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Far from obsolete: MC Solaar, "Obsolète"
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Posted in Mele / Music
“Obsolète” by MC Solaar, just a great old school jam from 1994 off his second album Prose Combat. (I think 16 years can count as old school, especially in terms of the sound.)
I remember somehow getting my hands on Solaar’s album Prose Combat back at the old Tower Records in ‘95. I had no idea [...]
Burning and drowning: Love and the poetry of Louise Labé
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Posted in Literature / Mo'okalaleo
Sometimes I find that I can only understand certain literature only after undergoing the same experience that it expresses. Such was case this week, which led me to look for solace in the poetry of Louise Labé (1524-1566), a female poet that wrote in 16th century Lyon. Very few English speakers, I can guess, have [...]
