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The Greatest American Hero
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03-06-2008, 06:40 PM
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roachboy
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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
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