mikl-em's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=mikl-em2002-12-12T10:03:41ZDecember 12, 2002 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/December+12%252C+2002mikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2002-12-12T10:03:41Z2002-12-12T10:03:41Z<h3>I'm Back</h3>
<p align="left">...and I know how to use it. Or at least I <i>think</i> I used to did. ahem. let me start at the middle.</p>
<p>The last node that I noded before I <a href="/title/tobacco+genome">noded</a> 2 <a href="/title/More+Cigarettes">nodes</a> tonight (I just did I mean, I mean it just turned into tomorrow), was <a href="/title/Dub+Poetry">Dub Poetry</a> on 09/09/2000. What happened? Where'd I go and why am I back?</p>
<p><i>I took a wrong turn and I just kept going...</i> I had a lot going on and I was about to node my 100th node, and I was excited about it, but it also sorta gave me a time n' place of anti-climax. I slipped out of obsession (ah sweet falling in love of <i><b>node-frenzy!!</b></i> ah.) and sorta just... let it drift away.</p>
<p>I still get the update emails, so I sorta kept up from afar (like seeing your daughter that you long lost yerself from on tv... or through the <a href="/title/security+cameras">security camera</a> at <a href="/title/7-11">7-11</a>), but only sorta.</p>
<p><i>Over 2 years later...</i> and in the meantime, about 1/3 of my nodes got pruned; I<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Tobacco genome (thing)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/Tobacco+genomemikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2002-12-12T01:38:47Z2002-12-12T01:38:47Z<p>Tobacco's <a href="/title/genetic">genetic</a> makeup which includes between 25 and 50 thousand <a href="/title/genes">genes</a>. It is being researched now at <a href="/title/North+Carolina+State+University">North Carolina State University</a> (thanks in large part to a grant from <a href="/title/Philip+Morris">Philip Morris</a>). They hope to have it mapped by 2007. Since <a href="/title/tobacco">tobacco</a> is related to <a href="/title/bell+pepper">peppers</a>, <a href="/title/potatoes">potatoes</a>, and <a href="/title/roma+tomatoes">tomatoes</a> (that's the family <a href="/title/Solanaceae">Solanaceae</a>, if you're keeping score at home), so this is seen as an important foundational effort in mapping <a href="/title/the+vegetable+kingdom">the vegetable kingdom</a>. And it is hoped that it will help efforts to breed out some of the <a href="/title/lung+cancer">harmful effects</a> of <a href="/title/tobacco+products">tobacco products</a>.</p>Dub Poetry (thing)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/Dub+Poetrymikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2000-09-09T10:18:15Z2000-09-09T10:18:15ZA sub genre of <a href="/title/reggae">reggae</a> which began in the late <a href="/title/70s">70s</a> in <a href="/title/England">England</a> with <a href="/title/Linton+Kwesi+Johnson">Linton Kwesi Johnson</a> and in <a href="/title/Jamaica">Jamaica</a> with
<a href="/title/Oku+Onuora">Oku Onuora</a> and, later, <a href="/title/Mutabaruka">Mutabaruka</a>. It has precedents in the <a href="/title/toasting">toasting</a> of <a href="/title/sound+systems"> sound system</a> DJs like <a href="/title/U-roy">U-roy</a>, <a href="/title/I-roy">I-roy</a>, and (the rumblings of) <a href="/title/Prince+Far-I">Prince Far-I</a>.
<p><a href="/title/Dub+Poet">Dub Poet</a>s produce a powerful intermingling of <a href="/title/words">words</a>, in the beautiful musical <a href="/title/Jamaican">Jamaican</a> variation of the <a href="/title/english+language">english language</a>, set to vital <a href="/title/reggae">reggae</a> <a href="/title/music">music</a>, all <a href="/title/imbue">imbue</a>d with a <a href="/title/political">political</a> charge.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Dub poet (thing)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/Dub+poetmikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2000-09-09T10:02:47Z2000-09-09T10:02:47Z<a href="/title/Linton+Kwesi+Johnson">Linton Kwesi Johnson</a>, already a well published <a href="/title/poet">poet</a>, released the first album of a new genre called <a href="/title/Dub+Poetry">Dub Poetry</a> in <a href="/title/1977">1977</a>. It was entitled <b><a href="/title/Dread+Beat+An%2527+Blood">Dread Beat An' Blood</a></b>. Though it took inspiration from the <a href="/title/toasting">toasting</a> chats of <a href="/title/Jamaican">Jamaican</a> <a href="/title/sound+systems"> sound system</a> DJs like <a href="/title/U-roy">U-roy</a> and <a href="/title/I-roy">I-roy</a>, and the biblical rumblings from <a href="/title/bass">bass</a> <a href="/title/mother+earth">mother earth</a> that <a href="/title/Prince+Far-I">Prince Far-I</a> uttered, <a href="/title/Dub+Poetry">Dub Poetry</a> was an <a href="/title/innovation">innovation</a> which utilized the power of <a href="/title/language">language</a> much more <a href="/title/consciously">consciously</a> than these precedents.
<p>Aptly named, the words spoken by <a href="/title/dub+poet">dub poet</a>s are rich with <a href="/title/sound">sound</a>, meticulously constructed to be <a href="/title/unwound">unwound</a> upon their audience. If the words of the earlier DJs, <a href="/title/rhymes">rhymes</a> chanted over the records they were spinning, could be likened to tapping feet along to the music, <a href="/title/dub+poetry">dub poetry</a> is a fully <a href="/title/intergrated">intergrated</a> <a href="/title/choreography">choreography</a> of words fit to a reggae score (sometimes more <a href="/title/dub">dub</a> sometimes less). The music is by no means a mere <a href="/title/soundtrack">soundtrack</a>, some of the best <a href="/title/reggae">reggae</a> players in the world have backed these<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…September 8, 2000 (idea)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/September+8%252C+2000mikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2000-09-08T04:18:01Z2000-09-08T04:18:01Z<a href="/title/Work">Work</a> is only gettin worse. <a href="/title/August+27%252C+2000"> When last I spake</a> I mentioned it was getting <a href="/title/odd">odd</a>, now it's <i>really</i> approaching <a href="/title/unbearable">unbearable</a>. A lot of good people, <a href="/title/friends">friends</a>, have left or are leaving soon. I am hanging on, so far, but it's getting more and more obvious that I won't be happier (and where it looked like it'd be livable for 6 months, it's feeling more like one month now). It's <a href="/title/disappointing">disappointing</a>, but what can you do. <a href="/title/Business">Business</a> moves toward...<a href="/title/inhumanity">inhumanity</a>? <a href="/title/Ahumanity">Ahumanity</a> perhaps would better describe it. <a href="/title/They+can%2527t+even+run+the+business+well">They can't even run the business well</a> that's the sad part.
<p>I sure <a href="/title/hope">hope</a> <b>The <a href="/title/Cluetrain+Manifesto">Cluetrain Manifesto</a></b> comes <a href="/title/true">true</a> soon.
<p>Anyway, it makes me sad, but it's time to move on, soon. We shall see.
<p>The opening night of the <a href="/title/play">play</a> that I wrote is on <a href="/title/Saturday">Saturday</a>, I'm not sure if I'm going to go that night or not. It's playing at the <a href="/title/San+Francisco">San Francisco</a> <a href="/title/Fringe+Festival">Fringe Festival</a>. I have only been to a couple of the rehersals, so I have no idea how it will be. My <a href="/title/fingers+are+crossed">fingers are crossed</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The Coup (thing)http://everything2.com/user/mikl-em/writeups/The+Coupmikl-emhttp://everything2.com/user/mikl-em2000-09-08T03:51:40Z2000-09-08T03:51:40Z<a href="/title/Rap">Rap</a> group from <a href="/title/Oakland">Oakland</a>, <a href="/title/California">California</a>. They've recorded 3 albums: <b><a href="/title/Kill+My+Landlord">Kill My Landlord</a></b>, <b><a href="/title/Genocide+and+Juice">Genocide and Juice</a></b>, and <a href="/title/1998">1998</a>'s <b><a href="/title/Steal+This+Album">Steal This Album</a></b>. Original group was rappers <a href="/title/Boots">Boots</a> and <a href="/title/E-roc">E-roc</a> and <a href="/title/DJ">DJ</a> <a href="/title/Pam+the+Funkstress">Pam the Funkstress</a>, one of the few female DJs around. Boots' real name is <a href="/title/Raymond+Riley">Raymond Riley</a> and he is know for and by his big <a href="/title/afro">afro</a>.
<p>The first album is notable for some very unusual sentiments as an anti-marijuana song "<a href="/title/Last+Blunt">Last Blunt</a>" and "<a href="/title/I+Ain%2527t+the+Nigga">I Ain't the Nigga</a>"--
<blockquote>
<i>they say, "it don't mean the same<br>
if you spell it with an 'a'"<br>
but that's an argument that makes me itch, I twitch<br>
if I took the 't' out would I still be "bitch"?<br>
Don't be the <a href="/title/coolie">coolie</a> or the <a href="/title/moolie">moolie</a><br>
or the boo with the jigga'.<br>
Don't be the one. Don't be the <a href="/title/Nigga">Nigga</a>!</i>
</blockquote>
<p>They backed off of that kinda stuff for their second album which was more of a <a href="/title/commercial+success">commercial success</a>. The songs are not nearly as good as the first, <a href="/title/IMHO">IMHO</a>. The first two albums are on<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…