yes, indeed. Yesterday's 'reading' by Mr. Williams was amazing. He chatted
and recitated for almost three hours to a packed room, even though there
was hardly any promotion of the event. To say that he's an extre,ely
charming person is definitely an understatement. For the first hour or so,
his presence was imposing, if not intimidating. As the afternoon
progressed, the conversation with the public became more relaxed until for
the last hours he spent more time 'discursing' than 'recitating', that is,
he only read two or three poems, but gave some awesome speeches on
hip-hop, matriarchy, oral culture, etc.
-axel
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Manire, Aaron D wrote:
> ps caught Saul Williams at a "reading" last night. Absolutely amazing human
> being. His new album's in the process of being mixed down. How'd he
> describe it? Something like, the culmination of everything that Hiphop has
> been building up to. And he includes Led Zepellin, Portishead,
> Squarepusher,... as well as Rakim, Kool Keith, Bambataa, MosDef, .... in his
> definition of Hiphop so watch out!
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