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Post by fugees-online on Oct 4, 2005 15:00:21 GMT 1
what: TAKE BACK TV NYCwhen: Thursday, October 6thwhere: Central Park
Rumsey Playfield (E.69th Street Entrance / SummerStage area)FREE!!!Hosted by LAURYN HILLFeaturing De La Soul // Slum Village // Fishbone // Simon Dawes // Malene Younglao // Suffrajett With DJ Rich Medina TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AT: www.TAKEBACKTV.com
NO ONE WILL BE ADMITTED WITHOUT A TICKET!!! TAKE CONTROL! JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE CURRENT TV AND LEARN HOW WE ARE HELPING YOU CREATE TV THAT YOU WANT TO WATCH! |
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Post by Big-D on Oct 4, 2005 15:30:22 GMT 1
I can't imagine Lauryn as a host
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 5, 2005 8:15:53 GMT 1
I can't imagine Lauryn as a host me neither... it will be interesting to see what she has to say. She critizises the comercial dynamic of current media a lot lately. I hope she will also play a song though. Is anyone going to see this?! I hope they put up some photos and stuff on this homepage! |
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 5, 2005 8:23:55 GMT 1
Take Back TV in NYCIn New York Spirit, a native New Yorker highlights a different kind of diversity. By interweaving the images and sounds of various traditions -- everything from prayer to song to native dance -- this piece reminds us that spirituality can in fact be unifying. As our next Take Back TV event draws near, Current is also celebrating the spirit of New York City. And joining us to introduce the network will be the very spiritual Lauryn Hill. So, if you’re in the city this Thursday you should join us in Central Park to see Ms. Hill, along with De L Soul, Fishbone, Slumvillage, and more. Check out takebacktv.com for more info and get a free ticket while you’re there. source: www.current.tv/studio/
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 7, 2005 9:57:53 GMT 1
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 7, 2005 10:01:12 GMT 1
Review by DAECLECTICMC, 10/6/2005, 11:20 pm
Im just coming home from the concert... I still feel like Im in a dream... My DAY STARTED BAD BUT IT GOT GOOD QUICKLY. By the time I stepped off the 6 train on 68th street I knew I was going to be late... I walked in the opposite direction away from central park and by the time I realized I made a mistake I was too far gone... I started walking back and at the same time tryna get a cab but it was to no avail cabs dont stop everyday for nikkas in hip hop gear or for nikkas at all... 3 blocks down I got lucky when I saw a yellow cab parked on the side of the street... A jamaican lady was the driver I asked her if she could take me to E.69th not knowing I was only 2 blocks away... This lady took me to w.69th I was so pissed... I was ready to scream at her but I controlled myself opened the door of the cab and on the count of 1..2..3 ran as fast as I could. She got out the cab and screamed "MUDDAFUKKA!". After a 10 minute walk I got to Rumsey Playground where the concert was taking place but I happened to arrive thru the back entrance where the artists come in... I was bout to pretend I was part of the sound crew but went around like they told me to...
Now Im on line waiting to get in... its after 5... I get in at 5:30. once Im in I go to the front and close to the stage I stand there til 6 then a chinese boy and this white boy stand in front of me and I must say that this chinese boy was gettin on my nerves he had long hair and he kept turning his head so fast that his hair threatened to brush my face many times... thank god it didn't. The concert started at 7 two hours late... it opened with this girl reciting a dope poem... they talked bout the channel for a while then a girl by the name of Malene Younglao performed... that bytch is crazy singing rock n shyt... but she was cool had a nice ass Lauryn came out for the first time at like 7:35 and she was announced as "Ms.Lauryn Hill" I was just transfixed when she came out... Her Afro is bigger than ever she was wearing a white long sleeve blouse with a blue skirt cut above her knees and she had heels on... her Afro was so big you could barely see her face but she was BEAUTIFUL. The crowd went crazy when she came on stage... she was mostly serious smiling once in a while... she had a clipboard in her hands from where she was supposed to read facts about the channel... I found it funny that she kept saying "I have been told..." everytime she said something about the channel like she did not completely believe in what she was telling the audience. There was this Puerto Rican dude that was very loud and kept shouting "L-boogie" and at some point said "spit a freestyle bout Pras!" she laughed at this. She left the stage and said she will be back...
Slum Village performed... Another rock band called "The Suffragettes" performed... Scarlett Johansson came up on stage and introduced Al Gore... A couple of white boys in front of me started smoking "pot" as if they were on woodstock or some shyt De La Soul performed next and they RIPPED IT UP!!! the crowd was going wild to the point they had to come back and perform 2 more songs... Lauryn was called to take the stage shortly after that she again began reading from the clipboard to the shouts of "L-Boggie" "WHERE'S PRAS? WHERE'S WYCLEF?" She was again telling the audience "I have been told that this is the only TV channel where you choose what you want to watch" among other statements she started with "I've been told" when she finished reading she looked at the audience and said "I told myself that I would not do nothing musical this evening (pause) but I've changed my mind." The audience went crazy... she then proceded to sit down in a stool while somebody brought her a guitar. she played the guitar and asked the audience if they could hear when she played... she asked for the sound system to be adjusted so her audience could hear... she then said "Let me serenade y'all" and started singing "My Love" her voice was strong and beautiful... she was so deep in the song that at one point I thought she was gonna cry... but if she was she quickly regained composure... she sang for 4 minutes stopped and laughed a little at the compliments the audience kept screaming at her then continued for 2 minutes to finalize the song. After the song she stood up, put the guitar down and took the mic with her... DJ Period got on the turn tables and she started rapping the opening lyrics to "Lost Ones" the crowd rapped along with her... in the middle of the song J.Period switched the beat to Damien Marley's "Jamrock" and she rapped the remaining verses to "Lost Ones" she got off the stage to cheers and applause people were going crazy... She looked HOT up there and her performance was TIGHT overall. After this the show was pretty much over a boring rocker came on to wrap things up...
P.S- By the way has anybody heard of a rock group called "fish bone"? Wat the fukk was they on? they were retarded specially the lead singer. and guess wat? they were all black... A lot of BLACK ROCKERS performed this evening... were they trying to make a statement?
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Post by Big-D on Oct 7, 2005 10:58:25 GMT 1
Thanks fugees-online for review and pics  |
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Post by LookingForTheTruth on Oct 7, 2005 18:05:31 GMT 1
Cool,thanks fugees-online! too big WIG this time LOL  |
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Post by hannsparks on Oct 7, 2005 19:49:18 GMT 1
thats her hair  |
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 7, 2005 20:00:11 GMT 1
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Post by fugees-online on Oct 7, 2005 20:15:59 GMT 1
another review:Simply beautiful. Only in New York can you saunter 3 hours late into a free concert in the park, go right to the front of the stage, and see Slum village followed by Scarlett Johansson and Al Gore warming up the crowd for Fishbone (who killed it), followed by De La Soul, followed by an impromptu set from Lauryn Hill ("I wasn't planning to anything musical tonight, but just now I changed my mind"), all in the span of an hour or so. And Lauryn. I've probably cracked more than my share of jokes about her descent into weirdness. But even carrying all that baggage (plus another questionably tuned guitar), when she walks out onto an empty stage, sits down in front of you and starts to sing, it is nothing less than heart-stopping. In fact I think it's all that baggage that helps make it so intense now.. because no matter how much any of us makes fun of her misadventures, how could we not be rooting for Lauryn? Watching an artist so beautiful in every sense go through all these trials and tribulations until I wonder whether she'll ever regain her stride, if I'll ever even see her perform again at all.. at this point anytime I see her walk out there I'm on th edge of my seat rooting with all my heart for her to do well.. for her to show us that she's happy and healthy again, that she's at peace with herself and ready to shine.. and then she here she comes with that voice, and it's so powerful and plaintive and yearning, yearning for all those same things we're rooting so hard for her to find.. all the same things, in the end, that we're each yearning to find in ourselves.. It adds up to quite a powerful moment. And then she puts down the guitar, cues the DJ and spits motherf**king LOST ONES!! WHAT!?!  Only two songs, but probably the most memorable performance I've seen this year. Posted by jsmooth995 at October 6, 2005 11:34 PM taken from www.hiphopmusic.com
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Post by Big-D on Oct 7, 2005 23:11:42 GMT 1
Thanks for review fugees-online |
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Post by Big-D on Oct 7, 2005 23:17:13 GMT 1
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Post by ti8er on Oct 10, 2005 9:26:22 GMT 1
her hair??!!! is it real? its huge.....
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Post by LookingForTheTruth on Oct 10, 2005 14:25:07 GMT 1
It is DEFINITELY a wig lol. |
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