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Monthly Archives: March 2010

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

I don’t smoke cigs
But if I were one
I’d be Marlboro Red
Cowboy killers
Got that strong street cred
You don’t always get what you want
We got to be addiction fed
And it’s 2 O’clock
I’m in two places
To do that people say
You need two faces
Crazy, it’s my homeostasis
I don’t own a clone
If so I’d name it Rome
Cause I’m what the crowds are for
The pillars of four, the walls, all four
And the base, the floor
Of an open roof Coliseum Dome
I’m knocking down barriers
Like they’re blocks of foam
My feet, they’re spinning chrome
And the fists move like Ralph Waldo thinks
They’re writing poems
Down the road never alone
Parade of cheerleader ants
Carrying my throne
I got burnt for being
Too close to the sun
Now I’m rocking two tones
Too far from our globe
I don’t throw stones
Cause I’m T specs Rex
With glass framed eyes
Dropping diamonds out my pockets
To those with broken stone homes
Handing out Ivory soap
To help float and cope
Nothing works better
Than some clean confidence and hope

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

Fortune favors the flavors
So we add our black market caviar
Cool as black ice cold
Dense as black coal covered gold
It’s spreading like black mold
I take my coffee with no sugar, no crème
Call me bold
I grew up running through sand and gravel
And what’s with your melancholic smile
Where’s the jury, I don’t see a trial
I’m no judge; I’ve never struck a gavel
I’m not from Asia
But I’m oriented peaceful as the Dalai Llama
I’m not stopped by a Great Wall
But treasure my thoughts as they’re fine China
I only speak English but write in rhyme
And senses most have five
I have a nickel and two pennies
You got ten dimes of time?
Cause I could use a century of beats
To explain my ideas are many
Seven senses, good ‘n plenty
Sight, smell, taste, noise and feel
Plus the cents of dollars
And I’m grabbing seconds, time
Street – rich – wise
And I filled out the zero – ten census
Sent to where I reside, sublime
You smash my pumpkins
Thanks I love the pie
Thunder, lightning, rain
Three strikes an out
I’m nothing but dry
Nice tries

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

My thoughts went from peachy clean
To Peach fuzzy screen
It’s got me VHS thinking an epiphany
Strumming my Violin Head Strings
And the beliefs achieve a symphony

Patience is a virtue
Well what happened to all the hours
No hill Chicago
I thought it’d be full of bouquets of flowers
They’re only in window boxes
Of dirt with no sand
Homes are protected from showers
Mine by iron bars and bands
And it’s sad when everything turns out flat
As a bill on a hat
So I climb into the seat of my New Era
The Queen, no ones fairer
Even the bright has a shadow
Leaders follow
Geniuses think shallow
And blond hair looks best a little dirty
The holidays give and take
I got something from
Care that I can’t replace
I say it sturdy
As my memories stand on the sideline
Connecting dots on a timeline
And there’s a fine line
Between could, would and should
Have put in a dvd instead of this old VHS, VHS, VHS
Nothing better than this VHS, VHS, VHS

forest recently made a poster for the D.C. based band, The Honeyguns I have yet to hear them live, but click the name is blue and check their MySpace Page out. Below is the poster!

Since it is St. Patrick’s, I’m going to use something from a recent Guinness Beer Marketing Campaign…

“Fortune favours the bold” – From the Latin proverb “Fortes fortuna adiuvat” (Another popular translation of this proverb is “Fortune favours the brave”)

and one other

“The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Right over left
With the lace
Make an X
Tug the bottom underneath
Tight in place
Loop ‘em and knot ‘em
Double knot to keep it taut
Pump, pump, pump
Stuck out the tongue
Jump, jump, jump
Won’t be gravity caught
In our Reebok Pumps
Yesterday’s our afterthought

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

I am painting greenbacks
They call me Gilbert Stuart
Piling ‘em in hundo stacks
Never any fewer
Walking in packs
Spicy as szechauan
Fire as komodo
Jump’n as pogo
Flashy as the po – po
Close – knit, tight together
A deck of cards
By crosswalks and rivers
Ready for an attack
Crosswords and Sudoku
Jaguar, lion or giraffe
Shotgun triggers
Hoods, spotted fur, long necks
Zebras, cars, racing stripes
The Cats steal or Purr – chase
Me around, howl at the moon
Wolves and hounds
You’re my dog
I won’t let you lay in the pound
Whether it’s light, dark or noon
Walk down the hall
Have any empty room that you found
The entire floor, couch and any sounds
Ideas, cash, flash
Ash out the flume
My mind got me
Summa cum laude
Now I do everything
Sunk to pump
Walking, talking, what’s up
In my Reebok Pumps

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

She thinks deities
On an evening, it’s Samedie
Voodoo and Santeria
Orisha at the Botanica
And we feel like we’re sparking stones
Lighting candles for
True, colors glow in different tones
Fire is hot but cool
Wind is blowing smoke
And lava waves
Over muck and mire
To the grotto
C – A – K – You thought I’d say E
And we live by the motto
Tiger Stripes
And Tire Treads
We are defined by our coats and scars
Refined by our memories we show to all
It shines in our trail
We leave behind
Like paws on wet cement
It dries; we have pride ‘n flow
Down the open road
Each a Shere
In North America
Kicks are Pumps in neon
So everyone can
Hear, like a Live Feed
See, like the bright of LV
MLK dream
We the team
That sews up seams
I.E. N – O, from sunk to pump
New Orleans

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

Let’s kick it soon
Summa
Summa
Summa cum laude
Let’s kick it down the streets
To Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz and Blues
Tiger Stripes and Tire Treads, our creed
We’re sunk to pump
Summa cum laude
And don’t know defeat
In our Reebok Pumps

I ran across an article in The New York Times,

Where a Meal Can Cost a Fortune, 99¢ Pizza Catches On

99¢ Fresh Pizza

and

2 Bros. Pizza

both offer a slice of pizza for just a Gilbert Stuart Greenback framed painting of George Washington. That’s a dollar bill y’all. They’re doing it for the people, not the money. That is what’s up!

And the link to the article, In Expensive New York, Pizza for $1, or Even 99 Cents – NYTimes.com

Brooklyn Betty thanks you for your order, and it will ship shortly!!!

Once again, Forest Allread on the artwork. Brooklyn Betty bridges the gap between fantasy and reality. Don’t mean to tease…but that sneak peek of the next Short-Sleeve Tee….currently shopping around for a shop to print them

Applause… below are the works of Colin Telich, from Columbus but currently living in Barcelona, Spain. Forest and Colin were good friends growing up, and as Forest’s brother I hung with Colin often. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to post a collaboration of Forest and Colin on a Beat Machine…

Shere Akrhan would like to say

‘Climb your Everest, discover your Atlantis, but whatever it is make sure that when you look in your review mirror you can say “I’m happy I drove myself this far, this direction.”‘

PS send me a postcard

Wednes – Kevin’s Quote – Day; this week we collaborated and have these words from Great Minds to offer. They said ‘em and we spread ‘em.

‘I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.’ – Martin Luther King, Jr.

‘Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.’ – Kurt Vonnegut

‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

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