Poetry, monologue, and women's empowerment discussion

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I'm also talking about fuck your job parts one and twos. Ain't it a bitch to be a goddamn weight slave? Lightning sure knows it is. You know, it's about time Lightning stands up and tell my boss to suck my goddamn cock. I think it's time to say fuck your job. Fuck your job. I ain't wearing it anymore. This motherfucker's available on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp. Lightningwoodcock.com. Lightningwoodcock.com. Spotify. And elsewhere like Moog and Emusic and God knows what the fuck else. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My philosophy on poetry is this. Poetry is beauty. Poetry is truth. Poetry is versatile. I can say it all. And poetry is personal. It's your choice voice. And my poems are like little darts aimed at your heads and your hearts. Sometimes I hit you, sometimes I miss you. So I'll try one on for sure. This one is called Too Dumb. Too Dumb. It goes like this. Smoking was smart when I was young. But then I was too dumb to do it. I never learned to smoke. I lettered and tracked and crossed country in high school. And I needed all the breath I could get. So. I never sold. And then a couple years after I finished at Hopkins, a place called Johns Hopkins. I got a call from one of my classmates from Shreveport, Louisiana. She said, have you ever heard what happened to Dr. So-and-so? I said, Dr. So-and-so? No, what happened to Dr. So-and-so? She said, he's dead. I said, dead? From what? She said, cancer. I said, you mean that? Believe me, the world's authority on cancer died from smoking and cancer? She says, I'm afraid so. So, you see, I wasn't too dumb. Let me try another one. A little poem. You got to listen. That's one thing about poetry. You have to listen. This one is called Grass. Grass. Grass. I walk on cement. Not green grass. I walk with confidence and class. While others walk their dogs on grass. But seldom stoop the scoop dog. I walk on cement, not green grass. Green grass. You get it? I said, sometimes I hit you, sometimes I miss you. Yes. But the thing about your poetry, though, is that it does tell a story from beginning to end. And a lot of these stories, it sounds like, are experiences from your own life. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. What is it like about my girl, the best? Is it that she's from the south and not the west? She's almost six feet tall with a sunny smile and a hearty, hello, y'all. Is it her velvet voice, quality, one sack in soul and solemnity? Is it her walk and moving parts that turns my head and beats my heart? Is it her pizzazz and passion, too, that causes me to continue to pursue her beauty, brain, body? Oh, God. Is it? I like about my girl, the best. I like the way you move. You sway a little south and smooth. Like the last lingering leaf on a silver maple tree. I like being tied up, tied down, tied in to you. My girl. Wow. Wow. And when I read that, I said, that's crazy. We're talking about I'm nobody. Because my parents raised me to be somebody. And she's talking about I'm nobody. Somebody. And so I wrote this poem. If you're just anybody, you're nobody. If you're nobody, be somebody. If you're somebody, be somebody better. And when you think you are as best as you can be, beware. And that won me third prize in Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts Poetry Contest. That's my first poem. Written or recited? Written. Written. I sent it in. I sent it in. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. When I was in 11th grade. Wow. Yeah. So, but I'd written a poem before that time at the James Adams School, the old Negro school, in a place called Coatesville, Pennsylvania, which is 32 miles southwest of Philly, where I was born. And a poem about October. And what it was is that the teacher wanted us to go to the library and explore our curiosity. You know, we said, that's crazy. He said, no, go on. We don't want to go to the library. And so I went crazy. Crazy. So, reluctantly went to the library, you know. I said, well, I'm going to, you know, go to the library, you know. So, I flipped through the books there. And I wrote a poem called October. And I'm going to bore you with it. It's a long, wrangling poem on what went on during the month of October. It's like October, October. Yeah. But it was the last verse that really. Got off. And it went like this. Some people say they're ghosts. I don't believe in them. Do you? But if you ever meet up with one on Halloween, guess you're looking in the eye. And when you get ready to leave, don't forget to say goodbye. People just cracked up. But it was a long, wrangling. That was my first poem. That's fabulous, Ira. Yeah. I'll do one from Poetry and Prevention. Okay, great. And then we'll see if Melvin has any questions. This was called Anger. Or it felt like what I wanted. It felt like what I wanted. It was righteous indignation. When you dissed me, got me so blind, could not see or pee. So I tore into you before I know what I was doing. Stop. Stupid like a punched out prune. It was not righteous indignation, but anger. Yeah. And. Anger will eat you up. Anger is as real as lightning flashing at midnight. It can light you up, lead you out, also raise your innards and wipe you away. You have to deal with anger. It is as dangerous as dynamite. Ignore it and it will burn you badly. So get it out of you. Scream. Shower. Pray. Dance. Work. Romance. Whatever. But let it out fully, gingerly, before it oozes and bruises you. Anger will eat you up. If you let it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Melvin, do you have any questions? Yeah, I'm looking at your picture. I see you got a lot of young people involved, especially females. Do you notice a different style in your younger generation of poets just coming along? Some seem to be searching for something. I'm not sure what, but one of the things we provide is sort of like a platform where they could come and express themselves, basically. We don't try to shoot them any way. And a lot of times, they flake in and flake out. But we think now that we have Sister Lucinda Clarke coming back, in fact, she was very impressed with the group, and she wants to come back and work with us. How about the rap concept, the concept of rap? A lot of people out here, the argument is still going on, because we have a lot of people on the radio talking about it, to try to distinguish the difference. How about the rap concept? How about the rap concept? The difference between rap and poetry. Well, myself, again, in my philosophy of poetry, I'm talking about my philosophy of poetry. It is your choice voice. It is very personal. It is you. And if that's you, that's you. Okay? It may not be me or someone else. Just like, let me give you an example. Okay. Enough is a feast. Too much means obese. Too little leaves a grease in the belly. That's when I'm going to die. A haiku of some sort. Yeah. Let me say this to a former adorable stepdaughter who died of breast cancer at the age of 37. Okay. Called Adele Farewell. Adele Farewell. You know I don't like goodbyes. Deep beneath my eyes, tears carve canyons of paralyzing pain you'll never see. Like the pain you master me. Tears flow silently out to sea, buoyed up on some sunny shore where pain cannot endure. In rainbow. Swirl. Adele. Adele. Adele. Farewell. Farewell. She never complained. She never complained. 37. Close us out with one last piece. Okay? And we thank you for coming all this way and sharing your time and sharing your words with us. I'm going to go with this one. Rather than. Madder than the baddest woman in this system is sister. I'll go with this one. Okay. This is called Bad. B-A-A-D. Beautiful African American daughters. Okay. Bad are beautiful, agile, entertaining Africans from Egypt to the Aegean, the Caribbean, and the Americas. They've been quite sustaining, cute, charming, creative, clever, dealing with Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Caesar, and whomever. Captain Charlie, Miss Anne, or Jim Crow. Meeting and beating the time for testing. They've been up to the challenge. No idle nesting. Sisters like sharp silver scissors who cut to the quick. Built far. Flung families. Prettier and stronger than machine-made brick. Bad. Bad. Well, thank you, Ira. We've had a moment here this evening through Voices from the Ether with Dr. Ira E. Harrison. And we wish him well on the rest of his time here. And thank you for this evening. You're very welcome. Okay. And keep it up. And with our theme tonight, Miss Earlene Anthony will do a monologue entitled Auto Head from the play Nail Heads. My name is Auto Head, and I'm a nail head. My present home is my automobile, my car. I live inside my car with my daughter. She's 13 years old, and I'm a single mom. I never thought it would be like this. I never thought I would be living in my car. I live in my car, but I'm still homeless. I'm just one step from the street. One step from the shelter. And I got a college degree. And I used to work in an office, and I made pretty good money. Enough to make a down payment on a house in a nice neighborhood. A good environment where my little girl could grow up. Then my house got foreclosed, and I had to move into a small apartment. And out of nowhere. They downsized and cut my job. And I looked and looked for work before my unemployment check ran out. My check ran out last month. And the only work I could find was telemarketing. And it was only part time. I'm trying to hold on, but it's getting hard. I gotta hold on for my little girl. I gotta be strong for her. But for now, my car is my home. I don't want to live in a shelter. I want to live in a home. I want a place of my own. A place I can call home. It's getting hard out here. There's no telling what's out there waiting for me. I'm trying to hold on, but it's getting hard. My name is Auto Head. I got a little girl. And I live in my car. Thank you, Ms. Earlene Anthony with Auto Head. Last Saturday, December the 10th, 2011, in honor of International Human Rights Day, a performance of Reckoning with Torture was held at the United University Church on the campus of USC. Tonight in our host section, I would like to play one of my poems about torture entitled, A Letter from the Dark Recess of the Mind. Man, what are you doing? You kind of have some serious business in the church here. What are you doing coming in here with a kid's wagon full of nails? Oh, oh, this is serious business here. Each one of these nails symbolize over 100,000 people that sleep on the streets of the county of Los Angeles every night. This is what these nails symbolize. That's some serious business. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. people just living on the streets. And that includes women, children, the elderly, and many of our veterans who have served that country. Welcome to Skid Row. Central City East, a recovery zone, the central point of the homeless population in the county of Los Angeles. And don't think the homeless problem is just a Skid Row problem. There are homeless all over the county of Los Angeles. Now you don't see the nails that's embedded throughout the foundations and framework of the house. It's the same with the homeless that you don't see or hear about on the news. They escape your homeless county. Now these are the invisible homeless, the ones who live in their car or crash over to a friend's back. And sometimes they get sick and end up in the emergency room. And after a short stay without insurance, sometimes they get dumped on Skid Row. Now they dump us down here all the time on Skid Row. They dump us from prison. They dump us from the community beat down by life looking for the American dream that became a nightmare. They dump us from other cities looking for Hollywood and trying to be in anybody's show. But reality kicks in and you end up on Skid Row. My name is Wisehead and I'm a nailhead. Now just like a nail I've been hit on. Hit but not broken and put in all kind of dark and tight spaces. Just like the homeless. I symbolize the homeless population. Foxes, birds, cats and dogs. Even they got a pad. That's what makes me mad. Dreams turn into nightmares. Junkies tripping off the view. A view from one to four. One. One life given creative spirit. In other words, we end this together. Two. Duality. The dual nature of human beings. Two kind of people in the recovery zone. Those that need to be here with their support services to others just passing through. Three. The three modes of nature. Goodness, passion and ignorance. The three major religions to spearhead the effort and form the four points of the conference. Universality. Make it universal. I'm a nailhead. Strong and still. The glue that holds things together. The foundation on which you stand. I'm a nailhead and I'm homeless in my mind. Standing in place and marking time. Are you in this journey going nowhere? Riding on a train, going in circles. In the language of dreams things are never what they seem. Are you one of a kind tripping off the view because you're homeless? In your mind. Standing in place and marking time. Homeless in the city of angels. Angels without mercy it seems. You care more about your animals than your fellow human beings. At one time the cats and dogs lived in the streets. And the boxes in alleyways was their home. Now they have flipped a strip. The cats and dogs live in the houses and the people live in the streets. The people live in the boxes in alleyways. How did that happen? Do you think it's right for the animals to live in the houses and the people to live in the streets? Thank you very much. Okay, on the line with us is Nancy Mills. Founder of Spirituality. She's a talented woman. She speaks across the country to help inspire women in a broad array of topics. From empowerment to embracing your voice. She has mentored over 50 specially selected women through her Nancy Inner Circle program where she specializes in creative out-of-the-box marketing. Nancy, welcome to the Coon Ram Report. Oh, thank you so much for having me. I'm so appreciative. Thank you. Now, Nancy, you have a special event coming up this Saturday, December the 17th, 2011 at 10 a.m. Can you tell us a little about this event? Oh, sure. I'd love to. For about two years, I lived in a loft in downtown L.A. And I just loved living in downtown L.A. And basically, I really felt that there were a tremendous amount of visionaries who lived there. And nobody was tapping into them. So I started an event which is called a Downtown Conversation Series with creatives and visionaries, basically. And I felt that the visionaries would be people that I would interview and the creatives would be the people who would attend. And I started doing this, oh, I guess it was almost three years ago, believe it or not, at this point. And it's been very successful. And I've interviewed some of the people who are the most talented and how should we say profound people who are in downtown. And this Saturday, I'm going to be interviewing Earlene Anthony, who is a playwright and is extremely gifted. And I'm very much looking forward to it because this is the holiday season and I do believe that Earlene has a fabulous story to tell. So basically, that's what's going on. And it's a conversation series where usually about 15 to 20 people come, no more than that, typically. And it's very intimate and it's transformational. And the theme of this year's event, basically, is going from red light to green. In other words, the women that I'm interviewing are women who have not let the red light in life stop them. Oh. Wonderful. Wonderful. Now, could you tell us a little about your background and how you started the Spirit in Women? Yeah. I am, I for years have been involved in the field of women's empowerment. I started that, oh, actually, many years ago. I don't, you know, we never know what we're going to do in life. And, or maybe we do. Maybe there are people who know exactly what they're going to do in life. I don't know those people, but I'm sure they're out there. And it really became my destiny to work with women. And I started a large community, which is called the Spirit in Women community. At this point, it's a leading global women's community. It's internet-based, primarily. And the underlying message, is you are enough as you are. And I truly believe that. I believe that everybody is born a spirited woman, for lack of a better description. In other words, what I mean by that is that everybody is born with an inner passion. And it's that passion that fuels your life. So, if you tap into it, then you're good to go, so to speak. And I also believe that the media, and by that I mean Madison Avenue, for years, put into women's heads that they needed to be fixed. In other words, try this brand of Cheerios. It's better. And so every six months, everything was changing. And it became a message, I think, that particularly affected women poorly, and that is they always needed to fix themselves or be better. And my whole belief is that you are enough as you are. And I've been an advocate for that. And, I have really gotten that message out to thousands of women around the world. And for that, I'm very proud. Wonderful, wonderful. Now, I would like to get your thoughts on a few subjects that relates to women. The first one is domestic violence. What are your thoughts on that, in terms of dealing with that? Well, I myself am a victim of abuse. I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't know whether or not, I don't view it, how can I say this? To me, an abused woman is an abused woman. Whether or not you're emotionally abused, physically abused, mentally abused, there are very, very often, there are very similar characteristics. And whether or not you're abused by a spouse, whether or not you're abused by a parent, whether or not you're abused by a family member, a friend, a boss, two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two two it's very symbolic of what a lot of abused women go. And I'm going to give you this story. There was a judge, a very well-known woman, and she was very highly regarded in her courtroom, and everybody thought she was the best. She was smart and brilliant, and everybody wanted to be in her courtroom. But she was married to a much younger man, and a man who told her that she wasn't pretty and she wasn't attractive, and, you know, why in the world was he with her? It didn't make any sense. How ridiculous. But this very successful judge put up with it until one day he killed her. And the moral of the story is that we never know who is being abused. We never know how bad it is. And many of us can live two lives. So that's what I'm going to tell you. And that's what I would say about abuse. And that's what I would say about domestic violence. And that's what I would say ever breathing the word abuse into a sentence. Now, you also have a deep interest in, as you mentioned earlier, the downtown area. And as you know, we have quite a few women who find themselves homeless. What kind of advice can you give them in terms of empowering, and women who are homeless to move to the next stage? That's a really good question. I don't know what I can give. You know, I can give thoughts. I can give prayers. I can give compassion. Being in a situation like that is overwhelming. I, I, I, I, I, I, everybody is a step away from being in that situation. Life is fragile. There are no guarantees. Um, I do believe that, uh, everyone has the capability of having a change and having, having a different kind of a reality come into being for them. How one makes that happen. I don't know. I do not know. Um, all I know is that, um, I have tremendous, tremendous empathy for anyone who is in that situation. Um, and, and feel as if, um, emotionally I am there for support. Um, but I don't know how much that is to give. Maybe. It, it, it's deeper than that. Maybe it has to do with, um, helping out with money and finances and, and living conditions and all the stuff that people who are on the edge have to think about. And I, I, the one thing that I will say is this. Anyone who's had to go through that, anyone I admire for their strength and their dignity because it is such a... a hard situation to be in. And the only thing that I can say really is this, and that is the only thing I can say is that out of every challenge I've ever had, and I've had so many in my life, that has not been one of them, but I've had so many. And looking back, I think, wow, that gave me an opportunity to grow and have a different life and a different path and do different things. So when I look back, all these challenges and all these hard things have given me an opportunity to do something that I never anticipated would happen in my life. So I don't know if that helps. I don't know. Oh, it helps a lot. Let me ask you this, your organization network with other women's on a national and international basis. Have you started doing that yet? A Spirited Woman has just been involved in something we just called a 12-day share fest. And we invited women from around the world. We have our approaches that every woman is a visionary and that every woman has a creative, you know, a creative self. And so we invited, we invited them to share and to share through posts and videos and, and inspirations and, and all sorts of things. And we attracted women involved in this. It's been going on for 12 days. Today was the last day. And we've had over 90,000 women become involved and we've had women from 65 countries. So, to say that Spirited Woman has gone global is an understatement. And we really are at this point, a global community. I no longer live in downtown. I haven't lived in downtown for over a year and a half. So I have a strong connection to the community, but I no longer live in it. So my business is really a global business. When I lived in downtown, I started the conversation series because I wanted to be around women. Anything else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else else the cost to go to to the event um if you haven't been to our events before it's 40 and it includes uh a champagne breakfast so that is really good and um that's that's really a great thing and uh the robert reynolds gallery is absolutely gorgeous and um i i usually usually people just don't walk in it's not set up that way but they can call me they can call me uh my my telephone number is all over my website which is the spirited woman.com so it's t-h-e spirited woman.com and uh they can email me my emails all over the website um so just let me know in advance if you want to come my phone number is 805-698-3555 the website is the spirited woman.com spiritedwoman.com um we don't have anything up right now inviting people to this event because uh we're gonna we have a newsletter the newsletter comes out on friday and to our community we're going to be reminding people that uh this is this event is happening and then i'll be doing it on facebook as well so you know that's about it i i think that um uh earlene is so talented and so gifted and for those who have not you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know it's a it's a wonderful opportunity to meet her and see her and um get to know her for who she is okay we're looking forward to it now would she be doing uh some performances interviews yes how it works is the conversation series so um i think in this particular case because of earlene's talent she'll probably do a minute or you know maybe a one to five minute performance i really have to discuss that with her i haven't gone over what she might want to do she has such a a big repertoire um i don't know what we're going to be discussing that and then usually what i do is a conversation with the person so i put together questions and they give me answers and um you know we people are fascinated because everybody has a story to tell everybody has a story to tell i'm looking forward to it absolutely absolutely that's going to be great be sure and bring your camera yes because i'm definitely planning on attending okay hey nancy i know oh go ahead i said definitely bring your camera because i know you're a good photographer hello okay thank you nancy and uh uh we're looking forward to it i know how busy you is thank you for calling in and have a good evening oh thank you so much i appreciate it bye nancy this is earl yes bye bye see you soon all right all right talk to you later then okay bye bye okay now nancy meals from uh spirited uh woman our last section for today is from the voices from the ether portion of the show so if it's monday night about 15 minutes to nine then you are listening to voices from the ether playing in the background never let me go by my good friend roger karnes who will be performing this holiday season at the far bar located at 347 east first street los angeles california on thursday december the 15th and 29th for more information and reservations call 213-617-9990 213-617-9990 213-617-9990 213-617-9990 you can visit roger online at www.rogerkarnes.com his music is available on cdbaby.com never let me go now for the senses tonight our special guest calling in from her cell phone from god knows where miss michelle autry michelle are you there michelle are you there I am. Good evening, Tyrone. How are you doing? Good evening. The magic is working tonight. How's everybody out there in Internet land? In Internet land out here in the ether. Everybody's here. Everybody's here. Everybody's fine. And this is an experiment that's working out finally. So, Michelle, you're going to give us a quick and a good one, right? I am. Is Melvin there? Yes, he is. Hey, how you doing, Michelle? Hey, how you doing, Melvin? Good to hear your voice. Yeah, looking forward to hearing you. Well, I just want to give you the honor of choice because I know you, and I wanted to give my love to Earlene as well. Thank you both so much for the opportunity. I just am so grateful to the most high for you and Tyrone. But I know you love the bounty, and I got the bounty, and I got JLB. So I'm going to let you do the honors. Which one would you rather hear? I love the bounty. You love the bounty. Okay, I got you on that. Okay. Okay. So let me know. It's time for you to rip. The stage is all yours. Okay, here we go. These days are the last, so please, my dear brothers and sisters, watch, fight, pray, and fast. Those in control have no soul. They are the most evil. They are all evil ego. They hate the good, and they call us bad. They have no consciousness of the sins that they commit. Don't believe their lies. Do it all. I'm still alive. And that's why there's a bounty on my head. The devil would rather that I was dead, but he can try to put me in jail instead because he gets at least $30,000 of debt. I'm hunted each and every day by and for the New World Order feds, profits the prison industrial complex, where they'd be pumping you off for a mind-altering mess. But every day you get religiously, just like our day, like our daily bread. Where you be? In hell? In Hitler's laboratory? No, it's the penitentiary. Drugs used to turn you into beasts. This I know because it happened to me. For this reason, I try to reach. I try to preach. I try to teach who you shots changing men into women and women into men. Don't commit the sin trying to keep us from being wed and blessed, which could take us from the tail and make us the head and blessed once again. But in our neighborhoods with AIDS, we're all in the same place. Brothers and sisters tell the devil to just get back. Don't be no homo, sisters. Don't you know your body is a tempo? You don't have to play the whole. I got gamma rays, lasers, microwaves, sprays, high frequency each and every day. That's what they try to put on me. It's an evil thing when the government experiments on you because nobody wants to believe you when you sing. At any rate, you've got to be spirit-led to get ahead and to stay ahead of the trap set by the new world ordered fads. So they have returned to slavery spiritually once again with this project plantation prison industrial complex. Ladies and gentlemen, there's a bounty on my head that even you cannot see where the enemy would hire my very own brother to lie on cheap, beat, rape, kill and murder me. There's a bounty on my head that leads the police to profile me incessantly. But so much money. Would they be trying to put all of us in the streets heaped in poverty where we can be killed by the police? Evil, evil inhumanity. Masked in white supremacy. Seeks to hurt me, beat, drug and fix me. Change me from good to bad, petite to big. Peace to me, making me a killer only to return to the streets to lie, steal and kill incessantly. I got the 99 on that. We the 99%. This is a conspiracy oh so deep for the war we wage. We wage it spiritually. Watch, fight and pray always. Do good and be good always. God sees them and he will repay them for all of their sins. To the gangsters in the streets I say let violence cease and descease. I said to the gangsters in the streets I said let all violence cease and descease. Please, peace, peace, peace, please. God knows. We must learn to discern how not to be a victim no more. Because if you continue to believe a lie someone must have put it in your mind. You know you could be bugged, hypnotized, mesmerized by witchcraft or the evil satanic sublime. To the Latinos I say basta ya en nomas. Return, repeat, repent and return to the one and only true God. Many of our brothers and sisters of color get used and the souls they lose when they get caught up in the evil trap of the Illuminati. Again, they'd rather see you and me dead because we speak the truth. Our tongues are our weapons. I'm a pedestrian. I'm a vegetarian by choice. I make no contribution to the filth, the pollution and the noise. I try to protect the innocent men and women, children who they seek to punish. But it's okay. There's a bounty on my head. But I live and I will rise like the phoenix to the skies. Like an angel. That they could not kill. I advise you please, please only speak, be and see the truth. We give thanks and praise. Hear me. Because if I speak the evil powers that be, trilateral demons who are still in authority in this society, they will continue to try to frame and trap and murder me. But like I said, I live and I continue to give. And I will try to continue to reach and teach and preach to you. Happy holidays and happy new year too. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much, Michelle. Are you here? Yes, of course we're here. Thank you so much for your contribution this evening. I was going to DJ O.B. but I wanted to give Melvin the honor of choosing. Maybe next time. Thank you so much. God bless. You too. Happy holidays. Happy holidays, Michelle. Bye bye. All right. We'll see you. Bye bye. Voices from the Ether invites other spoken words like Michelle, to call us at 1-800-893-9562 if you would like to be on the show in the future. Okay. A shout out to Miss Brandy and her beau. You know, Rick James once said that crack cocaine is a mofo. But you know what? My opinion is that this meth out here now is a new infection, especially in the black community. I had an opportunity last week to meet a gentleman who is terribly addicted to this meth. And he has a loved one out there and she's concerned about him. So this is a shout out to you, dude. Give her a call. Her name is Brandy. She still loves you. Okay. What we're going to do tonight is another little bit of an experiment. We're going to go ahead and play some bits. Yeah. There we go. There we go. We're going to play some bits from prior performances that were done. And we're going to play a little bit of a song. So, the first performer at the Old Fire House, that's now boarded up, thanks to the County of Los Angeles, the first performer is Miss Shirley Simmons. And she's going to perform a little spoken word piece. And if we have time, we're going to listen to some more Raindrops and pick up with another artist. And, Melvin, what is her name? You're a loser. You know, I used to be a loser, but I ain't no fool, cause now my eyes are open and I can see this world just ain't for me. I said I used to be a loser, but I ain't no fool, cause now my eyes are open and I can see that the things of this world just ain't for me. Cause I can see clearly now, the drugs are gone. No more popping pills are breaking out, oh I even found that song when I've been searching for. It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshine in. Hey, check it out. I can even think clearly now. I can think clearly now, the drugs are gone. No more snorting coke or smoking marijuana. I even found that song when I've been searching for. It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshine in. I can even think clearly now, the drugs are gone. No more popping pills are breaking out, oh I even found that song when I've been searching for. It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshine in. I can even think clearly We got a great event coming up this weekend. Let's give us a chance to talk about last week. We was at an event called Reckoning with Torture, which all three of us was involved in. I want to get some feedback from both Tyler and Tyler. We had two two two two two both Tyrone and Earlene about the event, you know, the highlights of the event for them. Let's start off with Earlene. Well, I want to thank Andy Griggs, who so wonderfully and detailed everything to coordinate the event. And I just want to give a shout out to him because he's great to work with. He's organized and he's right down to the last dotting the I's and crossing the.