WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP
I was struck by two pictures published in the NY Times this past week. Coincidentally, both were taken in Africa.
The first shows some school kids on a class trip to see a hot-spring in Kenya. Here's the article.
The second shows Macon Hawkins of Kosciusko, Texas, currently a hostage of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. Again, here is the article.
The contrast between the beautiful pink shirts of the first picture and the insane threat of ultraviolence in the second (rocket-launcher to the head?!?!?) reminds me of this song (piece?) by Terre Thaemlitz. In it he convolutes the melody from "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton with an actual speech from Radio Freedom, the voice of the African National Congress.
The speaker starts out with general talk of freedom and inequality but then gets down to business with some super-specific and practical suggestions:
"The lone policeman must be made a target. He must be destroyed so that we can get his weapon."
Thaemlitz serves it up smooth. Try putting this on next time you've got your girl (or boy) over.
Terre Thaemlitz - Between Empathy and Sympathy is Time (Apartheid)
I heard this track a lot over the summer thanks to Joe Grimm, the Wind-Up Bird.
The first shows some school kids on a class trip to see a hot-spring in Kenya. Here's the article.
The second shows Macon Hawkins of Kosciusko, Texas, currently a hostage of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. Again, here is the article.
The contrast between the beautiful pink shirts of the first picture and the insane threat of ultraviolence in the second (rocket-launcher to the head?!?!?) reminds me of this song (piece?) by Terre Thaemlitz. In it he convolutes the melody from "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton with an actual speech from Radio Freedom, the voice of the African National Congress.
The speaker starts out with general talk of freedom and inequality but then gets down to business with some super-specific and practical suggestions:
"The lone policeman must be made a target. He must be destroyed so that we can get his weapon."
Thaemlitz serves it up smooth. Try putting this on next time you've got your girl (or boy) over.
Terre Thaemlitz - Between Empathy and Sympathy is Time (Apartheid)
I heard this track a lot over the summer thanks to Joe Grimm, the Wind-Up Bird.
posted by ezrakoenig at 1:57 PM
6 Comments:
these guyz must kno a lot about image..
red sashes and black hoods
white t shirts
black skin
it is my estimation that everyone would b dead if the rpg were to go off
(did u kno rpg stands for rocket propelled grenade and not role playing game like i thought??)
who is the photographer and which side of da gun is he on ?
these cubanz have been doing this for much longer and their look is pretty refined by now:
http://www.military-girls.com/images/cuban_revolutionary/revolutionary4.jpg
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I was also captivated by those striking images from Africa featured in the NY Times. Interestingly, I had planned to focus on my studies this weekend, but I didn’t find the time to do my economics class due to various commitments. It’s a reminder of how busy weekends can get!
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