That's Entertainment 

I was reminded of this song by Karine Denike in something she posted. Maybe it was The Jam's video?

That's Entertainment. I remember this song too from decades ago. For all of knowing it somewhere in my bones, I definitely hadn't thought consciously about the lyrics and the lyrics seemed to fit the theme of the day.

Today I was at the California Arts Council's grantee workshops to support the Nevada County Arts Council and heard/saw a performance by Bernard Brown's dance company which incorporated an amazing recording of Amiri Baraka doing a live reading. (I have to get the title of that audio recording and will post it here once I find it out. It is an incredible poem and performance of that poem!)

I felt like there were some same plane thoughts in the lyrics from "That's Entertainment" as Baraka's piece. 

 

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