Con$umeri$m

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following captioned photo here, being shared by the page, “Ms. Lauryn Hill,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

Consumerism is a track coming out on the eve of Ms. Hill’s release. She wanted to get this music out while she was incarcerated, as it is a product of the space she was in while she was going through some of the challenges she has been faced with recently.
Available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/MLH_C
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.”
– Ms. Lauryn Hill

My Commentary: New song from Ms. Hill!

Discussing Talib Kweli’s Song, “Soon the New Day”

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Rebekah P…

Rebekah P.: Like the part where Talib goes from referencing ‘Clan of the CaveBear’ – ‘The Cable Guy’ 🙂

Soon the New Day – Talib Kweli ft. Norah Jones:

Rayn: “Shorty paint her face like a clown, but can’t take away the frown!” Ha! Word!

Rebekah P.: Thought you’d appreciate the metaphors, yo! They always play Norah J on my Fiona Apple station 🙂

Rayn: Skillz!

Watching MF Doom’s “Elder Blossoms” Video

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, Rebekah P…

Rebekah P.: Enjoy!

MF Doom – Elder Blossoms ( HD VJ Mix ):

Rayn: Cool video. 🙂

Rebekah P.: I love this whole LP, this track is beautiful! Even the elders can appreciate Elder Blossoms, this is Hip-Hop baby! I recommend mass-consumption of mass-produced mess for the masses while watching this vid 🙂

The Art of Use

The following correspondence originally took place here, upon the Facebook page, “הקונספירלה“…

הקונספירלה

אומנות השימוש מחדש…

BenJamin S.: יצירתיות בשיאה

Karin A.: יצירתיות מעוררת השראה :))

Nitza L.: ענק !!

Jeremy B.: סוף סוף – משהו חיובי לעשות עם אוטו :-)(

Rayn: Very clever! 🙂

Moran C.: עם מחירי הדלק היום, זה רק רעיון יפה…