Ooof: NEBM content.[views:5547][posts:14]____________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 11:53am - Hugo Dong ""] "What Blood, What Earth", is a documentary on the life of Puerto Rican black metal artist Marvin Quinones. His story leads the listener on a journey from pre-colonial Puerto Rican history to the struggles of race and class in the urban landscape of the twenty-first century. Quinones is a talented multi-instrumentalist, utilizing distorted guitars with as much mastery as the four-stringed cuatro. His music, like his life, is dense, layered, and complex. Beneath intense and raw black metal- a genre defined by abrasive production, relentless drumming, and shrieked vocals- lies a story of a man who escaped a home shattered by drugs, gangs, and mental illness to become a valued and respected member of his community The piece follows Quinones to his job in a public high school where he counsels delinquent students with positive re-enforcement and teaches an after-school classical guitar course. His honest candor in detailing a traumatic upbringing underscores the strength of his character and the importance of music as a force of transformation and discovery. http://www.prx.org/pieces/89004-sangre-y-tierra-what-blood-what-earth |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 11:59am - Frontier413_ ""] I am a Puerto Rican black metal artist. Bow down to my superior metal abilities. My multi-instrumental tallent, and my huge ego. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 12:19pm - nekronaut ""] Only Bloodhound Gang is real [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 12:43pm - Dylan_Thomas ""] Awesome, Marvin is a really great guy who has been in some incredible bands. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 12:51pm - Scott Lee ""] And Black Pyramid was a really great band when you were the singer right? HAHAHAHAHA |
| _____________________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 1:08pm - Hunter Hunt-Hendrix ""] Finally someone besides me who's unlocked the transcedentalist secrets of black metal. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 1:13pm - Andrew Hock ""] I need to team up with this Marvin kid. Clearly we're on the same page. |
| _____________________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 1:17pm - Bedroom Black Metal ""] Are there even bedrooms big enough to contain those combined egos? |
| _________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 2:51pm - Vaettir ""] positive reinforcement black metal ? |
| ____________________________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 3:25pm - Youth Crew Twilight Circle ""] Posi-BM dude! Stay posi! |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 4:46pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] nekronaut said:Only Kids of Widney High is real [img] |
| _________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 5:00pm - Vaettir ""] most racist thread ever |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 5:03pm - trioxin245 ""] Vaettir said:not racist enough thread ever |
| _______________________________ [Jan 2,2013 5:07pm - KEVORD ""] Vaettir said:most racist thread ever You obviously didn't see the racist cartoon thread that Goatrider kid made. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 2,2013 8:07pm - Hugo Dong ""] Please allow me to copypasta some of the transcript. "Marv: Drugs are like- it�s one of the most important things they�re trying to combat right now. And then there�s the single parent homes, just single moms trying to raise four kids, I think that�s another huge problem. The gangs. I would honestly put the gangs in front of drugs and single parent homes. I feel like I can actually speak from that mentality because I was in the same position. One mom trying to take care of four kids, and she can�t do it, so you start looking at other people for guidance, and that�s the trap that most of these kids fall into." |