The Anrgy Blogger on Education

Our generation has been vitiated due to the debt everyone is accruing just from going to school.  Plain and simple.  I know many individuals who have racked up over $100,000 in debt while they are still no older than 22 in most cases.  I believe it goes without dispute that educating the public is the paramount strategy to ensure a prosperous future where people are more inclined to make decisions that have the best positive outcome for society as a whole.  However, the cost and strain that education places on students makes one think twice about getting a diploma.

Let's take recent history for an allegory.  During this current recession one factor which influenced the events of the past year were the inability of individuals with mortgages for their homes to pay back these loans.  Whether they should have received mortgages is a question that I am no expert to answer and does not pertain to my overall general argument.  The inability of individuals to pay back their mortgages led to a downward spiral of financial institutions going bankrupt and people losing every asset they owned.

Now to parallel this with education.  With such a massive amount of students in their early 20's gaining such titanic amounts of debt in hopes to establish a positive and fruitful future, one must take a step back and wonder can this many college graduates really pay back this debt.  One advantage college graduates had in the past was the significantly lower number of individuals attending college and graduating.  Therefore, the ones who graduated held much more cultural capital and had a stronger hold on bargaining for employment and their income.  This falls in line with the  facets of  supply and demand.  Generally, the reduced supply of a certain commodity or good (in this case college graduates), the greater the demand will be for said good, therein making the value of said good appreciate.

Can we as a college students be confident and assured enough that the investment we are placing upon our education and future will pay off?  The banks which give out the money are fervent and unrelenting in pursuing the repayment of their loans, regardless of how successful or financial stable a student has become.

Society pressures us that going to college is the only vehicle to secure a prosperous future where you can contribute to the upbuilding of our communities.  After continually maintaining a reflection eternal upon this system I'm beginning to think twice.  It almost seems there is some clandestine plan which promotes students striving for an education and telling us education is the only way to secure a future, only to place a dollar value on our efforts to restrict individuals without the financial capital to educate themselves.  Which in turn, only perpetuates stagnation in the social hierarchy and establishes a caste system that doesn't allow every individual to increase their status and cultural worth.

The Random House Dictionary's definition of education is thus; the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

I previously stated that the larger amount of college graduates may decrease our worth and ability to procure financial stability.  However, to place a dollar value on one's growth and evolution is futile and preposterous and only pushes individuals further away from education as a whole.  Consequently, potentially ensnaring our social mobility and placing those in poor financial shape in shackles and chains.  Education, in my opinion will lead to the enlightening of our generation and generations to come, due to the ills and imbalances of society we have seen in the past and present.  We have no choice but to establish an approach that will allow us to nurture and develop new methods to allow every human to sustain their growth mentally, physically, spiritually, and economically through the rigors of socialization, regardless of one's culture, creed, or belief system.

Alas, we are already absorbed within the game that has subdued many of my colleagues and classmates, and there is not much we can do to change the past.  However, with the knowledge and experience we have gained over the years of our schooling, and the growing ambiguity and unascertainable nature of the future, one thing for sure is certain.  We stand in the 21st century with the cultural capital we have purchased, clutched by the throat and wallet, only to be manumit by the idiosyncrasies and double standards of universities,employers, and financial institutions.

As always, the one who attempts to align all ways as always.

-Alpha-

Peace to all the Nihilistic cavemen

Shout out to Lt. Headtrip for coining the above phrase.  What makes your head trip?  There's too much nowadays to try to solve everything or fathom everything at once.  Step by step, piece by piece I suppose.  If everyone does their part can things be better?  But then we have to figure out what everyone's part is.  We have to agree on what is "right".  Signing out before I fall too deep into my own rabbit hole.  It will occur soon enough and I will keep all of you posted out there in TV land.  Maybe the revolution will be televised, or better yet Youtubed.

-As always it is the Altruistic ANIMALLLL, Alpha-

I bid you adieu.

Woke Up Early On My Born Day

Thank you, thank you, thank you to whatever force was behind me turning 22 this past weekend and having a great time celebrating it with those in my circle. Another wild weekend at Walton where pong balls we're being pursued in tenacity by our mangy mutt Lola Monsta Movement! She has become a force to be reckoned with if you miss your pong shots for she will catch any ball in midair that does sink a cup. That's right, move on over Air Bud! We have a pong playing dog in the making. You don't realize how many people you are friends with until they all come together at once and then you realize that you are probably loved. All in all it was a fun weekend, plus I finally have jumped back on the mic after a slight hiatus of recording. Don't know if the lack of recording was caused by a lack of Motiv8-ion, being lazy, not having all the Quarter-Martyrs of the Squadron in each others presence at one time in one location, or a mixture of all these variables and more. I recorded 2 free-form songs this weekend.

DISCLAIMER: these are not what some artists like to deem as a "freestyle". A freestyle is the process of creating a song and/or rhyme scheme at that very moment from the thoughts that fire into your mind through the synapses with occur at minutest unit of minute measurement.

What I recorded was just some cohesive thoughts about the current state of the world we live in today and the ability or perceived inability we have to make a difference. All in all we must learn to Puff, Puff, Pass, Struggle Struggle STRIVE!

Here is a link to the song. It is named "Mighty Healthy" performed by yours truly, Alpha, the Avatar of the Anonymous, the Anti-Acquiesce, the Always Asking, the Allusive to All Allegory.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wy1zjoynnqc

And I decided to be nice and type of the lyrics for ya, so you can better understand my perspective. As long as we can agree to disagree that's all I'm asking for.

They say that I'm photogenic
The mode of menace
That I'm trying to attain is like a vampire no image
No mirror fear no norms revoke terror
As the smoke clears up, I like to view the vultures cheer us
While very few of the youths culture hears them
No joke, we choke on purpose to draw you near us
::Gag, gag:: I don't wanna be a-
Nother trapped onomatopoeia
Trying to find his freedom
Away from the associations they lead us
A fetus at default? Nah!
I'd rather be fecal matter with the shit stains of revolt
Why we living passive in this day and null?
We gotta find a way to PULL
And not get PUSHed back cause some get discouraged from the fall
SURVIVAL of the fittest than I guess
...
I should bust my nut over your mic make you rest.
You ain't giving shit to the world but-fucking stress
By leading the illusion that is ludicrous at best
And,
As you jest I transcend from the crest just to walk on air and crush the barometric press!
If done I'd accomplish much less!
As we spirit bomb the game to tear away the flesh!
And put back the SOUL,
Believe you me, there is much to it than just cooked crack and gold....
Then I hesitate,
And let that resonate, etanoser, resonate.

I set the pace for us facing reality,
Puff, Puff, Pass, Struggle Struggle STRIVE!
Puff, Puff, Pass, Struggle Struggle STRIVE!
I set the pace for us facing reality,
I set the pace for us facing reality,
Puff, Puff, Pass, Struggle Struggle STRIVE!
PUFF PUFF PASS STRUGGLE STRUGGLE, strive.

Happy Turkey Day?

Greetings and good holiday cheer from the Movement! We are wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Despite the historical background of the holiday, where Native American communities and cultures were destroyed, we should still take this day (and every other day) to give thanks for those that we have in our lives. It's similar to the N-word in my opinion. It originated as a slur but now some see it as a term of endearment. This "negroswap" as I like to dubb it can be applied to any word, concept, or situation. Meanings are all based off of one's identity/ies and associations. To the extent where a nihilistic observation may occur to all events. However, with nothing given meaning one can argue that nothing can bring joy, pain, humor, or any other of the complex emotions which are present in our psyches. Therefore in the crazy temporal society that we live in there is nothing wrong with applying positive associations and ideals to events which bring people together in a manner where they can break bread and express graciousness for what they have. So the next time you say Fuck Thanksgiving it's not a real holiday or does not deserve to be celebrated, keep in mind the very few things that brings societies together in a positive manner. Just negroswap your previous beliefs and attitudes for one in which you can enjoy the day and piggggg outtttt. Grub On! Movement Out!

-Alpha/Double A/John Ra/Juan Verdad/Abu Danza/The Avatar 4 None

The Survivorvolution

We can start the Revolution just by walking up to them and saying.... Hello! Just some thoughts from Alpha the always anonymous yet analogous.

New Track

Check out the concoction conjured up not consisting of cacophonous creativities. This track hails from the minds of C Write Crills and Alpha. It was produced by the up and rising producer Max Apollo...maddd heat for all the haters out there. Download it here at http://public.me.com/alphagmg. The track is title Hate In The Ieez. Peace and Thank.You.

Can't stop won't stop gotta keep movin....

Hello to all of you out there in ear box land. We haven't forgotten about any of you or about the music and great things we do. Well we got Federalism of the Forces 4 Eardrums coming at you soon. What's that you ask? Its a joint venture of several projects in the post-brainstorm stages, which will begin to take effect in the next several weeks leading to the release of several CD's through the efforts of The C-4 Movement, Karma Kids Studios, and a blossoming new Brooklyn based media magnate S.U.R.E. Music Group. Look out for "Domewrecker vs. Rahzilla" by the megalomaniacal efforts of Alpha and Lt. Headtrip of Sarcasmo. "Coon To Some" from the 2 quarter cuatro residents C. Write Krillz and Alpha. "Samurai vs. Ninja" the Asian salamander sounding sword swinging swine flu through your spine through thought shogunical sounds of Samurai Banana of Karma Kids Studios (Samurai) and C. Write Krillz (Ninja). As, well as a solo LP effort from Alpha titled "In The Moment: Eye Am Hear". Can't stop won't stop gotta keep movin....

A.C.T. (Also Consume This)

We will be shooting a video within the next couple weeks along with constructing a website....All leading up to the eventual release of our 4ourth EP "C-4-C: Combustible 4 Cavemen"....

Pitta-Patta Porkchops coming to a PiffSteak near you!

alpha and web created this masterslice last night

stuffing Ingredients:
1each: green/red pepper diced
2 small hot red chili peppers minced
3/4 cob fresh native sweet corn shaved
1/2 ripe banana in penny slices
5oz hot Italian sausage
1/4 white onion finely diced
2 leaves each Thai and Italian basil
pinch o' parsley and spearmint
¹teaspoon of Cajun seasoning
salt and pepper to taste.

sweat these ingredients in olive oil over a low flame until sausage is cooked and flavors have merged.. add 1/2cup breadcrumbs, 1/2cup dry stuffing mix, 4 crumbled ritz crackers and a healthy slab of butter. next add 1/2 cup of "hard" apple cider and stir till absorbed. let cook five more minutes being sure not to turn stuffing to mush.

slice pockets into the middle of 2 large porkchops as well as diagonal 'flap' inscisions on top. stuff middle pockets and top flaps and pile more on top

bake for 45 mins at 350F
puff something silly
enjoy

perceiving paranorm

another shot of the painted rock. there was no order in our paint pour but check out the curling crow skeleton fetus that appeared through the random drip. eerie coincidence? we think not. question everything with counter-conditioning. peace

say no to norms

web alpha and f-150 have been on block island for the summer and on franks last night we decided to partake in an ancient block island tradition. the painted rock is a popular tourist spot where visitors and islanders alike paint a sizeable rock on the southside to mark important news or their travels in general. this has been going on for many years and the rock has actually grown larger with the millions of layers of colorful paint over time. when we arrived, there was a painting of a newlywed couple's names and the date and after a brief moments hesitation we decided that people get married every day and that there was no room for sentiment in the movemental conquest so we painted a layer of white over any and all inscriptions. after the Rock was made a blank slate, we three held the can of red paint and poured it over the canvas and let the paint drip down the sides. the finished project was a gory representation of the movement's "death to norms" adventures, so beware society

Datpiff Mixtape Drop!!!!

This is it people, the Datpiff realease of "Prepare 4 The C Sons". The goal is to push 500 downloads by tomorrow to boost our visibality. When said # is reached we'll be placed on the welcome screen of Datpiff thus available to a wider audience who may not know of your favorite movemements' movements. Any how here's the link, check the shit and enjoy http://www.datpiff.com/The_C4_Squad_Prepare_4_The_C_Sons.m62131.html

The OMG'S @ Mr Beery's

Introducing a sub sect of the C-4 Squad, THE OH MY GOD's. Something like the R.A.G.U of Wu Tang with Rae and Ghost but instead its Crills and Googie. Debuted @ Mr Beery's in Bethpage NY last night in collaboration with the Karma Kids Studios. The OMG's tore the spot down doing new renditions of tracks off the newly released Prepare for the C Sons and the upcomming Ninjah VS Samurai mixtape feat Samurai Bannana and C. Write Crills. Shouts to the Shogun on the ones and two's, Sarcasmo, the Broosevelts and Dennis Nedry and Marlbros and others of the Karma Kids collective.

C.Write Crills

Thoughts

Do you ever look at life and say 'damn, i don't know who i am or where i'm going?" Well, the common response would be "fuck that, i know exactly WHO i am and where I am going," but thats societal. See, it's expected in our society that those who are "strong" know where we are going and that we are firm in our beliefs and our individuality, which we manifest as a certain persona in interpersonal relations with others. This is the ego that is so studied and discussed and misunderstood, as it has taken over human kind. We feel like we need to behave and act and react in a certain ways so that others take note of how we are and learn to respect, and ultimately fear us in everyday life. We grow older and we stop evaluating life at its every turn because we recognize patterns and become conditioned by past experiences. We become lazy and develop beliefs, and its not that believing is lazy, its just that sticking to certain beliefs as they pertain to the 'alternating pictures in life' and behaving in accordance to outcomes of past experience is lazy and it leaves us unable to grasp the essence of life, (which seems to me to be the adventure as opposed to the experience, THINK ABOUT IT) as we're too busy developing a false sense of self that could be crushed any moment by the slightest change in the environment of our lives. This may all seem too deep and philosophical but get over it and attempt to understand what i'm kicking because i'm flowing right now and nowadays i dont have much chance to flow.

I just graduated college at hofstra and i"m on block island working my ass off for my father who is almost three times my age and working even harder than me to make ends meet and to keep the restaurant afloat. I know that this is something that i could do as a source of reliable income, but i also know that it is not what i want to do with my life. I'm a poet, or so i think, and working this much makes it almost impossible to sit down and think about life. However, if i wanted to, i could assume the role as a full time chef and do the damn thing wherever i so chose to do it.

And this brings me back to my original point: I grew up with my mother and sister and I'm a momma's boy who loves the women in his life more than anything else, we moved around somewhat and i adjusted wherever i went. I spent time with my father during the summers but have only recently begun to develop an authentic relationship with him as i have worked by his side for the past few years. Through all of this, i have learned to understand the truth about perceived identities and the impermanence of our concepts of self in the lives that we live. However firm we are in our beliefs or in our definitions of who we are and the lives we live, there are always different things that arise that can force us to change our definitions or perceptions. WE (our egos) are forced to change in accordance to those "alternating Pictures" and we develop new relationships and form new interests in response, and thus adopt new definitions for who we are and what life is meant to be. Certain people have had the priveledge, or should i say misfortune, to have grown up in the same, unchanging situation, and they might have a hard time understanding the impermanence of percieved identities because their perception of who they are has never truly changed. I am not trying to say that this is wrong, because in our society, like i have said, a strong self identity is valued, but i stress that identity is not the 'be all and end all' of our existence, and since it is so maleable according to what surrounds us and what influences us, we must be even more dilligent in finding what really calls us in life as opposed to what becomes expected of us.

I'm rambling, and it is hard to hammer home this point in writing, besides, i have to get to work in the morning, but what i am trying to say is: if you ever wonder to yourself: 'who am i and where am i going in life,' don't worry and don't be ashamed because society expects your definitive understanding of these questions. They take a great deal of learning and soul searching, but we4 must keep an open mind and not become lazy and hung up on our beliefs from past experiences. Evaluate every sutuation as it comes to you from a fresh perspective. let our conditioning be shampooed and cleansed and become truer to life than we ever believed we could be. Us humans have been granted the greatest gift in minds that are capable of deep thought, so please, learn to use it, but don't take yourself too seriously. Develop a method of understanding that works for your purpose and then recognize and respect the different ways of others. We can coexist on this earth, and we can ultimately learn what makes us individual but also what makes us the same, as life courses through our veins. Peace and Love to all
A.Web

Yall Heard This Shit!!!!

Ayo, It's ya man Senor Crills. I just got that new chef mixtape, and it think i speak for all of the WU faitful when i say their return is surely needed. All these candy corn crap rappers need a lil r&r. On another note, this shit is hard, but not only that, Lex Diamond does alot more talking than usual giving the listener a little insight into his state of mind. Overall i give the mixtape a 4 out of 5 hollow tips. . there's always room for improvement. Outstanding tracks are "Letter to BIG" and "Trenchmen" along with some others. But imma end it hear, yeah, it's ya man Crispy Crills signing out. Keep ya ear to the streets, Peace!!!!

Artful Dodger

Ayo!! It's ya boy Crills aka Aphillyated aka Vic Vega aka Mr Blonde . .and im here with an update. In the process of ironing out the art work for the much anticipated "Prepare 4 The C Sons" mixtape we got a draft done of a potential choice. Art work is done by Sue Works google him. Feel free to leave your comments. And check for any other aesthetic updates.

Peace!!