Sunday, February 25th, 2007

God Bless Forest Whitaker

For representing to the fullest. Who shouts out the ancestors when they are the only reason we can do what we do? Only Forest. That’s all I gotta say.

posted by Jeff Chang @ 9:09 pm | 2 Comments

2 Responses to “God Bless Forest Whitaker”

Neo Realist says:

February 27, 2007 at 12:21 am

You should visit HU and speak in the Hip Hop and the Black Experience course..your book is used as one of the textbooks.
Anonymous says:

March 4, 2007 at 2:35 pm

don’t know how else to say this… but i’ve been listening to can since 14 (24 now) and i finally made something i think is good enough. and i figured you might dig it.

it’s here: http://tago-mago.net/music.htm

remixes of the streets, marvin gaye, mos def, b-52’s, cocteau twins, more

hope you like it

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The “Eardrums shall fail” blog said:

“Remixing is raised to art status when you give new life to music, any type of music. To see potential in a boring cut, to push the envelope all the way to different galaxies, to let your mind wander where the original intention left off – all this presumes passion and marquees lighting up over your head as opposed to a mere lightbulb. A writer, most of the time, is a passionate reader first and a remixer of words second. Tago-Mago does that with music. I may not like each and every track but that would be a strange and new feeling anyway. Rarely have I heard a reinvention of music I was, or thought I was, familiar with, in such unexpected ways. His major influence is Can, and the mixes are inspired by a variety of hip hop and electronica artists.”

http://eashfa.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/pusherman-tago-mago/

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