Album track from Blackjack’s 1979 debut album. Personally, I think this song should have been released as the second single after “Love Me Tonight.” While the weak production (courtesy of, surprisingly, Tom Dowd) hinders the sound of the album overall, this track seems to have the most going for it. Bolotin’s growl is used to very good effect, and the main riff is catchy. The song is available on the Blackjack: Anthology CD worldwide, so if you like it, buy it.
Oh, and sorry that the photo is from their second album, Worlds Apart. It’s getting hard to find different Blackjack photos!
Vocals & Guitar: Michael Bolotin
Lead Guitar: Bruce Kulick
Bass: Jimmy Haslip
Drums: Sandy Gennaro
Keyboards: Jan Mullaney
Backing Vocals: Chuck Kirkpatrick, Tonny Battaglia
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Код од 05.11.2007 на a1.com.mk
Основоположникот на македонската литература Кочо Солев Рацин, роден е во Велес на 20 декември 1908 година во семејството на Марија и Апостол Солеви. Притиснат од сиромаштијата и потребата од работна рака во грнчарската работилница на татко му, во 1918 година го напушта редовното школување, но не и конечна разделба со книгата и учењето. Продолжува да се самообразува. Како член на СКОЈ и КПЈ, во 1928 година учествува во работата на IV Конгрес на партијата во Дрезден. Од истата година датира неговата младешка љубов кон Рахилка Фирфова која го инспирира да ги напише своите љубовни стихови со крв и мастило на 31 дописна картичка и стихозбирката “Антологија на болката” останата во ракопис. Есента истата година ги објавил своите први стихови напишани на српско-хрватски јазик “Синови глади” и “Резултат”. Во 1930 година во сараевското списание “Снага” ги објавил песните “Из фабрике”, “У предвечерје”, “Челичном строју” и “Бити човек”. Во периодот околу 1931 година го започнува својот роман “Афион” од кого се сочувани само фрагменти. Во загребската “Литература” во 1932 година го објавува есејот “Хегел”. Соработувал со студентите на Филозофскиот факултет и работничката младина во Скопје и со нив заедно го издал поетскиот зборник “1932″ во кој е објавена една од неговите најсилни песни “Ватромет”.
Времето поминато во затворот во Сремска Митровица (1934-1936) за него всушност претставува универзитетско и национално образование. Од дружењето со затворениците Моша Пијаде, Родољуб Чолаковиќ, Огњан Прица и др. меѓу другото научил и дека најважно и најдобро е да пишува на мајчин македонски јазик. Песната “До еден работник”, прва на македонски, ја објавил во загребското списание “Књижевник”.
Во 1939 година во Самобор близу Загреб, во печатницата на Драгутин Шпулер ја печати стихозбирката “Бели Мугри” во 4.000 примероци и ја растура по цела тогашна Југославија и во Пиринска Македонија. Пред војната еден период работи во Софија и живее заедно со својот сограѓанин и истомисленик Коле Неделковски.
Во 1943 година се враќа во Скопје и во пролетта заминува во партизани, во одредот “Кораб”. Станува уредник на партизанскиот весник “Илинденски пат” и подготвува две збирки на македонски народни песни. Трагично, под сеуште неразјаснети околности загинал на планината Лопушник на 13 јуни 1943 година.
Остана да го паметиме како поет, раскажувач, романсиер, преведувач, есеист, публицист, критичар, историчар, фолклорист, филозоф, револуционер и космопилот. Неговата личност и дела се глас, свест, традиција, симбол и препознавање на целиот македонски народ.
Koco Solev Ratcin is the most revered poet and is the founder of Macedonia’s modern poetry. Born in Veles in 1908 to a poor family, Ratcin was encouraged by his parents to study art and literature His father Apostol was a poor potter who taught Ratcin the pottery trade.
In his youth, Ratcin participated in the progressive movement that propagated a Communist ideology. During this period, he wrote Antologia na bolkata (Anthology of the pain). In 1931, he published an essay on a famous German philosopher, Hegel, in the magazine “Literatura” in Croatia and was named the miracle of Veles. He was only 23 years old at the time.
His book Beli Mugri (White Dawns), immediately attracted the interest of the public and was considered a culmination of the poet’s cry for justice as it emerged from the pain and sufferings of the Macedonian people. In May 1943, Ratcin joins to the workers party in the same time when he published his first anthology of the folk songs dedicated to liberation of Macedonia. Kosta Solev Ratcin was killed on June the 13, 1943. Today, important institutions and international manifestations carry his name. The anthology White dawns is foreseen also in the Golden Library of chosen European books which is an UNESCO initiative. Today, in the center of his native city of Veles, lie monuments in his remembrance. One such monument is a nightingale that sings with its eyes closed. Also, in honor of Ratcin, an annual international festival for poety is held here in Veles.
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Leaves of Grass, Still Growing After 150 Years – Professor Billy Collins
November 03, 2004
Billy Collins is the author of five books of poetry. His poetry has appeared in anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The American Scholar, Harper’s, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly. His work is regularly featured in The Best American Poetry and in the Pushcart Prize anthology. Prof. Collins has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has also won the Bess Hokin Prize, the Frederick Bock Prize, the Oscar Blumenthal Prize, the Wood Prize and the Levinson Prize–all awarded by Poetry magazine. In 1992 he was chosen by the New York Public Library to serve as a “Literary Lion.” He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY) He served as United States Poet Laureate for 2001-2003. He was appointed New York State Poet Laureate 2004-2006. This lecture focuses on one poets assessment of the abiding strengths and influence of Walt Whitmans decisive poem, Leaves of Grass, a century and a half after its publication.
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Macedonian movie from 1952
Director: Trajche Popov
Music performed by the Simphony Orchestra of Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra
The film is a kind of a film poem according to the poem of the Macedonian poet Kocho Ratsin (Kosta Solev Racin). Through a film panorama of the people’s life in the past, the film expresses his poetical way and style.
Koco Solev Ratcin is the most revered poet and is the founder of Macedonia’s modern poetry. Born in Veles in 1908 to a poor family, Ratcin was encouraged by his parents to study art and literature His father Apostol was a poor potter who taught Ratcin the pottery trade.
In his youth, Ratcin participated in the progressive movement that propagated a Communist ideology. During this period, he wrote Antologia na bolkata (Anthology of the pain). In 1931, he published an essay on a famous German philosopher, Hegel, in the magazine “Literatura” in Croatia and was named the miracle of Veles. He was only 23 years old at the time.
His book “Beli Mugri” (White Dawns), immediately attracted the interest of the public and was considered a culmination of the poet’s cry for justice as it emerged from the pain and sufferings of the Macedonian people. In May 1943, Ratcin joins to the workers party in the same time when he published his first anthology of the folk songs dedicated to liberation of Macedonia. Kosta Solev Ratcin was killed on June the 13, 1943. Today, important institutions and international manifestations carry his name. The anthology White dawns is foreseen also in the Golden Library of chosen European books which is an UNESCO initiative. Today, in the center of his native city of Veles, lie monuments in his remembrance. One such monument is a nightingale that sings with its eyes closed. Also, in honor of Ratcin, an annual international festival for poety is held here in Veles.
Филмска поема по стиховите на македонскиот поет и револуционер Кочо Рацин. Неговиот поетски пат е предаден преку филмска панорама на животот на македонскиот народ во минатото.
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Very clever poem named ‘Lost Generation’ by Jonathan Reed.
Enjoy!
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Macedonian movie from 1952
Director: Trajche Popov
Music performed by the Simphony Orchestra of Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra
The film is a kind of a film poem according to the poem of the Macedonian poet Kocho Ratsin (Kosta Solev Racin). Through a film panorama of the people’s life in the past, the film expresses his poetical way and style.
Koco Solev Ratcin is the most revered poet and is the founder of Macedonia’s modern poetry. Born in Veles in 1908 to a poor family, Ratcin was encouraged by his parents to study art and literature His father Apostol was a poor potter who taught Ratcin the pottery trade.
In his youth, Ratcin participated in the progressive movement that propagated a Communist ideology. During this period, he wrote Antologia na bolkata (Anthology of the pain). In 1931, he published an essay on a famous German philosopher, Hegel, in the magazine “Literatura” in Croatia and was named the miracle of Veles. He was only 23 years old at the time.
His book “Beli Mugri” (White Dawns), immediately attracted the interest of the public and was considered a culmination of the poet’s cry for justice as it emerged from the pain and sufferings of the Macedonian people. In May 1943, Ratcin joins to the workers party in the same time when he published his first anthology of the folk songs dedicated to liberation of Macedonia. Kosta Solev Ratcin was killed on June the 13, 1943. Today, important institutions and international manifestations carry his name. The anthology White dawns is foreseen also in the Golden Library of chosen European books which is an UNESCO initiative. Today, in the center of his native city of Veles, lie monuments in his remembrance. One such monument is a nightingale that sings with its eyes closed. Also, in honor of Ratcin, an annual international festival for poety is held here in Veles.
Филмска поема по стиховите на македонскиот поет и револуционер Кочо Рацин. Неговиот поетски пат е предаден преку филмска панорама на животот на македонскиот народ во минатото.
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08.06.2007
Kočo Solev Racin, born in Veles (1908-1943),
was a highly distinguished Macedonian poet, prose writer, critic, historical thinker, active national figure and the most eminent Macedonian intellectual of the period between the two World Wars.
During his early years he worked as a potter. At this time he also joined the Macedonian revolutionary struggle fighting the fascistic occupation of Bulgaria and Nazi-Germany.
In his youth, Ratcin wrote Antologia na bolkata (Anthology of the pain) and in 1931 he published an essay on a famous German philosopher, Hegel, in the magazine “Literatura” in Croatia and was named the ‘miracle’ of Veles. He was only 23 years old at the time.
His poetry appeared between the two world wars, while the norms of the Macedonian literary language were being established. One could hear for the first time the extremely difficult situation in Macedonia, the sorrow of its people, but also the hope for better and happier days.
His book ‘Beli Mugri’ (White Dawns), published in Samobor in 1939, immediately attracted the interest of the public and was considered a culmination of the poet’s cry for justice as it emerged from the pain and sufferings of the Macedonian people.
His poetry is considered a significant contribution towards the struggle of the Macedonian’s for their national and cultural development.
In May 1943, Ratcin joins to the workers party in the same time when he published his first anthology of the folk songs dedicated to liberation of Macedonia. Kosta Solev Ratcin was killed on June the 13, 1943.
Today, important institutions and international manifestations carry his name. The anthology White dawns is foreseen also in the Golden Library of chosen European books which is an UNESCO initiative (Paris, 1986). Today, in the center of his native city of Veles, lie monuments in his remembrance. One such monument is a nightingale that sings with its eyes closed.
Also, in honor of Racin, an annual international festival for poety is held in Veles, the ‘Racin Meetings’, the traditional international poetry meeting, including about 25 domestic and foreign poets.
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Over the years I have worn my hair in many different ways, I’ve had more changes than most boys. Short, shaved, ceasers, corn rows, relaxed, straightened, flat ironed…and I’m sure many other styles are to follow.
The hair industry has come under alot of scrutiny of late, especially in reguards to the coloured community.
This video is not saying whether “all natural” is better than having different styled hair, instead I wanted to make the statement that we are not defined by our hair, our skin colour, our clothing or belongings, instead we are defined by our hearts and our actions.
It is up to YOU how you like to wear your hair, but as long as you do it for YOU.
All Rights for the music; “I Am Not My Hair” go to Konvict Records. I do not own this song.
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Very clever poem named ‘Lost Generation’ by Jonathan Reed. Video also brought to by StillOutandAboutTown, which was gracious enjoy to allow to me mirror some of his videos.
Enjoy!
I am part of a lost generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
Happiness comes from within.
is a lie, and
Money will make me happy.
So in 30 years I will tell my children
they are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
but this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.
And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it .
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skatin compilation
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