film poster design

While away the last three months, spent some time sketching some more poster designs for the film. This one is supposed to be Mikala in the barrel of a big frothy one.

Vivalo Orange #5

Color/Orange with rainbow sparkle
Headset/Hatta Swan Super Deluxe
BB/Hatta R9400
Seat tube/52.5cm c-t
Top tube/54.5cm c-c
Rear/110mm
Seatpost diameter/27.2cm
Standover/77.5cm
Model Year/1995
Condition/This track frame has a ding 2mm deep on the right side on the top tube but is otherwise in near mint condition overall. Also, for those that don't know, even though this frame is NJS stamped, Vivalo has lost their NJS approval for the time being.
Price/640usd

Vivalo Orange #3

Color/Orange with rainbow sparkle
Headset/Hatta Swan Super Deluxe
BB/Hatta R9400
Seat tube/52cm c-t
Top tube/54.5cm c-c
Rear/110mm
Seatpost diameter/27.2cm
Standover/77cm
Model Year/2004
Condition/This track frame has a ding 1mm deep on the right side on the top tube but is otherwise in near mint condition overall. Also, for those that don't know, even though this frame is NJS stamped, Vivalo has lost their NJS approval for the time being.
Price/690usd

Vivalo Orange #2

Color/Orange with rainbow sparkle
Headset/Hatta Swan Super Deluxe
BB/Shimano BB-7700
Seat tube/52.5cm c-t
Top tube/54.5cm c-c
Rear/110mm
Seatpost diameter/27.2cm
Standover/77cm
Model Year/2003
Condition/This frame has some small chipped paint spots but is otherwise in near condition overall. Also, for those that don't know, even though this frame is NJS stamped, Vivalo has lost their NJS approval for the time being.
Price/890usd

Vivalo Orange #1

Color/Orange with rainbow sparkle
Headset/Hatta Swan Super Deluxe
BB/Hatta R9400
Seat tube/52cm c-t
Top tube/54.5cm c-c
Rear/110mm
Seatpost diameter/27.2cm
Standover/77cm
Model Year/2005
Condition/This track frame has some small chipped paint spots but is otherwise in great condition overall. Also, for those that don't know, even though this frame is NJS stamped, Vivalo has lost their NJS approval for the time being.
Price/790usd

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Ghetto Book Notes: The Education of Booker T. Washington by Michael West

Was Booker T. Washington a Uncle Tom or a do-for-self Negro pragmatist? Michael West takes a fresh approach to an old question. He assesses Booker T. Washington's impact on later notions of progress and Civil Rights. He argues that the Washingtonian theory of "race relations" sent black struggle backwards by diverting attention away from inherent and pervasive social inequality. In other words, Washington built an ideology around negotiating for racial harmony rather than fighting for racial justice.

tags: booker t. washington, civil rights, do for self

See also:

     • Old Negro, New Negro

     • Don't blame Uncle Tom | The Guardian 

     • The American directory of certified Uncle Toms- Google Books 

     • Thoughts of a ghetto intellectual ™: Malcolm X's Critique of Martin Luther King Jr.

     • Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South by Andrew Zimmerman 

Coconut Revolution: Freedom Struggle in Papua New Guinea

This video documents the freedom struggle in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea [1]. The leader of this courageous effort draws comparisons between their oppression and how Africa was carved up by Europe. His reference calls to mind an African American colleague of mine who was, for a time, the US representative for the "pan-African liberation of Papua New Guinea." The   Bougainville Revolutionary Army eventually won independence for their people in the late 1990s. GI 

If you cannot view the video, click here. 


map source: Wikipedia


tags: black freedom movement, colonialism, papua new guinea, solomon islands


[1] Bougainville is sometimes known as North Solomon.



See also: 
     • Papua New Guinea Is Little Prepared for Gas Wealth - NYTimes.com    
     • Rush for resources - 101 East - Al Jazeera English  
     • Thoughts of a ghetto intellectual ™: West Papuan independence struggle
     • Alleged torture video surfaces in Papua  

False! "More black people jailed in England and Wales proportionally than in US"

I posted and then deleted this article because after reading it more carefully I knew the numbers were not right. The original article reported the black people in England and Wales were imprisoned at rates higher than their black American counterparts. This is inaccurate. The article is now appended with the following correction:

According to a range of sources, including the US justice department, about 12% of the US population is black and about 40% to 45% of the US prison population is black. According to Roy Walmsley's World Prison Population List 2009, the US jails 756 of every 100,000 of its population. The corresponding figure for England and Wales is 153. Based on the figures above, America jails 3% of its black population, and England and Wales 1%. This means that a black person in the US is three times as likely to be imprisoned as in England and Wales.  

Of course none of that diminishes the fact that blacks in England and Wales, like African Americans, face massive discrimination and are disproportionately incarcerated.

Read the original essay with appended correction in its entirety @  The Guardian

tags: prison industrial complex, crime, criminal justice 

FRIDAY! Friends of the Congo event in DC

Time	Friday, October 22 · 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location	BloomBars 3222 11th St NW Washington, DC
Created By	BloomBars
	In honor of the ongoing struggle for peace and justice in the Congo and the International Violence Against Women Act that is making its way through Congress, please join us for an evening of film, poetry, awareness, and fundraising for Friends of the Congo. Presented will be: * A 20min film on the DRC * A speaker from the organization Friends of the Congo ... Also: * Jonathan Tucker – D.C Slam Poet, activist, and winner of the 2010 C.O.U.P. (Community Oriented Underground Poet) Award from the National Underground Spoken Word Poetry Awards. He has represented Washington, D.C. at the National Poetry Slam for two years (2009 and 2010) on the Busboys and Poets 11th Hour Slam Team and is frequently working in schools and community organizations leading workshops on spoken word performance poetry.    * Anna Mwalagho – African Spoken Word Artist / Poetic Afro Beat Artist. Anna has entertained dignitaries such as NOBEL PRIZE winner Nobel Laureate Mrs. Wangari Maathai, but she has graced the stages of high profile venues including: The Kennedy Center, The World Bank, US Army Material Command, UNAIDS, America’s 400TH Anniversary, US Africa Business Conference, Embassy of Kenya, Washington Convention Center, Zanzibar on the waterfront restaurant and club, Smithsonian Museum of African Art, State Department and many more. She has been featured on MHZ-TV, WHUR 96.3 FM, WETA 90.9FM, Voice of America, CBS TV/WUSA9 TV, XM Satellite Radio, Harold Channer TV and many more. Learn how you can help push the International Violence Against Women Act through Congress. Light Refreshments will be provided. Please donate as much as you can to Friends of the Congo. $10 suggested minimum donation. Source: Facebook | Friends of the Congo event  See also: friends of the congo map source: lonely planet tags: congo, washington d.c., activism

Acknowledgment of African Traditional & Diaspora Religions - The Petition Site

The egregious injustices of the slave trade will continue to linger in so long as the United States government denies the many centuries of suppression of the human rights--especially the religious rights--of African Americans. GI

Marie Laveau

(September 10, 1794 – June 16, 1881)

Legendary Voudoun (Voodoo) Priestess in New Orleans 

During transatlantic slavery, the millions of Africans transported across the Atlantic into the North American continent and its protectorates, were active African Traditionalists, who were denied their religious freedoms during and after their enslavement.

The Diaspora were forced to suppress their ancestral religious practices, customs, culture and spiritual values, in lieu of Christianity. Hollywood, sensationalists tabloids, baised academic journals, mainstream media and Christian evangelicals have all aided in creating an atmosphere of fear, ignorance, hostility and myth by perpetuating negative stereotypes and encouraging the marginalization of African Diaspora ancestral religious study and sacred ritual and practices.This system of repression,

discrimination and cultural malignment has continued even after the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791.

Read entire statement and sign petition @ Care 2


tags: African traditional religion, new orleans, slavery

Vivalo Vintage Purple #2

Color/Purple
Headset/Dura Ace NJS
BB/Shimano BB-7400 NJS
Seat tube/48.5cm c-t
Top tube/52cm c-c
Rear/110mm
Seatpost diameter/27.0cm
Standover/74.5cm
Model Year/1988
Condition/This track frame has some small chipped paint spots but is otherwise in good used condition overall. Also, for those that don't know, even though this frame bears the NJS stamp, Vivalo has lost their NJS approval for the time being. No dents!
Price/590usd