Salem – Refutal of Newton’s Third.

June 29th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

I’ve determined that non-action is an action. You can do everything to show someone you love that you care, that you’re really affected by them, that you need them in your life but when people stand by and do nothing in the face of such demonstrative behavior, even when it’s explicit in spoken words, their non-action is an action. This action is a slap in your face.

I was once treated this way by someone, and took this tactic for myself.

RULE: when uncomfortable or in a situation you do not want to be in, the polite thing to do is to not respond.
ARGUMENT AGAINST: This is what’s wrong with the universe. I recently bore the brunt of this tactic and I can say with certainty that non-action is as cruel as malicious action. To stand by and watch someone expend energy over something you might just hold finality to, is mean and I will no longer have any part of it.

From now on, I will TRY and make my intentions and emotions clear in all situations I feel uncomfortable, or where someone might be depending on me to ping back. I will return packs of energy to the universe as they are served to me, the best I can.
I won’t stand by and shit on someone through non participatory behavior.

To the inspiration of this post:
This post is now permanent (as long as my server and word press are….) It’s not a spiteful post, but I hope it serves as a return of a pack of energy, you just won’t take from me.

Even non-action is an action…and I’ve been dissed too many times.

Check out the new one I just made…I feel like the guitar riff, pensive, mournful, but clear….

download here: http://www.divshare.com/direct/7787877-dba.mp3

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Fresno, Naps, and all that Jazz

June 22nd, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

So, the Jakara movement show went down, and Im now at SFO waiting to go to BOS…(delayed flight)

This trip was funded by the Jakara heads in Cali. They’re an organization that spreads the knowledge of Sikhi through various regional camps around California.

At first, I thought they must have crazy funding to bring me out from Canada to perform…sweet lord, I was itching to get out of the house. The impressive thing about Jakara, is that there are so many young people running it. They know so much about the heritage I have.

I learn about my own heritage through the conflict of others…it helps me re-evaluate “me”.

Anyway, I thought this trip was a blessing. First, because I got to travel for free to perform my own original music. This has happened to me before, but never among the community im supposedly from. The trip to Cali, in itself was dope…I flew to toronto (thanks kitt), attended my nieces graduation from Junior high school (sort of), drove with humble to buffalo where we told border security that we were ‘rappers’. He then asked us what our day job were. We arrived at buffalo international fassy clot airport, when security placed me in a glass cube because I beeped when I passed through the gates.

I sat on a chair in this transparent cube, like Magneto. They frisked, and frisked, and frisked. I got aroused, im not going to lie.

Something needs to be said about being more sexually stimulated than scared of fucking security. Ha!

Anyway, Humble and I were twice more shown love on both ends of the walkway to the actual airplane…before, and right at the door of the airplane.

love love love.

will continue later…now bording. I hope they show me love.

…continued

Day 1, nap on the pacific coast, stars between Fresno and SFO….

Day 2, conference and tons of love from the local Sikhs

Day 3, we perform…

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Dinkar the Friendly Giant, Cali via Buffalo wif Humble the Poet

June 17th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

For those of you who may not know, I’ve been battling problems with my nerves in my lower spine, leaving my left calf muscle currently our of order….I should get better slowly, but, it’s had me extremely local for many weeks and I’ve only recently decided to get out to do more shows and produce and ting….

Went to a bbq on saturday where I hung with a lovely group of young ladies who made me 2 veggies burgers. We talked and laughed, and determined that masturbation, like traveling alone, is NOT limited to the male species…(eh girls?)

My man Dinkar was there, and I was a bit taken aback when he exclaimed that the new Dilla album was sick….I haven’t pursued my search for other dilla step-children in a while. So, it pleased me to hear this…it renewed the excitement of love and summer in me…

still thinking about someone I miss.. :( but i am an artist, im going to let this affect me until a great piece of work comes out of it I guess.

Tonight, im off to buffalo to catcha 6 am flight to san fran where humble and I rip it in fresno (http://www.jakara.org/) along side other sikh artists like Mandeep Sethi (http://www.myspace.com/mandeepsethi), and GNE

Anyway Dinkar inspired a beat and hur it is….

dinkar4

blood claat..the link above didnt work

here you go

http://www.divshare.com/direct/7683955-d70.mp3

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T Dot… where my fam is, where the people aren’t.

June 9th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

…in Tdot..

Straight up, if you’re walking in to a train station, and you’re almost limping carrying two bags, and you ask someone to help you get from point A on the platform to point B, you think someone would be like “Hey there, I’ll help you”…

Today, 2 people said “no, I’m sorry”…even after I lied and said “I just had back surgery”….at what point do people compromise the humane nature in their raas clot genes and settle for a dog eat dog situation? Where, in the city, you’re on your own.

Anyway, currently watchin anne of green gables on the way home to mount real. We’ve stopped, and the the conductor just came on the intercom and said “there’s a bit of freight train congestion”…im not sure about you, but it really doesn’t sound right to me….?!?!?!

will sikh make it home? will he record a banger tonight? will he be able to donwload humbles track and rip it proper?….

find out…..latur

à la prochaine

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When Lions Roar

June 6th, 2009 by Sikh Knowledge

in light of the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the Harmandir Sahib, The Sikh Activist Network, a group of dope individuals doing non-exclusive community service every chance they get, organize an event called “When Lions Roar”. This event showcased works that were themed with remembrance of the atrocities by young urban Sikh artists. There were spoken word artists, Gatka artists (Sikh Martial arts), emcees, and singers.

Humble the Poet (www.thepoetproject.com) and I were blessed to have been involved and headline the awareness portion of the show.

We ripped it. This group GNE from D.C. were before and they were possibly, the most energetic cats I’ve ever followed. The issue with with going after hype ass acts is that your left with an audience needing a certain level of energy to coast to the end of your set…I was worried. But, we brought it.
GNE were dope and I look forward to performing with them in Fresno at the jakara event (http://www.jakara.org/)

talk soon

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