:Vocalo.org

Curtis Mayfield, Black Merda, Rotary Connection, Fear Itself, Donald Byrd, Van Hunt, Windy City, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Dells, Dorothy Ashby, Johnny Nash, Tokyo Police Club, Honeycut, Willie Hutch, Junk Science, Median, Galactic, Kenna

Favorite Movies

Wattstax 1 & 2, Godfathers & Sons, Malcolm X, Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth in "Cover Girl", Dead Presidents, anything Kurasawa, Spaghetti Westerns, Set it Off, Blaxploitation flicks (if only for the soundtracks), Charly, The Landlord, The Inkwell, Love Jones, Enter the Dragon, Killer of Sheep, Bonnie & Clyde, Black Girl

Favorite Books

"The Book of Disquiet"--Fernando Pessoa, "Divided Soul"--David Ritz, "Right On: From Blues to Soul in Black America"- Michael Halalambos, "Sweet Flypaper of Life"--Roy DeCarava & Langston Hughes, "The Bluest Eye"--Toni Morrison, "The Wretched of the Earth"--Franz Fanon, "Nervous Conditions"--Tsitsi Dangarembga, "The God of Small Things"--Arundhati Roy

favorite Websites (other than vocalo.org!!)

www.stopsmilingonline.com

www.ourwayofthinking.com

www.ropeadope.com

"Everyone

as an Artist"

--Joseph Beuys, 1979