Words I Never Said (W.I.N.S.)

February 3, 2011 Learn
Words I Never Said (W.I.N.S.)

Lupe Fiasco has done it once again. His social and political commentary in the past years has often been drenched in creative metaphors and dark parody but this time around Lupe comes straight up. He is one of the few mainstream artists right now speaking truth consistently. The first track gave me chills as I [...]

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Build Me Holy Like That

January 16, 2011 Learn

To open up the ear… My turn, to the artists (music, con, and otherwise) in my life, I ask: please, stop calling it slam. stop calling it poetry. it’s what I do – stop calling me. stop writing me into songs you don’t want to hear. stop pretending you alone carry creation. we weren’t born [...]

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TNC Presents: Mike Rosen – Erasure (audio + full poetry chapbook)

January 3, 2011 Featured
TNC Presents: Mike Rosen – Erasure (audio + full poetry chapbook)

I, Mike Rosen (the shameless hooligan you know as illDefined) started TheNewConfusion a few years ago as a way to practice writing and share my work. It’s been a while since I posted any of my own work up here… so without any further shenanigans I’d like very much for you to read a copy [...]

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NPR’s The Record Analyzes Rap: With a Book Critic

December 7, 2010 Learn
NPR’s The Record Analyzes Rap: With a Book Critic

NPR, most recently in the news for it’s survival of House Republicans’ plan to slash its budget, is, for many, a beacon of light amidst the dying world of radio. The Record is an NPR-run blog about the way people purchase, listen to, and think about music, and one of their recent posts is an [...]

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weSLAM’s on the Road to CUPSI: College Poetry Slam at Wesleyan University

December 6, 2010 Featured
weSLAM’s on the Road to CUPSI: College Poetry Slam at Wesleyan University

Something is happening here, and you don’t know what it is… – Bob Dylan A series of poetry slams has sprung up at Wesleyan University. For the last few months WordSmith and I, along with a handful of some incredibly brave and genuine individuals, have found ourselves in the middle of a whirlwind… On Friday [...]

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Forum: On Community – The Pseudonym

November 25, 2010 Featured
Forum: On Community – The Pseudonym

The Pseudonym discusses the effects of technology on communities, how they’re formed, maintained and where they exist. The term “community” has, in many respects, changed dramatically in recent years. This has primarily been due to technological innovations, which allow physically distant people to communicate and interact in more involved ways. A hundred years ago, one’s [...]

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Street Art & The Israel-Palestine Conflict

October 16, 2010 Featured
Street Art & The Israel-Palestine Conflict

The one topic I know you never bring up in conversation is the Middle East, specifically Israel, without expecting things to get heated, and quickly. So I’m not about to touch on my personal convictions on the Israel-Palestine conflict or any solutions to it. Instead, with this post, I would like to highlight the beautiful [...]

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Poet, Be Like God: Lizzie Greenwald

October 13, 2010 Featured
Poet, Be Like God: Lizzie Greenwald

Lizzie Greenwald was born and raised on Long Island, New York and became fascinated early on with the intersection between rhythm, music, and words. Now attending Wesleyan University, she is coming into her own as a poet, producing poems that lead the reader on unexpected journeys that weave personal relationships into the fabric of kaleidiscopic, yet understandable worlds of sight and sound.

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Cannonball Adderley and His Audience

October 10, 2010 Listen
Cannonball Adderley and His Audience

Performers love giving praise to their audience during or after acts.  They often credit the crowd for the energy and passion they bring to the show.  I don’t think that there’s any doubt that performances are influenced by the spirit of the audience.  In the case of the ideal live performance, however, the audience members [...]

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WordSmith – Of Mics and Men (Album Download)

September 25, 2010 Featured
WordSmith – Of Mics and Men (Album Download)

Wow. We’ve been waiting a long time for this one. Something close to three years now… Without any further shenanigans, TheNewConfusion is happy to announce… WordSmith’s debut album Of Mics and Men is now available! Click Here to Download Of Mics and Men is at once homage to the landscape of Josh Smith’s upstate New [...]

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