Musicians and poets featured on STATE OF
EMERGENCY, the new LP created by organizers from the World Can’t Wait
(WCW) in Chicago, will perform at a CD release benefit party from 8
p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, March 5, at the Elbo Room (http://www.elboroomchicago.com)
2871 N. Lincoln Ave., in Chicago
(773/549-5549).
CD contributors will express their own
versions of the state of the union, live at the Elbo Room, to support
the national WCW movement. Cover charge is a suggested $7 donation, to
WCW-Chicago, and drinks may be purchased at the cash bar. CDs and other
merchandise will also be available for sale.
Poet and hip hop-soul diva Nikki Patin will host the event, which
begins at 8 p.m. with bands and spoken word artists, followed by hip
hop artists and DJ Itch13 at 11 p.m. STATE OF EMERGENCY will be
well-represented with a vast list of bands: Nadir’s Distorted Soul
(rock), from Detroit, Radio Mango (pop/Latin/world), mind’s hideaway
(rock), Cottonseed (folk/rock); and hip hop and spoken word artists:
Mars, that revolutionary sister (eclectic/poetry), Dove Rock with
Itch13 and Lamon Manuel (hip hop/poetry), Tristan James (trip hop), and
avery r. young (gospel/hip hop/poetry). Artist bios and other
information can be found at the Proletariat Productions Web site: http://www.proletariatproductions.com.
STATE OF EMERGENCY is a 17-track compilation CD, and includes the
voices of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs Terkel, Debra Sweet, and
Samantha Hamlin, along with performers who will appear March 5 at the
Elbo Room. This CD was created by WCW-Chicago organizers and
Proletariat Productions with recording engineer and producer Tristan
James. Radio Mango and Nadir’s Distorted Soul provided recordings from
other studios (details available on CD jacket). All tracks were donated
by the performers to help raise funds for WCW and to encourage dialogue
about the political condition of the United States.
The CD was officially released January 31 to coincide with protests of
President Bush’s State of the Union address. This included
demonstrations in 68 U.S. cities and towns, organized by WCW to ‘drown
out Bush’s lies.’ In Chicago, a rally in Daley Plaza opened with ‘¡Ya
Basta!’ played by Radio Mango flamenco guitarist and vocalist, Doug
Ringwald, and percussionist John Pollack. Ringwald said, ‘This song
title is Spanish for, ‘Enough!” The event MC was Mars, that
revolutionary sister, whose poem about the Bush administration’s
response to Hurricane Katrina, ‘Unspeakable,’ appears on STATE OF
EMERGENCY, as performed with Darius Savage on upright bass.
The World Can’t Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime is a movement of
thousands of persons of various political, religious, and ethnic
backgrounds, sexual orientations who “seek to mobilize millions to
express outrage, to speak the truth, to act with urgency and to form
organized political resistance to create a political situation where
the Bush regime’s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven
from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society
is reversed.” WCW organizers say, “We demand, Bush step down! And take
your program with you!” Purchase your CD today!
http://www.proletariatproductions.com
All proceeds go to WCW-Chicago. PayPal and credit cards accepted
World Can’t Wait-Chicago
1741 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
office: 773/227-2453
mobile: 773/412-8318
E-mail: chicago@worldcantwait.org
http://www.chicagoworldcantwait.org
http://www.worldcantwait.net
CD RELEASE! January 31
STATE OF EMERGENCY by The World Can’t Wait-Chicago
avery r. young * Samantha Hamlin * Debra Sweet * Dove Rock * Lamon
Manuel * Itch13 * Studs Terkel * Cottonseed * Mars, that revolutionary
sister, * Darius Savage * Debra Sweet * Tristan James * Mind’s Hideaway
* Nikki Patin * Nadir’s Distorted Soul * Radio Mango http://www.chicagoworldcantwait.org