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James Easter's Collection

Marvin Tate's D-Settlement   04/08/2000

Hothouse, Chicago, IL
Source sbd->ADAT->cass->cdr->eac
Media FLAC   2 discs
Notes Marvin Tate is a brilliant black poet who speaks about his own experience unabashedly and unashamed. He is honest to the point of making some people uncomfortable, he is confrontational, he is arrogant, and he is a very very effective performance artist. D-Settlement was an 11 piece band featuring (mostly) Marvin's work set to almost Funkadelic-type music. There has never been anything quite like it before, and probably never will be again. If you need just a preview, check out the song "Black Girl" in which a girl unexpectedly finds she has black blood in her heritage, and Marvin asks her how it feels to now like fried chicken instead of lasagna, how it feels to now shop at aldi instead of whole foods, etc. Sadly, the musicians have all gone their separate ways, but recently they did have a reunion show at the Hothouse to promote a cd recently released that features everyone's current projects.

disc 1

short first set
1. intro
2. My Life (1959 to the Present)
3. Merry-Go-Round
4. Ballad of Corey Dykes
5. I Dare You
6. Momma's Gotta New Boyfriend
7. Good Times

long second set
8. intro
9. Audio 6
10. Last Laugh
11. Fuckbuddies

disc 2
1. Baby I Owe You Something Good
2. Don't Send Him Away
3. Black Girl
4. Brown Eyes Are Miss D
5. Hey Love
6. Great Day in the Neighborhood
7. Yesterday

disc 3
1. intro/Charlie of Washington Square
2. Mr. Junkie Maker
3. improv jam
4. Have You Ever Seen?
5. Governmental Wolf
Tech Notes All
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 0006168513
Owned by James Easter · Last Updated May 23, 2023