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Juan Devis, Producer
Ratpack Slim, Co-Producer
Digitaria Interactive, Inc., Design
Jackie Kain, Executive Producer, KCET
Bijan Rezvani, Associate Producer, KCET
Essay
Children of Slam: LA Poets Talk Hard by Ratpack Slim
Steve Connell
Video
I Am an American written and performed by Steve Connell
MLK Live at the Conga Room, courtesy of Flypoet.com
Audio Tracks
3 Wishes
From Steven Connell's album Intimate Nature of Knife Fights
Words and performance by Steve Connell
Engineered by Zack Mathers
I Was Born
Written by Steve Connell and Chard Reisser
Vocals by Steve Connell
Background vocals Erica Reisser
Take America Back (live recording)
Written and performed by Steve Connell and Sekou (tha Misfit)
Performed and recorded live at the 2006 ACLU National Membership Conference
Interview
Steve Connell interviewed by Ratpack Slim @ Da Poetry Lounge, March 15, 2007
Multimedia Module
Steve Connell performing 40 Days @ The Lillian Theatre
Photos by Kerry Gerot
kerrygerotphotography.com
One of Those Nights, words by Steve Connell
Music & vocals by Chad Reisser
From the album Intimate Nature of Knige Fights, availabel on iTunes & steveconnell.com
Gina Loring
Video
What Happened to my Love?
Written and performed by Gina Loring
Live @ Russell Simmons' Def Poetry
Courtesy of HBO
You Move Me
Written and performed by Gina Loring
From the album Bathwater Blues
Audio Tracks
Black Is the Color of Sunshine
Written and performed by Gina Loring
From the album Bathwater Blues
Inner You
Written and performed by Gina Loring
Sprung
Written and performed by Gina Loring
Live @ Temple Bar, Santa Monica
March 3, 2007
Beatbox: Joshua Silverstein
Bass: Devon Jackson-Kali
Drums: April King
Keys: Joanne
Kim Tap: Chloe Arnold
Interview
Gina Loring Interviewed by Ratpack Slim @ Da Poetry Lounge, March 27, 2007
Multimedia Module
Somewhere There Is a Poem
Written and performed by Gina Loring
Live @ Russell Simmons' Def Poetry
Courtesy of HBO
Sekou (tha Misfit)
Video
Dumb Sh-t
Written and performed by Sekou (tha Misfit)
Live @ Spoken Funk, Miyagi's on Sunset Blvd
The Lesson
Written and performed by Sekou (tha Misfit)
Live @ Spoken Funk, Miyagi's on Sunset Blvd
Audio Tracks
When I Grow Up
Written and performed by Sekou (tha Misfit)
Sekou's Believe It or Not
Teaser track from Sekou's upcoming album
Produced by Tony Austin
Featuring Celeste Prince
A Lesson Well Learned
Live at the 2006 ACLU National Membership Conference
with Steve Connell
Interview
Sekou (tha Misfit) Interviewed by Ratpack Slim @ Da Poetry Lounge, April 3, 2007
Multimedia Module
That's How They Getcha
Poem/rap by Sekou (tha Misfit)
Song by Celeste Prince & Sekou (tha Misfit)
Shihan
Video
Father's Day
Written and performed by Shihan
Live @ Whittier College, April 11, 2007
Drum
Written and performed by Shihan
Live @ Da Poetry Lounge, April 10, 2007
Audio Tracks
In Response
Written and performed by Shihan Van Clief
From the album Shihan the Poet
Auction Network
Written and performed by Shihan Van Clief
From the album Shihan the Poet
The Iconoclast
Written and performed by Shihan Van Clief
Music by Roy Shakked
From the album Shihan the Poet
Interview
Shihan Interviewed by Ratpack Slim @ Da Poetry Lounge, April 17, 2007
Multimedia Module
Somebody Tell Me/What You Want
Written and performed by Shihan Van Clief/Gimel Hooper
Hook performed by Gina Loring
From the album Shihan the Poet
Mayda Del Valle
Video
In the Cocina
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
Live @ Def Poetry Jam, NYC, 2003
Descendancy
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
Live @ Def Poetry Jam, NYC, 2001
Audio Tracks
Love of My Life
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
Featured on DJ J Period's Best of the Roots Mixtape, 2006
Tongue Tactics
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
Music by George Renfro
Springtime in New York (Fever)
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
Featured on DJ J Period's Best of the Roots Mixtape, 2006
Interview
Mayda Del Valle interviewed by Ratpack Slim @ Green, April 24, 2007
Multimedia Module
The Gift
Written and performed by Mayda Del Valle
From the forthcoming album recorded and mixed by Silent John, 2007