I'm your VJ/DJ, Justice Putnam; and I'll be manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.
Sit back, roam the Big Orange and have a listen to...
Black Kos Music: Late Night in the Justice Department.
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"... They turn the water off, so I live without water,
they build walls higher, so I live without treetops,
they paint the windows black, so I live without sunshine,
they lock my cage, so I live without going anywhere,
they take each last tear I have, I live without tears,
they take my heart and rip it open, I live without heart... ,"
"... they take my life and crush it, so I live without a future,
they say I am beastly and fiendish, so I have no friends,
they stop up each hope, so I have no passage out of hell,
they give me pain, so I live with pain,
they give me hate, so I live with my hate,
they have changed me, and I am not the same man,
they give me no shower, so I live with my smell,
they separate me from my brothers, so I live without brothers,
who understands me when I say this is beautiful?
who understands me when I say I have found other freedoms... ?"
-- Jimmy Santiago Baca
"Who Understands Me but Me"
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John Lennon
The Minutemen
Dirty On Purpose
Woods
Abigail Washburn
Crooked Still
Tone
Los Straightjackets
Ningen Isu
DJ Cam (Miles Davis Remix)
Fairport Convention
The Times
Kaleidoscope
Bella Bartok
The Fiery Furnaces
Emancipator
Phillip Glass
Chris Whitley
John Hammond
JJ Grey & Mofro
Patricia Barber
Sumru Agiryürüyen
Christian Scott
Baaba Maal
Lhasa de Sela
Quantic and His Combo Barbaro
Tony Allen
Dengue Fever
Susana Harp
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Pura Fe'
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
John Lee Hooker
Solomon Burke
Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?
Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.
Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department is a free form, eclectic music program and posts Sunday through Thursday nights at 8pm West Coast time; and at 11pm on Friday and Saturday nights.
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