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Where To Invade Next (Trailer)
September 12, 2015
Above: The first trailer for Michael Moore’s forthcoming documentary – “Where to Invade Next.” Moore is that special kind of crazy that scares the right people (usually on the far right) in the right ways. But this time… no wait, hear him out… this time, he really wants to help. Yeah. Instead of us (you know, U.S. taxpayers) funding the military industrial complex to [defend ‘Murica or expand the ’empire’ – you pick], Moore has volunteered to be the one-man army that does ALL of America’s invading going forward. What do you say, politicians…good idea? Could save billions in defense spending. Just think about it…
TIMES UP! TOO LATE!!
Moore already shot the film – featuring him planting the American flag in unexpected places all over the world. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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U.S. President Barack Obama Tries Some Alaskan Salmon With Bear Grylls… And Talks Climate Change (Video)
September 11, 2015
And now a word from our President: Come to combat climate change. Stay for the wild salmon… with Bear Grylls. Hilarious AND awesome at the same damn time! Watch President Barack Obama grub with Grylls in the great Alaskan wilderness. Be sure to check after the jump for more on the real reason the President was in America’s northernmost state.
.@POTUS tries salmon half-eaten by a bear in Alaska with @BearGrylls. Can you bear to watch? http://t.co/eAVC9RjeMV https://t.co/w62B28gn98
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 8, 2015
(Wow. Hope that bear didn’t come back for that fish though. Or any other wild beast for that matter. Too far up for “Sasquatch”… maybe a Yeti or something.)
MORE: PRESIDENT OBAMA’S TRIP TO ALASKA
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Human Interest, Lifestyle, Nature, Politics, Progressive, Science, Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Alaska, Barack Obama, Bear Grylls, Climate Change, Environment, environmentalism, POTUS, President Barack Obama, Sasquatch, WAKE UP CALL | No Comments »
Talib Kweli And Bill Maher Discuss #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Interrupting Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign Speech (Video)
September 9, 2015
Bill Maher: Why Bernie Sanders? …If you’re gonna interrupt somebody… This guy had a hundred percent approval rating from the NAACP.
Talib Kweli: NAACP liked Donald Sterling, too.
And folks, that’s how we dig into a real conversation! Watch the video clip above and gain some perspective.
A while back, #BlackLivesMatter shut down a speech appearance by 2016 Presidential hopeful and leading American Progressive Bernie Sanders. Many disagreed with the women who took the mic. But EVERYONE paid attention, talked about it, talked about #BlackLivesMatter from many angles. Whether you ultimately agree or disagree with the tactic, Kweli does make a couple of solid points. The first, the duty of activist-protesters is to disrupt and gain the platform (which #BlackLivesMatter did LITERALLY). The second, NO candidate should take the Black vote for granted in 2016.
Very interesting. Do you agree with Kweli? Discuss…
PREVIOUS: TALIB KWELI – F#CK THE MONEY FEAT. CASSPER NYOVEST (VIDEO)
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Bernie Sanders, Bill Maher, Black Lives Matter, BlackLivesMatter, HBO, Presidential Campaign, Protest, Real Time With Bill Maher, TALIB KWELI | No Comments »
Prince – “Baltimore†feat. Eryn Allen Kane (Video)
July 23, 2015
Respect to Eryn Allen Kane for the gumption. Doing the work featuring on the ‘wake up people!’ jawn by Prince entitled “Baltimore” (we posted earlier on here) AND uploading the visuals for it to the Tube to spread the music and message. Check it out above. All about the people and the problem; it’s a tribute video. So, we don’t get the artists in here as much as a presentation of scenes and facts. But that is more than okay. Feels right.
Posted in Funk, Music, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Baltimore, ERYN ALLEN KANE, Prince | No Comments »
Tariq Nasheed’s ‘Code Of Conduct Tour’: Atlanta Q&A Session (Video)
July 17, 2015
National bestselling author and producer of critically acclaimed documentary series “Hidden Colors”, Tariq Nasheed spoke in Atlanta recently at the Alliance Theater. Â Tariq is currently on his “Code of Conduct Tour” where he started off in Philadelphia making a stop in Atlanta and finishing in Detroit July 18th. Â I was in attendance for the lecture and it was information filled as Tariq gave the packed theater a set of codes that the African American community can put to use to empower the community. Â This clip is from the Q&A he had after his speech and be on the lookout the full lecture that will be available for purchase soon Click Here to follow Tariq Nasheed for updates.
-ArtByOdell Twitter/SoundCloud
PREVIOUS: TARIQ NASHEED – HIDDEN COLORS 4 (VIDEO)
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Posted in Activism, EVENTS, Human Interest, Lecture, Politics, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Atlanta, Code of Conduct, Lecture, Melanoid Nation, Tariq Nasheed | No Comments »
Prince – “Baltimore” feat. Eryn Allen Kane
May 29, 2015
“Peace is more than the absence of war.”
– Prince
Let’s see what the Purple Rocker is dropping. This “Baltimore” (featuring Eryn Allen Kane)… pretty dope and timely. The song cries and cries out for those suffering brutality and injustice in the USA – Baltimore and beyond. Shared in the liner notes for this SoundCloud share:
Please know that all involved in this project never take for granted the privileges we have in this country. Let’s all continue to fight the good fight and confront inhumanity on every level until the day it is no longer.
Europe Or Die: Documentary (Video)
April 28, 2015
Wowwww… and we’re thinking we have immigration issues in the U.S.? Check out this “Europe Or Die” docu-series VICE put together.
Since 2000, more than 27,000 migrants and refugees have died attempting the perilous journey to Europe. With an unprecedented number of people breaking through its heavily barricaded borders in 2014, the EU continues to fortify its frontiers.
VICE News presents Europe or Die, a new four-part series that documents the efforts of those risking their lives to reach Europe, and the forces tasked to keep them out.
In episode one of our series [above], VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson travels to the border between Morocco and Spain, where West Africans in their thousands storm the razor-wire-clad fences. Many are beaten back by border police or illegally returned.
Episodes 2, 3, and 4 follow; after the jump.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH MORE OF THE DOCUMENTARY ‘EUROPE OR DIE’ BELOW….
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Posted in Politics, Progressive, Series, Travel, Videos | Tags: emigration, Europe or Die, Immigration, Migration, Milène Larsson, News, Our Documentary About the Migrant Crisis, VICE News | No Comments »
Swedish Cops Actions Reflect A Model For Professional Restraint (Video)
April 28, 2015
Proud American. Proud Alabamian. Native of Tuskegee. If you got jokes, go on and let them fly. Okay, while they’re yammering, please watch the above video and let me speak on this.
This clip exemplifies what it means to be a PEACE officer; not an officer with a piece. Like everyone else contributing to this visual going viral, what I applaud is the COURAGE these PROFESSIONALS exhibited; putting themselves IN DANGER when (as visitors) they could have remained bystanders… AND how they CHOSE to employ TRAINING, JUDGEMENT, and CARE… to PROTECT and SERVE everyone on the train (including the two fighting).
Now, I have not mentioned nationality yet. The above emphasized traits are those we hope peace officers worldwide would universally apply. Hopefully, police exhibit such traits regularly in Sweden. I don’t know. Hopefully, their citizenry appreciates law enforcement behavior norms like those in the clip as we would. That said, I have no beef with police; yet I still find myself scared at times that they may ‘find’ beef with me or my folks. Hopefully, the model behavior shown above fuels our desire to find, and make viral, images of our TRAINED PROFESSIONALS using JUDGEMENT and CARE as they PROTECT and SERVE us. And if those clips are too rare to be found and made to go viral… Hopefully, we will DISCOVER what it will take to make it so us witnessing good cop behavior is not so rare.
Look. I want responsible caring police professionals ready to serve in my community. Yes, I do. Admittedly, I am not sure that is the case in a lot of cases right now; but I really want it to be. Yes, I do. I believe this is possible. Do you?
Let’s discuss. Tweet me or leave a comment.
– @ojones1
Posted in Opinion, Progressive, Travel, Videos | Tags: AJ+, law enforcement, Markus Asberg, New York Police Department, NYPD, Officer Markus Asberg, peace officer, Police, Swedish Cops, Swedish Cops School The NYPD | No Comments »
Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore On The Shooting Of Walter Scott ‘For The Record’ (Video)
April 13, 2015
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore slid right into The Colbert Report’s 11:30 PM Comedy Central slot. And doing so like a boss! Great tongue-in-cheek political satire. Gotta say though, Larry is starting with a lot more bite. Watch his do-you-see-this-sh!t commentary on cellphone video showing a South Carolina police officer (Michael Slager) fatally shooting an unarmed black man (Walter Scott) in the back.
“I’ll stop talking about this sh!t when it stops happening.”
– Larry Wilmore
Damn right. Damn shame. Damn.
– @ojones1
Hometown Heroes ATL Present Waldo (Soulection), DJ Gravez (HW&W), & Xavier BLK (WERC Crew) Saturday April 4th, 2015
April 1, 2015
If you are in Atlanta and want to check out some great music, people dancing, and see an emcee who is making waves in the game right now then Hometown Heroes has you covered. Â This Saturday April 4th at The Basement in East Atlanta they have Waldo (Soulection) performing along with producer/DJ Gravez (HW&W) and producer/DJ Xavier Blk (Werc) spinning. Â The local Heroes brought us Dpat & Atu of Soulection for their last event a few months back I was in the house and it was a Party! Â So listen to their latest volume of Hometown Heroes radio after the jump below in the meantime to get you ready for the show!
Posted in EVENTS, Hip-Hop, Music, Podcast, Progressive, R&B, Radio | Tags: Atlanta, Gravez, Hometown Herroes, Soulection, The Basement, Waldo, WERC, Xavier Blk | No Comments »
Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney – “Only One” (Video)
January 29, 2015
Kanye West is the greatest hip hop artist of this generation & he consistently proves it. A keen attention to detail, socially relevant commentary within his music, an a willingness to take risks. Check out this latest video called ‘Only One’ featuring Sir Paul McCartney which is dedicated to Kanye’s beautiful daughter ‘Nori’. I don’t usually get caught up into celebrity babies & crap like that, but Kanye & Kim Kardashian most definitely have the cutest kid amongst new celebrity parents. As a fan of Kanye West the artist, I’m definitely looking forward to what he hits us with next.
Posted in Alternative, Hip-Hop, Progressive, R&B, Videos | Tags: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Nori, Nori West, ONLY ONE, PAUL MCCARTNEY, Sir Paul McCartney | No Comments »
ArtByOdell Welcomes Atu & Dpat of the ‘Soulection’ Crew To Atlanta (Audio)
January 14, 2015
ArtByOdell sat down with local Atlanta promoters HomeTown Heroes to discuss their first ATL event. On the bill they had Dexter Brandon of Kolossus Records along with Thrice Groove of WERC Crew. Â To headline the event was Dpat & Atu of Soulection who made their Atlanta debut. Â Like past Soulection DJ’s (LAKIM, Jo Def & Sango)making their first trip to ATL Dpat & Atu spoke with ArtByOdell. The discussion talks music what inspires them and their international backgrounds. Â Odell also speaks with Dexter Brandon 7 Thrice Groove both DJ/Producers telling him what they have planned for listeners in 2015.
-ArtByOdell Twitter / SoundCloud
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Posted in House, Interview, Producers, Progressive, R&B, Radio | Tags: Atu, Dpat, Houston, Interview, Kolossus Records, Soulection, Thrice Groove | 2 Comments »
Baked Alaska (Documentary)
December 30, 2014
It all started with “…f#ck it I quit.”
Never thought a weed head would say that, did ya? Hahaaa! True, Charlo Greene did not quit her relationship with Mary Jane. In fact, she started (actually, kicked into overdrive) a public debate/campaign for Alaska’s legalization of marijuana. She had to quit her job as a television reporter to do it…
…or did she? Her quitting was a media and viral video score for her cause (good PR strategy).
On November 4, 2014, the state of Alaska was faced with a ballot measure to potentially make recreational marijuana legal. In this episode of Weediquette, we follow democracy in action through the eyes of Charlo Greene.
Greene became the firebrand folk hero of the “Yes on 2” movement after she famously quit her job as a news reporter on the air to run a cannabis club. VICE travels to Alaska to follow Charlo, and along the way we meet a cast of Alaskan natives who all have something at stake in this election.
– VICE
Dead Wrong: Fox News Pundits’ Slanted Coverage Of Ferguson Stirs Up Sh!t…And Jon Stewart Rubs Their Faces In It (Video)
December 4, 2014
BOOM! Jon Stewart cracks Fox News upside the dome again! Hypocrisy, calling Michael Brown the bad buy, poor framing of the true “systemic injustice†that went down in Ferguson and Fox News’ super-slanted reporting on events… as usual.
You know… you’d think they be tired of being on the wrong side (being a right-wing network)… or at least be tired of being beat down by clever comedic comic attacks from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.
You’d think.
Posted in Comedy, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Ferguson, FOX NEWS, Jon Stewart, Michael Brown, MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING, Mike Brown, The Daily Show, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | No Comments »
Jay Smooth Breaks Down Ferguson, The Riots, & People Being Pushed To Their Absolute Boiling Point (Video)
November 26, 2014
Jay Smooth always comes correct with the insightful social commentary on a variety of topics & events. The recent riots & protests taking place around the country in relation to what’s happening in Ferguson, Missouri is no different. I couldn’t relay my thoughts as perfectly as Jay Smooth did here in his latest opinion piece. I agree with him 100%
Posted in Activism, Cover Story, Education, History, Human Interest, Opinion, Politics, Progressive | Tags: Ferguson, Ferguson Missouri, Jay Smooth, Mike Brown, Missouri, Police brutality, Protests, RIOT, Riots | 1 Comment »
A Song For Net Neutrality: Don’t Flush Our Rights Down the Toilet (Video)
September 4, 2014
How can you not stop by the Net Neutrality website (linked here) for more info after watching this video. The song is performed by Bobby Jo Valentine. The message to the FCC (and corporate interests): Don’t flush our rights down the toilet! The Internet was meant to be FREE.
So…is anybody gonna comment on the fully clothed corporate cronies stripping the people butt booty naked… catching us all with our pants down? Anyone? So much good fodder for discussion.
Posted in Activism, Business, Politics, Progressive, Videos | Tags: Bobby Jo Valentine, Don't Flush Our Rights Down the Toilet, Net Neutrality | No Comments »
Judge Mathis: Am I My Brother’s Keeper, Or My Brother’s Killer? (Video)
August 26, 2014
I have not watched Judge Mathis in quite some time, but this is some quality viewing. Speaking as a representative of The White House My Brother’s Keeper task force, TV judge Greg Mathis packages the problem of more and more Blacks dying at the hands of the authorities neatly; in a manner that is readily understood. He declares that addressing the root causes – lackluster education/training of disenfranchised people AND of cops among them – will not be easy, but it will be necessary. Take a look at the recommendations and personal appeal in Mathis’ video presentation above.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Progressive, Television, Videos | Tags: Barack Obama, Greg Mathis, Judge Mathis, My Brother's Keeper, President Obama, White House | No Comments »
Talib Kweli x Rosa Clemente Talk About The Michael Brown Shooting And More In Ferguson, Missouri (Interview)
August 25, 2014
Democracy Now is on the job and on the ground at Ferguson, with coverage and perspectives that probably won’t be seen/heard in even left-leaning mainstream media. You’ve probably seen the brief heated encounter between CNN’s Don Lemon and emcee/activist Talib Kweli. Pushed out online (a lot) because of the shock value of the argument. No ground gained, no growth in understanding; and folks didn’t really communicate that even that argument ended respectfully for the most part. However, this in depth talk with Kweli and Rosa Clemente (a longtime activist, journalist, scholar, and former director of the Hip-Hop Caucus) gives us the food for thought we need. Calm, thoughtful, progressive talk about matters of substance. With a keen interest in maintaining focus on the protest movement, Kweli and Clemente joined other grassroots activists in Ferguson just before a massive march planned for Saturday in their hometown of New York City. The NYC march will be on Staten Island, seeking justice for Eric Garner, the brother who was choked to death by police last month.
Listen (and download for FREE) below as Democracy Now! producer Aaron Maté facilitates a chat with Kweli and Clemente at Ferguson’s Greater St. Mark Family Church.
DOWNLOAD: TALIB KWELI AND ROSA CLEMENTE TALK ABOUT THE MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, News, Opinion, Politics, Progressive | Tags: Democracy Now, Michael Brown, MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING, ROSA CLEMENTE, TALIB KWELI | No Comments »
Coldplay – ‘True Love’ (Video)
August 24, 2014
I’m a HUGE Coldplay fan & have been playing their latest album “Ghost Stories” on repeat since it dropped in May. One of my favorite songs from the album is ‘True Love’ which is now their third single from the project. The lyrics in the song are hauntingly relative to the emotions of trying to hold onto someone you genuinely care about. Great lyrics, great music, & now we have a brand new creative video as this brit-band has done throughout their career. Coldplay is hands down one of my favorite bands of all-time & they are not even near done.
Posted in Alternative, Progressive, Rock, Videos | Tags: COLDPLAY, GHOST STORIES, True Love | No Comments »
Sunni Colón – “CZAR” (Demo) [Instrumental]
July 27, 2014
What the f#ck’s up?
Play this in your living room at high volume – lots of room, plenty of boom! You may/will catch the groove and feel like dancing, so stretch first. Start easy, heavy dope… Sunni Colón might give you a Sunday morning seizure with this “CZAR!”
(See what I’m trying to do there? Get it? Well, get it in. Awwww, just shaddup and DANCE!)
– @ojones1
