I Am The Rain King

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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Monday, March 02, 2009

Slam

Film #15 for me in '09 was Slam.

My NetFlix rating: 3.75 stars
Jamie says: Saul Williams could just read his poems for the whole film and it'd still be awesome, but we get Saul and Sonja Sohn too?!
RIYL: Amethyst Rock Star

Rotten Tomatoes reviews
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Labels: films, saul williams

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

The Dead Emcee Scrolls

Book #40 on my reading list this year was Saul Williams' The Dead Emcee Scrolls. I picked this one up as I'm a fan of a lot of Saul's previous work, including his first album Amethyst Rock Star, a genre bending masterpiece that would easily make my list of desert island hip hop discs.

The Dead Emcee Scrolls is a collection of Saul's poems and a biting critique of the blinged out rap game that has come to dominate MTV over the last few years. It's smart and screams out with an urgency that demands attention. The poems are solid throughout and at times spectacular, but they're even better when performed live (see links below).