Antioch This Weekend

This saturday we will be at Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio.
There is a conference and a performance both of which we will be participating in.
Doomtree and Kill The Vultures are playing also.
Here is the schedule of events.



The event will take place Saturday, April 1, 2006
Schedule of Events_____________________________________
12pm-2pm: Hip hop dance and freestyle workshop
2pm-4pm: Keynote speaker presentation in the Herndon Gallery
4pm-5:30pm: Graffiti mural grand opening on the outside porch of the C-shop
4pm-5:30pm: Roundtable discussion part 1 “The Face of Hip Hop: Race, Gender, and Hip Hop in America” in the Birch Commons
4:30pm-6pm: Dinner in the Caf
6pm-7:30pm: Roundtable discussion part 2 “The Spoken Truth: Spoken Word, Poetry, and Hip Hop as a Movement” in the Birch Commons
8pm-3am: Convergence show with headlining performers in the Dance Space – Breakers’ open circle
The C-shop will be open from 7pm-3am serving food and beverages as well as screening movies
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Antioch College, founded in 1852, is part of Antioch University, which includes the Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire; Antioch University Seattle in Washington; Antioch

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word is out.

a couple of blogs and website have picked up on our diabolical plan.

ropeadope, psanyc, ohword have all helped spread the word.
some are hosting and some are linking.

other sites have questioned why we are doing this.
they think it is a bad idea on our part, and that we are devaluing our music.
and as i see there perspective i would have appreciated it if they would have first asked us our motivation. we didn't do it because we couldn't find a label to put the record out (more on that in a minute). my personal reasoning was so that elisha cuthbert might by some chance hear my song. if you think that is a stupid idea, well then i don't know what to say.

now we in fact did get a couple offers from some major labels. to prove it to you i will show you the emails that we got in response. i promise i did not write this shit myself.

to: roosefrank@gmail.com
from: diddy@badboy.com

dear roosevelt franklin,

first let me just say that your insights towards making the band season 4 were very helpful and we have taken note. not surprisingly you seem to be the only person who has demanded that there be more dylan dillinger on the show.
as for the record. i sir diddy did enjoy it. we however have 20 new biggie smalls posthumous releases slated for 2006. we have the biggie duets album featuring biggie along side bobby brown and johnny gill. the best of worst worlds record with biggie and r kelly. the long lost dvd of biggie playing with the harlem globetrotters. and 17 others which i haven't fully conceptualized yet.
we would like to sign you to a spec deal for the sum of 5 pounds of sean john clothing, and a bunch of leftover g dep cd's. the contract is in the mail

sean "diddy" combs
bad boy president

and from interscope

to: roosefrank@gmail.com
from: jiovene@interscope.com

roosevelt,

With Eminem retiring we have been constantly searching for the next great white hope. We loved your record. We had drawn up a multi-million dollar contract for you. It is with great regret that I must inform you that we have to reneg on that deal as we have recently found out that you are not in fact white as your music and voice had led us to believe. Sorry.

Jimmy Iovine
President
Interscope Records

proof is in the pudding.
keep hope alive.

oh and to the guy who was concerned that we were somehow ripping off the pryor estate by not paying them for a sample on a record that is giving us no revenue since we are giving it away for free. we have decided to donate 62% of the profits from giving the record away for free to a foundation to be named later that the pryor's will approve.

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i'm sick of waiting how about you?

roosevelt franklin serves up bare food

     The blurred lines of hip hop have been crossed and a new sound
emerges as Mr.Len and Kimani Rogers serve up their second offering
as Roosevelt Franklin. "bare food" is a genre crossing, comedic,
emotional, mind altering experience that will make you want to erase
other albums from your ipod. This is not one of those sit back and
enjoy records..no my friend, this is jump up and slap the ass of a
girl or guy around you music and laugh about it as you attempt to
sing along.

     After locking themselves in a Transylvanian cave for 3 months,
surviving on only ramen noodles and old reruns of the Munsters they
emerged ready to take the world by storm. Then Kimani was diagnosed
with a rare form of alien bird flu and was forced to live in a
bubble. Len was also called into service by the recently reformed
Alliance Of The Orange and spent days on secret missions in the
midwest.  Obviously filthy rich off of the multi-maple success of
there first record, they decided to "charge it to the game" as the
young people like to say nowadays on american idol. This is what it
sounds like when thugs cry.

There is no watermarking here. No hidden animal noises. Share it
with everyone. This is our gift to you. You get it first. Play it
forward. Send the link to everyone you know. Post it on your blog or
some message board. burn copies and give them to old ladies. help
spread the world, that roosevelt franklin is better than your
grandma's apple pie.

get bare food here for free

with love
Mr Len and Kimani Rogers

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when kimani, len, sean and jean meet thom and colin

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something's about to happen

any minute, week, day now.
it will all be revealed.

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