[Page Two] Contents: A Write or Die Zine Production
Featuring: Xzyzst, Kaos, Toth, Syeko, Negasi, Big Rock, Narmir, Joker, Wyld, Batman.
Graffiti Art by, J. KuL
The Vent Title Page Name
Master of Ceremonies VENT (prologue) Oscar Grant Rap New Generation Rising Timothy Pride Rap Like They Use To Sevyl Smith Spoken Word Does It Mean to be Black Mario Woods Rap Angry Black Man Micah Johnson Spoken Word Audacious Demand Raheim Brown Spoken Word Where the Children Play Lavell Mixson Introspective No Man's Land Laquan McDonald PAPCO Group Blog Recent Comments Kenneth Harding Letter Narmir Nate Wilks Letter (response) Spears & Shields Dante Parker Mic Controller Cipher @Golgotha w/Joker Anthony Hiller Introspective No Clean Hands Tamir Rice Song Nobody Michael Brown Mic Controller Cipher @Golgotha w/Wyld Alan Blueford Rap Man Up Lin "Spit" Newborn Spoken Word Root of the Matter Kieth Scott Introspective Resolution of Power Treyvon Martin Master of Ceremonies VENT (epilogue) Terence Crutcher
Piankhi -- editor betweenthebars.org/group/papco
Anthony Rayson - Zine Publisher South Chicago ABC Zine Distro PO Box 721, Homewood, IL, 60430
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THE VENT (Prologue)
Vent - to give vigorous or emotional expression to, an opportunity, or way of escape, or passage, or relief of pressure, to cause fresh air to circulate, so as to replace foul air.
Welcome to The Vent, a subculture within a subculture. So, imagine, well, just those of you who haven't already experienced this, but imagine being arrested in America, oh lawd!
Yes, it's personal, and life just got real, on unexpected levels, you're sitting in a jail cell, prison cell, or Juvenile Detention cell, like so many of us, you hear sounds of rhythmic pounding; designers of institutions renders every captive blind, so there is no way you can see where the sounds are coming from, so, where is it coming from?
The sink? No, The toilet? yeah maybe, but for You, hell no, it's got to be the air vent, right? And by captive nature, you climb on top of the sing to press your ear against the air vent and discover an underworld, in real time, live sessions of other worldly spoken word performances, recitals of Poetic Asides, political dialogue, and commentary, All day, all night rap battles, and some of the best singing you've ever hard, No busters allowed clause in full effect.
Massive euphoria, applause, oohz and awwhhz, laughter, and the thick tension of silence when you hear voices inside the vent calling out to you, mostly to see if the new homie got flows, as the vent craves new energy.
Now, for a few of the elderly, the haters, and racist cops, all of this ain't nothing but a bunch of goddamn noise, and even those brief Rude interruptive static moments seem to be a natural component to what happens inside of the Vent, locked up, and locked down, and yet, still free.
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Contents: A Write or Die Zine Production
Featuring: Xzyzst, Kaos, Toth, Syeko, Negasi, Big Rock, Narmir, Joker, Wyld, Batman.
Graffiti Art by, J. KuL
The Vent Title Page Name
Master of Ceremonies VENT (prologue) Oscar Grant
Rap New Generation Rising Timothy Pride
Rap Like They Use To Sevyl Smith
Spoken Word Does It Mean to be Black Mario Woods
Rap Angry Black Man Micah Johnson
Spoken Word Audacious Demand Raheim Brown
Spoken Word Where the Children Play Lavell Mixson
Introspective No Man's Land Laquan McDonald
PAPCO Group Blog Recent Comments Kenneth Harding
Letter Narmir Nate Wilks
Letter (response) Spears & Shields Dante Parker
Mic Controller Cipher @Golgotha w/Joker Anthony Hiller
Introspective No Clean Hands Tamir Rice
Song Nobody Michael Brown
Mic Controller Cipher @Golgotha w/Wyld Alan Blueford
Rap Man Up Lin "Spit" Newborn
Spoken Word Root of the Matter Kieth Scott
Introspective Resolution of Power Treyvon Martin
Master of Ceremonies VENT (epilogue) Terence Crutcher
Piankhi -- editor
betweenthebars.org/group/papco
Anthony Rayson - Zine Publisher
South Chicago ABC Zine Distro
PO Box 721, Homewood, IL, 60430
Copyright Left 2017
[Page 3]
THE VENT (Prologue)
Vent - to give vigorous or emotional expression to, an opportunity, or way of escape, or passage, or relief of pressure, to cause fresh air to circulate, so as to replace foul air.
Welcome to The Vent,
a subculture within a subculture. So, imagine, well, just those of you who haven't already experienced this, but imagine being arrested in America, oh lawd!
Yes, it's personal, and life just got real, on unexpected levels, you're sitting in a jail cell, prison cell, or Juvenile Detention cell, like so many of us, you hear sounds of rhythmic pounding; designers of institutions renders every captive blind, so there is no way you can see where the sounds are coming from, so, where is it coming from?
The sink? No, The toilet? yeah maybe, but for You, hell no, it's got to be the air vent, right? And by captive nature, you climb on top of the sing to press your ear against the air vent and discover an underworld, in real time, live sessions of other worldly spoken word performances, recitals of Poetic Asides, political dialogue, and commentary, All day, all night rap battles, and some of the best singing you've ever hard, No busters allowed clause in full effect.
Massive euphoria, applause, oohz and awwhhz, laughter, and the thick tension of silence when you hear voices inside the vent calling out to you, mostly to see if the new homie got flows, as the vent craves new energy.
Now, for a few of the elderly, the haters, and racist cops, all of this ain't nothing but a bunch of goddamn noise, and even those brief Rude interruptive static moments seem to be a natural component to what happens inside of the Vent, locked up, and locked down, and yet, still free.
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