Words and Music by Brian Pickett; recorded with Miguel Macias

John Henry worked the James River shore
In the year that did follow the war
A Jersey Boy workin’ for pay
In a new South that didn’t want it that way

John Henry did you go out on strike?
Is that the reason you got arrested that night? 
Lieutenant Burd came in the bust up the line
And Virginia’s Black Codes had you doin’ time

An all white jury gave you ten years
Less for your crime and more for their fears
Just 19 years old standing 5’1”
And you’d be a legend before all this is done

John Henry did you go out on strike?
Is that the reason you got arrested that night?
Some Black men would vote for the first time
You got a hammer on the C & O line

(interlude)

Songs they’re written, stories are told
Facts get left by the side of the rode
Fortunes were made on the backs of these men
Cheap labor conscripted from the Virginia State Pen

John Henry did you go out on strike?
Is that the reason you got arrested that night?
What were you thinkin’ the day that you died
Blasting a white man’s tunnel through the mountainside?

(*Inspired by the book, “Steel Drivin’ Man…” by Scott Reynolds Nelson.) 

John Henry (Did you go out on strike?)

TAMIKREST - TAKSERA
Record store day 2015
18.04.2015

“Taksera” (which in Tamashek means ‘a celebration with music’) is a rough and ready live album that is sure to give jolt to Tuareg-rock group Tamikrest’s already heady reputation. Recorded on a summer festival stage during their 2014 “Chatma” tour, the album vividly showcases the visceral and improvisational power of the band. The hypnotic grooves of the songs are blissfully extended, and the band’s signature drive and electric guitar telepathy are pushed up front and center.

The material on “Taksera” visits all three of the band’s acclaimed studio albums and gives a sharply focused argument as to why in the last few years Tamikrest has been one of the most lauded young bands from the African continent. Their 2013 album Chatma reached the No.1 position on the World Music Charts Europe and graced year-end “best of” lists at Uncut, Mojo, Les Inrocks and The Quietus. Songlines magazine went even farther and gave them their “Best Group Award” for 2013.

“Taksera” was engineered and mixed by Jean-Paul Romann, who has produced seminal albums by Tuareg music legends Tinariwen and Terakaft. The album was recorded at the Burg Herzberg Festival in Alsfeld, Germany on August 1, 2014.

This RECORD STORE DAY LP is a limited edition pressing of 1500 on 180-gram audiophile vinyl with a gatefold sleeve and download code. 

“Taksera” is in every way the celebration that the album title promises. It energetically underlines Tamikrest’s unique cultural mission and their commitment to explore new possibilities for Tuareg music.  It shows a band full of hard-earned confidence and swagger; a band in love with turning up their amps and letting it rip.


Tamikrest - Aratan N Tinariwen (live)

Easy Now

Lost in waking dream, every trace of me has gone to sea. Every trace of me. Every trace of me has gone to sea. Lost in waking dream, shadows lost in me. This sea is deep. It sleeps in me. Sink into the sea. Sink into me. Every trace of me. Every trace of me has gone to sea. Lost in waking dream, shadows lost in me. The sea is deep. 

Every trace of me. Every trace of me. 


song for ashes

How is anyone supposed to feel at home in a city when they have no control whatsoever over the most basic aspect of their daily reality -- how much they pay each month in rent?  For the half of Portland that owns houses it's one thing.  For the rest of us, it's quite another.

This is a track from my album, Punk Baroque:
https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/album/punk-baroque

Just A Renter

Money and Nikeeta nerd out over making friends, collapsing capitalism, and dealing with anxiety. 

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QueerWOC of the Week:
Mykki Blanco
https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/43a57j/out-of-this-world-i-d-meets-mykki-blanco

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11:43
Mental Moment w/ Money: Anxiety Countdown. Feeling flooded with anxiety? Try this quick sensory exercise to trick your mind into calming you down: 
    5- things you can see
    4- things you can touch
    3- things you can hear
    2- things you can smell
    1- thing you can taste
25:31
Word: “Socialism” What exactly is Socialism? What does it have to do QueerWOC? Nikeeta breaks down the 4 tenets of Socialism, a political stance in which
Workers own the means of production
Expansion of Democracy and change through democratic organizing
International
Independent from elite parties
Claudia Jones- "And End To Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman" https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A4865

54:33
Topic: Music
We know the world sucks so we wanted to keep it hopeful. Check out these QueerWOC’s fucking it up on the music front
DJ eXeL: https://www.instagram.com/djexel/
Mother Nature: https://soundcloud.com/mothernaturebarz
BBYMUTHA: https://soundcloud.com/bbymutha
SZA
Princess Nokia
TT The Artist: https://soundcloud.com/tttheartist
Aziza Cree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97FjRPb_HKw
Sassy Black Cat:
Stasia
Tiffany Gouche: https://soundcloud.com/tiffanygouche
IAMDDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDC_XkWWxZA
Hayley Kyoko
Juliana Huxtable

1:20:44
Curved Chronicles: How do you make friends as a QueerWOC? What’s the difference between a crush and a squish?
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Ep 27: Squishes, Socialism, and Sound

Money and Nikeeta ride the wave of excitement after meeting one of their Black Feminist foremothers, Barbara Smith. Nikeeta got a haircut. Money can’t stop quoting ‘Black Panther’. This episode, Nikeeta and Money apologize for misgendering, Money shares when you should check on a friend, and they both interview organizer, author, and activist Barbara Smith.

We will be at #PodinLiveNYC on Saturday, April 21st at 4pm at Von 3 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
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00:09:51 Community Contributors
Thanks Chyla and Desiree for becoming new Patrons! Love to Diamond for the PayPal donation and Asteir  for showing us love!

00:14:28 QueerWOC of the Week: Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is a lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a critic, teacher, lecturer, author, scholar, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities over the last 25 years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, The Black Scholar, The Guardian, and The Nation. Barbara has a twin sister, Beverly Smith, who is also a lesbian feminist activist and writer.
Catch her on twitter at @THEbarbarasmith
http://www.smithcaringcircle.com/

00:28:06 Mental Moment with Money 
Money shares a #BlackMentalHealthMatters PSA about when to check on your friends. 

00:36:10 Word
Even we mess up! We apologize for misgendering a community member and hold ourselves accountable. Kick us in the butt when we need it!

00:46:05 Topic - Interview with Barbara Smith
Learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign here: https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/
A link to the Combahee River Collective Statement: http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html
Books Barbara mentioned
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography by Audre Lorde
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis
Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC by Faith S. Holsaert
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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Ep 37: Combahee, Wakanda, & Barbara Smith [w/ @TheBarbaraSmith]

Words and melody by Vani Kannan and Madeleine Kannan.  Guitar and vocals by Vani Kannan. Trumpet by Ali Issa. Attempted harmonica by Brian Pickett. Singing by the masses. Recorded live at Interference Archive, January 11, 2015

Bee doodle by Ethan Heitner. Check out more of his work here- http://freedomfunnies.tumblr.com/

Bi Bi Puede

Money and Nikeeta are back with another episode. Money gives tips on how to talk to bae about sex. Nikeeta breaks down the #AbolishICE and #KeepFamiliesTogether movements. What do you do when a straight woman won’t stop touching you? Money is trying not to text someone. Submit your Curved Chronicles and questions for Nikeeta and Money!!!

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00:07:13
QueerWOC of the Week 
MJ Rodriguez @MJRodriguez7
listen to #MarshasPlate reviews here: https://soundcloud.com/danella-xuc/marshasplate-reviews-poseonfx-episode-4

00:13:46
Community Contributors
Thanks to @Brand_neu_vision for the teablockers! Thanks to new Patron Camara and Hazel for upping your pledge! Shoutouts to Rawley_; Dalia; ErrLadyyy; DLT; and Annz for your reviews. Thank you to Berry of @PodcastsInColor for highlighting us on your Saturday Spotlight! Use her hashtag, #PodsInColor. Many thanks to Aurien for the letter to the inbox! 

Last but not least, we want to give a shoutout/ad to our homies at @HOLAAfrica. QueerWOC is all about community, and if you're looking for global community, look no further than HOLAA and “The Wildness”, hosted by Tiff and Manda. HOLAA is a hub for all things African sex and sexuality. Similar to us, HOLAA created a space where women and GNC folks of all sexualities can come together and engage with each other and the world. “The Wildness” is the podcast for HOLAA, hosted by two womanist queer pan-African girls trying to get through life. Check em out on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/holaafrica and be sure to tell Tiff and Manda we sent you! 

00:30:00
Mental Moment with Money 
Money gives 4 tips for talking to bae about trying something new in the bedroom… or kitchen… or car… 
General check in
Don’t surprise bae with the sex talk, roll it into foreplay or schedule it
Pick 1 topic per conversation
Make suggestions rather than complaints about sex

00:38:42 
Word with Nikeeta - #KeepFmiliesTogether
Nikeeta gives us the need to knows about #KeepFamiliesTogether, a quick history of human caging in the United States, and every reason why we should Abolish I.C.E
Suggested reading:
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Link to article: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21252/abolish-ice-donald-trump-jeff-sessions-protest-mijente-not-one-more


01:15:58
Topic - Straight Women are out of control submitted to the DMs
What do you do when straight women touch you without your consent and make a big deal about your sexuality? Money and Nikeeta try to answer this question and share some of their own experiences. 

01:34:10
Curved Chronicles
Money is trying not to text a girl…

Submit a topic, curved chronicle, or ask us questions!!


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Bi Bi Puede

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