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Whatever Happened to the Man with the Familiar Face?
by Rion Amilcar Scott
"People like you, young folks, think stories of The Great Insurrection are just some fairytales. It don't make you proud that even before your grandfather was born, Ol' Cigar and them ran away and killed some white folks and got away with it? They built this black paradise."
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Three Poems by Amy King
"The philosopher, a pompadour,
speaks without moving his lips.
He throws
a cannonball, like caution,"
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The Psychology of Scriptwriting
by Jack Feldstein
Jack Feldstein brings us another neon film, a 15-minute piece on the assorted delusions and hallucinations that lead one to attempt to write film.
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Appalachia and Columbia: The People Behind the Coal — An Interview with Aviva Chomsky
by Hans Bennett
"For people in eastern Kentucky, like those in northern Colombia, the land is tied to the essence of their identity. People have generations-long ties to the land, they farm the land, they feel personally connected to the mountains, to the rivers, to the farms. Also, in both regions, people are aware that they are seen as expendable, not only by the coal companies, but by the centers of power."
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It's Time for the Madness to Stop
by Sheila Samples
"They continued to march even after Henry Kissinger belched out the truth that Duty—Honor—Country is a one-way street because "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy. And, it has long been a dead-end street for those captured or left behind on foreign soil..."
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David Rovics
David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Amy Goodman has called him "the musical version of Democracy Now!" Since the mid-90's Rovics has spent most of his time on the road, playing hundreds of shows every year throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Japan. He and his songs have been featured on national radio programs in the US, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and elsewhere.
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Six Photographs by Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña
Gabriela will have her way with her own image, because she can, because she's not a man, because you are only a man. You can buy a frame. You can pay to frame somebody. But you can't frame her reflection in the sea. You can, however, access her website at www.LiarWithaCamera.com.
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Recently at Unlikely:
Six Paintings by Orna Ben-Shoshan
Orna's paintings release the imagination and extend the limits of ordinary perception, with colorful scenes that take place in distant worlds. Like other surrealist artists, Orna creates links that are only possible in a different dimension of existence, taking the conventional and weaving it with a unique and inimitable stitch.
Also in Visual Art: Six Photographs by Carlin Felder
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A Spoken Word Video by "MrDaMan" and Luis Medina
Virgil Hall a.k.a. "MrDaMan," a poet in San Diego, and Luis Medina, a musician in New York City, have never met in real life. They met online and collaborate to create poetry, music and visual media as a hobby. They do this stuff for fun and try to live/create under the mantra: "If you're having fun you must be doing something right."
An Audio Track and Music Video by Hogeye Bill
'"Don't tread on me" hangs menacingly in the background as Bill puts his passions and obsessions into the better of the two songs available on his site. His opinion is clear and relentless, but he manages what so few folk artists seem to be capable of. He possesses the ability to throw down a very decisive view while keeping the music steady, right under the point. All the while, the song never loses sight of the necessity to craft compelling, black comedy lyrics.'
Data That Doesn't Numb the Mind, But Excites: The Art of Ellie Harrison
by Alakananda Mookerjee
"Faced with the worst economic meltdown in the last 60 years or so, people worldwide have tightened their purse strings and are hesitant to spend money. Harrison is no economist, of course, but could she be encouraging consumers to consume again, through her unique, hard-to-miss piece of geeky art? Or is she perhaps, making at attempt at demystifying the workings of the capitalistic economy by breaking it down into an easy-to-understand visual delight?"
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