Archive for June, 2025
CHROMAKOPIA Is A Gorgeous, Wowing Album That Encapsulates the Time We Live In
By ARABELLA FRACISCO Part III of III Part II Part I Arabella Fracisco’s original review first appeared in the November 2024 issue of The Southerner, a student-written and student-produced newspaper at South High School in Minneapolis. The Southerner can be found online at www.shsoutherner.net. Editor’s Note: The last 2 months the alley featured the first 10 tracks of Arabella’s thoughtful and inviting review of CHROMAKOPIA. This month we conclude with the final four tracks. Thought I Was Dead is the eleventh track on the album and is about Okonma embracing his provocative persona, bringing up past controversies and expectations addressing them in his own playful yet rebellious way. “Everything I said I do, I did. Talk my shit? I sure damn will. You ain’t like that shit? I’ll do it again.” The track also features ScHoolboy Q and Santigold, their verses elevating the song. The twelfth track on the album, Like Him, featuring Lola Young, beautifully [...]
Word Games
from the series Raise Your Voice... By PETER MOLENAAR Peter Molenaar Note: The words in all caps which follow should be credited to the author. However, in a tone reminiscent of the cinematic voice of God admonishing Moses, my computer has informed me that a force of evil has entered it in order to deplete my finances! I remain in shock! Because of this the source of the poem below is now unknown to me. YOU?Given the elevated internationalist I.Q. found within the territory of our Phillips Community, presumably, most of us will acknowledge the Palestinian authorship of the following poem. Yes, we are able to see beneath the rubble! Yet, we must acknowledge the refrain: “BUT, I AM TO BLAME FOR MY RESISTANCE!” Question: Back in slavery days, why did Nat Turner rebel? Answer: They raped his wife with impunity; her children were sold away as slaves. Question: By what course might our school teachers elevate the empathetic emotions of our school children? YOU?TAKE MY [...]
Spirit of Phillips June ’25
Dave Moore & Linnea Hadaway have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
