Archive for 2007



Culture vs Crime 90 Comments

She sits before a broken desk looking at her daily schedule. She makes notes and plans for the future of an organization she single-handedly created. Children rush into the classroom; shouting, yelling and waking her of her daily routine. "Good morning Mrs. Amina", the kids greeted her as they enter. "Good morning children, please have [...]

Chronos Redux 37 Comments

01:00pm “rubbish!” she said, laughing, rinsing the last dish, accented first syllables with british pouts:     “you mean you won’t?” no i won’t. wont. want. 02:42am the altar swayed as i prayed banter brayed as i stayed in front heaven lurked in the bays of her cunt but it’s the hell in her heart i [...]

Its a white thing! 65 Comments

I am always amused by the sense of ownership people see over either genre of music, sports activity, or some other thing. I live in a white-dominated city and there are no reggae bars, concerts are mainly of artists like Shania Twain , various rock and punk bands with few black artists like Ludacris, Shaggy [...]

Buchela! 4,948 Comments

Buchela is not her dog, it’s her baby. Her name is Yemi and she recently moved to China with her infant buchela. I don't know if there is a man around, I think their might be. Apparently, she is Ethiopian American from San Francisco. I don't know yet why she moved to China since her [...]

Crowning I 82 Comments

Over the next three days week  I will be posting a three part series of crowning works of art by three major musical artists. The interest being on the song rather than the artists; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. I am neither an expert nor a [...]