SOACLOSINGTHESOACLOSINGTHESOACLOSINGTHESOA Live from The Money Store on Madison Street, It's... <><><><><><><><><><><><> <> <> <> AA TTTTTT IIIIII <> <> A A TT II <> <> AAAA TT II <> <> A A TT II <> <> A A TT IIIIII <> <> <> <><><><><1><9><8><><><><> 9911142300 I finally figured out who Miller Williams is/was Remember when Clinton made him National Poet and I asked, "What, who? Who what?" I mean I know a couple of his poems, but where does he suddenly get picked by a president like a pablo casals or a picasso painting? Well, I'm reading liner notes to a Tom T. Hall album I'm working out on this week. "Sub- division Blues." A hit-kicking country song that got my attention a little while ago. "Miller Williams teaches in the creative writing prog. at U of Ark. He is noted as an editor, antholo- gist, and translator, most recently in CHILE: AN ANTHOLOGOY OF NEW WRITING. His critical works include JOHN CROWE RANSOM, HIS POEMS and THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF JOHN CIARDI." "Listen," says Miller Williams. I think I will. Well, there you go. So welcome to ATI, Activist Trouble in India; I'm Prime Anarchist and this is the 'Zine for tonite. We've got some really neat things. Rather than list it all here like most pubbers do, I'll just say enjoy the heck out of it, ok? "Listen." -prime- (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) Saturday, 1pm - I'm sitting in a fake wigwam inside a local museum. There's concrete under my feet made to look like well swept mud. And the seat I'm on appears to be made of hardwoods, but it just may be plastics. Everyone insists on plastic these days. As if I'm Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate." I'll bet the people who've constructed the "thatch" weaves above me have never slept inside a house made entirely out of cat-tails like I have, have they? Oh well, the stuff behind glass, the text and the 5 or 6 recorded noises I keep hearing from other parts of this museum all go into taking most people half way to knowlege and 1/10 of the way to experience, eh? I won't dis that even though it's certainly not my trip. (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) #'s http://www.bobmarley.com http://www.refugeeproject.org http://www.empirestatebuilding.com http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/godot.html http://www.alternativelifestyles.com/miscellaneous/personalwebsites.shtml http://www.etext.org/Zines/ASCII/HoE/hoe-326.txt http://www.comcat.com/~beaudk/bosstones http://www.filk.com/filk101 http://misterridiculous.com http://www.turnpoint.org [cant your head to the the right; empire state? No way...] ===== =LETTUCE= ===== kindly direct your favorite web browsing technology to www.scotto.org - scottoweb version 2.3. fits in somewhat nicely with the recent "me-zine" discussion, i would think. your comments would be welcome and appreciated. -scotto (317) ----====---- to ati@etext.org (2 messages for the price of one. =) well folks, not sure whether or not El Primo Anarchisto is still involved with ATI or not, but either way I'd like to say hiya to him. He used to call my bbs back in the 80's, the Holiday Inn, Cambodia BBS. i now run http://www.flag.blackened.net and just want to say hiya and let him know i havent lost the faith, my server hosts anarchist web sites for free. been years since i thought about ATI... ...trying to track down an old friend, Anarchist Prime/Prime Anarchist/El Primo Anarchisto, and so on. dont even know his first name, haha! oh well, that's how things went. Pomegranate (209) ----====---- I hope you still feel the way I do, and I hope my actions the other night don't make you love me any less. You know you are the only one for me...don't you?...well DON'T YOU!?!?!?!?!? --- rf ----====---- Hello Marc: Haw are you. Felicidades por el recorrido. Por la paz en Chiapas, canta las canciones que puedas. Abrazos y saludos Onecimo ----====---- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2ND ANNUAL NAMMYS: Bill Miller; Five Time Winner Albuquerque, NM - The Second Annual NAMMYs held on Saturday, November 6th, 1999 was attended by a capacity crowd. Almost 2000 people attended. The year’s biggest winner was Bill Miller who received a total of five awards: Artist of the Year, Best Male Artist, Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Best Folk Artist. Other multiple winners were: Joanne Shenandoah, (2), Indigenous (3), and Robbie Robertson (2) (Space limitations restrict ATI here. Go to http://www.nativeamericanmusic.com for any more info, or email marco@frucht.org) Hosted by Branscombe Richmond, special guest appearances included; John Densmore of the Doors, Randy Castillo of Motley Crue, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jennifer Warnes, Rodney Grant, Rita Coolidge and The Lynns. Over 15 dynamic live performances were featured from all genres of music: Rio Grande Drum Group, Robert Tree Cody & Xavier, Primeaux & Mike, Wayquay, Natay, Chief Jim Billie, Jack Gladstone, Jim Boyd & Rez Bound, Native Roots, Arigon Starr, Bill Miller, The Lynns, and XIT. This year’s Hall of Fame induction was held in honor of the late Hank Williams. His grandson, Hank Williams III paid tribute. A special Jim Thorpe Sports Award was presented to the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team who are ranked third in the world and whose ancestors created the game of Lacrosse. (prime anarchist note: if you've never seen a real hand-made lacrosse stick, go to a museum or a live match near you.) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, Tom Bee. LIVING LEGEND, Chief Jim Billie. BEST CHILDREN'S RECORDING, To All Our Precious Ones; P. M. Begay. BEST POW WOW RECORDING, Gathering of Nations; Various Artists. BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING, Destined Love Traveler; Koljademo. BEST BLUES GROUP, Indigenous. SONG OF THE YEAR, Ghost Dance; Bill Miller. BEST INDEPENDENT RECORDING, Meet The Diva; Arigon Starr. BEST MUSIC VIDEO, Navigate; Wayquay. BEST RADIO STATION, KTNN; Window Rock, AZ. BEST CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY RECORDING, Kehlonn; Jerry Alfred. BEST LATIN AMERICAN RECORDING, A Native American Odyssey; Various Artists. BEST NEW AGE ALBUM, Maze; Robert Tree Cody. BEST COMPILATION RECORDING, Smoke Signals. BEST FEMALE ARTIST, Joanne Shenandoah. BEST MALE ARTIST, Bill Miller. ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Bill Miller. DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Chief Jim Billie. NON-PRESENTED CATEGORIES BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING Orenda Joanne Shenandoah BEST FOLK ARTIST Bill Miller BEST RAP/HIP HOP ARTIST Litefoot FLUTIST OF THE YEAR Mary Youngblood BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING Red Wind. Nakai, Eaton, Clipman SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Bill Miller Ghost Dance GROUP OF THE YEAR Indigenous RECORD OF THE YEAR Contact From The Underworld of Redboy Robbie Robertson NATIVE HEART Raymond A. Boley BEST PRODUCER Robbie Robertson Contact From The Underworld of Redboy BEST POP GROUP Indigenous BEST CANADIAN TRADITIONAL RECORDING 4 Life Eyabay BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING Canyon Vintage Collection Various Artists ----====---- Attention Wal-Mart Lawyers This website was created by me, Richard L. Hatch. I created this page as a direct result of the crude and abusive treatment from your Bangor, Maine Wal-Mart. I feel it is time someone stood up to the harassment consumers and collectors have to put up with in the past, present and future. I suppose its ok for associates and managers to offend the general public, but its not ok for the consumer to voice their opinions. This page is here to stay. I will have my family lawyer review this site and remove all copyright violations. I am sure the publicity will make Wal-Mart look like the bullies they really are. If you think you can intimidate me into removing this page you are mistaken. The Bangor, Maine Manager(Brian Cabel) said to me "I have fried bigger fish than you". My comment "Maybe so but none nastier". To William D. Coston, You need to represent more honest retailers, unlike WAL-MART. These stores ruin the little business man. I can see the headlines now: WAL-MART SUES HANDICAPPED UNEMPLOYED MAN OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH ISSUES. http://www.walmartsucks.com/index3.html ----====---- Correction (reprinted from Gear, a phine menz mag) The article "When presidential candidates attack" stated that George W. Bush killed an Army recruit during a cocaine-fueled rampage in Texas in 1974. Apparently this is not true. We regret the error. ----====---- Guitar Anarchy Tip # 14 New Chords for Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" Em Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Am Em Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Em Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Am (?) Em Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. notes: The (?) chord I discuss is either an Em with something under the / or an Am with "/" I'll tab the two fingerings that work here. I care much less about theory and much more about expression of meaning. Otherwise I'd spend the next week searching for what its true anglo title is. I'll probably hear back that it's Am11 or Am suspended, and again thanks for that, but the chord itself is much more important to me than what we arbitrarily call it. So here it is: -0- -7- -1- -8- -0- -9- -2(0) -10- -2- -0- -0- -0- After each verse I overlay part of the famous anonymous piece "Romanza" which just about every classical guitarist in this world has beaten to death. Just a short bit of it. Too much of it loses you the momentum that this song posesses as its forte no matter what form it takes. I don't use it as an intro because it seemed way too hokey. I go right into the first words of this song over a solid Em strum. Here's TAB for some of the melody. -3--3-----3----3---2---0------0- -------------------------------- ----------- ------- ------------------------------------------3-2--0----0 Southern trees bear a strange fruit ...pahp-lar trees \ \ / / And lastly, Guitar Anarchy Tip # 15 Who is/was Carlos Montoya? I have one album so far. By far the best Gypsy guitar album I've got right now. I've surrounded myself with a lot of great guitar music this past year. Of course some of the worst too, but I firmly believe that's 95% subjective - based entirely on any personal whims and biases we each carry. Baggage check is over there. [points with chin...] For instance, who but me loves Pablo Casals AND Andres Segovia? One supported Spain after Guernica, after WWII, while the other denounced Spain AND Hitler right from the get go. Why do I love both? Too complicated to tell you here. Why do I think the famous understudy, Parkening is a yutz and a weenie, and nothing to do with the fact that he's Christian? See what I mean? It has to be my personal quirkie whim, huh? I really dig Carlos Santana even though he's only half catholic. Jimmy Page is a fraud. Again, nothing to do with his immersion in Church of Satan. There's some really great Satanist guitarists out there. Witches too. You should hear them. You should. Page can't do anything more than Em and Am scales. And not even THAT all the way up and down the neck. Fraud - I worshipped the guy for 14 years. Defended his name. Never again. Beware false profits. Yet another whimsaical quirk? You'd think I really respect Jimi Hendrix wouldn't you - he's 3 times as "native american" as Wayne Newton and Tim McGraw put together by most accounts. Wrong, try again. His father is a money-grubbing greed head, tarnishing anything Jimi could have ever struggled for. Forever. A huge pock mark on the entire house and lineage of Hendrix. Anyhow, I love some flamenco and can't stand some "legitimate music," classical guitar, I write both and score in both SN (standard notation) and TAB (tablature). Should I keep my mouth shut in hopes of scoring $700 an hour gigs sometime in the next decade? You betcha. I should. I won't. I will play for food and travel for the rest of my life, teaching some of the cheapest "sliding-scale" guitar lessons this world has ever known, working whatever odd jobs are necessary to keep the myth a reality. Or the reality a myth as it were. Why? Because it's the only way I can live with myself. Oh, I left out Eddie Van Halen, didn't I? Don't get me started... (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) Have you considered the economic impact and importance of coffee? The coffee industry employs over twenty million people worldwide. The US imports over four billion dollars worth of coffee per year. Coffee is one of the world's most valuable commodities: only oil ranks higher in terms of dollars traded in the international market. Coffee is considerably more romantic than oil -- a fact of considerable import to coffee lovers around the world. -- Kathy Brock. Lox Stock & Babble newsletter (reprinted) (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) PASS IT ON: A Kerouaquian Haiku by markus fruktus. Let Anarchy, God's love And cooler heads prevail. May Anarchy God's love, And cooler heads prevail. Shall? Anarchy, god's love and cooler heads... Lets... God's love and cooler heads prevail. ---___---___---___---___---___---___--- CLOSINGTHESOACLOSINGTHESOACLOSINGTHESOA ---___---___---___---___---___---___--- Can you guess this guitarist's name? Unsatisfied with her home life, she became close with several of the local Native American Indians. She soon found herself adopted by the tribe. As she explains it, "[They] took me out to a meadow and said, 'Your life in the future will call for you to speak honestly to people. You don't know how to speak from your heart, and you need to learn how.' I remember going on top of a mountain and trying to say anything honest - just to the wind. I was crying because I couldn't say anything sincere." According to her, she gleaned a lot of her spirituality from the experience. "The American Indian thing had a big influence on me," she claims. "You adopt the Indian way. Everybody is your uncle or aunt." Two of her "uncles" were very wise and influential members of the Ottawa tribe. Jewel recalls, "One said I was going to bring heart to the people." Very often, the simple truths of spiritual people, like the Ottawa Indians, make more sense, and hold more reality than any scientifically measured facts. Somehow her Native American "uncle" must have seen into the future and read a Billboard magazine album chart from the 1990's, because this Jewel in the rough, was destined to do exactly that. [hint: she yodels well...][the last sentence was a huge letdown for me, but I chose to leave it in to show you what can be done in our great hurry to box someone up and stick all their square pegs into round holes and verse vice-a] (A)(C)(T)(I)(V)(I)(S)(T) (T)(I)(M)(E)(S) -30- An Open Empty Packet STRIVE Sport Drink On the floor Under the toilet pipe In front of the plunger In the mens room In the Taco Bell. ---- Sam Goody The beeper columns are set to go off Periodically instead of Whenever someone takes something without paying. Freaks out people going in And coming out Alike. What are they thinking? Better deterrant than "the real thing?" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We end this edition of ATI with: "Do Without" A public domain poem/song by Chrysalis Aristaeus 11/03/99 So we've come to year 2000, looking over the brink. Things are pretty nasty when you stop to think. It's been known for long time what's the root of it all. Let go o' the purse strings, see the filthy glitter fall. If I give to you your needs and you give to me what's mine, we'll watch old Exxon wave bye bye, Coke Cola dry and die. Chorus: Money is one thing we can do without! Money is one thing we can do without! Join up in the chorus, scream and shout! Money is the one thing we can do without! Stick it to your landlord, gone on too long. We're born here on this planet, it's here that we belong. Doctors here among us to heal the sick But when they charge you for their beemers Time to give them the kick. When flowers grow on freeways, skies aren't wrecked by jets, Take a breath of fresh air, it's as good as it gets. Chorus Get to know your neighbor when you urge to roam. Kids'll have their families when you stay at home. Not to be a wage slave is easy to do. Give your boss the finger, we'll take good care of you. Learn to eat the food you grow, share it with your friends. These are simple means I know. You'll really love the ends. Chorus But when they come to shoot you Where you gonna run? Just know you did the right thing Saying farewell to the sun. ----====---- PAWN, Primal Arachnid Whirled Noodles is a Holey Baloney Sub City of PAP, Prime Anarchist Productions; NOPE, NoOne in Particular Enterprises; and ATI, Activist Times Inc. All rights remain equal and opposite any lefts you will make, and don't forget your lunch money is on the table under the butter dish. Like What You See? Tell phriendz. http://www.thepentagon.com/primeanarchist Don't Like? 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