Crumbs from a Bum


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Finding a coherent set of answers to lifes age-old questions can be an onerous undertaking. Yet the questions abound in our culture, and a rational collection of answers is seemingly ungraspable. Commoners have been led to believe that beliefs are irreversibly inconsequential. Youngsters are boldly instructed to merely seek success. Teachers unblushingly preach to students that there is no such thing as truth. With uncountable opinions and beliefs put forth, who ought we to trust? Should we give credence to the preachy words of secularists who do not even have the backbone to adhere to a logically consistent worldview? Are we to trust the pop psychologists who unmindfully and unabashedly bypass lifes essential questions? Would it be shrewd of us to subscribe to the pluralists who lack the decency to study incommensurable worldviews, yet absurdly accept contrasting worldviews as equally valid? Whom shall we trust? In a culture where common sense has commonly vanished amongst commoners, we would do well to welcome common sense into our lives. Thinking episodically has become the modern routine, and yet, such a routine suffocates us in the ruins of our own lack of thinking, for thinking episodically is really no way of thinking at all. Perhaps, just perhaps, the answers to lifes most pressing questions are within our reach, but first we must be willing to embrace common sense.




Crumbs of a Bum's Cake


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Is it beautiful like the residue of a birds hum? The last pound of the blind man drum. The rum of the scum, Is it the scent of a bakers thumb? The beautiful of the slum? The gift of the innocence/ confusion in the solution. A something of nothing or the nothing of something. The surrendered of superficial / is the hug from a poem. The kisses of an I miss you. The leftover dew from a long exotic nightThe last twisting on an erotic knot. Is it the cream that rose to the top/or the sugar rush from the last drop/The simmering of a rainbows nose/ snowflakes un-froze? Is it birds freed/ or insanity caged The teaspoon of humanitys first and last flavor /Drowning of a thought/ or the life saver. Now ask yourself this. Crumbs of a bums cake/Washing your face in midnights rage/ waking up with the good in morning caged/Laying down and sharing your heart with if, possible and maybe Erecting to the world aggression. Is crumbs from wanting the love /but Accepting the Mmmmms on the Fs between the liberations of breaths/ Crumbs of a bum cake where desires are lit or destiny blown outWhere the softest flowers grew into hard like rocks. To taste the crumb of a bums cake / where all senses radiateSparked by a revolution / and the most angelic earthquake partake Accepting the lost in winning/winning to not lose/ still confused by when you win -you still lose. In short, Crumbs of a Bums cake addresses the hardcore battle of drug addictions through six generations.




Cassell's Dictionary of Slang


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With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results




Ink Pens & Spray Cans


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Ink pens & Spray cans (the graffiti bridge mixtape) was inspired and created by Ink pens Kenny (Pens) and his younger brother Sayvion- (Fede; shortened for graffiti). Kenny and Savion are kind of forced to live in their parents broken down condo until their living/financial issues improve (broke struggling artist).. To further complicate an already hostile and awkward living arrangement in the condo aka The Rhinestone Box, the brothers takes in an almost complete stranger, struggling writer, journalist and ex graffiti artist Nirvana Chancellor. The three dont get along very well early on and has some hostile differences in artistic merits/expressions Nirvana likes both poetry, short stories, photography and a range of work, but believes Kenny to open more to the world to share his heart. In the same she believes Fede to graduate from amateur tag artist to a colossal figure. Kenny and believes that graffiti are not necessarily criminal as his mother feels, but that Fede should move away from tagging their home and other peoples property. Sayvions graffiti and tagginghe does not understand why he has to tag it and express it on buildings verses a piece of paper, etc. Savion believes that poetry and short writing is cowardly and that a man should express himself straight from the art. Now Kind of force to live under one roof/condo (which they frequently refer to as the Rhinestone Box) the three create various forms of magic and learn that every human being has some form of artistry/inspiration that helps them to throb and create with -which is documented & celebrated in the frequent visits from both parents, friends and various girls The three (Fede, Pens & Nirvana rise together to create Ink pens & spray cans ; the graffiti bridge mixtape the mixture of their work recorded. Ink-joy.




The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English


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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.




The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English


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Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.




The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I


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Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).




What in Hell Do You Want?


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What in Hell Do You Want? is taken from the parable of the rich man and Lazarus with a surprising twist. Hell can be in your mind. Hell can be in your job. Hell can be a living, breathing part of you. Hell can also be stopped. Good habits are learned just like bad habitsthrough practice. It brings awareness of the decisions and choices a person makes and their impact on his life. The power of knowing is what you live by. The rich man lived abundantly, and Lazarus lived in obscurity. Why?




Spelling Sticks


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Like.... Warhal Graffiti & Basquiat Acrylics


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“like”....Warhol graffiti & Basquiat acrylics -“the fluorescent kanvs excursion”- A collection of poetry/thoughts from Ghetto English Rock and his stones (Kenny Attaway, Yanni Handcock, Fd, SAYSO, Slum Beautiful, Nirvana Sanchez, Wild Irish Rose, & Ghetto Othello). Nirvana Sanchez journeys with Ghetto English Rock & his stones on a world renown tour- “the fluorescent kanvs (canvas) excursion”” as they journey through Chicago, Philadelphia, London England, Paris, France, Sinotri, Greece and cities and countries sharing their art, dropping gems and reciting their spoken words. Narrated & orchestrated by Ghetto English Rock and Nirvana Sanchez (cover art front and back). G.E.R & the Stones not only explores their most memorable and favorite spoken words/poems but takes the reader and audience into a glimpse into their personal world and space of some-living and rehashing some of the wildest, real life and intricate times. Many of the poetry, spoken word and emotional bombs are reworked, reconstructed and remixed from the original works; which could be found in the published works (Inkquani, Hot Knickels & Pennies, Ink pens & Spray cans) and once unpublished work Stoned from Ghetto English’ Rock