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(Amsterdam > Los Angeles, Sunday, April 22, 2007)-I was chilling in Amsterdam, fully enjoying my last few days in civilization for heading to the other side of the world, when I got a message that my dear friend Steven ben Israel and his son Baba Israel would be in town this week for a couple of performances here and a show at the Rotown in Rotterdam-and what's more, my friend, mentor and hero Amiri Baraka, America's greatest living poet, would be with them on Saturday and Sunday.
While I would have enjoyed few things more than traveling to Rotterdam on Sunday with this krewe and hanging out at the Rotown on the Nieuwe Binneweg, I would instead be flying toward Washington DC and on to Los Angeles that day. But I could get with them at the Bitter Zoet club on the Spuistraat in Amsterdam on Saturday night, and Henk brought his gear as well, so we hooked up a guerrilla broadcast from a closet off the green room and captured some great live performances by our guests:
http://www.johnsinclairradio.com/audio/jsrshow130.mp3
John Sinclair Radio Show #130
Bitter Zoet, Amsterdam
Saturday, April 21, 2007 @ 10:30-11:30 pm [20-0710]
My last night in Amsterdam before leaving for my GUITAR ARMY tour of the USA took us to the BitterZuit club on the Spuistraat where a very special Crime Jazz presentation was being staged with poets including Amiri Baraka, Steven ben Israel and Simon Vinkenoog on this beautiful April Saturday night in the center of town. Henk Botwinik set us up in a little closet-like space backstage and we got the mike on Steven ben Israel, Lillian Day Jackson, Baraka himself and Baba Israel (Steve's son) for some scintillating conversation, spiced up by some great music by Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians, Magic Sam, Dinah Washington, Jimmy Witherspoon, Baba Israel & Yako, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, and Thelonious Monk with Art Blakey (Lillian's step-father) & the Jazz Messengers.
Playlist #130
[01] Opening Music: Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians: Rock The Joint
[02] John Sinclair Intro Comments, Opening Tokes & Conversation with Steven ben Israel with performances
[03] Steven ben Israel: All this talk about the 21st Century
[04] Steven ben Israel: The Whistle Blows in Pittsburgh
[05] Steven ben Israel: Poetry just may be hip
[06] John Sinclair Comments
[07] Magic Sam: All Your Love
[08] Dinah Washington: Cool Kind Papa
[09] Jimmy Witherspoon: Big Fine Girl
[10] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Ms. Lillian Day Jackson
[11] Conversation with Ms. Lillian Day Jackson & Amiri Baraka
[12] John Sinclair Conversation with Amiri Baraka & Intro
[13] Baba Israel & Yako: Survivor
[14] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: We Just Change The Beat
[15] Comments & Conversation with Baba Israel
[16] Baba Israel: This Music Originates
[17] Comments & Conversation with Baba Israel
[18] Baba Israel: Respect to the DJ & JSRS/RFA ID
[19] Sinclair Outro
[20] Thelonious Monk & the Jazz Messengers: In Walked Bud
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, engineered & recorded by Henk Botwinik
Mastered & posted by Henk Botwinik
Executive Producer: John Sinclair
Special thanks to Baba Israel, BitterZoet & Crime Jazz
Sponsored by Eat at Jo's in the Melkweg
©(p) 2007 John Sinclair
Podcast by www.RadioFreeAmsterdam.com @ May 14, 2007
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The next morning I was up early and out to Schipol Airport to begin an extremely long day of travel, first to Washington DC and then on to Los Angeles after a 3-1/2 hour layover, arriving at 8:00 pm Pacific daylight Time. I set my watch back 9 hours and jumped in the car with the angelic Michael Simmons to begin my GUITAR ARMY adventure in the USA.
-Amsterdam
May 31, 2007
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You're Lucky (reply)
May 31, 2007 09:16 EST by day44
You're lucky the US govt hasn't put you on a 'watch list' to keep you from traveling to the US. Good Luck Mr. Sinclair in all your travels!
RLW
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