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August 9th 2011

Non-Prophets — The Cure

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Non-Prophets - “The Cure” (5:10)

I haven’t heard this song in a couple years but it wouldn’t get out of my mind tonight. It features one of my favorite two-verse song endings:

If half the battle is done right
the other half won’t take my health while jacking my shadow’s sunlight
to crack it open and find the space between my breaths are desolate
life is just a lie with an “f” in it and death is definite

But after I scratched the surface
I never saw the calm before the storm act so nervous
when a boy writes off the world it’s done with sloppy misspelled words
if a girl writes off the world it’s done in cursive

Posted at 8:31pm and tagged with: Sage Francis,.

June 26th 2010

Sage Francis - “The Best of Times”

I’ll just leave this here for you all to watch.

Posted at 11:47am and tagged with: Sage Francis, Li(f)e,.

May 18th 2010

May 28th

It’s going to be a heck of a night next Friday-

  1. My iPad is delivered, then
  2. I’m photographing the Sage Francis concert, then
  3. the Maximum Fun 2010 donation drive closing marathon

Thank goodness all three events are in the same day, otherwise I’d be too excited to sleep for weeks.

Posted at 9:05am and tagged with: iPad, Sage Francis, Maximum Fun,.

May 5th 2010

Sage Francis — Worry Not

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Sage Francis - “Worry Not” (3:19)

This is off of the Li(f)e album, which debuts in a week. Sage will be in town on the 28th and I’ll be photographing that amazing show.

This is a self-affirmation of sorts. It’s a reminder to myself, and hopefully to others, that we need to shed ourselves of the needless stress bestowed upon us via our home, work, school and religion. Certain types of stress are good for us. It can assist in our development, productivity and evolution. However, when we measure our worth by the arbitrary demands made by the institutions we are born into, there needs to be an awakening at some point where we think for ourselves and do for ourselves. That’s the best way to serve others (if you do, in fact, have a desire to serve others.) Since I tend to get wrapped up in my own work and responsibilities, this is as much a reminder to myself as it is to the listener. — Sage Francis in the liner notes

If you want another great track from this album, check out “London Bridge”- these tracks are completely new stylistic ground for Sage and subject matter that should not be nearly so catchy.

Posted at 10:59pm and tagged with: Sage Francis, Li(f)e, Strange Famous,.

March 21st 2010

Non-Prophets — The Cure

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Sage Francis + Joe Beats (Non-Prophets) - “The Cure” (5:10)

Two keys for me:

“When a boy writes off the world it’s done with sloppy misspelled words / if a girl writes off the world it’s done in cursive”

and

“To crack it open and find the space between my breaths are desolate / life is just a lie with an “f” in it and death is definite”

This track came out in 2003, and in a couple months Sage’s “Li(f)e” album is released.

Posted at 5:50pm and tagged with: sage francis, joe beats, non-prophets,.

March 3rd 2010

Reblogged from otherhiphop|

otherhiphop: qwest28:

the cover to sage’s new album, li(f)e, by shepard fairey out may 11th.

[edit by Doug of cities I’m not in]

Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room – 5/28/10

Great news for me! A version of me four years ago would have wanted nothing more in life than a Sage concert. The version of me two months from now is still very excited to get this experience (and naturally, get photos as always).

Posted at 4:42pm and tagged with: sage francis, strange famous,.

otherhiphop: qwest28: the cover to sage’s new album, li(f)e, by shepard fairey out may 11th. [edit by Doug of cities I’m not in] Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room – 5/28/10 Great news for me! A version of me four years ago would have wanted nothing more in life than a Sage concert. The version of me two months from now is still very excited to get this experience (and naturally, get photos as always).

February 7th 2010

Sage Francis — Underground For Dummies

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Sage Francis - “Underground For Dummies” (4:14)

This was a great part of the winter around 2007. Sage Francis, laying down his career in rap. (So far.)

Posted at 4:06pm and tagged with: sage francis, mp3, strange famous,.