AWESOMETAKER (on His Beautiful Bourget Python bike)
Ok, two people might get that reference. . .
The Rolling Thunder tour arrives today in Minnesota -- Harriet Island in St. Paul, to be precise. Admission as in free, entertainment as in:Fishbone
"Combining equal parts of deep funk, high-energy punk, and frantic ska, the Los Angeles-based Fishbone was one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative rock bands of the late '80s. With their hyperactive, self-conscious diversity, goofy sense of humor, and sharp social commentary, the group gained a sizable cult following."- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Medusa
Widely heralded as the Queen of Underground Hip Hop, MEDUSA'S innovative style of blending old school funk with profound lyricism has given rise to comparisons with such artists as: Lauryn Hill, Gil-Scott Heron, MeShell NdegeOcello, Chuck-D, and Erykah Badu. Winner of the Rap Sheet Emcee World Championship - if Aretha is the "Queen of Soul", MEDUSA is the "High Priestess" of Hip Hop.
There's also a group called the Audrey Hornes. You may now groan and throw beer bottles at the band; the chicken wire should catch most of 'em.
There's also politics, as in workshops and:
National Speakers
Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Tom Hayden & Granny D, US Senator Paul Wellstone and US Rep. Betty McCollum.
Am very, very tempted, even if my Congressperson, Jesse Jackson, Jr., ain't appearing at this stop. We'll see.
Going would involve public transportation. The State Fair is still going on. Plus, progressive Minnesotans are still, ultimately, Minnesotans. So I'd probably end the day in custody. . .
Comments
oh, man! The risk is worth it for Fishbone alone! I expect a full report the minute you return.
Shit, I'll even bail you out if need be.
Posted by: drublood | September 2, 2002 7:44 AM
I'm thinking about it. This also gives me the opportunity to annoy Cornel West about appearing in the Matrix sequels and asking what Rebecca Blood is really like.
Wait, you mean she didn't play Trinity?
Well, was the character based on her, then?
Posted by: Aaron | September 2, 2002 8:36 AM
*whine*
Give a Monkey A Brain and He'll Think He's The Center of the Universe.
*whine*
I'm so utterly jealous of the opportunity to even go that all I can do is sit here and whine about it.
Posted by: VASpider | September 2, 2002 9:12 AM
Dammit, man, get your ass out the door and go. Fishbone's worth the trip, like dru said. So's Orquestra Sabor Tropical.
And that's ignoring Granny D. And Barbara Ehrenreich.
Posted by: hanne | September 2, 2002 9:32 AM
Medusa is one of only two local hip hop acts that I follow, what one might call, religiously.
I actually just happened upon an episode of Moesha in which she appeared (Moesha and the Steve Harvey Show are two of my (guilty?) pleasures of working at home in the afternoons).
If Bridget Gray happens to join in with the rest of the Feline Science crowd you will be one lucky man.
Posted by: Jason | September 2, 2002 1:27 PM
Finally opened the full schedule. Missed/am missing the speakers that sounded good, but Medusa isn't up until 6, then Fishbone at 6:45. So there's still plenty of time to put off making a decision about going.
Sabor Tropical would involve deciding and leaving about five minutes ago. Erm.
There is free parking, so I can skip the bus, be anti-social and destroy the environment while heading to progressive event, just like real American liberals!
Posted by: Aaron | September 2, 2002 2:18 PM
So? Did you go? Was it fun? Please let me live vicariously through you!
Posted by: drublood | September 3, 2002 5:02 PM
dru, that's a recipe for dying of boredom.
Didn't go. Because I suck. Sorry.
Posted by: Aaron | September 3, 2002 5:15 PM