Ed Banger

When: 10:11PM

Where: Hollywood, CA

Sorry, I haven’t been able to blog much due to busy schedule & or alcoholism. Lets spit about my favorite collection of artists, but first, RIP DJ Mehdi, you will be missed by many and thank you for your music.

Last Friday, all last minute, I hear of a SebastiAn gig up at Avalon in Hollywood. [Now for those of you who do NOT know what I’m talking about, SebastiAn is a French DJ who specializes in the genre of electro or French electro, which has a distinct twang to it. And this dude, is my personal FAVORITE DJ of ALL TIME] So I was ecstatic, no money, no way to get there, but I was willing and determined to overdraft my account and to go see that show. I put this out on a social network and received immediate response from my followers. I made a call to my #1 road dogs Keaton, and shit was all square, we were “doin dis”. I went to the show, and met up with a close hommie Steven, and my god was it worth it. He played ancient, present, and even new tracks of his repertoire. From what I remember, I heard; “Greel”, “Walking Machine”, “Tetra”, “Kindercut”, “Organia”, “Threnody”, “Dolami”, “Walkman”, “Cheap And Chearful”, “Dog” & “Ross Ross Ross”. All in all, epic show, shit was nuts! Most notably I remember talking to some dude (who’s name I’ve since forgotten) in the smoking section about meeting SebastiAn, and he told me how he met DJ Mehdi…[segway]…

DJ Mehdi passed away early Tuesday morning (9/13/11) after plunging to his death from atop a plexiglass roof at a party. I found it strange to see him trending on Twitter in the AM, because I had been listening to his work the night before (“Lucky Boy”). It wasn’t until after school, then a hectic work shift, and just before night class when I did my research and found out he had perished. Yesterday was a mournful one.

Racist Libyan Rebels?

When: 6:17PM
Where: Los Angeles, Ca
I don’t know if you’ve heard of the recent atrocity occurring in Libya, but it’s very appalling and damn well worth writing about. Nearing the end of battle and the overthrow of pro-Ghadafi forces in Libya, the rebels all over the country have now begun a racial cleansing of the nation. Their target, fellow Africans, blacks. The rebels fear the darker skinned people currently living in Libya, are Liberian or Nigerian mercenaries. Apparently the rebels are aware that Ghadafi is desperate, and may be hiring mercenaries to assist in fighting the opposition. The rebels have been rounding up blacks and killing them without trial, regardless if they are telling the truth about being affiliated with the government or not. They are imprisoning them as well as conducting public executions by way of firing squad. I’m for the rebel’s rebellion, but a genocide against innocent blacks or any race for that matter, is a barbarous approach to a fearful threat that isn’t even for sure there; This brings immense shame to the momentous event of the uprising. The rebels, instead of protecting themselves in more civilized fashion, have taken an extreme measure in ousting a whole race of people out of the country and discriminating against all of them with drastic, ignorant vigor! The blacks living in Libya are infact Nigerians and Liberians who may have left their burdensome countries to escape turmoil and look for a better life there in Libya. Nigeria is experiencing hostility and civil unrest and has now for some years due to very corrupt politics and military factions fighting for power. Liberia, having hardly survived two civil wars (1989-1996 & 1999-2003) at the cost of over 250,000 people, is enduring extreme poverty, all the reason to defect elsewhere. In this chaotic state of anarchy in opposition to oppression, there is no telling how long this behavior will continue, but with no current (dominant) structure, this will be hard to eradicate. Hopefully the trend ends asap for the sake of humanity and civility.

Shot taken coming out of my civil rights law class, felt motivated to press this with all my anger.

Keep watching.

Edu-Ma-Cation & Polytix

When: 3:48PM
Where: West L.A., CA
School at the community college started up for me this week. So far my classes are seeming pretty stellar. Political Science(of course), Philosophy(seems fitting), & Law: Civil(mmhmm). Sounds like “Me, me & me”. Its been a while since I had some education(outside of my personal research), and I was beginning to feel if there were some sort of void needing to be filled…so I filled it. That, and I want some government money that is rightfully mine; might I add I also needed a deferment for my federal student loan “heehee”. I’ve missed this atmosphere for some months now, and felt its absence in the form of withdraw.

So far my most impressionable moment of this back to school event has been this argument I sparked with my political science professor. While explaining the many forms of government, he asked the class “What is an anarchy?” The class was desolate in noise but in abundance of silence & dead stares. I shouted tis “the absence of government, not a government itself, but a transitional state.” And went on to say that “We the people can govern ourselves.” He took this as if there was an anarchist in his midst and continued to reference back to me and acknowledge me as he proceeded on throughout his lecture. I had to sit there and take in his nods the entire class, I responded back on what an anarchist would or might say in argument but in another discussion he found me supporting some sort of structure to government is necessary. He quickly called me out on this, “How can you be an anarchist and admit that you need structure?” I replied I am no anarchist but a social democratic; I was simply engaging in a debate with him and wanted to convey the argument an anarchist would present. He then told me, and the audience, “You’ve now lost your debate (*consensus laughter).” I’m going to enjoy this class.

Now check out this gnarly ass flower looking plant I ran into. Its amazing how nature can present life itself in so many beautiful and wondrous ways. This plant, I wish I knew the name, seems to mimic the style of most flowers by brandishing pedal like leaflets. But contrary to a flower its structure is sturdy built around a thick root…fascinating.