Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Going solo...oh no!...it's Shadow

So I walk into the studio tonight and guess whose there plugging his music on the program before mine: it's Shadow, a.k.a. Black Swan, Boston's own spiritual rapper, a grinder who sells CDs independently on the T. It's the day after Barack Obama declared victory in the Democratic primary, which is very historic considering he is the first African-American to do so. I get Shadow's point-of-view on the signifigance of this. I ask him what he thinks of Obama: agent of positive change or puppet?

Still having some problems: some mics not amplified right, playing music way louder than talking, still broadcasting dead air. I need to be more prepared to fight with words for social justice. "Um" is an enemy of social justice -- at least for me. Up with the quality of ne(U)waves broadcast; down with the New World Order.

It's the anniversary of the Tianamen Square Massacre! Wake up.

Songs played

"Someone watching over me" by Shadow, a.k.a. Black Swan
"2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)" by Radiohead
"Why can't we be friends?" by War
"Us and Them" by Pink Floyd

Update: Here's the mp3

boomp3.com

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