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The More Things Stay The Same: A Very Timely Mixtape

The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is fortunate that this tool, while tricky, is extraordinarily powerful and convenient. Benoit Mandelbrot Benoit B. Mandelbrot (2013). “Fractals and Scaling in Finance: Discontinuity, Concentration, Risk. Selecta Volume E”, p.16, Springer Science & Business Media TheContinue reading “The More Things Stay The Same: A Very Timely Mixtape”

We Are Each Other’s Business

Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn Brooks That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The adult Voice forgoing Rolling River, forgoing tearful tale of bale and barge and other symptoms of an old despond. Warning, in music-words devout and large, that we are eachContinue reading “We Are Each Other’s Business”

Mixtape 1: Official Transcript

My Darlings, I have no idea what’s going to happen tomorrow and I am fresh out of ideas about Wednesday. But what I do know is that we will still need to be kind. We will still need songs to sing to ourselves and each other. Our best stories, the ones that seemed hopeless andContinue reading “Mixtape 1: Official Transcript”

Sunday Night Prayers, #1

V: May the Force be with all y’all. R: And also with y’all. V: Let us offer up our what the fucks, how the hells, and are you actually kidding mes to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. R: And let our cry come to you. V: Lord, we pray that you would calm ourContinue reading “Sunday Night Prayers, #1”

Real Talk/Origin Story, Pt. 1

Babylon is a real place, as real as it ever was, but it’s not confined to a particular geographical region or political stripe or socio-economic status. Babylon is the broken, barren, scary, hard place we all end up, whether we want to or not. Babylon is “the desert of the real” and to live there is toContinue reading “Real Talk/Origin Story, Pt. 1”