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I finally figured out who Miller Williams is/was
Remember when Clinton made him National Poet and
I asked, "What, who? Who what?" I mean I know a
couple of his poems, but where does he suddenly
get picked by a president like a pablo casals
or a picasso painting?
Well, I'm reading liner notes to a Tom T.
Hall album I'm working out on this week. "Sub-
division Blues." A hit-kicking country song that
got my attention a little while ago. "Miller
Williams teaches in the creative writing prog.
at U of Ark. He is noted as an editor, antholo-
gist, and translator, most recently in CHILE:
AN ANTHOLOGOY OF NEW WRITING. His critical works
include JOHN CROWE RANSOM, HIS POEMS and THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF JOHN CIARDI."
"Listen," says Miller Williams. I think I will.
Well, there you go.
So welcome to ATI, Activist Trouble in India;
I'm Prime Anarchist and this is the 'Zine for
tonite. We've got some really neat things. Rather
than list it all here like most pubbers do, I'll just
say enjoy the heck out of it, ok? "Listen."
-prime-
(A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S)
Saturday, 1pm - I'm sitting in a fake wigwam inside
a local museum. There's concrete under my feet
made to look like well swept mud. And the seat I'm
on appears to be made of hardwoods, but it just may
be plastics. Everyone insists on plastic these days.
As if I'm Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate."
I'll bet the people who've constructed the "thatch"
weaves above me have never slept inside a house made
entirely out of cat-tails like I have, have they?
Oh well, the stuff behind glass, the text and the
5 or 6 recorded noises I keep hearing from other parts
of this museum all go into taking most people half way
to knowlege and 1/10 of the way to experience, eh?
I won't dis that even though it's certainly not my
trip.
(A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S)
#'s
http://www.bobmarley.com
http://www.refugeeproject.org
http://www.empirestatebuilding.com
http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism
http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/godot.html
http://www.alternativelifestyles.com/miscellaneous/personalwebsites.shtml
http://www.etext.org/Zines/ASCII/HoE/hoe-326.txt
http://www.comcat.com/~beaudk/bosstones
http://www.filk.com/filk101
http://misterridiculous.com
http://www.turnpoint.org
[cant your head to the the right; empire state? No way...]
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=LETTUCE=
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kindly direct your favorite web browsing
technology to www.scotto.org - scottoweb
version 2.3. fits in somewhat nicely with
the recent "me-zine" discussion, i would
think. your comments would be welcome
and appreciated.
-scotto (317)
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to ati@etext.org
(2 messages for the price of one. =)
well folks, not sure whether or not El Primo
Anarchisto is still involved with ATI or not,
but either way I'd like to say hiya to him. He
used to call my bbs back in the 80's, the
Holiday Inn, Cambodia BBS. i now run
http://www.flag.blackened.net and just want
to say hiya and let him know i havent lost
the faith, my server hosts anarchist web sites
for free.
been years since i thought about ATI...
...trying to track down an old friend,
Anarchist Prime/Prime Anarchist/El
Primo Anarchisto, and so on.
dont even know his first name, haha!
oh well, that's how things went.
Pomegranate (209)
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I hope you still feel the way I do, and I hope
my actions the other night don't make you love
me any less. You know you are the only one for
me...don't you?...well DON'T YOU!?!?!?!?!?
--- rf
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Hello Marc:
Haw are you.
Felicidades por el recorrido.
Por la paz en Chiapas, canta las
canciones que puedas.
Abrazos y saludos
Onecimo
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2ND ANNUAL NAMMYS: Bill Miller; Five Time Winner
Albuquerque, NM - The Second Annual NAMMYs
held on Saturday, November 6th, 1999 was
attended by a capacity crowd. Almost 2000
people attended. The years biggest winner
was Bill Miller who received a total of five
awards: Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist,
Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and
Best Folk Artist.
Other multiple winners were: Joanne Shenandoah,
(2), Indigenous (3), and Robbie Robertson (2)
(Space limitations restrict ATI here. Go to
http://www.nativeamericanmusic.com for any more
info, or email marco@frucht.org)
Hosted by Branscombe Richmond, special guest
appearances included; John Densmore of the Doors,
Randy Castillo of Motley Crue, Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band, Jennifer Warnes, Rodney Grant, Rita Coolidge
and The Lynns. Over 15 dynamic live performances were
featured from all genres of music: Rio Grande Drum
Group, Robert Tree Cody & Xavier, Primeaux & Mike,
Wayquay, Natay, Chief Jim Billie, Jack Gladstone,
Jim Boyd & Rez Bound, Native Roots, Arigon Starr,
Bill Miller, The Lynns, and XIT.
This years Hall of Fame induction was held in
honor of the late Hank Williams. His grandson,
Hank Williams III paid tribute. A special Jim Thorpe
Sports Award was presented to the Iroquois Nationals
Lacrosse Team who are ranked third in the world and
whose ancestors created the game of Lacrosse.
(prime anarchist note: if you've never seen a
real hand-made lacrosse stick, go to a
museum or a live match near you.)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, Tom Bee. LIVING LEGEND,
Chief Jim Billie. BEST CHILDREN'S RECORDING,
To All Our Precious Ones; P. M. Begay. BEST
POW WOW RECORDING, Gathering of Nations;
Various Artists. BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING,
Destined Love Traveler; Koljademo. BEST BLUES
GROUP, Indigenous. SONG OF THE YEAR, Ghost Dance;
Bill Miller. BEST INDEPENDENT RECORDING, Meet The
Diva; Arigon Starr. BEST MUSIC VIDEO, Navigate;
Wayquay. BEST RADIO STATION, KTNN; Window Rock, AZ.
BEST CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY RECORDING, Kehlonn; Jerry
Alfred. BEST LATIN AMERICAN RECORDING, A Native American
Odyssey; Various Artists. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM, Maze;
Robert Tree Cody. BEST COMPILATION RECORDING, Smoke
Signals. BEST FEMALE ARTIST, Joanne Shenandoah. BEST MALE
ARTIST, Bill Miller. ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Bill Miller.
DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Chief Jim Billie.
NON-PRESENTED CATEGORIES
BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
Orenda Joanne Shenandoah
BEST FOLK ARTIST
Bill Miller
BEST RAP/HIP HOP ARTIST
Litefoot
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR
Mary Youngblood
BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Red Wind. Nakai, Eaton, Clipman
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Bill Miller Ghost Dance
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Indigenous
RECORD OF THE YEAR
Contact From The Underworld of Redboy
Robbie Robertson
NATIVE HEART
Raymond A. Boley
BEST PRODUCER
Robbie Robertson Contact From The Underworld
of Redboy
BEST POP GROUP
Indigenous
BEST CANADIAN TRADITIONAL RECORDING
4 Life Eyabay
BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING
Canyon Vintage Collection Various Artists
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Attention Wal-Mart Lawyers
This website was created by me, Richard L. Hatch.
I created this page as a direct result of the crude
and abusive treatment from your Bangor, Maine Wal-Mart.
I feel it is time someone stood up to the harassment
consumers and collectors have to put up with in the
past, present and future. I suppose its ok for
associates and managers to offend the general public,
but its not ok for the consumer to voice their opinions.
This page is here to stay. I will have my family
lawyer review this site and remove all copyright
violations. I am sure the publicity will make
Wal-Mart look like the bullies they really are.
If you think you can intimidate me into removing
this page you are mistaken.
The Bangor, Maine Manager(Brian Cabel) said to me
"I have fried bigger fish than you".
My comment "Maybe so but none nastier".
To William D. Coston,
You need to represent more honest retailers,
unlike WAL-MART. These stores ruin the little
business man. I can see the headlines now:
WAL-MART SUES HANDICAPPED UNEMPLOYED
MAN OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISSUES.
http://www.walmartsucks.com/index3.html
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Correction (reprinted from Gear, a phine menz mag)
The article "When presidential candidates attack"
stated that George W. Bush killed an Army recruit
during a cocaine-fueled rampage in Texas in 1974.
Apparently this is not true.
We regret the error.
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Guitar Anarchy Tip # 14
New Chords for Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
Em
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Am Em
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Em
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Am (?) Em
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
notes: The (?) chord I discuss is either
an Em with something under the / or an Am
with "/" I'll tab the two fingerings that
work here. I care much less about theory
and much more about expression of meaning.
Otherwise I'd spend the next week searching
for what its true anglo title is. I'll
probably hear back that it's Am11 or
Am suspended, and again thanks for that, but
the chord itself is much more important
to me than what we arbitrarily call it.
So here it is:
-0- -7-
-1- -8-
-0- -9-
-2(0) -10-
-2- -0-
-0- -0-
After each verse I overlay part of
the famous anonymous piece "Romanza"
which just about every classical guitarist
in this world has beaten to death.
Just a short bit of it. Too much of it
loses you the momentum that this song
posesses as its forte no matter what
form it takes. I don't use it as an
intro because it seemed way too hokey.
I go right into the first words of this
song over a solid Em strum.
Here's TAB for some of the melody.
-3--3-----3----3---2---0------0-
--------------------------------
-----------
-------
------------------------------------------3-2--0----0
Southern trees bear a strange fruit ...pahp-lar trees
\
\
/
/
And lastly, Guitar Anarchy Tip # 15
Who is/was Carlos Montoya?
I have one album so far. By far the best Gypsy guitar
album I've got right now. I've surrounded myself with a
lot of great guitar music this past year. Of course some
of the worst too, but I firmly believe that's 95% subjective
- based entirely on any personal whims and biases we each
carry. Baggage check is over there. [points with chin...]
For instance, who but me loves Pablo Casals AND Andres
Segovia? One supported Spain after Guernica, after WWII,
while the other denounced Spain AND Hitler right from the
get go. Why do I love both? Too complicated to tell you here.
Why do I think the famous understudy, Parkening is a
yutz and a weenie, and nothing to do with the fact that he's
Christian? See what I mean? It has to be my personal quirkie
whim, huh?
I really dig Carlos Santana even though he's only half
catholic.
Jimmy Page is a fraud. Again, nothing to do with his
immersion in Church of Satan. There's some really great
Satanist guitarists out there. Witches too. You should hear
them. You should. Page can't do anything more than Em and
Am scales. And not even THAT all the way up and down the
neck. Fraud - I worshipped the guy for 14 years. Defended
his name. Never again.
Beware false profits.
Yet another whimsaical quirk?
You'd think I really respect Jimi Hendrix wouldn't you -
he's 3 times as "native american" as Wayne Newton and Tim
McGraw put together by most accounts.
Wrong, try again.
His father is a money-grubbing greed head, tarnishing
anything Jimi could have ever struggled for. Forever. A huge
pock mark on the entire house and lineage of Hendrix.
Anyhow, I love some flamenco and can't stand some
"legitimate music," classical guitar, I write both and
score in both SN (standard notation) and TAB (tablature).
Should I keep my mouth shut in hopes of scoring $700 an
hour gigs sometime in the next decade?
You betcha. I should. I won't.
I will play for food and travel for the rest of my life,
teaching some of the cheapest "sliding-scale" guitar lessons
this world has ever known, working whatever odd jobs are necessary
to keep the myth a reality. Or the reality a myth as it were.
Why?
Because it's the only way I can live with myself.
Oh, I left out Eddie Van Halen, didn't I?
Don't get me started...
(A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S)
Have you considered the economic impact and importance
of coffee? The coffee industry employs over twenty million
people worldwide. The US imports over four billion dollars
worth of coffee per year. Coffee is one of the world's most
valuable commodities: only oil ranks higher in terms of
dollars traded in the international market. Coffee is
considerably more romantic than oil -- a fact of considerable
import to coffee lovers around the world.
-- Kathy Brock. Lox Stock & Babble newsletter (reprinted)
(A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S)
PASS IT ON: A Kerouaquian Haiku
by markus fruktus.
Let
Anarchy,
God's love
And cooler heads prevail.
May
Anarchy
God's love,
And cooler heads prevail.
Shall?
Anarchy, god's love and cooler heads...
Lets...
God's love and cooler heads prevail.
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Can you guess this guitarist's name?
Unsatisfied with her home life, she became close
with several of the local Native American Indians.
She soon found herself adopted by the tribe. As
she explains it, "[They] took me out to a meadow
and said, 'Your life in the future will call for
you to speak honestly to people. You don't know
how to speak from your heart, and you need to
learn how.' I remember going on top of a mountain
and trying to say anything honest - just to the
wind. I was crying because I couldn't say anything
sincere."
According to her, she gleaned a lot of her
spirituality from the experience. "The American
Indian thing had a big influence on me," she claims.
"You adopt the Indian way. Everybody is your uncle
or aunt."
Two of her "uncles" were very wise and influential
members of the Ottawa tribe. Jewel recalls, "One said
I was going to bring heart to the people."
Very often, the simple truths of spiritual people,
like the Ottawa Indians, make more sense, and hold
more reality than any scientifically measured facts.
Somehow her Native American "uncle" must have seen
into the future and read a Billboard magazine album
chart from the 1990's, because this Jewel in the
rough, was destined to do exactly that.
[hint: she yodels well...][the last sentence was a huge
letdown for me, but I chose to leave it in to show you
what can be done in our great hurry to box someone up
and stick all their square pegs into round holes and
verse vice-a]
(A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S)
-30-
An Open Empty Packet
STRIVE Sport Drink
On the floor
Under the toilet pipe
In front of the plunger
In the mens room
In the Taco Bell.
----
Sam Goody
The beeper columns are set to go off
Periodically instead of
Whenever someone takes something without paying.
Freaks out people going in
And coming out
Alike.
What are they thinking?
Better deterrant than
"the real thing?"
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We end this edition of ATI with:
"Do Without"
A public domain poem/song
by Chrysalis Aristaeus 11/03/99
So we've come to year 2000, looking over the brink.
Things are pretty nasty when you stop to think.
It's been known for long time what's the root of it all.
Let go o' the purse strings, see the filthy glitter fall.
If I give to you your needs and you give to me what's mine,
we'll watch old Exxon wave bye bye, Coke Cola dry and die.
Chorus:
Money is one thing we can do without!
Money is one thing we can do without!
Join up in the chorus, scream and shout!
Money is the one thing we can do without!
Stick it to your landlord, gone on too long.
We're born here on this planet, it's here that we belong.
Doctors here among us to heal the sick
But when they charge you for their beemers
Time to give them the kick.
When flowers grow on freeways, skies aren't wrecked by jets,
Take a breath of fresh air, it's as good as it gets.
Chorus
Get to know your neighbor when you urge to roam.
Kids'll have their families when you stay at home.
Not to be a wage slave is easy to do.
Give your boss the finger, we'll take good care of you.
Learn to eat the food you grow, share it with your friends.
These are simple means I know. You'll really love the ends.
Chorus
But when they come to shoot you
Where you gonna run?
Just know you did the right thing
Saying farewell to the sun.
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