roachboy

hero is a picture that seems to be persisting.
to wit:


william s burroughs and brion gysin did that.

la monte young has gone further than you:



sun ra was from saturn but he stayed in the states for a while:





o yeah. james brown was from here too.


so's ornette coleman (just listen...)


harry smith as well


bugs bunny


and then there is this, the culmination of all things american:

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite