{"id":1050,"date":"2020-06-18T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.63.227\/dj\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2020-11-26T02:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:06:21","slug":"threads-18-06-20-we-have-sound-20-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francisredman.com\/dj\/2020\/06\/18\/threads-18-06-20-we-have-sound-20-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads 18.06.20 \u2013 We Have Sound 20.6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?hide_cover=1&amp;light=1&amp;feed=%2FThreadsRadio%2Fwe-have-sound-w-francis-redman-18-jun-20%2F\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before the outbreak of Covid 19, it felt like we were living in fast moving times. In these days of uncertainty, and of unrest, I found that taking a longer view, and reading about related historical events to unfolding situations can provide a clarifying perspective more useful than trying to engage, bleary eyed with the turbulent moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, considering recent events in the United States of America; and the conversations they provoked worldwide with this perspective offered little clarity. Taking a longer view only showed us that for some people in our societies, the turbulence has been unrelenting. The truth is, that there was no moment \u2013 just the world we live in, laid out in front of us to see. We live in fast moving times, but some things have been allowed to drift into backwaters and have grown deep roots there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change isn&#8217;t easy, and identifying what we need to change in ourselves and society could be a life&#8217;s work, but we have to do so much more. We must not take comfort in the small progress made &#8211; the acknowledgement of work to be done is the acknowledgement that we ask some people to suffer discrimination whilst we make things right; time has run out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I put this show together thinking about these things . I felt events were not those that could be overlooked &#8211; however, my voice is not one that needs to be heard right now, and I assume the Threads audience is also well aware of <em>what<\/em> has happened recently. By sharing some voices that I think do offer something important and pertinent I hope to have (within the limitations of this radio show) contributed something useful to someone &#8211; the sources of the samples on the show are shared below.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Music.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>John Coltrane &#8211; Alabama<\/p>\n<p>Moor Mother &#8211; Waiting Time \/ Wading Time<\/p>\n<p>Beverly Copeland &#8211; Good Morning Blues<\/p>\n<p>Heroes Are Gang Leaders &#8211; London Butterfield<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Bourne &#8211; Dave Black<\/p>\n<p>Pink Siifu &#8211; We Need Mo Color. Abundance<\/p>\n<p>Celer &#8211; Laughing Waters<\/p>\n<p>Krzyzis &#8211; Ain&#8217;t No Grey Skies at Night<\/p>\n<p>Reggae George &#8211; Three Wicked Men (Version)<\/p>\n<p>Love Joy&#8217;s &#8211; All I Can Say<\/p>\n<p>Love Joy&#8217;s &#8211; All I Can Say (Version)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle Chris &amp; Chris Keys &#8211; Mirage (feat. Earl Sweatshirt, Denmark Vessey, Merrill Garbus &amp; Big Sen)<\/p>\n<p>Moor Mother &#8211; Sound Is Fossil Poetry<\/p>\n<p>Kami-O &#8211; Aura (Argo Remix)<\/p>\n<p>Ago &#8211; Blur<\/p>\n<p>Commodo &#8211; Contraband<\/p>\n<p>Logan &#8211; Black Power<\/p>\n<p>Logan &#8211; All Together<\/p>\n<p>Antconstantino &#8211; \u00c9ok<\/p>\n<p>Jynxstarr &#8211; Chaos Theory Instrumental<\/p>\n<p>Sporting Life &#8211; Please Just Be<\/p>\n<p>LyeForm &#8211; Waking Life<\/p>\n<p>Actress &#8211; Raven<\/p>\n<p>Ikonika &#8211; Your Body<\/p>\n<p>Manga Saint Hilare &amp; Murkage Dave &#8211; Weird Kid In The Ends (Mike Skinner Demo)<\/p>\n<p>Digital Mystikz &#8211; Anti War Dub<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar &#8211; Alright<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"link blue underline\" href=\"https:\/\/buymusic.club\/list\/francisredman-we-have-sound-206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find these tracks on Bandcamp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Sample sources.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reverend Jesse Jackson meets with elected officials and faith leaders in Minneapolis, and holds news conference on the death of George Floyd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as looking historically to find some perspective or understanding, I also find that listening to voices I do not usually listen to can be useful. I am not religious, but much of what I heard seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l-oNAOWROuA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speak so clearly about how people were feeling in those days in late May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Rev. Jesse Jackson has not left his home for 70 days and he came to 38th and Chicago&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Audio from this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LyndseySpiczka\/status\/1266190242962259968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a> recorded by someone who has connected with me over the years I have been doing radio felt an important inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darcus Howe on London civil unrest in 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have used audio from Darcus Howe before on this show, his unique voice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jevc5M3T0k4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke with clear truth<\/a> on these issues in the UK for decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mangrove Nine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tQQLLtfNhcY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short documentary<\/a> of the landmark Mangrove Nine case in 1970 is uncomfortable but essential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denzil Forrester on Talk Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was introduced to the art of Denzil Forrester last year at a Jah Shaka event I when I saw him sketching in the gallery at Subterania. After the event I found more about his art (which it turns out I had already seen many times at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/blog\/denzil-forrester-unveils-his-brixton-blue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brixton Underground Station<\/a>). As I began to think about police brutality in the UK recently &#8211; some of the stories <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/talk-art\/denzil-forrester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he told on this podcast<\/a> about his experiences and influences came very much to the fore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcia Rigg speaks about Sean Riggs death in police custody.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As I thought about the story Denzil Forrester tells of the tragic killing of Winston Rose &#8211; I was startled into considering the unpleasant similarities in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LsOyGe2ssZw\u200b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macia&#8217;s account of Sean Rigg&#8217;s killing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Akala speaks about education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As much as we must address things that need immediate attention, the work of making these changes consensual, wilful and lasting requires us to educate the next generation better. How we consider, frame history, who&#8217;s stories we tell and the perspective we think of them from are things we should all think about. Akala put forward some insightful thoughts about this, along with so many others in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fVEhBekLm9I&amp;list=PL_vg3JPFdTkXr17XdRIKGUaayoatC2Lj3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this essential conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Boyega in Hyde Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The passion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGXEB25WdyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Boyega addressing the crowd<\/a> at a Black Lives Matter protest in London, which I am sure many have already seen speaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Beverly Glenn-Copeland<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I have been mesmerised by his music, which I have discovered far too late, but it has been a real source of light and beauty in recent times. It was sad to read about the financial situation he currently faces. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/gofundme-launched-for-beverly-glenn-copeland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donations in support can be made here<\/a> &#8211; or of course <a href=\"https:\/\/beverlyglenn-copeland.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buying music<\/a> is another great way to get money to an artist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff Change. Even before the outbreak of Covid 19, it felt like we were living in fast moving times. 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