K, I've been busy with work and for you folks who aren't in the production world, the work hours are CRAZY! You work for hours and hours and hours! Once I worked a 22 hour day on a job where the director was feeling a little too much like a rock star and I'll tell ya, no one was amused. So forget the glamorous ideas you may have about movies and television, it's waking up to be on set/location at 4:30am and leaving long after the bars are closed.
So to make up for my absence, I'm going to give you a taste of my girl -- the incomparable, unstoppable MIA. Sri Lankan born, London estate raised and well traveled. her perspective is like no other. Since her first couple of albums Piracy Funds Terrorism and Arular with producer Diplo to her current Kala, I've been hooked. She blends Brazilian favela music with (my home of 10 years) Baltimore club music and what seems every other thing that has interested and influenced her.
I believe that she's a role model for her generation and beyond. She's managed to rock out while maintaining her highly political edge. She recently visited my home country of Liberia with 4 Real with child-rights activist Kimmie Weeks which airs on National Geographic this month. Here's her Robin Hood-themed video for Paper Planes shot in Brooklyn. Word is, BK is her new stomping ground so please keep your stalking to a minimum!
3 comments:
Yeah, yea …, thats cool…we love MIA, but I want mooooooore. LOL. I would not ask if I did not think you have more tricks up your sleeve…or more wonders to share. Big kiss. Lata ;)
That video reminds me the old school punk rock implicit content.
I got some good video talking about the rapper's background:
http://srilankantube.com/item/72YJRHBK94YN1B8C
Universal Music Group pulled her song off the trailer of their new film Pineapple Express... is this the start of the end of MIA's music career in the US?
Rumor has it that Canada is strongly considering banning MIA from entering the country due to her possible terrorist connections.
The US refused MIA's visa numerous times, they need to yank it out of her hand on her way out of the country!
And I just found this link to E-Entertainment TV's website:
E-Online has posted the article about MIA and we need to have 300 comments on their page BY THE END OF TODAY in order to get their attention and further featuring on their site.
You can make a difference right now! Please go to this link right away and express your opinion, this is a pivotal time in this campaign to get the
truth out about M.I.A. and her song "Paper Planes"!
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/ask_the_answer_bitch/b22295_mia_paper_planes_on_tear_terror.html
Get the truth out! Go out there and do your part!
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