CLEAR LINES

[Intro/Outro: Pharrell & Robin Thicke]

Everybody get up, WOO!

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1: Robin Thicke]

If you can't hear, what I'm tryna say

If you can't read, from the same page

Maybe I'm going deaf

Maybe I'm going blind

Maybe I'm out of my mind

[Pre Hook: Robin Thicke]

Ok, now he was close

Tried to domesticate you

But you're an animal

Baby, it's in your nature

Just let me liberate you

You don't need no papers

That man is not your maker

And that's why I'm gon' take a

[Hook: Robin Thicke]

Good girl

I know you want it

I know you want itI

 know you want it

You're a good girl

Can't let it get past me

You're far from plastic

Talk about getting blasted

I hate these blurred lines

I know you want it

I know you want it

I know you want it

But you're a good girl

The way you grab me

Must wanna get nasty

Go ahead, get at me

[Verse 2: Robin Thicke]

What do they make dreams for

When you got them jeans on

What do we need steam for

You the hottest bitch in this place

I feel so lucky

You wanna hug me

What rhymes with hug me?

Hey!

[Pre Hook: Robin Thicke]

Ok, now he was close

Tried to domesticate you

But you're an animal

Baby, it's in your nature

Just let me liberate you

You don't need no papers

That man is not your maker

And that's why I'm gon' take a

[Hook: Robin Thicke]

[Verse 3: T.I.]

One thing I ask of you

Lemme be the one you back that ass up to

From Malibu to Paris boo

Had a bitch, but she ain't bad as you

So, hit me up when you pass through

I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two

Swag on 'em even when you dress casual

I mean, it's almost unbearableIn a hundred years not dare would I

Pull a Pharcyde bitch, you're passin' me by

Nothin' like your last guy, he too square for you

He don't smack that ass and pull your hair for you

So I'm just watchin' and waitin'

For you to salute the truly pimpin'

Not many women can refuse this pimpin'

I'm a nice guy, but don't get confused, you git'n it!

[Breakdown: Robin Thicke]

Shake your rump

Get down Get up-a

Do it like it hurt, like it hurt

What you don't like work?

Hey!

[Verse 4: Robin Thicke]

Baby, can you breathe?

I got this from Jamaica

It always works for me

Dakota to Decatur

No more pretending

Cause now you're winning

Here's our beginning

I always wanted a

[Hook: Robin Thicke]

[Bridge: Pharrell & Robin Thicke]

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Hey, Hey, Hey

Hey, Hey, Hey

Hey, Hey, Hey

[Outro: Pharrell & Robin Thicke]

Hadoucane FAIR Expressions!

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black nerd rage

so i just joined this group called black nerds and i gotta say
I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE
an idiosyncratic lot obsessed with fiction and full of rage

it's hard not to be angry when you're educated and oppressed

oppression goes down so much easier 

when you don't know it's happening

but i wonder would i be happier

less stressed
if i didn't filter everything

through my inner cultural critic machine

aka my brain 24/7 everyday

like I'm watching the latest jj abrams star trek movie

and already I'm tripping on the casting of uhura
because of  the racial politics of the actress
i'm not hating on zoe saldena because of her politics
i'm just thinking of all the brown women to cast
in an iconic black character why her?!
why cast a woman who rejects the race
nichelle nichols was an inspiration to black people
so maybe i was already primed and ready
to start TRIPPING on some race
cause i did!

i'll let a lot go in my sci-fi
i don't need the science to make sense
in a real real world context
just be consistant
i'll even forgive everyone on a planet being the same race
but having an indian dude played by benedict cumberbatch?!
c'maon!
somehow having him played by a mexican i forgave
and i love me some benedict, that white boy is FINE
but abrams has lost the thing that star trek was doing
telling political stories about diversity and inclusion
and getting away with it by putting it in outer space
THAT'S WHY I LOVED IT
it's not about the vulcans baby
and that's why i'm having trouble loving this star trek
or most sci-fi with a pure unadulterated nerd love
i always gotta process it though my
what is this saying about today brain
my how many characters of color are there brain
my how many actual actors of color are there brain
my HOW AM I BEING REPRESENTED brain

i wonder if my new black nerd friends feel the same?

Help these talented young performers!!!

Help us out people!
I'm working on a project raising funds for a bunch of talented young Latino performers. They won a contest playing Mariachi music and now we're raising $$ to get em to OSF. So far it's been slow going.  Please give $1.  Every little bit helps.  Also "like" it!  Turns out the more "like's" it gets the more publicity it will get.  This is a number games and we need a maximum number of eyes on this project.  Thanks in advance!

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Hadoucane Hume!

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Hadoucane with Michael Hume  Photo from Darcy Danielson

Hadoucane Family Album

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This man of many talents blew my socks away so I had to blow him away during the intermission of the Family Album workshop. Good Music.  Good Times. 

Attitude Gratitude

Everyday I list things I am thankful for

in the morning

before bed

as I walk

this is not a not a sign of higher thinking

bodhisattva deepness

It is a sign of impatience

of selfishness

It's a sign that I am feeling angry or in pain

It's a sign of my own exhaustion
my own irritation

This is what I do to talk myself down

to rev myself up

to get back that good feeling

Sure it might be raining and my leg hurts

but rain is good for trees and at least I have a leg

It always starts out grumpy and half-hearted

but I power through

keep listing things

gravity is nice

good not to fly up into outer space and what not

purple is a color that brings me pleasure

air is good to breath

family, friends, memories, potentials

there's always stuff to list

by the time I get done I always feel better

even if I'm still stressed out

salty

pissed

I still have an awesome list

of awesome things

that are good for me

my life is full of good things

my attitude is full of gratitude

rhyming is fun...

Hadoucane Memorial Day!

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Hadoucane Memorial Day! Thanks to Jeffery Bazemore for bravely facing the cane after making amazing fried chicken. Photo taken by Marcos Najera who made a great bacon and spinach salad. — with Jeffery Bazemore in Ashland.

Music Medicine

So Sunday nights some folks gather over music
in a little nightclub called The Vinyl
we call it Soul Sunday
It's an ethnically mixed crowd
of course there's white folks, it's Oregon
but one of the few places where you might see
a majority of brown skinned people
and I find this necessary
it is good medicine
The party starts probably around 10 or 11
I turn into a pumpkin around 8pm most days but Sundays I pace myself
sleep in
rest
drink liquids
stretch
so that come midnight
I can dance my ass off
for exactly 10 minutes
I let loose
let the spirit enter me
lean on a wall or a pole
and shake it
get that beat in me real good
and then quickly bounce
Ride that endorphin high all the way home
collapsing in ecstatic pain
cause I pay for it
there's no cover at the door
but the walk home is a long one for me
and as the adrenaline and dopamine wear off
I know what I did
to this hip
that knee
the ribs
my back
but fuck it
more than drugs
more than physical therapy
more than breathing
I need to dance
with my people
to drums
it is good medicine

Hadoucane Glee!

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Coolest glee group ever! Hadoucane Glee! — with Eduardo Placer and Penn State Glee Club at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Hadoucane KattyWampus

HADOUCANE WEALTHY!

Hadoucane with Mahalath Wealthy . She had just finished some amazing dancing in the air and was kind enough to let me go kapow with my walking staff.

HADOUCANE MISTY!

Hadoucane with Misty...I think her name was Misty. When you meet a cute ballerina you don't wait for names. You makes friends quick and then hit em with the cane!

 HADOUCANE PETTY!

Hadoucane with Jeanna TopNotch Petty.  

You can't tell cause she's up in the air but this top notch lady had a top hat too.

HADOUCANE GLORY!

Hadoucane Glory Pillsbury. A sparkling personality who flies through the air.

 photos by PhotoJoseph taken at the Kattywampus Circus Spectacular!

Hadoucane Ruy!

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Small world. I travel to China and there's Ruy Iskandar (my brothers best man) acting in Dance and the Railroad. In theater you are surrounded by friends where ever you go. made me so happy I had to release the power of my cane!

Photo taken in one shot by talented performer William YueKun Wu. 

Hadoucane David Henry!

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Hadoucane with Brilliant Playwright David Henry Hwang in Wuzhen China

Hadoucane Daniel!

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Wuzhen China. Awesome educator who does community based theater in China. We discussed Cornerstone Theatre. Then I hit him with the cane.

Hadoucane Celine

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My charming translator Celine Li an actress — at Wuzhen, China.

Hadoucane Vicky!

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Hadoucane Vicky in Wuzhen, Zhejiang.

Hadoucane Michele

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Hadoucane with The magical Michele Serros. Wonderful writer! 
Photo by Antonio M. on my friends iphone — at Black Swan Theater Ashland Oregon.

Hadoucane Gene!

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Hadoucane Gene Burnet! photo by Leah

humble

There is nothing so humbling

There is nothing so frustrating

As falling on your ass

Everyday

For several years

At first it scared me

Then it angered me

Then I forgot about it

Like it was nothing

Like people drop things all the time

I just drop my entire body

Yesterday a co-worker asked me if I was OK

because she noticed me

almost lose my balance

here’s the thing

now I’m annoyed at this sweet lady

 because that was nothing

she should have seen me turtled on the ground that morning

unable to get up

one of my bodyworkers added crawling to my exercise

no problem

half the time I fall I have to crawl to get to something to pull myself up

I treat it likes it’s no big deal

 No big deal I fell down the stairs

 Most of the time I don’t

No big deal I fell in the bathroom

Just got a bruise

No big deal I fell in the office

No one saw

And I was grateful

I am still strangely embarrassed

I don’t want anyone to see me fall

To know I fall

But I’m trying to get over it so now I talk about it

And I’m prepping for a trip

For a long haul

For a big job

And I’m nervous

So I double up on physical therapy

I do more exercises

I hit it hard

because I think

if I just try harder

Push myself farther

I will stop being weak

Because I think it’s a weakness in me

The falling

So I pretend I am strong

Try to act strong

Crunch through the pain

And now I’m all flared up

Body all spasmodic

Spikes of agony

Left leg going dead

And I’m grinning and bearing it

And trying to remind myself that a physical weakness

Is not a weakness of will

A weakness of spirit

That resting doesn’t mean I am being lazy

Cause this silly over doing it

Is all ego

So I will embrace being humble

I will find balance even when some part of me is weak

I will not strain

I will get up off my ass

Hadoucane USA!!

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Hadoucane with Benjamin Pelteson 

Photo taken by Donya K Washington on my iphone