From: Tiffany Duhart (tduhart_at_nokturnalescape.com)
Date: 2003-10-28 19:30:34
11/15/03 ? POEMCEES (from Def Poetry Jam HBO) Featured at Soul Release Poetry
Nokturnal Escape Entertainment presents
Straight from HBO Def Poetry Jam, POEMCEES at
Soul Release Poetry
Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:30pm
Every first and third Saturday of month
Diallo Gallery/Studio 1736 N. Main Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Open mic for poets, singers and lyricists
Hip-hop and R&B by DJ Wiz
Artwork by Diallo Seabrook and Roosevelt Watson
Featured poets: straight from Def Poetry Jam on HBO, DC based group, POEMCEES
with a five piece band
Admission: $5 for artists/$7 for audience
(904) 626-2812/(904) 477-9226
http://www.nokturnalescape.com
Featured groups: Since 1998, POEM-CEES have combined rhyme, prose and community
activism to emerge at the cutting edge of the vibrant Washington, DC Arts
Movement. Naturalaw-dp & Black Picasso?s talents were forged in the crucible
of the spoken word movement; as founding members of the now defunct Generation
2000 poetry collective, they toured and performed at colleges and universities
as well as recorded songs for BET & Emerge magazine?s nationally distributed
?Strength of a Woman? cd. Invitations to open for such acts as the Roots,
the Fugees and the Last Poets led to the addition of DJ Stylus and the band,
and thus the lean and mean POEM-CEES unit was formed. The year 2000 brought
forth their debut album, ?I.O.U. Street?, a whirlwind tour through the open
mic, hip-hop, drum & bass, and funk scenes along DC?s historic U Street
corridor. From the organic funk of ?test? to the kinetic soul of ?The 180?,
?I.O.U. Street? boldly shoved convention aside, daring to brand hip-hop
with the stamp of originality. Now, audiences on both sides of the ocean
await the Spring 2003 release of ?Paranoia?, which continues the POEM-CEES
tradition of pushing the boundaries of contemporary hip-hop music. Conceived
prior to the 9/11 tragedies, ?Paranoia? avoids clichés yet remains amazingly
prescient by focusing on the various manifestations of paranoia in our lives.
A mild case is represented by ?SIWBY (commitment)?, a casual conversation
on cold feet in a relationship, while the extreme instance is hilariously
represented by ?Fat White Men In Suits?. ?Glasses? is a cautionary tale
for those who stumble through life like Mr. Magoo, and ?Keloid Suite? and
?Jay? are chilling examples of a parent?s worst nightmare. All in all, the
?Paranoia? project runs the gamut of emotions, ultimately standing as the
rarest. In March 2003, they appeared on the HBO?s Def Poetry Jam Season
III, which aired in April 2003.
Tiffany Duhart, Managing Director
Nokturnal Escape Entertainment, LLC
(904) 626-2812
PO Box 9991 Jacksonville, FL 32208-9991
http://www.nokturnalescape.com
Co-founder/Writer, Femme Horizon
http://www.femmehorizon.com