Esquizito's Blog – August 2009 Archive (5)

August 27th, 2009 – White Buffalo Day/August 29th, 2009 – Four Years After

From this nation's Capitol! I'm here at the Action Factory – a climate change direct action project of AVAAZ.org – though the actions that will follow are apparently not to be done in the name of such. While the tribes join forces in Congo Square for White Buffalo Day, I and 'dakidz' are headed for the Reflecting… Continue

Added by Esquizito on August 29, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

August 25th, 2009

“How many of you have never heard of Dakota Staton?”

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I have always heard and repeated – with a long 'A' vowel – the pronunciation of: Staton. Yet, even Mr. Barker is not exactly sure how to state the name of an artist whom he obviously respected; even though she was not of his generation. (It would be like me talking about, Alicia Keyes – but, ten years from… Continue

Added by Esquizito on August 25, 2009 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

August 18th, 2009

I begin this week's post with a characteristically emphatic questioning from Mr. Barker: “hell..?”

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[So much for last week's expressed desire to, “keep it simple...”] Nevertheless, it seems that I am compelled now to address an issue head on – as my esteemed predecessor did with the Xavier students on January 25th (probably 1976.) That issue being: recognition and consequently, remuneration… Continue

Added by Esquizito on August 18, 2009 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

August 11th, 2009

It is the time of year in New Orleans when there is a general pervasive desire to “keep it simple...” my darlin'. Another Satchmo Summer Fest is now history; those of us who cannot (perhaps, will not) go anywhere else during the month of August are contemplating the arrival of NOLA's most dramatic calendar date, 8/29. The last days of August are the first days of “peak season” turning September into a heightened experience of madness and beauty.

The Black Men of Labor Social Aid… Continue

Added by Esquizito on August 11, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

August 4th, 2009 – Happy Birthday Pops!

“To be great.”

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“That's what made you want... to be something.”

For me, the beautiful irony in Mr. Barker's statement to the Xavier students from 35 years ago is that, I have no idea who Ben Hogan is or was.

We all have some need to be something in life; this imperative usually results in the act of passing on life itself. Reproduction just may be the... most expedient… Continue

Added by Esquizito on August 4, 2009 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

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