Damn. Riots!?! People were serious about their poetry.
On a tangent but slightly related note, have you heard of the Kendrick vs Drake beef? It was an awesome display of lyricism by Kendrick this spring. But the most recent development with his “Watch the Party Die”, followed by Lecrae’s “Ain’t Watch the Party Die”, and then Dee-1’s “Call It Like It Is” is just sublime.
I think the reports of "riots" here is mostly myth, rather than actual haha - the Dada crowd were big on myth making. Yeah, I followed the beef for a little bit - have been a fan of songs by both artists at different times (though I will find Drake difficult to enjoy moving forwards). Tbh I found the whole thing pretty depressing after a while. Appreciate the lyricism, but yeah, felt more like spectacle for spectacles sake after a while (which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the songs themselves). Complex!
As for the beef, I’d suggest giving this this latest trio of songs a listen, it’s no longer about Drake but the state of hip hop- more specifically, a condemnation of today’s ultra hedonistic fare.
I'm not sure I'm totally in the right flow of Cut-Ups, but it was super fun to try. I chose a fact sheet on Ancient Greece from my kids' scratch paper (last year's worksheets). I cut it up into a bunch of different fragments, and then I chose six slips of paper at random. They still made too much sense so I cut each of them in half. I haven't changed the words but I did choose my own punctuation to try and make it make a little bit of sense.
This cracked me up: "At a surrealist rally in the 1920's Tristan Tzara the man from nowhere proposed to create a poem on the spot by pulling words out of a hat. A riot ensued wrecked the theatre."
Thanks this was a great read and I’m up for a challenge. Cheers.
A pleasure Kōtare! So glad you enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing the results of the challenge :-)
Damn. Riots!?! People were serious about their poetry.
On a tangent but slightly related note, have you heard of the Kendrick vs Drake beef? It was an awesome display of lyricism by Kendrick this spring. But the most recent development with his “Watch the Party Die”, followed by Lecrae’s “Ain’t Watch the Party Die”, and then Dee-1’s “Call It Like It Is” is just sublime.
I think the reports of "riots" here is mostly myth, rather than actual haha - the Dada crowd were big on myth making. Yeah, I followed the beef for a little bit - have been a fan of songs by both artists at different times (though I will find Drake difficult to enjoy moving forwards). Tbh I found the whole thing pretty depressing after a while. Appreciate the lyricism, but yeah, felt more like spectacle for spectacles sake after a while (which doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the songs themselves). Complex!
Hey whatever sells a paper!
As for the beef, I’d suggest giving this this latest trio of songs a listen, it’s no longer about Drake but the state of hip hop- more specifically, a condemnation of today’s ultra hedonistic fare.
Poetry is for everyone. Yes. Thank you. 💛💛💛
I'm not sure I'm totally in the right flow of Cut-Ups, but it was super fun to try. I chose a fact sheet on Ancient Greece from my kids' scratch paper (last year's worksheets). I cut it up into a bunch of different fragments, and then I chose six slips of paper at random. They still made too much sense so I cut each of them in half. I haven't changed the words but I did choose my own punctuation to try and make it make a little bit of sense.
.
Greece
.
Around an open courtyard
was a well and an altar.
Family worshiped the gods, clothing
the ancient Greeks.
.
Bread, feta cheese, olives
made from chickpeas:
shelter and spoon.
.
They drank occasionally
watered-down
only with men and women
women and their children.
.
The ancient Greeks
believed that the gods and all things,
Greek Gods were world.
.
The Greek countryside:
making land travel hard but
adventurers all passed through.
This cracked me up: "At a surrealist rally in the 1920's Tristan Tzara the man from nowhere proposed to create a poem on the spot by pulling words out of a hat. A riot ensued wrecked the theatre."