Niggy Does The White House

Fishpork favorite Saul Williams was invited to read poetry for Barack Obama at the White House earlier today. According to Williams, who kept fans in the loop throughout the day via Twitter, it was a spectacular event (”I can’t believe this. Words are SOOOO powerful”). Williams even managed to snap a few photos with his phone. Is that allowed in the White House? According to his updates, James Earl Jones even read an excerpt from Othello. It’s unknown what Saul was going to read, but he hinted that he may write something new (”Must write unplanetary poems, counter poems, poems without gravitational pull…”).

In true Niggy Tardust form, Saul Williams made sure he kept it real as he approached Pennsylvania Avenue (in the city where he filmed and starred in 1998’s “Slam”). “But I did see how the business behind these gates led to the realities of those behind bars…and I still do.” Twitter reply of the day: “What the shit? Fox News is going to have a field day with this!”

Girl Talk “Does a Radiohead”

Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, decided to drop his latest record, Feed The Animals, (ala Radiohead/Trent/Saul) as a “pay what you can” download. The Pittsburgh native is the master of mash up and has been dropping hits since his 3rd release “Night Ripper” dropped in 2006 on the Illigal Art label.

Regardless of what you pay, you get a zip file of the entire record as 320kb mp3s. If you pay five bucks or more, you can download uncompressed FLAC files. $10 gets you the files and a copy of the CD when it comes out in September. If you choose to pay zero dollars, you are prompted to choose a reason. Here are the options from the website:

– I may donate later
– I can’t afford to pay
– I don’t really like Girl Talk
– I don’t believe in paying for music
– I have already purchased this album
– I don’t value music made from sampling
– I am part of the press, radio, or music industry
– Other reasons

Well worth the price!

Steal it here.