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Mar.
2005
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Tasha N. Nevada Diggs
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AUDIO
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Writer,
vocalist, and Harlem denizen, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs explores
sound through
macaronic verse, language and electronic vocal processing. A fellow
of the Cave Canem
Workshop for African American Poets, Latasha has completed residencies
at Caldera Art
Space and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center as well as receiving
a Zora Neale Hurston
scholarship from Naropa Institute and New York Foundation for the Arts
fellowship.
Diggs
has authored two chap-books, Ichi-Ban: from the files of
negríta muñeca linda and Ni-ban:
Villa Misería, produced and wrote for the conceptual audio project,
Televisíon, and is the lead electronic vocalist for two bands,
the Yohimbe Brothers, fronted by Vernon Reid and DJ Logic and The Beat
Kids, fronted by Guillermo E. Brown.
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Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, yohimbe brothers, elctronica, poet,
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churp
“Birds,
he says, have about five things to say.”
-Stan
Brakhage on Hollis Frampton
good morning.
a moment to shoosh with clock radio. a moment to coo
and flounder last scene.
love me. this haunch misses you.
this scalp has felt neglected since. everyone wants love.
not many get it.
get out. go somewhere. go on. this haunch remembers everything.
this scalp admits something. i found a worm. you found your fill.
i literally found a worm. on concrete. in the sun. in a puddle of rain.
drowning and frying.
good night. as if you’ll be there to say good morning.
as if another worm could be found with you. as if you’ll love me.
you. another alarm clock. another dream. another word.
a new word.
same meaning.
good morning. love me. i found a worm. good night. get out.
like you said, all the rest is noise.
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