Questing w/ Zakia - NTS

Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1980

Greetings To Idris (Live)

Live from Earth Day 2014 at Boundary Bay Brewery in Bellingham, WA.  Frank Vitolo on tenor sax, Matt van den Heuvel Guitar, Nick Taylor 8 string Novax guitar, Justin Smith Drums.

"Pusherman" (Curtis Mayfield) by Hot Cotton @ Boundary Bay 2014

A Black Man's Soul

Getting Nasty

Access a slow-looking exercise of this work.

Transcript
Narrator: Rashid Johnson’s "Cosmic Slop “Bitter,”" from 2015, features a solid black surface just over 6 feet high by 8 feet wide, marked by deep cuts and grooves. If we were to touch this surface, our fingers would dance and skip over cracks and crevices, like peaks and valleys in a barren post-volcanic landscape, newly created after a lava flow.

We might also be surprised at its waxy feeling in contrast to the rough appearance of the surface. Johnson uses black soap and wax, which he melts and then manipulates through cutting and digging, etching deep slashes and scratches before it fully hardens. More than simply mark-making, Johnson relates his process to a performance, transforming and layering meaning to this everyday household material.

Black soap itself is said to have transformative and healing properties, particularly in West Africa. It cleanses us on the surface but tastes bitter, a contradiction noted in the artwork’s title, "Cosmic Slop “Bitter.”" The color and title also reference a 1973 song by Parliament Funkadelic and allude to the pain Black bodies have endured, scars both visible and beneath the surface.

What contradictory emotions might we encounter with this work?

By Way Of

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Description of Cosmic Slop "Bitter", 2021

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Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta

Spinnin' And Spinnin'

The Village Callers EP

The Village Callers EP - Hector (DJM Re-edit)

Blackbird Singing

Black Bird Singing

Nappy Dugout

Funkadelic - As Good As I Can Feel

Funkadelic -  "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?"

Funkadelic - Good Old Music

Skull Snaps - It's a new day

The Road To Glory

In The Old Time Way

The Quest

Warm Canto

Pimpin' Willie MIXING & DISCOTHIZING SOULFUL & DEEP HOUSE JAMS - A selection of best DISCO-FUNK FIRED HOUSE MIXES..... 
Regrooved and Re-Rubbed FOR THE CLUB / A Selection of Main Room + Peak Hour MIXES & CUTS
THE FUTURE SOUND OF DISCO: plenty of colourful funk cuts and summery remixes

The Compilation is stacked with exclusive remixes, bootlegs and DJ friendly edits retaining most of the original's old-school disco feel
Defiant, avant-garde, deviant, and more punk than punk recognizability, avoiding anything that might be featured on a generic wedding playlist. 
The quintessential "Underground Sound" — lilting strings and soulful horns. If there were a great, accurate scripted film about disco (there isn't), this should be its soundtrack.

Mixed With LOVE by Pimpin' Willie
Black Label Selection

Lonnie Liston Smith ‎- Expansions (Pimpin Willie DEEP Cosmic Mix)

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Funkadelic - "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?"

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