for culture jammers this is a once in a life time ...

2008-03-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

for culture jammers this is a once in a life time event. Will a tacoma Ali-G arise to the occasion?

For the love of god I hope the Hip Hop folks take advantage of this. All their arguments could be in spoken word or freestyle/voicebox format.

Response 1: I agree that the hip hop community has...

2008-03-26T22:22:00.000-07:00

Response 1: I agree that the hip hop community has a right to be outraged. I think that the BCPA fucked up severely in caving to pressure from the TPD, and need to be held accountable for this.

Response 2: The Tacoma Hip Hop community will gain nothing from shouting at David Fischer except a sense of grim satisfaction. I genuinely believe that David (director) and Benjii (deputy director) will listen to a well constructed argument, and that there is some opportunity for progress here.

I have worked with David in theatre in the distant past, and I know Benjii on a personal basis. However, personal relationships aside, I will be attending this event, and I will be as impartial as I can manage. IF the hip-hop community comes forward intelligently against this slight, and IF I perceive that the BCPA brushes off their arguments and seems to be just trying to look good in the face of protests, I will certainly speak out firmly against them. But I am willing to at least grant them this opportunity to present their argument and possibly redeem themselves.

And I agree with you... I will talk to Kevin, and if he has nothing else going on, I will either get him to come down or harass him until he lets me borrow his official feed»tacoma digital recording device to make sure the content of this discussion makes it out to non-attendees.

Hip Hop community has a right to be outraged. What...

2008-03-26T18:39:00.000-07:00

Hip Hop community has a right to be outraged. What the TPD/BCPA crew pulled was bullshit.

I see this as a 'lets feel good about ourselves' exercise on the part of the bean counter admins.

Anyhow, If there were ever an event I wished could be podcasted this would be it.

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for culture jammers this is a once in a life time ...

Response 1: I agree that the hip hop community has...

Hip Hop community has a right to be outraged. What...