Today's date is Tuesday, June 16th, 2020. And it's been challenging to get back on the ball with Coronatose after all that has been happening in America. You can tell by my intro that I wanted use my voice to say something, anything, but that I am still learning how to do it confidently. I think a lot us are in that state right now.
And while we all probably know the names George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery by now, even in the time I have been preparing this episode for upload more Black people have senselessly died: Rayshard Brooks was killed by police in Atlanta, and two men were found HANGING FROM TREES IN CALIFORNIA: Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch. If you think those were suicides, you's a mother fucking fool!
This show is meant to be entertaining, but it doesn't mean I can just shy away from real life shit. And while we will continue to keep it entertaining, I had to hit pause for a minute.
The guest on this episode is someone I have known for a really long time and while there are so many ways that we could have cut up on a podcast, I wanted to take advantage of the fact that he lives in the heart of Chicago where there was a lot of protest and looting action the past few weeks, and to have him describe what it's been like. Marijuana is also legal there so we talk about how cultivating his own personal garden has been a major stress reliever during quarantine and the unrest that has surrounded him. I know him as my Uncle Tane but to the rest of the world he is often referred to as Choo Choo Tane or Top Heavy Gazelle.
He made a short video exploring a post-George Floyd Logan Square that you can watch here. Be warned, there is some audio from Floyd's murder present in the video.
#blacklivesmatter
Thank you to everyone who has been listening. Please address any questions or comments to coronatose@gmail.com. That is also the only place I will accept requests to be on the show. Don't hit me up on Facebook talking about your latest project when it's obvious you haven't even listened before.
Our outro song is "Chiraq (Remix)" by Montana of 300 from Chicago and is one of my favorite hard rap performances of all time.
Other music featured in this episode:
"Lost At Birth" - Public Enemy
"Brooklyn Zoo" - Ol' Dirty Bastard
"FDT" - YG ft. Nipsey Hussle
"Sweet Home Chicago" - Robert Johnson
"Friday" - Ice Cube
"Funky Dividends" - Three Times Dope
"Hits from the Bong (Instrumental)" - Cypress Hill