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		<title>Music: Why Would I Watch The Throne?</title>
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Just listened to Kanye and Jay-Z&#8217;s new &#8220;supergroup&#8221; album, &#8220;Watch The Throne.&#8221;
Meh.
I appreciate some of the complimentary points made by film maker Ava DuVernay while appreciating Chuck D&#8217;s points that gross consumerism and flashiness in times of great economic hardship may be a wee bit insensitive.
All that&#8217;s true.  However, my take on the album [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/08/09/music-why-would-i-watch-the-throne/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: You Haven&#8217;t Given Up Yet? [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Argh. I will do 30 poems, so help me Lando!  
The house feeds the kids
Leftover philosophy
Grown ups go get lunch
&#8220;The Last Corner of Tuna Casserole&#8221;
By Hannibal Tabu

More to come &#8230;
Playing (Music): &#8220;Streetlights&#8221; by Kanye West
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		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/05/10/poetry-you-havent-given-up-yetnapowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Comics: Commentary Track for the Missing April/May Buy Piles</title>
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Every week I do a column full of comic book reviews as I&#8217;ve done since  March 2003 and currently published at Comic Book Resources.  Then, after the reviews post,  I try to come over to my blog and expand on the thoughts and ideas  listed there.  Sometimes it&#8217;s profound, sometimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/05/09/comics-commentary-track-for-the-missing-aprilmay-buy-piles/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Relentless [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Mmm. Yeah. 30 poems in 30 days &#8230; maybe not when launching a new niche pop culture phenomenon like Komplicated. Whee. What&#8217;s worse is that I stumbled just four poems from being done. Argh. Anyway &#8230;
Extra trips are never a concern for the determined.
Collected grocery bags
piled on floor or seats
never an impediment.
Like crimson ants
following chemical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/05/06/poetry-relentless/</link>
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		<title>Fiction: &#8220;Wish&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A prequel to the flash fiction piece "Paperwork," here's an extremely short story about getting what you always wanted.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/05/03/fiction-i-wish/</link>
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		<title>#musicmonday: what the what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All the free MP3 downloads moved over to www.komplicated.com, did they?  Well, that's cool.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/05/02/musicmonday-what-the-what/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: The Last Outpost [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Grrr. My wife is super sick and I&#8217;m stretched crazy thin, trying to work 8-hour day, nursemaid and babysit, plus getting up at 4AM to keep the baby from going nuts. Dude. I&#8217;m sleepy.
Poem anyway.
The Manthroom is a myth.
Matthew Perry idea of exclusive domain,
Testosterone Land in estrogen ocean.
Wife moved out to enjoy a whole bath [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/26/poetry-the-last-outpost-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Black and White [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Right.  So, I&#8217;m now two days behind. I hate being behind on National Poetry Writing Month.  I checked to count how many I&#8217;d done on Friday, and that clearly jinxed me.  Argh. 
Some would say my wife becoming infirm, which required me to step up and be both parents, played a role. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/26/poetry-black-and-white-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>#musicmonday: &#8220;&#8230; you can&#8217;t escape the history that you was meant to make &#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh music downloads to blow your mind! ]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/25/musicmonday-you-cant-escape-the-history-that-you-was-meant-to-make/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Casserole [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Every Friday &#8212; even when it&#8217;s not National Poetry Writing Month &#8212; I drop a haiku for my wife. This week is no different.
you still made dinner
back strain after baby heft
appreciated.
&#8220;Coming Home&#8221;
By Hannibal Tabu

Hasta!
Playing (Music): &#8220;Never Knew Love Like This&#8221; by Alexander O&#8217;Neal, feat. Cherelle
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		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/22/poetry-casserole-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Comics: The Commentary Track for the April 20th Buy Pile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Every week I do a column full of comic book reviews as I&#8217;ve done since  March 2003 and currently published at Comic Book Resources.  Then, after the reviews post,  I try to come over to my blog and expand on the thoughts and ideas  listed there.  Sometimes it&#8217;s profound, sometimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/21/comics-the-commentary-track-for-the-april-20th-buy-pile/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: The Son Of The Bat [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tanka for Damian Wayne, descended from billionaire stock on one side and centuries of assassins from the other.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/21/poetry-the-son-of-the-bat-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: No One Man Should Have All That Power [#napowrimo2011]</title>
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Sorry this is a lot later than anticipated. Best laid plans and all that.  Right.  This one was very hard to get done, and I&#8217;m less than happy with the quality, but it can always be workshopped and improved. Here goes &#8230;

All day I dream about sequencers.
Common knowledge is
that your boy&#8217;s got too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/20/poetry-no-one-man-should-have-all-that-power-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Accounting [napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I paid taxes, intentionally, for the first time. Not so happy about that.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/18/poetry-accounting-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>#musicmonday: No regrets, just love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoa, that's a lotta music downloads! ]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/18/musicmonday-no-regrets-just-love/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Reveille [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poem about spending Sunday mornings with my youngest daughter]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/17/poetry-reveille-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Voicemail [napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying out a poetic form called a "choka."  You know, why not?]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/16/poetry-voicemail-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Balance and Patience [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One can't be all things to all people, but hopefully there's some value in trying.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/15/poetry-balance-and-patience-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Comics: The Commentary Track for the April 13th Buy Pile (mostly about Komplicated)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Komplicated is on my mind!]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/14/comics-the-commentary-track-for-the-april-13th-buy-pile-mostly-about-komplicated/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Bang [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poem taking a look at a man who finds it all so simple. Just breathe in, pull, breathe out. Somebody else never will.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/14/poetry-bang-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Nerdy At The Roots [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
On May 1st, with the GeekWeek network, I&#8217;m going to help launch a new niche website called Komplicated. Advertised as being for &#8220;geeks of color,&#8221; in reality it&#8217;ll be as much a Black geek site as Power 106 is a Latino hip hop radio station. &#8220;Latin at the roots,&#8221; I used to say, and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/13/poetry-nerdy-at-the-roots-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Fight Song [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poem taking the perspective that everything is information, and getting it right's worth fighting for.]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/12/poetry-fight-song-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>#musicmonday: The Reverend Deacon Minister Maximillian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tons of new music to download for free, MP3s and what not, so go on and grab 'em while they're hot!]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/11/musicmonday-the-reverend-deacon-minister-maximillian/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Ring Ring Ring [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes ... well, sometimes you just have to throw a tanka out there and call it a day, you know?]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/10/poetry-ring-ring-ring-napowrimo2011/</link>
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		<title>Poetry: Proto-Boom [#napowrimo2011]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tribute to poet/photographer/painter/Renaissance woman Jaha Zainabu]]></description>
		<link>http://operative.net/archive/columns/soapbox/index.php/2011/04/09/poetry-proto-boom-napowrimo2011/</link>
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