[Reader-list] Public Enemy vs Arizona: Sonic Immigration

[Joshua Zeidner]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmjPgyN36g&NR=1

 -jmz

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Paul D. Miller <anansi1 at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Again - this is strange non sense.
> 1) the track is a free giveaway so no paycheck etc
>
> Josh - this is stupid. Either up the level of the discourse or come up with
> something more interesting.
>
> I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone that would say either me or
> Chuck D are racist, and no, Flava Flav isn't on the track. So...
>
> What's your point? I'm just getting on a flight to Khartoum, Sudan for a
> project with ex child soldiers doing electronic music.
>
> Josh - if you would like to dialog about the merits of Arizona's
> immigration, that's ok. But being an asshole, as we've seen in Arizona,
> doesn't solve anyone's problems.
>
> By the way way, no, I'm not racist, and no, Public Enemy isn't racist.
>
> And I have nothing to do with Al Sharpton.
>
> Paul
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 4, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   sorry for getting all up in your grill hommie, but racism cuts both ways.
>
>   maybe you can get Flavor Flav all up in hizouse too?
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhpB1X-6ok>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhpB1X-6ok
>
>   it's pretty simple that illegal aliens are modern day slavery and they
> destroy the lives of white and black Americans alike.  Unfortunately we've
> got selllouts like you who are willing to say anything for a paycheck.
>
>   check ya later holmes, jmz
>
>
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> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Paul D. Miller < <anansi1 at earthlink.net>
> anansi1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Very strange and reactionary response.
>>
>> Joshua - can you please enlighten me on my 'racist politics' and my
>> relationship to Al Sharpton?
>>
>> You're sounding a bit shrill and to be completely honest, totally
>> irrational.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 4, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Joshua Zeidner < <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
>> jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>>   I'm writing this from the Arizona Capitol.
>>
>>   Paul, we don't want your racist politics here.  Al Sharpton has nothing
>> in common with the illegal aliens.  You are not only a traitor to your
>> country but a traitor to your own people.  How can you turn against a
>> country that has given you so much?
>>
>>   we do remember history.  We remember it very well.
>>
>>   Check it:  <http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000><http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000>
>> http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000
>>
>>   -jmz
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Paul D. Miller < <anansi1 at earthlink.net><anansi1 at earthlink.net>
>> anansi1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey people - I just finished a studio session with Chuck D from Public
>>> Enemy. In the wake of Republican Governor Jan Brewer's appalling
>>> anti-immigrant law, me and Chuck D were rappin' and we decided to put
>>> together an update of his classic track "By The Time I get To Arizona."
>>>
>>> You can download the track from here:
>>>
>>>  <http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html><http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html>
>>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone who knows about hip hop from the early 90's remembers John
>>> McCain's unwillingness to endorse creating a local version of Martin Luther
>>> King's birthday. The update here is a 21st century look in the rear view
>>> mirror. The cliché that "those who don't learn from the past are doomed to
>>> repeat it" still holds sway in our hyper amnesiac culture. I remixed D.W.
>>> Griffith's infamous film Birth of a Nation  with a bit of Public Enemy in
>>> mind, and later on, they named an e.p. with the same name as my project. Me
>>> and Chuck D have done several projects in the past around progressive, non
>>> knucklehead hip hop.
>>>
>>> Please feel free to download this track and pass it around. We are the
>>> media. Feel free to pass it around!
>>>
>>> By the way, this is a mashup, and it's basically not really for sale. I
>>> just took a riff from Philly Sound (<http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com><http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com>
>>> www.funkadelphiarecords.com), and flipped it. The result, is what you
>>> hear here. It's free, and open. No $!!
>>> You can download a better resolution version of the track here:
>>>
>>>  <http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html><http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html>
>>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
>>>
>>> Check it!
>>>
>>> Paul
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