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It wasn't until I actually got to Buffalo State that I realized I had forgotten my camera. Damn! I left it on the recharging stand. I had rushed to get there just in case it was going to sell out or something. I was plenty early, it didn't sell out and I'd have had plenty of time to double check to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything if I'd have been thinking. Oh well. I forgot it, that's life. I got my ticket, I saw Baba Simba and so I went to go talk to him for a while and I ended up giving him a copy of Relations (that's my new novel).

Chuck D spoke for a long time. He's a marathoner. He spoke a lot about many of the things that are in his latest T-Dome. He said "I can talk all day," and it was obvious from watching the audience that we could listen all day. So that's what we did. Chuck ended up staying until late in the evening. And then he took questions (for quite a while). And then when he was done he just sat down on the front of the stage and started talking to people and taking pictures and such.

I guess I'm just echoing what I've heard from anyone I know who's ever met him, but he really is a fine example of humanity's potential. If I ever acheive any level of notariety, it is my hope that I comport myself in much the same way.

If I would have remembered my camera I would have had him hold a copy of my book and start a gallery of famous people holding my book or something (I got a picture of Nader holding my book when I opened for Patti Smith and Ralph Nader a couple weeks ago) but since I'd forgotten my camera I just stood around and connected with a lot of the people that I hadn't seen in a while. There were a whole lot of people there who had been influenced by the Public Enemy phenominon. (Quick shout and some linkage to DeepThinkaRecords who sat on the front row across the aisle from me). There were dozens of people who seemed like they really needed to talk to him. And while I wanted to talk to him if it seemed like there's be time at the end, I was content to defer to the people that seemed like they needed to talk to him. But then as the night was winding down Baba Simba was making everyone he knew pose with Chuck D for a picture. And so he instructed me to go stand next to Chuck D so he could take my pictures. Who am I to argue with the elders right? Baba says go stand next to Chuck D, you go stand next to Chuck D. So I introduced myself and told him about when I was a freshman at Buff State in 1988 and what P.E. had meant to us all. I told him that I was GreenEarthAl on the EnemyBoard and that I had been one of the first to wish him a happy fortieth some years back. I told him about my book and offered him a copy. He seemed interested in it and so I bookmarked the page that mentions Public Enemy (with a BrainRap.com flyer) and he told me that he would read it and that I should contact him to go on his Air America weekend radio show that's coming up this spring. So, um, yeah. I will definately do that if that opportunity is there. So, yeah, that was pretty memorable. And Simba has a picture of it somewhere.

In other news, I've had a really productive morning. I got BrainRap.com back online after months of absense from the web. I got a new edition of my book completed and up online ready to be ordered by folks. With the new, bigger type it's much easier to read. And now, I have about 4 hours to get ready and head on over to the Langston Hughes because I have to do some rapping of my own at "Poets Against Descrimination."

be Peace,
-Alex

Sept.20.2003

On Tuesday the new Paris album comes out. There's been a lot of talk about it on the internet. Hop over to GuerillaFunk and check out some samples and see if you want a copy, it'll be in stores on Tuesday.

http://www.GuerillaFunk.com

Also, Michael Franti's new CD "Everyone Deserves Music" has been out for a while. It's a great CD and comes with a video for the title track on the CD.

August 21, 2003

Hey! A new schoolyear and college semester is almost upon us. BrainRaps.com has surpassed 15,000 visitors so traffic is continuing to build even though posting is down a bit (my bad, I've been busy lately so a lot of the lack of posting is me)

New music is finally here.

Go grab yourself a copy of Michael Franti's new CD "Everyone Deserves Music" RIGHT NOW!

Also give a listen to Paris' new song "Evil" it is my new favorite song without a doubt.

http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sonic_jihad/evilradio.mp3

Look for Paris' new CD to be released on Sept. 23rd and then be on the lookout for a Dead Prez CD shortly after that.

We also have new Featured artists comin in on BR. Check out http://ww.zearle.com for some of the hardest underground lyrics ever, and stay tuned for other new acts that were still talkin to.

The Evil is being disected on wax, some hard truth soldiers are ready to deliver the true journalism. Don't Sleep!

-gea