Well I confused, this should have been put in "Old School Music" blog... sorry:-)

Some news from Limoges camp (Attentat Sonore related), well before just check the new Barricata issue( #13) & No Government #50...ok DIY Asso puts some gigs, for example Varukers and friends on April 13th read below...

Salut !Voici une petite info pour le prochain concert organisé par DO IT YOURSELF.Et on en profite pour vous envoyer des nouvelles des prochains concerts à Limoges !Il y a beaucoup de soirées en ce moment... si le public ne se bouge pas, ce serait étonnant que ça dure ! A très bientôt donc !Raf / DIY
CONCERT PUNK AU BAR DES ARENES A LIMOGES
PEPER KOEK (Ska / Punk, Limoges)AvecThe VARUKERS (Punk '82, U.K.)
Mercredi 13 Avril21 H - Gratos !!!Formés en 1979, les VARUKERS se sont fait connaître peu après par des 45t sur le label Inferno, avant d’être signés par le label anglais mythique RIOT CITY...Ils écument l’Angleterre et l’Europe aux côtés de groupes comme CRASS, CHAOS UK, G.B.H. ou encore the EXPLOITED. Autrement dit, ils comptent parmi les précurseurs du Punk / Hardcore. Du Punk anglais à la fois revendicateur et entraînant, rageur et efficace ! Au fil des ans, la rage ne s'est d'ailleurs pas éteinte, et après des tournées aux U.S.A., au Japon, au Brésil, les VARUKERS déboulent à Limoges ! A la guitare, Biff, cheville ouvrière du groupe depuis 1994 et de son autre groupe SICK ON THE BUS. Au chant, Rat, toujours fidèle au poste, qui a d'ailleurs depuis quelque temps remplacé le chanteur de DISCHARGE au sein de cet autre groupe mythique, sans délaisser le sien !
Le public attend impatiemment la sortie d’un nouvel album, après l’excellent « How do you sleep ? » paru en 2001 sur le label américain Go Kart Records. Une compilation des premiers enregistrements vient de paraître ces jours-ci, en format CD, sur le label Step-1 Music. Intitulée « The Riot City Years », elle semble parfaite pour réviser les classiques du groupe : « All systems fail », « Protest & Survive », ou « Another religion, another war ». La situation mondiale actuelle ne semble pas leur donner tort !
En première partie, les limougeauds de PEPER KOEK vont envoyer la sauce, version Ska / Punk sans temps mort ! Ils rappellent l’énergie d’un groupe comme les KARGOL’S…Nul doute que ce sera une découverte de plus pour cette année 2005 déjà fastueuse !
Plus d'infos :
The VARUKERS : http://www.varukers.co.uk/MP3, flyers et photo sur le site http://www.LimogesPunx.com***

Some news for music interested people, just check FISHBONE 2001 dvd with Spacey T as axeman( Rocky George wasn't there back then), check also NAS "Street Disciple" , THE PHARCYDE "Humboldt Beginning",TALIB KWELI "The Beautiful Struggle" albums. Also take a cyber ride to Waxexpress website (www.waxexpress.com) and Eastern Conference records page(High & Mighty, Chief Kamachi, Cage...). And some Wessyde godfathers are back at least on the Net, Above The Law official website resurrected, good news...Dresta also has a webpage and I salute Mr BG Knocc Out (there's a tape for you soon) Here are some links www.abvdlaw.com for Above The Law, www.dresta.com for Gangsta Dresta( BG Knocc Out brother and both did "Real Brothers" album and the infamous "Real Muthaphukkin G's" with EAZY E) www.worldwideconnected.com for news and interesting interviews with Big Hutch, Dresta and others

Some news from the front (and also we don't forget Johnnie Cochran, who saved the life of Mr Snoop after all, and most important helped one of our leaders in war Geronimo Pratt aka Ji Jaga), just read now what's happening in my hometown Tours( French version)...

Rappel de la situation par Céline Sonnet (pour ceux qui ne sont pas deTours)depuis maintenant plus de deux semaines, 10 familles de demandeurs d'asileont été expulsées des foyers SONACOTRA et des hôtels (18 enfants), le « planhiver » prenant fin.Les instances publiques Tourangelles (préfecture, conseil général et mairie)ne se sentant aucunement concernées par le sort de ces familles, lecollectif de soutien aux demandeurs d'asiles et des étudiants ont pris ladécision d'héberger ces familles à l'université François Rabelais de Tours,Site Tanneurs: non seulement aucune solution n'est trouvée pour eux, maisdes dizaines de familles de demandeurs d'asile continuent d'être jetées à larue à Tours.Alors qu'un petit nombre de familles du village Perron commence à êtrerelogé, ce sont des dizaines de familles qui sont expulsées des foyers etdes hôtels par les pouvoirs publics Tourangeaux.Par ailleurs, une famille (une mère et ses quatre enfants, dont deux sontscolarisés à la maternelle de Paul Bert) résidant jusque là au villagePerron de Sainte Radegonde reste sans nouvelle de leur dossier de demanded'asile. Originaire du Kossovo, cette famille a du fuir son pays déchiré parla guerre. Cachés dans des caves durant des mois, cette traque s'estterminée par la mort du plus jeune enfant, une petite fille. Arrivée enFrance depuis six ans, cette famille a connu d'abord les alentours deMontpellier, puis de Tours toujours dans des conditions de précaritéinadmissibles.En solidarité avec toutes ces familles, le collectif de soutien auxdemandeurs d'asile et aux sans papiers de Tours propose le partage d'unrepas, le samedi 16 AVRIL 2005 au Parc de Sainte Radegonde, à coté de l'airede jeux pour enfants à partir de Midi.

Well in a few days it will be 10 years Eazy E died, the godfather of Gangsta Rap, one of the masterminds behind NWA...when we see what's happening with rap beefs( 2Pac vs Biggie, 50Cent vs Ja Rule, shootings in front of radio station buildings, rap task forces, rappers convicted (Lil' Kim, C Murder...) and so on) could we say as some people do, that Eric Wright opened a Pandora's box when he pushed this "gangsta talk"? And would Mr Wright also be responsible for that "pimp talk", gang related murders, radio station payola, X rated DVD invasion and so on? Too "Eazy" to conclude, isn't it? Before NWA it was blaxploitation as scapegoat, or slavery/racism, Uncle Tomism and so on...Should be time to move on, don't you think? And remember Malcolm X started as hustler, not to say hadn't been a certain Huey P Newton a gangbuster, I mean a guy among several data in juvenile delinquancy, I doubt he would have been courageous enough to confront( successfully) reigning rogue cops in Southern California as he did. H Rap Brown said "Violence is as American as cherry pie", he forgot "capitalism", "complaining/talking loud and doing nothing"...and come on, if this guy was so dangerous, how come people like 2pac & Biggie who are his spiritual heirs in a way, how come they are so celebrated and Eazy's just a ghost? Is death real only when you take bullets? For more reflection, go visit Davey D's page http://www.daveyd.com And there's also a Eazy website( amidst others) and we salute the return of Above The Law official website , here 's the link http://www.abvdlaw.com/... Something else, Lyn Collins passed away, "The Female Preacher" one of the female lead singers of the JBs, a funk legend of course...something to advert, the "Funky Saturdays" parties set by some Black Music addicts in Nantes, one for Saturday, March 26th, and the other Saturday April, 30th, where, Nantes (Club Bar "le Rive Droite", 5 rue Santeuil) from 10 pm to 4 am, 6 euros for attendance, with DJs Marrrtin, Phoenix and Pharoah( March, 26th) DJs Fresh Dope Crew, Bassline & Pharoah( April, 30th) and a special guest...that's all folks

Well it seems that 50 Cent and The Game ended their beef, is it because they read articles published on Guerillafunk.com or DaveyD.com about the way white owned black radio stations, rap press are on the starting blocks to exploit this dispute and maybe a possible fight and mutual shoot and murder of these two gangsta rap stars? We dunno...anyway, another target of racism, another balck entertainer is looking for some money, I talk about Dieudonne who wants to do a movie about the famous "Black Code" ("Code Noir" which set the rules about dealing with slaves, torturing, harassing them and so on back in the days)

Fishbone came saw and conquered February 24th at l'Astrolabe, Orleans, starting the set with "Unyielding Conditioning" great great ska tune, also featured were "Ma's & Pa's", "Freddie's dead", "Jackass Brigade", "Subliminal Fascism","Everyday Sunshine"...Angelo Moore did 2 stage dives and helped people climb on stage, this is a true band, nothing to say, they rule, unfortunately I couldn't watch the whole set

Just check a new website, www.poetsonwax.com where you can find some other adventures of the Crazy Man and other "friends in asylum"

Well well well...something to advertise for, a lecture about Ancient Egypt and Black Civilisation, also dealing with Cheikh Anta Diop works, it's Saturday December 11th, salle SAMIRA, 2 bvd De Gaulle( between Place Thiers and Eglise Saint Paul), in Tours, at 6.30 pm, presented by Ebene Association, Mateta, featuring Koffi "Ousir" Adjavoin as main lecturer, everybody's welcomed

NWA sang "One less Bitch to worry"? you guess what could come next if you change some words... ok here's a link with some knowledge http://www.daveyd.com and there read what Paris has to say. In hardcore realm some talked about "Boston crew"( SSD, The Freeze, Jerry's Kids, Gang Green, Negative FX, DYS....) well I would say Senator John Kerry doesn't belong to the Boston crew and I wonder which kids did have their say? Spoiled brats in battalions?

"If you really like this funky beat, let's everybody say "hell Yeaaaaahhhh"!" so I put a link for my homie Smooth Operator who's got a radio broadcast called "Smoothshit" dealing with West side/ Dirty South http://www.rfpp.net and I also say hello to Metal Force crews (they know what it's all about)

A public announcement for a kind of "VIP" party, presented by CLOCHARD INTERNATIONAL (no kidding?! only French readers could understand) with FATBEATS records amidst the sponsors, it's about LEE QUINONES limited edition vintage collection(records between 1974 and 1984), in New York, on November 4th. Dress code please , guesting this are D-Stroy (former Arsonist) MCing, Grand Master Flash, Tony Touch, Eleven DJing. Where does it happen exactly? Pressure, 110 University Place (between East 12/13th streets) from 9pm to midnight. For more info email at this address events@clochard-international.com

Some news about "Le Monde Panafricain" & Afrique Promo Culture at Nantes, they organise a meeting/ lecture about the late Mongo Beti (Cameroonese writer, his books are strongly advised for people who want to understand what's happening in Cameroon and Africa in general, "after the independences"),when, Saturday, the 23rd of October, 2 pm, where, Nantes, Manufacture des Tabacs, for more info call 02.51.72.06.70. What else, 37 years ago Huey and Bobby founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and we should remember the fallen, Ernesto Che Guevara (October 9th, 1967) & Thomas Sankara (October 15th, 1987)

Salutations to Idriss Kameni who stopped a penalty shot by Ronaldo, congratulations to Sammy who plays with FC Barcelona, and big F*** YOU to Winfried Schaeffer & friends, what else Rick James passed away, the creator of "Superfreak" & "Give It To Me", the punk funk icon (I would better say glam funk rocker) and I also heard Russ Meyer died but it's another story hahahaha!

There will be a festival in the Bahama Islands featuring Confunkshun, Rene (of Rene & Angela), SOS Band, Midnight Star, Lakeside and Robert Downey (comedian),from August 5th to 9th. Prices are high ($250 for the 4 days) but you can ply golf and spend time as you want there

Well sad news as Ray Charles died, and fortunately this bastard of Ronald Reagan also went to another world maybe he rejoices with Ian Stuart of Skrewdriver and other KKK/ nazi cronies, the real meaning of "dead pres"

Some stuff from the FMSILIC, an organisation born to support and help Cameroonese soccer team well seems I cannot "cut & paste" so I sum up, FMSILIC is of course against FIFA decision about the famous Cameroon Puma wear (UniQit). For more about this I suggest you to go to their website below...

FMSILIC

Some news from the Eazy E camp, Lil E his son and one of the women Mr Eric Wright Sr used to live with started a foundation

This is something from Davey D's website, just read:

Gangstaz, Gunz and Half Naked Girlz

Min. Paul Scott


Baby Got back, but Baby needs backbone/Get off the
video screen and put some clothes on…
Brother Khamisi (Revolutionary Son)


Back in tha day, a radio program director told me
that heavy metal was marketed to 16 year old white
boys who were mad because they couldn’t get a
girlfriend.
Fifteen years later, we must ask what is the marketing
scheme behind Sex Guns and Hip Hop.

I ’m not saying that some Brotha with a bad rap is
somewhere sitting alone in his bedroom pumpin’ G-Unit
while throwing darts at a picture of his ex
girlfriend screamin’ ‘Take that you
slut…Westside!!!!!’ But we do have to look at the way
sista’s are portrayed in videos today through the eyes
of marketing executives who spend millions of dollars
psychoanalyzing Brotha’s in order to pinpoint our
weaknesses and find ways to exploit us.

Now be honest, Brothers, if you had to choose between
looking at a centerfold of the sista from the Outkast
video and reading this article, which one would you
choose? (That’s what I thought) So they are experts at
appealing to our attraction to our Nubian Queens.
Instead of denying our attraction to beautiful black
women we must learn to discipline our natural urges.
In other words we can’t let the size of the booty
blind us to the beauty of Afrikan Brothers and Sisters
working together to ensure the future of little Black
children.

Also, we can never look at any issue concerning Black
folks without putting the discussion in the context of
the battle of Afrikan people against the agents of
white supremacy. Since the Hip Hop Nation has all but
called a truce with the white power structure, this
issue will not be raised from those who view reality
from a purely 'hip hop-centric' point of view.

Many of the videos today feature a beautiful black
woman prancing around while 20 Brotha’s are rapping,
‘Get off my block before I shoot, you , fool !‘ Those
of us who are not sleeping while standing up must pose
the question’ what in the world does a half naked
sista have to do with drug dealin’ and Brotha’s
blastin’ Brotha’s?’ This is an obvious attempt to kill
two birds with one stone; a case of cross promotion of
negative stereotypes.

Historically , it has always been a goal of white
America to portray the sons and daughters of Africa as
animals lacking souls, culture and moral character.
So Black women have been portrayed as disparate over
sexed, Ho’s and Black men have been portrayed as blood
thirsty rapists and sexual predators.

So when a diabolical tool of oppression meets with a
billion dollar marketing scheme the result is what you
get gyrating across your favorite music video channel
24 hours a day.

Back in the day when the 2 Live Crew had Sista’s
'movin’ sometin’' to the sound of 'Me So Horny' the
excuse was 'Well. What about them white girls that be
all up in tha videos, HUH?' But in 2004, the white
video vixen is more or less, a thing of the pass.
While Heather White has long since traded in her
G-string for a government job, Shorty Doo Wop is still
holding down her 9 (PM) to 5 at tha strip joint.

The reason being that the entertainment industry has
found their niche market and will exploit it until the
well runs dry, until there is no such thing as a
normal relationship between a Black man and a Black
woman.

With thousands of Black men in jail , the future of
the Black family is in danger. Most black men live
everyday of their lives with the fear of winding up in
jail before night fall, whether guilty or innocent.
The music industry has capitalized off of this fear by
manufacturing the 'we don’t love them Ho’s mentality.'
For the Brotha who is looking at twenty years in the
slamma a Sista becomes nothing but a quick hit while
he is out on bail. Why market a video concept about
long lasting caring relationships when you have
created an environment where most of your market will
be spending 20 years of quality time with Big Bubba in
cell block D ?

Where the saying that made a Sista’s blood boil back
in tha day was ‘women are only good for two places;
the kitchen and the bedroom;' in Hip Hop, for the ride
or die chick, they are also good for hiding a crack
stash and working the strip club. (How many children
out there who have to visit their incarcerated mother
once a week because she caught a conspiracy charge for
being in the car with drug Dealin’ Darrell?)

What would happen if we turned this Mother’s Day into
Black Queen Restoration Day ? What if Afrikan
Brothers and Sisters across the country joined with
sisters like those of Spelman College or LaFonda Jones
(Operation ’hood Freedom, Durham NC) and demanded more
positive images in videos.

What if an army of Angela Davis/Assata Shakur, kente
cloth head wrap wearing Sisters rolled up on rappers
like Trina and 'made' them understand the damage done
to the self esteem of young Black girls through songs
such as 'Big Ole D@### ?'

As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles
begins with one step. Isn’t it time that we started
steppin’ in the name of love for Black women?

Minister Paul Scott represents the Messianic Afrikan
Nation in Durham NC. To join the Messianic Afrikan
Nation contact (919) 949-4352 email
minpaulscott@ yahoo.com
Web site: members.blackplanet.com/THE-MYD

For the last "Maggot Brains" radio show as co host DJ Juan Velez Alvarez Pablo Don De La Vega is held hostage at the Celebrity Farm, we may be alone "as one" for an exclusive non interview with the "notorious Black President " of Just Justice association back from the States and a report about independant American rap featuring Vice Prez Remi, always into something with my trombipulated genetically unorganized twisted mind of yours. More seriously, Paris' Guerillafunk label is on a mission, "resurrecting" true conscious old school Golden Era rap, after Public Enemy, it will be up to the mighty MC Ren of NWA fame to get an album released. Damn, Paris, you also should work with my homie Spice 1, and Digital Underground, and...It also seems there's a new AWOL issue ready, remember AWOL is a rap pro zine dealing with militant music and related to MOVE organisation. Uncle Jam wants you for some action, and Aunt Assata gets a big salute. Remember also that for Mumia Abu Jamal it's not 17 but 22 years of Hell ( this line is for fans of the Partisans, related to their song "17 years of hell") and I must thank and greet DAL BASSO organisation