Tag Archives: harry benson

a tribe called zest

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave

What happens when a cultural expression becomes little else than a product to peddle, one shorn of any radical political agenda. Does hip hop music feed what Bell Hooks has asserted is an ethnic enlivening of experience within mainstream white … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged a tribe called quest, Bell Hooks, buddy esquire, dr. keith clark, harry allen photos, harry benson, hip hop culture, mark seliger, mark wheeler, michael rapaport, Oprah Winfrey, phase 2, Ralph Ellison, The Last Poets, wu-tang | Leave a comment

femme fatale….kiss of the scorpion?

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Dave

As the Weiner affairs draws to a close, it seems more answers to this odd episode beg more questions.Are best friends ultimately enemies? Where is the legendary Pandarus in all this; that devious individual who facilititates matters for lovers? Were … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged anthony weiner, Barry Chamish, Baruch Spinoza, Ginger Lee, harry benson, Hilary Clinton, huma abedin, huna abedin, john francis bennett, Lee Strahan, Michael Musto, mickey kaus, monica crowley, pandarus, Sappho, Tom Christopher | Leave a comment

angel of history on an 8×8 dance floor

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Dave

Eight by Eight. Sixty for square checkerboard of white and black. Said to hold the mysteries of the sacred geometry of ancient Egypt and something inside these arcane permutations and combinations made Bobby Fischer click.It was a form of shamanism … Continue reading →