in them. We implore survivors to help our neighbours in the ghettos to transform their ghettos into healthy communities, on terms decided by those who live in the ghettos, through critical and mindful analysis.
—Messina
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“The Ghetto” (1970) by Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)
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The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (1998) by Curtis Mayfield
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