The World's Biggest Gallery Isn't Large Enough

Every time I finish a new piece, I have a profound sense of satisfaction, with my only regret being that more people can't experience it with me, so they can also feel better, as well.

 

EWF Was Never Told Astrology Isn't Real Or Blacks Didn't Once Rule Over Egypt

TMR finds it amazing that a band could be as famous as Earth, Wind & Fire were, without anyone pulling them aside and saying, "You know all this NewAge, astrology-and-Egypt crap's a HUGE load of bullshit, right?"

But - apparently - nobody did, for decades.

Americans just went along with the charade - until a Netflix special made the obvious explicit:

These niggas were out they mothafuckin' minds.

And propagating a cult ideology all along.

One that's sad, and tragic, and even perverse, when seen as the efforts of the descendants of American slaves, in the 20th century, to establish an identity - still - from before our nation's twisted character took over our lives, denying us an education, a past, and even an education of a past.

Blacks, building 'spiritual' pillars, erected on sand.

And, friend or foe, nobody said anything.

Until, of course, the Egyptians saw Netflix.

And they either got pissed, or thoroughly enjoyed a laugh, at black's expense.

Not America's, for cruelly allowing it's citizens to wallow in the deep-end of madness.

And, also, encouraging that madness to never end.

Crack Is Boldly Steppin'

The album, and individual tracks, for "Mystic Mayhem" are now for sale through bandcamp. You can still hear the whole album (for free) on Soundcloud.

And there could be a LOT more rock on the way.

The Neighborhood Freak(s)

50 CENT IN 2023: ‘I DO NOT IDENTIFY AS A PERSON ANYMORE’

THE CRACK EMCEE IN 1998: 'I'M NOT A PIMP / I'M NOT A HOE / I'M NOT A PERSON' 

Writers

Fresh (As Rotten)

 

 "You need me - I don't need you."

 

Madlib (On Africa)

 

 "I don't care if you from the Hoochie Coochie tribe of Mississippi"

 

There Ain't No Good New Music Anymore (Unless The Old Stuff's 'New' To You)

 

1967

    

1959

    

1980

    

 1977

    

1981

 

Copywrong

 

 Negativland - The Sample Show (Part One) 

   

 Negativland - The Sample Show (Part Two)

 

Those Were The (Feminist) Days

SF Gate: 'There was blood on the walls': The wild history of SF's female punk pioneers

A flyer by The Crack Emcee for Frightwig (the female Punk band seen in the previous photo)

   

Frightwig's first hit "A Man's Got To Do What A Man's Got To Do"

 

Four (Twenty)

Danish artist who submitted empty frames as artwork told to repay funding 

   

 "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?"

Richard Allen's lawyers claim victims were 'ritualistically sacrificed' by members of pagan religion

Busta Rhymes Gets A Little Too Freaky During 50 Cent Show

The Conversation, Part I

 

 Old Town Road is put behind a lot of Tik-Toks now; which is frustrating, and even sad. 

   

 Because, then, I'm constantly being reminded of the NewAge direction Lil Nas X took his career - making explicit what he originally hinted - which took all the subversive fun and mystery out of it. 

Having been there, his art BORES me; so I avoid his work like the plague. 

   

 On the other hand, if you understand Christian symbolism, Louis CK is the Devil.   

 A charming, unpretentious man who can rationalize literally anything - that's the Devil. And the moment he (inevitably) says "You're in this with me now" is the moment your toes should curl, as the Undisputed Truth's old lyric solidifies into reality: 

  

"You make your own Heaven and Hell right here on Earth"

 

And we've chosen Hell. We've chosen to be little Hitlers. Just another one of Satan's minions. And there's no shame in it because everybody's joined. This is what the Devil does: You just realized it.

And you just realized it because there's a veil of bullshit over it all.

Tell me I'm wrong.

 

Discipline

My Illustration Should Reinforce The Statement That "The Most Radical Artists Today Are the Ones Who Know How to Draw"

 

Drop The Brown Acid (Starring 'Steven' McQueen)

Montel Wasn't Oprah (And This Ain't Barack Obama's "Believe" Campaign, Either)

So, Kamala, what's up with the unicorn?

They're Still Speaking For Themselves (While Steadily Looking For TMR To Fall)

How artists lost their courage: Keeping silent is the price of a successful career 

 Whether TMR is the work of a "successful" artist depends on your definition of success in art: has it been ONLY about making money, or ALSO a conviction for revealing truth - even when revealing the truth's a crime? If it's the latter, then - by all means - consider sending money now (through Venmo) to thecrackemcee@gmail.com. 

That'll keep the conviction alive.

 

Any Story That Recalls Salvador Dali Was A Con Man - And Yoko Ono Was Thought To Be A Witch And An Idiot - Is Alright By TMR (And Nobody Else)

Some consider Dalí a bit of a con man. Close friend and muse Amanda Lear recalls how he once duped Yoko Ono, selling her a blade of grass for $10,000. Apparently, Ono had asked Dalí to sell him a strand of hair from his infamous mustache. Not one to turn down a check, he got creative. 

“Dali thought that Yoko Ono was a witch and might use it in a spell. He didn't want to send her a personal item, much less one of his hairs,” Lear explained. “So he sent me to the garden to find a dry blade of grass, and sent it off in a nice presentation box. The idiot paid 10,000 dollars for it. It amused him to rip people off.”

 

Supertramp's Self-Pitying Soundtrack Is Still Relevant (In A World Of '70s Cultism)

 

"I guess I'll always have to be/living in a fantasy/it's you for you and me for me/from now on" or How Science Lost the Public’s Trust: From climate to Covid, politics and hubris have disconnected scientific institutions from the philosophy and method that ought to guide them, rendering life a joke, for anyone respecting education and logic.

 

Damn the NewAge, and all who've advanced it.

 

Gentle art Is Bringing "Internet Funny" To Politics (And Democrats Get It Good)

We Share The Planet With Total Fools (And We're NOT Totally Cool With That)

This guy gives TMR chills.