I've always felt that the ridiculous feuding in the middle east is just some testosterone laden activity with religion as a front. Straight up stupid. Them idiots fighting over turf and land is a direct connect to the cavemans' prehistoric barbaric tendencies and tastes itself. No, I don't believe the Palestinian land should be bogarted but again all of this land belongs to who stuff is confusion as to regarding the future of the earth. The faces of civilians with the loss of family is so disgraceful that the world should ask all of the Jewish faith to detach themselves from Israel, because this thing ain't about religion its about old fashioned government, war and the very thing that other religious factions have been screaming about for years, zionism.

While Israels' chosen claim to a place above and beyond anyone elses is definitely unjustified to me, I'm at a point where connecting anyone to one particular spot on the planet based on their ancestry in this crowded millennium is a played out concept of centuries past . Its time to rewrite a whole new world script. Blacks around the world have begrudgingly accepted the fact that our future has been obscured for the sake of everyone elses future direction and comfort. I've felt more recently than ever that most governments in the world up to now have been cancers of actual civilization. The West of first world countries have backed the existence of a people returning to a homeland protected by the coalition of governments. But yet the returning of blackfolk to reclaim Africa as well as other indigenous people respectively to their background maps has been considered so complex and such a giant task, that the west continues to proclaim that it's better and easier to ween people away from their history and wish for voluntary assimilation into a new world. But under whos' story? All aside I must slap myself out of boogie wonderland and shift myself to the reality at hand. The media pictures of the destroyed cities of Lebanon by expensive war equipment financed and backed by some red, white and blue is a throwback into the caveman fiber that governs lands today. Man no matter what color, creed or belief has had a tendency to destroy all around him in the hypocritical name of protection, doctrine, and yes religion. It's boys with toys. And the updated data of wreckage of Palestine in 1948, the conquest of the West Bank and Gaza and their military occupation since 1967; the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, with its 17,500 Lebanese and Palestinian dead and the Sabra and Shatila massacres; the continuous assault on Palestinian schools, refugee camps, hospitals, civil installations of every kind have dampened the Israel argument for years. Again this has been a pattern of the destructive past of the western 'white' man for lack of a worse term. This is compelled by the fact that if beforehand if there was the concept of takeover, murder, and war , it was probably because of this inner combustible energy of man itself. To build and destroy. To rule and not share. To conquer all with other belief.

Again pardon myself for drifting off the planet of reality into wishful thinking of a concept of real peace and humanity. Can't help but watching the birds and animals nowadays trying to figure out the global warning of global warming. The other species are telling us something's wrong and we can feel it if we keep our eyes, ears, hearts, souls, and minds open. Nature itself is cursing at mankind. Something's thrown off. Middle East conflicts aside there is war of some sort in the greater part of the world. Along side that fact I can't help but to think of this animation going around on the internet of a asteroid hitting the earth and wiping it out in mere minutes. What these so called nations should do is collectively put their science heads together and prevent earth-ending disasters, figure on how to preserve what we have already as well as the world re-distribution of population, natural resource, and in policies that balance out the worlds wealth. Canada can use 50 million more people , and so can some other more scarce territories across earth. Some ideas for a world future, but I tell you what, if some folks continue to line their religious beliefs with a government that continues to present itself as the latest 'we'll blow you off the face of the earth if you don't agree with us nation', then people better start lining up to give Professor Griff and Mel Gibson some apologies real soon.....

The BaddMoodA Triangle and the Radio SLAVEWaves

How long have I been saying this? The long and tired whine is always reinforced by some community difficulty that spawns off the conversation of limited access to the public airwaves. The beef is not radio having to play underground as opposed to mainstream, but when are these stations gonna support hometown artists at least? It's wild especially if you look back and trace the origins of black radio. People like Jack The Rapper Gibson, Hot Rod Hulbert, Frankie Crocker and Gary Byrd had to serve the black community with their heart and soul, and most of all do their best to support the businesses in the so called hood. Local artists were given much support because the flow had to continue well beyond a market waiting for national stars created by bigger companies. Although New York and Los Angeles were still the hotbeds for record companies, smaller companies and situations thrived off of local radio to cop a regional buzz, enough for a small business's radius and promotional range. Such buzzes created scenarios that struck out of places like Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Memphis, Houston , New Orleans, and Philadelphia.

The 'chitlin circuit' was a national road vehicle for local situations to latch onto a widespread stream. This circuit lasted, in some ways, all the way up to the first ten years of hip hop tours. Promoters who ventured a couple of generations deep went from R&B, soul, 70's funk, and disco into rap. I clearly remember promoters who did the 1987 Def Jam Tour, also did the Fresh Fests, before that Parliament Funkadelic, and before that some Motown revues and so on. That was the connection of these promoters. When they didn't have a national act it benefited that they 'grow' some local talent. Many moved into small record companies themselves. When there was a way to expose the music, (i.e. radio) there became the need to create the record and the company. Big corporations never wanted to touch it. I'm talking about black music. Gospel was and still is probably the only music that the majors have steadily been confused about. They are forming their own circuit more powerfully than ever because they understand the power of the local as well as the expansion to the widespread mainstream.

Rap music and hip hop shared these same humble beginnings outside white mainstream corporate demand. Thus radio was completely out of the question and the picture when regarding rap music; with the exception of a few situations. Independent stations could still be negotiated with to connect independent local business whether it was to barter goods or just the airplay itself for songs. Now the consolidation of the air itself has choked the community from two ends.

1. The local artists have NO chance on getting heard on their closest signal. 2. There's little else to hold accountable the national actions of the corporate backed mainstream artists.

This is a case of the long tail wagging the dog. The corporate control of who gets national airplay via video seems to rule the roost of who has the buzz towards radio play. It's an incestuous relationship. The local radio station now creates a BadMooda Triangle sweeping the black public under its rule. The Bad Mood left in the hearts and minds of the creative local community. Cats would say and do the right thing if they knew their community was behind them. That best way is exemplified by being broadcast. For example if a local artist were to go around to the schools, and campuses surrounding them, it would be the best idea to platform them where they are as big as the national stars. It's done in sports where every local team is somewhat supported by broadcasting, major, minor, collegiate. Thus any player or representative from that team, etc. is looked upon as being as big as the projected all stars of the craft. In music and hip hop it's big or nothing, and this is the reasons that spawned gangsta rap and anything else that appeared iller than the national hardcore standard. If hard was a standard, then the local was to be super-hard just to get noticed. They knew no better way to get local shine. Get attention = Get crazy. The beginning of the big move away from artistic standard.

I bring this BaddMoodA Triangle thing up because of a recent situation in Milwaukee, where a weekend of community events were to be partially funded by a benefit concert of local and national acts. City Alderman Mike McGee Jr. a long time supporter of hip hop AND the 'hood', had overheard about promoters forced into keeping the local acts off the bill and from infiltrating the format of national rap. This was further fueled by threats of acts getting their national play pulled if they aligned with the Milwaukee promoters and the protesters of Clear Channel in that regard. Foul.

It is time to name names of these Corped out greedy takers. The word is a guy named Doc Winters PD for Midwest (904-928-0620 give him a call), is one cat threatening artists for aligning with the protests. As for Milwaukee, the promoters had to depend on T.I., Young Joc, and Dem Franchize Boys to tell a neighborhood to stop the violence and increase the peace, which I'm sure wasn't the dominant word happening. I don't believe this is a fault of artists or the community, surely the invisible hand hovers over and marionettes through the backs of them. When that hand dictates culture, and stifles the word of the community from being spread in the community, yes we do have a problem and that's a signal to more places than Houston...

Spent the last hundred days transitioning my child from high school to semi adulthood and college. Hectic beautiful time. Sorry about missing July in the Tdome. It's been eight years doing this and indeed interesting that all the Terrordomes are in essence is a blog, and that term developed along the way....In coming of the 8th anniversary of doing these Terrordomes the fact is these t-domes were'nt considered a blog. Now even that term is considered old school as in 'Welcome To The Blog'

I think JAY Z's HP commercial is a step up in a good direction for hip hop if we take advantage of it. The creative rap community must really jump on bringing the art form past its adolescent standard.

Regardless of what a lotta folk say, 50 Cent gives a better clearer interview than 90% of all artists pop or rap. He's definitely more than 'I was shot nine times' going back to 'wanksta' and 'how to rob' I always considered him a renegade Robin Hood type of character.

Yes finally a few Public Enemy tours are in the making, and August -September will be the time we rehearse in what promises to be a standout show. With NEW WHIRL ODOR and REBIRTH songs added as well as pulling songs from twenty years of PE. Internationally in October, then November across the states, the first complete with FLAV since 1999 as far as full tour. With FLAV's TV show popularity I'm interested to see the make up of this audience and definitely eased to share the stage and perform at full effort and half motor.

The Comic Convention was in San Diego again; and it was my first time there and with creator Adam'ILLUS' Wallenta we signed hundreds of issues 0 and Number 1. The books script themes are also co written by long time S1W James Bomb. Seriously its a whole another world. On the way in, ran into BOONDOCKS creator Aaron McGruder.

I know this aint a sports blog but i'm really diggin Al Trautwigs The Vault series on MSG Network . it seems that a hundred or so game tapes were found from the past. I had the pleasure of watching the first exihibition game between the 1976-77 Knicks and Nets., also Bill Bradleys first game in 1967 versus the Daves Debussshure-Bing led Detroit Pistons at the old MSGarden at 50th and 8th. Wow, the importance of classic footage....

Speaking of classic footage there was a lot of wowing regarding the issue of the Waxpoetics issue with the Bomb Squad. I always knew the hundreds of photos taken then by Harry Allen would be worthy , and thus even we were buggin out over them. Pays to save.

With the upcoming touring late fall heres the PE CD/DVD recap. LONDON INVASION dvd following PEs first embarkment upon London shores. NEW WHIRL ODOR-last years album released in october 2005 REBIRTH OF A NATION- the exclusively written and produced album by PARIS MKLVFKWR dvd depicting the dynamic 2003 show in Australia BRING THAT BEAT BACK- the remix album based off post POISON tracks BEATS and PLACES-unreleased material , live, and remixxed songs WORLD TOUR SESSIONS-dvd includes documentary of the 1998 Smoking Grooves Tour as well as Norway 2003 performance and extras.

HOW YOU SELL SOUL TO A SOULESS PEOPLE WHO SOLD THEIR SOUL?

I'm fighting to get an independent situation some love in the medium. A member of the advisory panel in Atlanta at Billboards R&B Conference September 6-8th. The will be a SLAMjamz showcase Thursday Sept 1

RIP Arif Mardin, Johnny Jenkins , Milan Williams, Syd Barrett and Billy Preston...

On Major league baseball, better worry more about player's exodus from small market teams to the big city established cities. This is more of a turnoff for myself than steroids, how can baseball continue to have the rich teams suck all from the poor ones?

Chuck D Mobile will definitely look to host the Chuck D Throwback and Underground Countdown show programming on the phones. A keynote address will take place this weekend at the NARM Convention and much of it a beef on how I've been banned by traditional retail, when I've always searched for alternative portals for relief.

As for SLAMjamz go over to www.slamjamz.com and we are doing a bit bigger things there. Artists are all to be navigated with My Space pages for info and YouTube.com for our 40 video clips.

Speaking of SLAMjamz try downloading our player, playa.

Don Ienner was recently let go by SONY after about seventeen years as president. Always was a straight up dude with me. Someone I've always respected. What was clear was his total knowledge of the record company process. I appreciated that fact that beyond the numbers, or lack of, the dude was/is a straight up look you in the eyes type of guy.

Movies based on music are really casting correctly now. I hear Don Cheadle is gonna play Miles Davis. Whatta pick, couldn't be more perfect. This coming after the casting of Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, and Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash...Cheadle is headed for an Oscar in my head at least.

In the latest news of Wi-fi mania I'm hearing that all of Long Island will be a free Wi-Fi zone. Number one it's a good business move for me, the downside is they'll have a tab on everyone. Oh well join the club as the Feds been watching me for years.

Stax Records is coming back as a current record label. The legendary soul label outta Memphis catalog was acquired as part of the buying of Fantasy by Concord Records which is owned by Norman Lear. It was purchased from Saul Zantz who along the way had acquired Prestige, Milestone, Riverside,Charles Mingus's Debut, and Specialty. In a minute we are going to do some special things with the still yet to be utilized www.remixuniverse.com, stay tuned.

Hate is a strong word I usually opt not to use but increasingly I despise the love of the Scarface flick with Al Pacino. I really don't get the love, the dude catches it bad in the end. It was just a taste of a world. All the posters and T-shirts turn me the fk off. In registering my young adult into this Historically Black College and University I was witnessing a vendor outside the university center selling framed posters. Out of the eleven posters, nine were of different configurations of Scarface, the other two? Muhammad Ali. The vendor was African. I asked him why and he said some sideways sht like this is what the kids want. It's funny and sad at the same time that when I ask blackfolk where do they see themselves in that movie I never get a clear realistic response. In turn I tell them that the closest dark skinned reference would be as a Haitian or Cuban refugee stuck in them cages under I-95 near the beginning of the flick. They pretend to miss that part. I hate the impact of that film, so there it is.

Pit bulls can go to hell too, why is a dog that is so dangerous and unpredictable increasingly the black man's pet of choice? We need to get our act together first before we train and try to organize a hard to discipline mongrel. In Australia they're banned and I heard they gathered all the pit bulls, put them on a barge, sent it out to the ocean and sunk it as coral reef for the sharks. Not a bad idea if you can't control the frankenbreeding of them. Whatever happened to German Shepherds and Dobermans? Is the pit bull popular because it's unpredictable behavior is a resemblance to amerikkkan trained, endorsed, and financed nigg*r behavior ?

The new Source is a refreshing return. James Bernard and Reginald C. Dennis were definitely missed. They covered this rap game like sports reporters. I had little beef with them even when they totally disagreed with my artistic direction with PE. I always thought they covered what they saw, based on how they felt, and glad they are back. I think now they might've realized I was making statements for the future and not just that present time.

Speaking of which, BRING THAT BEAT BACK is out now on SLAMjamz/KOCH. A great remix project produced by C Doc the Warhammer so get it...cool?

I'm out in the 102 degree heat, but I'm still ....big thanks to Waxpoetics Magazine for their bash at the Classic Adidas showroom in NYC. Kool Herc,Coke La Rock and Grandmaster Caz singrappin happy born day to myself, Professor Griff, and DJ Johnny Juice was a snapshot in hip hop history indeed.

Last month marked the final Chuck D Throwback and Underground Countdown show for AOL. It was a cool journey and a show I considered the best put together program on hip hop. Not because of me but my impeccable crew. Alex Mejia, Davey D, and the Poetess. It's a shame the show couldn't be syndicated across traditional radio but its a sure lock we'll be moving it to mobile. BTW you can still catch my talk show On The Real with my co-host Gia'na Garel on Air America Radio Sunday nights 11-1 am. XM satellite 167, streamed at www.airamericaradio.com, or heard on 48 broadcast stations across the nation. . Out and too far .. gone Mistachuck@rapstation.com