And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:38:09 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (austin) Subject: NAMMYs should ask the nominees Khwe Ish: This question of siting the 99 nammys in Albequerque vs any other US city, and Nammy organizers' argument against a potential boycott of said city is indicative of the 'sellout' mentality that exists whenever a social force (music) begins to pick up marketing momentum/success (money). It is incumbent, therefore, on the Nammy organizers, who owe their success to the social force (musicians) and therefore begin to generate marketing momentum (money) from the sweat of these same musician's (often) political energy against negative social forces( racism) should poll the participants (nominees) and ask their opinion of the situation RE the seemingly genocide-friendly City Council of Albequerque, NM hosting a gathering of Native American resisters against negative social forces. The spiritual democracy of Native American music is by its very nature a political animal. If they (Nammy organizers) want to ignore what's staring them in the face (Nammy site/negative energy/bad kharma), t! hen perhaps these organizers sould get a reality check and remenber why we're all here, and soon...Maya prophecies say 2012 is our end game. There is no time to waste on bad decisions!! (Ps-Nammys should be on sacred Indian lands-not anywhere else...too bad the Pequots had to bail out this year due to scheduling problems) Blessings, Laughing Crow... Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:59:46 -0400 To: Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (austin) Subject: Re: NAMMYs should ask the nominees Khwe ish: I absolutely see fire whenever I see a potential bloating insensitivity beginning to manifest amidst an organization of supposedly issue-driven and human-friendly people. I call it the "sellout creep". It does happen. As soon as some activists get a taste of success they immediately begin tempering their activism with thoughts of 'how will this effect business?' Instead of worrying about business (I notice that Abequirque was chosen not for its spiritual centeredness of particular relevence to Turtle Island, but for its marketing track record...$$$$$$$$!!!!!!! NAMMY people should remember their roots,honor their ancestors, agressively root out inconsistancies and hypocrasies in their own agenda and put a permanent tattoo on their foreheads that says, "All art is political". (Yes, please pass it along)
