Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Excuse me... I need to go catch my flesh before it gets too far away. [?][?] I freely admit that I'm a liberal prude. I'm willing to die to defend her right to do that, if she so chooses. But I don't really even want to *know* about it, much less *see* it. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Sitehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video http://www.erykahbadu.com/on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke the law http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.htmlby not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.htmlto her local daily. Highlights: *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? *EB:* The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. *Q:* And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? *A: *Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. *Q:* And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? *A:* Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. 363.gif362.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I been hearing that a lot! Jay Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes on the TJMS were commenting on that. Jay was shocked that someone that slim had so much back there (that's Sisters for you). Sybil had me laughing when she revealed that a few years back, she was at an event with Badu, walking behind her. Behind Sybil was a man. Sybil said she noticed all the junk, Badu had, and stepped aside so the Brother could look. this is wasted on me, she said, but I know the Brother will enjoy the view. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:26:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site The only thing I have to say about the video is nice booty. :) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
I'm feeling the same, but a lot of people are calling me prudish and conservative. Which is funny because those are the last things i am, but I do think we as humans should respect places of great tragedy like this. - Original Message - From: Rogue n1ro...@aol.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:12:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! From: Keith Johnson Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
If you are shooting video somewhere it is cheaper to not get a permit. (obviously) In some cities they charge a fortune to shoot simple outdoor footage. They want you to pay for police security (not your own), file permits for each location, a $1 million insurance policy on and on. They recently lowered the fees in San Francisco but it still can be expensive. (even if you are a student) There are separate permits that must be filed for the beach or park as well. Check out here: http://38.106.4.41/index.aspx?page=16 So its cheaper to just shoot it. Most of the time you won't get into any trouble unless you are with a big company or a big star. Then you can pay the fines later. If they said, We're going to shoot a RB video where Kennedy was shot and I'm going to get nude and pretend that I was shot like him then lie down on the side walk... After the angry mob run them out of town do you think that they would have gotten permission for that? :) Badu's film crew was probably a camera person, makeup, and someone doing playback of the audio. I think were some extras where she was as well. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Rogue n1ro...@aol.com wrote: I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still do, but the video was in poor taste. --Dax I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! *From:* Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net *Sent:* Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Sitehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video http://www.erykahbadu.com/on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke the law http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.htmlby not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.htmlto her local daily. Highlights: *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? *EB:* The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want
[scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? EB: The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
The only thing I have to say about the video is nice booty. :) On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where JFK was killed. video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Sitehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video http://www.erykahbadu.com/on her website to accompany the song Window Seat. Currently #28 on Billboard's RB/hip-hop chart, the song appears on the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke the law http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.htmlby not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against groupthink, the unwritten rule that i will not express my true opinion if it opposes those i love and fear. She adds: i was petrified while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few moments. She said she was too busy lookin for cops to be embarrassed by her nudity. i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place. She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized. She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc. *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.htmlto her local daily. Highlights: *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video for Window Seat? *EB:* The song Window Seat is about liberating yourself from layers and layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do in some way or another. *Q:* And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? *A: *Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. *Q:* And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when the video was released? *A:* Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
