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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"Once when I was harmless
and didn’t know any better,
a mirror to the front of me
and an ocean behind,
I lay wedged in the middle of daylight,
paper-doll thin, dreaming,
then I vanished. I gave the day a fingerprint,
then forgot.... "
"... I sat naked on a towel
on a hot June Monday.
The sun etched the inside of my eyelids,
while a boy dozed at my side.
The smell of all oceans was around us—
steamy salt, shell, and sweat,
but I reached for the distant one.
A tide rose while I slept,
and soon I was alone. Try being
a figure in memory. It’s hollow there.
For truth’s sake, I’ll say she was on a beach
and her eyes were closed.
She was bare in the sand, long,
and the hour took her bit by bit.
-- Carmen Gimenez Smith
"Photo of a Girl on a Beach"
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Little Axe
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Chris Whitley
Kelly Joe Phelps
Adrian Legg
Roy Bucchanan
Luisa Cottifogli
Souad Massi
Nahawa Doumbia - Dossou Bagayogo
Bill Frisell & The Intercontinentals
King Crimson
Hector Zazou
Claude Chalhoub
Sevara Nazarkhan
Kabul Workshop
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Babel Gilberto
Montefiori Cocktail
Ry Cooder - Manuel Galban
Zawose & Brook
Ahmed el Kalai
Camaron Tomatito
Maria Teresa Vera - Aljendro Aldonza
Mariza
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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