GIL SCOTT-HERON
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Gil Scott-Heron spells out why “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
Consider the influence of television, even in the digital age. Consider the power that networks like Fox and CNN continue to wield over that nebulous thing called public opinion; the continued dominance of NBC and CBS. These giants don’t really inform so much as sell packaged ideological content paid for and approved by corporate sponsors.… Continue reading
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Video: Gil Scott-Heron 'Work for Peace'
“The military and the monetary / Get together whenever it’s necessary / Turning our brothers and sisters into mercenaries / They are turning the planet into a cemetery.” — Gil Scott-Heron, ‘Work for Peace’ from the album ‘Spirits’. 1994 Continue reading
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ColdType June-July 2011 Issue
14 June 2011 — Coldtype Download in pdf format at http://www.coldtype.net 1. Back to the, er, past . . . This month we’ve changed our name from The ColdType Reader back to the original, and simpler, title of ColdType. It’s the third time we’ve changed our name: the first incarnation of ColdType was in tabloidprinted Continue reading
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A selection of Gil Scott-Heron videos
30 May 2011 Gil Scott-Heron “Pieces Of A Man” (1971) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VqGWfq0Btg Is That Jazz? Gil Scott Heron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBVa6Gg6PA The Revolution Will Not Be Televised http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8 Winter In America, (1974) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk The Bottle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0 Gil Scott Heron – Message to the Messengers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hCQcrfg28 Ain’t No Such Thing As A Superman by Gil Scott Heron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD_9Ph8KiVM Gil Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron, Spoken-Word Musician, Dies at 62
Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” died Friday at age 62. Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron – New York Is Killing Me
Track from his latest album ‘I’m new here’ Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron: Definition of a Poet
Interview with Gil Scott-Heron Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron – ‘Where Did The Night Go’
15 August, 2010 http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Video.3136424 Continue reading
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UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA 20 April, 2010
In an open letter to musician Gil Scott-Heron, The Electronic Intifada’s Matthew Cassel urges him to cancel his upcoming concert in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 